Party Mix

Your definition of Party Mix
may differ from mine.

• Juice from 3 freshly picked coconuts.
• 1 liter blueberry juice (marinated for three months in a bottle of rum)
• A few drops of jasmine extract

No driving today

Squirrel Happy hour

After I squeezed all the juices, I placed some of the blueberry pulp in the squirrel cage.

That sweater you're wearing looks familiar.
Mommy is that you?

 

T.i.T. plus

Unwelcome house guests
Had a four foot snake in the front porch rafters.  A bit of insect repellent made him fall down.  Two whacks with the brush. Both the snake and the brush were history.  
Later in the day I heard metal on pavement sound.  Clink - clink.  Sounded like someone was preparing chopped liver. It was a three inch snake. 

Stepped on some broken glass and decided to wear shoes.  A fat mama toad had homesteaded in my shoes.  I'm walking barefooted.

Pool Talk
The vacuum head should be simple to replace parts when needed.  The handle, generally an aluminum pipe, should be able to reach the other side of the pool.  Using plastic water pipe as a handle may not the suitable, as the pipe tends to flex.
The vacuum hose should be able to reach the farthest point of the pool to the pump attachment.


Thai internet generations behind
Was really looking forward to the 3G (3rd Generation) contracts being awarded.  
It would have meant new equipment and improved service.  
The auction had already been put on hold for the past three years.
While the user base has increased drastically, service has gone way south.
With the auction halted, so have the dreams of better internet service, at least for the foreseeable future.
Foreseeable? How far can you see?
The rest of the planet is already at 4G, while businesses are at 5G.
further reading

No Smoking Oom-Pa-Pa
Oktober Fest goes smoke free 

In New York all public parks and beaches are now smoke free. It's alright to smoke on certain sidewalks, but don't step off the curb.
In the U.S., when the government sued tobacco corporations, they promised to use the money to help people stop smoking.  Then they used the money to clean up beaches.  I'm still waiting for that help.


School Project under way at my house.

I'd hate to ask how much to paint a mural on my walls 

สกลนคร End of Semester Celebrations

Most final projects and tests are over.  The end of another semester is near.
Time for student celebrations.  Time to make happy school day memories.

At S.BAC SakonNakhon Business Administration College some of the projects where on display


Student Art

  

    

Foreign Language course offerings
                                                                                                                          Scrabble in English

    

On Stage
Traditional Thai Dancing

  

  

            

Awards and Certificates

Couples in school uniforms

          

Plastic Fashions
Looking Good in Recycle

         

 

And the winner

Getting ready for the next number

 

The show continued on without me. I had other things to see and do.
Did see a model airplane over the parking lot as we departed.

Looks like another local school is practicing  for celebrations

U.S. Embassy Bangkok Notices

Consular Outreach Udon Thani, Tuesday, September 21


Warden Message: Coup Anniversary Demonstrations (September 17 -  19)

Stellar performance, Bummer final moments

Sakon FC hosts Mukdahan FC.
From the moment this match started I knew there was going to be trouble.
The first half may have ended scoreless, but the action was fast paced.

It rained lightly throughout the first half.
You couldn't see it on the field, but you could hear it on the tin roof.

Mukdahan scored early in the second half. Local fans seemed unperturbed.
No one left early.
The real action of the game was in the final moments.


Sakon FC may have lost, but they really had put on a stellar performance.

7:25 PM

7:55 PM

7:56 PM

7:58 PM

Final Match of the Season this Sunday, Sept 19.
Sakon FC vs Nong Khai FC

Around Thailand

Chiang Rai Landslide
Sept 13

From the size of the crowd I would think there must have been some warning signs before the road collapsed.

Geriatric Muay Thai

In order to promote Muay Thai or Thai kick boxing, Thailand's Senate staged a traditional kickboxing fight between two senior senators right outside the Parliament....
 nocommenttv
This may have been sponsored by some sports medicine corporations

First International Lotus and Waterlily Conference 2010

October 20 -24


Kasetsart Chalermprakiat Campus
Sakon Nakhon Province 

Ho Ho Ho 18 bottles of coconut rum

 

Getting close to harvesting time again.
I blend the juice with the flesh, then add rum and / or vodka as preservative.
Looks like I need to buy a case of rum.
Now that's what I call Breakfast of Champions.
Did you know coconut juice is a natural plasma substitute?

Sakon FC 3, Kalasin FC 2

There was some confusion regarding the starting time.
Depending where you received your information, it was either 4 or 5 PM.
We were in phone contact with some of the players and arrived just as the starting whistle was blown at 4 PM.
Many of the local fans didn't show up until 5 PM, just as halftime ended.
Sakon FC scored early in the game and it seemed no real challenge with a 2 - 0 at halftime.
When the second half started, Kalasin had this burst of energy, as if it was a different team now.
Kalasin quickly evened the score 2 - 2, then their energy deflated.  
Sakon FC was able to win the game 3 - 2, with a final goal.

Sakon FC has two games remaining to the end of the season.  Both home games, one Wednesday and another Sunday

  

Very obvious, Kalasin seems to have much better facilities than Sakon.

An attempt was made to use the new electronic scoreboard, but no one was able to get the numbers right.

After a few attempts the scoreboard was turned off.  
 Must have left the users manual at home. (T.i.T.)

Anecdote:
It rained heavily as we drove through the twisting and winding road of the Phu Phan mountains.
At times traffic was backed up behind slow moving trucks.  It was slow going.
Finally the road opened into a four lane straight away.
Every driver decided to make up time by exceeding the speed limit.
Approaching vehicles all flashed their headlights.
All cars slowed to almost a crawl in anticipation.
And there they were, two cops standing in the middle of the road.
They looked like they were trying to figure out why their hand held radar gun didn't catch any speeders.
Like a Keystone Cops episode.
At least they got every driver to slow down momentarily.