Friday, November 6, 2009

Another funeral

Was able to avoid attending funerals for the first 50 years of my life.
These days I receive more funeral invitations than wedding invitations.
Many Thai people seem still in their prime and die from similar causes.
Liver and kidney failure. These causes seem to come on quickly.
Many Thais still eat raw meat, and old tradition, which I suspect as the prime cause.



Thursday, November 5, 2009

Warehouse shopping can be dangerous

This video clip has been shown on just about every talk show in the U.S.
It's reputed to be a vodka warehouse in Russia.

I worry about such incidents in warehouse shopping stores.
Here's proof that it's a good idea to stand back a long way when forklifts are operating.



Wednesday, November 4, 2009

No Flights - - Blog Improvements - - Hurrah

No Flights
Checked with Sakon Nakhon airport employees.
No one has a clue as to the who,what,where,when of flight resumption
Blog Improvements
Added pictures below the masthead.
These will change automatically every time I upload photo albums.


Hurrah
A six month old promise may become reality.
They were measuring the street this morning.
Hope the next people to show up is the paving crew.
The heavy winds in recent days blew most of the street dust into the house and up my nose.


Looking for bushes like these. Very similar to the type I had in my previous garden


Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Information Kiosk, Counter, Booth or...


Windy City

Internet television
If you missed your favorite show, like I did, then check the time where the show originates. Daylight savings time (summer time) ended and many clocks in the west were set back one hour.
The Halloween get-together...
...was fun. I left at 10 p.m.
I understand things got a bit ugly later in the evening.
The list of people boycotting the establishment continues to grow.

click on picture to see the album

Loi Kratong.




Visited the ceremony area earlier in the evening. But I knew it was going to be too crowded and instead spent the evening near one of the park entrances where the parade passed by. Met many friends as they entered the park. As it turned out, my Thai family was selling novelties nearby. Once I discovered them I did not have to buy 'refreshments' anymore.

This particular entrance had a steep incline and it was a bit amusing to see float vehicles rolling backwards. Luckily a policeman realized the situation and insured pedestrians were kept back until the vehicles made it up the hill.


Kids were busy examining the floats looking for coins, placed there as offerings.



Sakon Nakhon police deserve recognition for the job they were doing.
City traffic was at it's worst. It was obvious the whole city was on the move.
The men in brown did an outstanding job to keep some semblance of order.





click on the picture to see the Loi Kratong Album

It's been quite windy with dust and debris piling up in front of my driveway.
The cold season came very early this year.
My water has been off for two days. I finally checked the valves on the street.
Sure enough it was a Halloween trick. And I thought Thais did not know about such things.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sweater weather ahead

North-North-Easterly winds are expected to cause a few cool nights, with feels-like temperatures dropping to 14 (Tues.). After a few nights of sweater weather, temperatures are forecast to return to normal. High humidity could raise feels like temperatures to near fifty degrees the following week.

The tourist are coming

While the government is painting a rosy picture:
Tourism situation improved The Nation

Foreign media tells a slightly different story



The Ultimate Thailand experience so far has not been the success story hoped for. Barely two hundred applicants. One could only hope that the the winners can put on an award winning show.

Locally there should be a noticeable influx in the coming days. Mostly returning visitors.