Unseen Sakon Nakhon

A Sakon Nakhon Secret revealed Whenever those folk at the Sabannga Restaurant have a family reunion, they spend one day of their reunion at one of the poorer schools in the area. It takes days of preparations.  Family trucks are loaded with presents, hot meals,  boxes of assorted foodstuff, including ice cream and after lunch snacks. The Sabannga Restaurant specializes in Isaan, Thai, and Chinese dishes. It is located on Ratthaphattana Road

Come take a trip with me    down Sakon Nakhon Memory Lane I'm in the continuing process of sorting my photo's and uploading them for public viewing.  Almost finished with the SBAC albums.   Next project "10 Years of Sakon Nakhon Parades"

Friday weather: Feels Like temperature 42C/108F

Golden Apple Snail plagues local rice farmers

"New" Sakon Nakhon Net arrivals Greencorner Sakon Nakhon on Facebook Bon Appétit Isaan Life now home-based in Sakon City Sakon City becomes the starting point of his Isaan adventures

Seen during my recent shopping spree  EXPO shopping center remodeling underway The roof overhang is being replaced with a wider one.  I suspect it's to accommodate covered parking. Unfortunately this may add further to the traffic congestion in that street. Remodeling is also going on at the south end of the EXPO shopping mall. A once popular shopping mall is quite a bit less hectic  The main store offers name rand upscale clothing.

My pool should be filled next week Earlier this month...  weather systems borne in the Philippine Sea (1) headed north (2). 19 Jun 2012 Powerful typhoon Guchol slams into Japan‎ Now weather systems borne in the Philippine Sea (1) are moving in a northwesterly direction (3). 28 June 2012 Tropical Storm Doksuri (Dindo) heading toward Taiwan Sakon City at the moment warmer temperature influence from the northwest (4), clouds and rain   approaching from the northeast (3).

4Sale 5 Rai of land 25 minutes from Sakon Nakhon city center 6.5 M Baht

GAS Golden Apple Snail First introduced by private snail farmers hoping to reap big profits exporting snails to Europe. Now considered a major rice pest. Only defense rice farmers have is constant vigil and harvesting of snails. The golden apple snail in the rice fields of Asia Video  by sakondaily

Funny Mail

Warmer temperatures ahead 'temporarily'

Four days of warmer temperatures ahead,    then back into the rain pattern.     Heavy rain late Saturday afternoon and evening turned out not to have been all that much.  I was in Udon at the time. The pool was 1/3 full prior to the rain. The pool is now  half full. Yesterday's prolonged drizzle added nothing noticeable. Warming temperatures over the weekend ahead. I suspect it will be next week before the pool is finally filled.

Pool Filter cleaning My back was severely inflamed.  I indulged in some pain medicine  Once medicated I disablement and cleaned the pool filter system. After that workout I had to lay down,  my back demanded it. Today is Puzzle day: reassembling the filter.  I suspect I'll be doing that more than once till I get it right.

Shopping at the the BIG stores not necessarily ideal   Kitchen sink went on the fritz. Repairs required a new gasket and a screw. Spend some time at Globe and Home Pro. Parts not available. Best they could offer was to buy new. New parts would not fit on my sink. Best they could offer: Buy new sink and faucet 10,000 Baht. Local hardware store, in existence for decades, had the parts. Under 100 Baht

Funny Mail

Let's do it again: The Sakon Nakhon Miracle

Sakon FC Defeats Number 2 Udon Thani FC 1-0                                             THE VIDEO   Can they do it again    when they host Number 3 Sisaket United July 1 ?    Footall Video source: footballsiamtv.com

I'm in Heaven My favorite concoction, German brandy,  found it in Udon, most likely can order locally. From the recent overnight trip to Udon Thani I have severe back inflammation. I'm taking my medicine one shot at a time

No Clogs after midnight please

Highway robbery in Thailand Plums imported from the U.S.  47 baht each (US$1.48) (EUR 1.18) (GBP 0.95) Plums imported from the U.S.  47 baht each (US$1.48) (EUR 1.18) (GBP 0.95)

Some people bury their head in the ground In Thailand that's where they hide the illegal logs and pot Sakon Daily

Memory Lane    Seattle Consolidated Freightways 1990's album Employed at this company from 1979 to 2002 One day I wrote 'Sawasde' and 'Guten Tag' on a trailer bound for Los Angeles. The trailer came  back a week later with the Thai script

Sakon FC can and they did

Sakon FC defeats Udon FC 1-0.
It has to be the upset of the season.  
At game time the Udon Team was #2 in the league, while Sakon occupied 'last place.'

The game was scoreless almost to the end.  Udon had plenty of near misses.
Sakon defense was at it's best.
It looked like the game was ending in a draw, then just moments before the end of the game, the unexpected...

Sakon FC next hosts Sisaket on July 1

Alcohol banned at Udon Stadium

Beer was sold at the entrance to the stadium and had to be consumed outside the stadium.
The reason given was that a fight had broken out during a previous game in Udon, in which alcohol seemed to play a major role.
There was plenty of extra security on hand to prevent a recurrence of disorder.

It was disappointing to have to miss the action just to enjoy a cool one.
The rules were bent slightly: Farang can use paper cup.

On the subject of alcohol...

...there's a totally senseless new rule being enforced in Udon.
Most likely this may have nationwide implications.
Udon restaurants must now observe the same no alcohol sales hours as stores.

You can have a beer with your lunch, but from 2pm to 5pm, you just have to do without.
From the looks of things this applies to restaurants, but not bars.
While large coffee mugs are being served at one restaurant, the bar next door can serve bottles.

Apparently if restaurants purchase liquor licenses, then no problem

Alcohol sales restriction hours were enacted to curb teenage drinking.  I don't see the desired effect.