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Tropical Storm Haitang plans Sakon Nakhon visit

• Thailand National Disaster Warning Center Alert

Heavy rains in the upper Northeast. Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, especially Kan and Loei on 28-29 September 2554.

Thai Meteorological Department
Satellite Image

Tracking map of Tropical Storm Haitang
at Weather Underground.

• Forecast temperatures

	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
MeoWeather	29/21	25/23	30/23	31/24	30/21	30/19	26/19
AccuWeather	30/24	28/24	29/28	31/23	30/23	28/24	28/24
FEELS LIKE	37/25	26/27	33/26	39/28	42/27	35/26	30/23
WeatherUnderground	28/21	26	30/22	31/23	30/23
Thai Meteorological	31/24	30/24	30/24	30/23	29/23	29/23

And the Next Visitor is..

It is still a bit uncertain if the much stronger Typhoon Nesat,
now located over the Philippines,
moves in a westerly direction or a northwesterly direction.
Some forecasters are predicting a direct hit on Sakon Nakhon sometime Friday.  

 Tropical Storm Nesat: Winds exceeding 101 km/h possible!!  

 

Bird Songs to Entice Chinese Tourists

"Bird...will sing for the first time in Mandarin rendering..."   

Bird & Sek in Concert

   Thongchai "Bird" Mclntyre, a Thai superstar   China Daily

Increased Rain Chances by Midweek

Today: Same as yesterday, mostly sunny.
Weather systems are moving from the east, chance of rain increases daily.
Sun 20%, Mon 40%, Tue 50%, Wed 60%, thereafter 70%

The first system approaching us is   Tropical Depression twenty-one
 Tropical Storm Nesat,  now approaching the Philippines is plotted to head in a north-easterly direction into China.
Nesat means "fishermen/fishing/fishers" in Khmer

Carabao performs in Sakon Nakhon, October 4

Thai Song:  Music For Life

 

 Pictures: 2004 Sakon Nakhon Performance

Carabao at WIKIPEDIA 

Sakon FC 1 Udon FC 1

First half ended scoreless.
Sakon FC scored early in the second half and seemed to have control of the game.

Udon scored with only one minute left to play.

Final game of the season will be held Saturday, October 1, when Sakon FC hosts Kalasin

The sky is clear, the sun is shining: Let's have a parade

It's still officially the rainy season. Lately though, sunshine has demanded more time over clouds and rainfall.
Time to restock the sunscreen, check the sun umbrellas and brimmed hats.
No one told me in advance of this parade. Heard the drums and ran like hell up to I.T.U.

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 Thaksin lectures...  Sydney Morning Herald 

 Sugar Falls on Asia Output Gain, Slow Demand   BusinessWeek
  Coffee, Cocoa Fall

 No sugar imports from Thailand this year  Business World MANILA

Thai style dinner delicacy

 Fried Wasp Larvae 

There were two quite large wasp nests on the property adjacent to my house.
They haven't bothered me, so I haven't bothered them. Besides, they eat a lot of other insects.

Very simple way to harvest the nest. Wait till it rains.  Wasps generally won't fly in rain!
Knock the nest out of the tree... let it fall into the water. Leave submerged for a few minutes.

For the nest higher up the tree, the tree branch was cut with the same effect:   Nest falls into the water.

Two wasp nests with rice: dinner for a family of six.

Collecting the larvae from the honeycomb type nest is a time consuming process. 
The larvae sell for 1 baht (3 cent) each at the local market

Sakon Nakhon Fast Forward

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Sakon Nakhon Royal Longboat Races

and

Wax Castle Festival

October 12 through 16, 2011 

   Sakon Nakhon Business directory    

183 listings

 Emergency Operation Center for Flood, Storm and Landslide 

Report dated Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Honey marinated garlic 

Had some the other day.  DELICIOUS.  Next day I immediately searched the net for a recipe.

Very simple.  Blanch garlic drop into honey.   

Wait from two months to seven years.   

It's like a fine wine, gains in maturity with age.

Bummer

Nothing but sunshine was forecast beginning October 1. 

Checked back two days later and found the update... rainy season continues.

Well !!  I never !!  

Waiting for a traffic light, I heard a truck ambulance siren.  

Generally ambulances tend to have to wait in line till the light changes.
Not this time:  Waiting vehicles inched out of the way  to let the emergency vehicle pass.  I think they are becoming more civilized.  Or was it because there where eight policemen standing at the intersection ?

Blacky is continuing to recover.  Still feels like skin and bones.  She eats regularly.
In fact if the dish is not served in time she sits down in the middle of the kitchen floor and smacks her lips.

Enough strength to jump up stairs.  But not enough to jump on the couch... YET !