Observation Site: A lower class Vietnamese home.
             Population: 5 people, although only three are observed in this report.
             Thesis Statement: That despite the hardships life has to offer, human instinct instills in most people a desire to persevere and despite how impossible it may seem, strive to create a better quality of life for themselves and those closest to them.
             It's 8.23 am on a Tuesday morning and already I find them at their sewing machines. The baby is in a decrepit cot on the floor staring listlessly at the ceiling while the constant drone of sewing machines lulls it into a semi-conscious state. A slight breeze blowing from a door, slightly ajar, makes swirling patterns through the dust floating though the air. Early morning light streams in little lines through the wooden blinds and makes looking at the room seem like staring into a forest mist.
             Neither adult is talking to the other, the only sounds filling the room being the buzz and click of the bulky, silver machines. Both seem to be on another plane of existence and I find it amazing that they can complete their work with such efficiency. The materials, pre-cut at the factory, are piled in formidable lumps according to colour and size. Smaller piles are on chairs surrounding their immediate workplace and it is from these piles that they select the pieces to be sewn together.
             Despite the haphazard appearance of the minefield of fabric, it is imperative that each pile be kept in exact order. At the factory the material is layered before being cut with huge metal plates bearing clothing patterns. Despite the cloth all being the same colour, there are varying degrees of shading according to where the material was in the dying process. If the order of the piles is in any way altered, the resulting clothing could be of mismatched shades. While this doesn't seem such a catastrophe for us, it will mean that the sewers might not receive most of th...