Heard the bands approaching two blocks away and went to see what all the marching was about.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Did I mention it's parade season?
Had no advance notice of this one.
Heard the bands approaching two blocks away and went to see what all the marching was about.
Heard the bands approaching two blocks away and went to see what all the marching was about.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Where's the Beef.... Festival
I've received a number of alerts:
By tourism festival I'm taking a wild guess that they are referring to the Christmas star festival.
The "BEEF Festival" is to be held from December 24 to 26, in "Sakon Nakhon Province."
Guess I'll have to send out the troops in the morning to find out the exact location.
Sakon Nakhon Beef does have quite a reputation throughout Thailand.
The local Thai-French Beef is of the best quality in the entire country, as far as I am concerned.
I'm a regular customer at the local Thai-French Natural Beef store.
If they don't have a certain cut in stock, they'll have it for you within a few days.
My favorite is T-bone. I generally have one a week.
When I'm in the mood for a T-bone, but not in the mood to do the work, I head to the Dusit Hotel Restaurant. With salad, vegetables fries and their own gravy, I'm always pleasantly stuffed and wind up taking home a doggy bag.
I'm waiting for the Thai copy on this one
Thais have a reputation to be able to copy just about anything... I'm waiting to see their version of this one
"Sakon Nakhon Province is all set to hold a local OTOP, Beef and tourism festival."
By tourism festival I'm taking a wild guess that they are referring to the Christmas star festival.
The "BEEF Festival" is to be held from December 24 to 26, in "Sakon Nakhon Province."
Guess I'll have to send out the troops in the morning to find out the exact location.
Sakon Nakhon Beef does have quite a reputation throughout Thailand.
The local Thai-French Beef is of the best quality in the entire country, as far as I am concerned.
I'm a regular customer at the local Thai-French Natural Beef store.
If they don't have a certain cut in stock, they'll have it for you within a few days.
My favorite is T-bone. I generally have one a week.
When I'm in the mood for a T-bone, but not in the mood to do the work, I head to the Dusit Hotel Restaurant. With salad, vegetables fries and their own gravy, I'm always pleasantly stuffed and wind up taking home a doggy bag.
I'm waiting for the Thai copy on this one
Thais have a reputation to be able to copy just about anything... I'm waiting to see their version of this one
Cool to Cold ahead --- AGAIN
Enjoyed the last couple days of warm weather
Thai Meteorological Department has posted a weather warning.
That cold weather that's been in southern China and parts of Laos is heading south on the express train.
The three weather services I check regularly tend to agree that it's going to get cool again, but not when, nor how cold.
The school had asked me if I wanted to move into an air conditioned classroom next week.
Thai Meteorological Department has posted a weather warning.
That cold weather that's been in southern China and parts of Laos is heading south on the express train.
The three weather services I check regularly tend to agree that it's going to get cool again, but not when, nor how cold.
Accuweather includes FELLS LIKE Temperatures
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Thai Meteorological 19 17 15 14 14 Accuweather 19/20 19/20 20/21 13/9 9/6 Weather Underground 12 14 17 18
The school had asked me if I wanted to move into an air conditioned classroom next week.
Oh... never mind
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
One Hump or Two
Quote for the day
We used to call it gossip, these days they call it networking.
Some of them have two
The text book lesson was word association.
Famous opera house - Australia
Eiffel tower - France
Koala - Australia
Camel... The class went silent. No one seemed to know what a camel was.
I tried to explain; I drew on the board and explained: an animal with two...
"Tit's," one of my students interrupted me.
I tried to elaborate: "some of them have one hump, others have two humps."
The class was rolling in the isles with laughter.
I had a very puzzling look. What did I say to create such an uproar.
Actually I was quite pleased that I had every student's attention.
As I later learned the Thai language has a similar sounding word pronounced humm, meaning... penis.
O.K. now I know why they had a good laugh.
Think I'll add hump day and humpback to next weeks lesson plan.
Or how about humming a song
Anything to keep their attention
Did you notice the Viking Invasion of Sakon
It was quite a pleasant experience according to ScandAsia
Monday, December 13, 2010
My Sakon Nakhon Christmas Tale
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I think it was 2006 when I first watched the Sakon Christmas parade.A convoy of trucks with lit stars.
The following year I decided to sneak into the parade and participate.
I bought almost a dozen bags of candy. I intended to throw the candy to the kids watching the parade.
We were in the parking lot near the parade gathering point.
When the policeman in the parade lead car turned on his emergency lights, signaling the start of the parade, we headed to our truck. We intended to merge into parade.
The policeman wouldn't stand for that.
He helped us carry the candy to his police vehicle.
That year I was throwing candy from the lead vehicle in the parade.
Some of my Thai friends watching the parade were astounded to see me up front of the parade.
I noted the following year that a number of parade participants were throwing candy into the crowd.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Christmas Star Festival
สกลนคร
Tha Rae Christmas Star parade Dec 24, starts at sunsetIt's been dubbed the "Star of David Festival," and promoted as such in all media. ISN Hot News
I'm not a theologian, but the way I see it they got it all wrong.
King David lived a thousand years before Christ. The star was the insignia on shields of the time.
There is some discussion that the star was used even before King David's time in the occults and witchcraft.
Today the Star of David is associated with Judaism and is on the Israeli flag.
The star celebrated at Christmas time is the legendary star which guided the three wise men.
It is known as the Christmas Star, or Bethlehem Star, or Star of the East.
Most likely Christmas lights are a tradition adapted from the Jewish Festival of lights,Hanukkah, which was celebrated this year from Dec 1 through 9.
Ho Hum Parade Season
Had two early morning appointments at my house, so I made no special effort to photograph the festivities around town.
I did have to go shopping at the electric store at 10 AM.
Of course I ran smack dab into the fireworks.
One guy saw me coming and made sure I'd have ringing in my ears for a while.
Seeing the youngest child high up in the air always makes me nervous. But I guess there were enough people below to catch the kids in case of a mishap.
At least this year they had an ambulance standing by
There'll be plenty of noise at the temple tonight
I did have to go shopping at the electric store at 10 AM.
Of course I ran smack dab into the fireworks.
One guy saw me coming and made sure I'd have ringing in my ears for a while.
Seeing the youngest child high up in the air always makes me nervous. But I guess there were enough people below to catch the kids in case of a mishap.
At least this year they had an ambulance standing by
There'll be plenty of noise at the temple tonight
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Sakon Pattana Suska School Parade
They were lining up along the street to watch the parade
Mister "T" ain't going to America
Mister "T" ain't going to America
Didn't think so from the start. Was more of a publicity stunt.
Hadn't been in the headlines for a while. It's safer doing a video link.
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