Sunday T i T 's

At the Welcome Bar, the regulars seemed to be mostly absent, there was a small crowd of seasonal visitors filling in.

Walked to the fair:
Met a Thai friend and his wife.
He asked why I was at the fair alone.
"It's cheaper that way," or so I thought.


Along came this five year old with his mom.
I've known the family since before he was born.
First there was a big smile "pleasure meeting you.."
That quickly changed to the sad puppy look;
Also known as the "I have no money" sadness.
I had no change is my wallet, only 1thousands.
Let's just say "big smiles" made a comeback.

Someone suggested that Motor Dump Cycle at the fair would be ideally suited to take your mother-in-law for a ride. When she starts to get on your nerve that dump lever can be quite handy.

The Sunday crowds at my house are quite small these days.  Too cold to go swimming.
The amount of refreshments required has not decreased though.

Kings Cup Footbal on the big screen
Always enjoy the pre-game show.
Thailand 1, Singapore 0
Thailand turned a penalty kick into a score
It was quite an intense game.  At one  point both teams were a heartbeat away from a fight.
Cool heads prevailed,
Some questionable calls by the referee, including one red card, only added to the intensity of the game.
Thailand needs improvement in their passing skills.
Related article at Bangkok Post

This weeks King Cup Schedule
     20 JAN.16:00 SINGAPORE VS DENMARK
                  18:30 THAILAND VS POLAND

     23 JAN.16:00 POLAND VS SINGAPORE
                  18:30 THAILAND VS DENMARK




The mean streets of late-nite television

Some jewery may be dangerous to your health

Cadmium laced toys and jewelry are creating the latest Chinese product recall in th U.S. Cadmium has been found to be more toxic than lead to humans, damaging the kidney.

Watch the You Tube video at this link Cadmium Found In Children's Toys



Tonight at the
Sakon Nakhon Red Cross Fair

Hot times ahead

2010 could be the hottest year on record guardian.co.uk
2010 El Nino expected to lower world rice production Bloomberg
Another rice crisis likely asia sentinel.com
Rubber prices up Bloomberg


Tonight at the fair

This Sunday at the Welcome Bar

January 15, 2010 sakonnakhon-live.blogspot.com one year anniversary

Day trip to the fair and more

The concert area at the fair is fenced in this year, possibly to keep troublemakers from escaping.
Just looks ugly and uninviting.

Tonights concert

Also at the fair you might be interested in a 'motor dump cycle,' selling for 89,000 baht (US$ 2,710).

Fried bugs for sale at the fair are not on my list, instead I bought some chestnuts

Last night was family night out to celebrate the fraternal twins O and A birthday.
Both are serving in the military, O is in the navy, while A joined the Army.
The local "All you can eat for 49 baht restaurant" is a family favorite.

Great News

Electricity costs most likely remain capped through 2010
 Bangkok Post

Sakon Nakhon Marching

Recently

Thai TV Channel 3 news clip Of Sakon Nakhon Mak Mao Fest and Christmas Starlight parade

Video by Thailand travel guide

This evening at the Sakon Nakhon Red Cross Fair

 POTATO

A complete schedule of Red Cross Fair concerts at 

www.websakon (google translate link)
www.webbsakon

T.i.T. Bits

At this link read about the Vietnamese Community in Sakon Nakhon




At my house

• Watched yesterday's boxing matches on T.V.

I'm not really into that sport, but since it was a Sakon Nakhon Native, I made an exception.
And of course I provided refreshments to visitors.  No surprise to me that Mister "P" won the match.
After watching the first round I concluded that he'd win

Prefight Statistics After fight pictures at thaiphotoblogs

POONSAWAT KRATINGDAENGGYM now has 40 wins - 1 loss according to my calculations. Impressive !!

• Health wise: 

This household seems to be over the flu now.
It started 10 days ago. Fat boy had sneezes for a few days. One was a direct hit on my face.  I washed my face.
Dogs have their own flu viruses, not transmittable to humans (as of yet).


Next Joey had the flu.  It was hard to tell at first.  But I soon realized it was not just a hangover.  Then I just said oHo.  Two days later I had it.  Relatively mild: no fever.  Used a box of tissue per day to keep my nose clean.  A dollar's worth of Nasolin from the local pharmacist took care of the nasal drip after that.
Fourth day the throat and chest symptoms were the worst.  Sixth day:  symptoms are minor.  At least I feel safe that I can go out shopping.  After a week the cupboards are bare.

Waiting for a reply

Sent out this e-mail to two different departments of TAT.
I'm just interested to see if there will be a reply and how long it will take.  
From the looks of it they posted last years dates

Your news release http://www.tatnews.org/events/events/2010/oct2010.asp indicates
THE SAKHON NAKHON WAX CASTLE PROCESSION ROYAL TROPHY LONG-BOAT RACES
SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 4, 2010

Please verify these dates, they may be wrong
The festival is generally held during the full moon week in October, marking the end of Buddhist Lent.
A copy of the Sakon Nakhon Province calendar is attached.This has been translated to me that the dates are
OCTOBER 19 - OCTOBER 23, 2010
Please confirm these dates