HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Some Vietnamese women, especially those unlucky in love, often receive surprising advice when they consult fortune-tellers about the prospects for their love life.
Dang Thu Thuy, born in 1983 in the northern Thai Nguyen province, is currently a lecturer of English at a well-known university in Hanoi.
She had previously worked as an assistant or a project officer at several Vietnamese and foreign organizations, including the British Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training.
She has always been considered graceful and kindhearted by her colleagues.
"To be honest, I'm not picky at all and I do want to become a bride. But why hasn't my man turned up yet? No one can answer this question conclusively jordan 7 for sale , so I have resorted to fortune-telling," the lecturer told Xinhua recently, smiling awkwardly.
On one such visit, Thuy was told that she was apparently being followed and disturbed by a jealous spirit who had been her lover in previous life. The spirit, the fortune teller claimed, had maintained its love for her and was trying to sabotage and ruin her love affairs.
"I'm not superstitious. But sometimes I use the fortune teller's remarks as an explanation for my prolonged unmarried status, whenever my relatives or my friends ask me about my future wedding prospects," Thuy said.
Many Vietnamese believe that every person has had a previous life. In that life jordan 6 pinnacle gold for sale , if a person loved someone but the relationship between the two failed, they often take a vow that they will continue their love affairs in their next incarnation. They then lead their own life until they die, and then go to the afterlife.
If for some reason, one of them is reincarnated, beginning a whole new life, and the other is left in the afterlife as a spirit waiting for a chance to be reincarnated, they invisibly watch their beloved's life, preventing them from getting married by interfering in and undermining their beloved's relationships air jordan 6 black cat size 13 , secretly forcing them to keep their promise.
This story is often used as an explanation for those with a series of unsuccessful love affairs, or those