Saturday, May 1, 2010

TiT Bits plus

It's the Bang Fai Season


Pilot Training In Nakhon Phanom

 


Miss Healthy Thailand 2010 Chiang Mai
Ain't Exactly about health, But fun to watch


U.S. Air Force Officer Training
 Not the military I remember

Meanderings

Payday  
Lottery ticket sales in front of a bank

Sidewalk Entertainment 
In front of Big-C Department store








Friday, April 30, 2010

Football players must be qualified for extra duty...

Typical Thailand Advance Notice
We are having a special football session, can you come and take some photographs?
When?
Oh, we already started!

Football players must be qualified for extra duty as cattle herders

 
Special Buses leaving for Bangkok Seen On local Cable News 
Think it somewhat exposes  the country's dilemma.  For decent wages you have to move to the big city.


Don't just stand there
It's not science fiction anymore
Ain't big enough for two of each species
'Noah's Ark' found, evangelical group claims' 


This one was way overdue


Thursday, April 29, 2010

Variety

SakonNakhon Moments   video by iambiekub


BLAST from the PAST


***** I'd Rather...  *****


What happened to BAZ




Unrest in Thailand Boston.com
Compelling Photography

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

No political gathering tonight

I'd heard there had been a number of political gatherings here in Sakon Nakhon over the past ten days.
Estimates were one and two thousand people.
So I took a look at the provincial headquarters complex myself this evening.
No political gathering tonight.  Instead the place was a bustling market, more like a flea market.
The only police action I saw was two police officers guiding a driver from his parking space on the sidewalk.


Based on hotel occupancy, SakonNakhon tourism is down 20%. ryt9.
Not as bad as Thailand's overall 40% drop in tourism.
SakonNakhon has more domestic and Asian tourism than other foreign tourism.

T.i.T. Bits Plus

A slice of Thai rural Life: Songkran celebrations


Nonprofit  Activism


Another version of life inside the Bangkok Red Zone
Make sure to read the article, then scroll down to the Facebook picture links
Teak Door
UK extends warning against traveling to Thailand  
Telegraph
Brain Washing Technique Could Reduce Disability In Newborn Babies

Makes you want to order seafood: Washed up whale found with gallons of our garbage in its gut
treehugger
Erotica for the blind
thestar

Brain Exercises Don't Improve Cognition  
time.com


Thai Cabaret in Japan

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

There's a bit of Albion in Na Kae.

British folk will know this, but I had to look it up.
Albion is the oldest known  (Greek) name of Great Britain.
Thought to derive from the white cliffs of Dover

Na Kae is 50 km from Sakon Nakhon on highway 223 on the way to That Phanom.


SakonNakhon Job Anouncement

Thatnaraiwittaya School in Sakon Nakhon is looking for qualified English teachers.
Salary at least 30,000 baht/month+rental+extend visa and work permit

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