Isaan Song and Dance on You Tube

Thai Classic dance at Phanom Temple. Year 2004
7 part video by golfsaaaa

Real Football Challenge ahead for Sakon FC

Yesterday:   Sakon FC at Nong Kai FC 3-3

Half-time phone reports from Nong Kai yesterday were desperate.
Sakon FC was down by two.
This time there was no live broadcasting from their website.
The sports caster had another engagement.

Ken scored two of last nights goals for Sakon.
Ken was lured from a season contract with Nong Kai with better financial rewards in Sakon.

Ken's performance on the field yesterday was a total surprise, considering that just a few days before he received word that his father had passed away.

Next:   Sakon FC hosts Loei FC 

Loei is NUMBER TWO in the  Thai Division 2 North Eastern Region League, winning 5 games, loosing one.
Sakon FC is NUMBER SEVEN.

Weapons Check

The southern weather system has won out over the northerly cold and the easterly winds we've been experiencing the last weeks.
4PM indoor temperature is 86F (30C).  Outdoor temperature is 102F (39C).
Add to that the humidity Factor and it feels more like mid 40C. 
Expect temperatures to slowly inch upwards over the holidays.


Cleaned the pool around noon. The water is starting to warm up, but it still felt chilly at 75F (24C).

By 3PM the pool was in use and it was a good opportunity to to do a weapons check.

Normally they serve as garden sprayers, but at this time of the year they are turned into ice-water-canons
All systems A.O.K.

I have found that these garden sprayers outlast all water guns, and in most cases are less expensive. 
After the hot season my ice-water-canon returns to it's normal duties in the garden mister.

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Sakon Y.FC vs THET.C

One o'clock they said. 
I decided to show up half an hour late after visiting with Scott at the great  ESCAPE.

The game got underway promptly at 2:10
Most of the team  and coach are from my neighborhood. 
Have known many of the families for a number of years.

Had a front row seat on the team bench.
Of course cheering a winning team is always more fun.
Game action was near superior... 
...though each team received one yellow card.
Sakon FC should really be scouting these games.

After the game I donated Bt 1,000 ($30) to the winning team for their victory celebrations.
Most of the team showed up at my house for a Thai style beef dinner after concluding their victory celebrations.

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April 8  in Sakon Nakhon 
facebook Wall Photo by Anton Proszamer

Time Travel Thailand 

Pictures taken in 1971 and 1972 in Nakhon Phanom.  Does include pictures of downtown Sakon
Explanations and comments accompany the pictures



Thailand's Rice Bowl May Get Smaller... Bloomberg

Muang Sakon Nakhon Highways and Police Porn Shop

Really lost in translation!! 

The website "sakoncity"  has an article about a recent readiness and preparedness drill.

Thai Script ... English Translation
The police porn shop translation was worth a chuckle, so I did a bit of further investigation.
By translating the word (อปพร.) I discovered that there are alternate meanings.
One of those translations is 'together.'
Chuckle subsided now it actually makes sense: 'combined offices' of city and highway police.
Adds a whole new meaning to 'lets get porn,' lets get together!

You still wonder why I'm not even trying to learn the language beyond some basics???



Tinglish:  the imperfect form of English produced by native Thai speakers due to language interference from the first wikipedia

Sakon weather not unusual

Recently added a new source to my daily weather reads.  
According to  meoweather the weather is actually not that unusual for this time of year.
The website compares the weather with the three past years.  

High temperatures this year are actually the highest in four years listed.

The difference we are feeling this year is a 25% drop in humidity from past years.


Today: Rain around noon, then clearing trend

I wasn't asked, I was told, they are coming...

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A Thai friend of mine  has decided to coach a local little league of sort.  
It's the pint size version of Sakon Football Club.
I wasn't asked, I was told, they are coming to use the pool .
Twenty-some kids, fully charged energy, and voices loud enough to wake the dead.  Running in every direction.

I tried using sign language to tell them to keep the noise down.
Guess that signal was mistranslated, they all sat down.

The kids using the ping pong table must have mistaken it for some sort of destruction game.
The game ended when there where no balls left, just scattered bits of plastic.

As they were ready to leave I had to give a sign language lecture of what to do with wet swim wear and wet towels. 
The sign language consisted mostly of me picking up all towels and swim wear and hanging it all up to dry.
I guess at home they have a maid picking up after them.


The following day, I had just cleaned the ring around my over-sized bathtub when they returned.  Again fully charged.  Kids that age seem to have an unlimited supply of energy.

That day I told the coach, group visit limit once a week!!



Climate Change Blamed for Thai Floods as UN Climate Talks Open
Environment News Service

1966

Climate change may be the cause for extreme rain  to extreme drought conditions, but I would suggest the the flood problem is exasperated by the denuding of forests and poor planning.
It's obvious that flooding conditions in this area (S.E. Asia) are common. 
Don't think the previous occupants of this land put their houses on stilts simply because they preferred to live upstairs.
We need a new government publication here:  "Flood Control for dummies?"

NOK Air doubles Sakon Nakhon flights

Nok Air to operate two flights per day to Sakon Nakhon 
If you read the article you will note  Boeing 737-400 are planned for this route.
"These flights operates with Boeing 737-40"

Health department advisory
The onset of hot weather coincides with an increase of diarrhea and other food borne diseases.
During this time food tends to spoil quicker when not properly stored.
Additionally it is advised that persons should always wash their hands before handling food.



Sakon Nakhon Donation Center for Thailand's Flood Victims
Donations will be accepted until April 30 at the Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation offices.
Donations of cash and supplies totaling 150,000 baht where collected on the first day, April 30.