Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
T.i.T.
Every path I take in this town, new construction is underway. Large and small projects. Homes and businesses.
Many of the new buildings, with for rent signs, sit empty though.
Many of the new buildings, with for rent signs, sit empty though.
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| Cement mixing tub going to a construction site |
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Beating a dead Horse: The Sakon Nakhon Book Fair
Out on the highway next to Bus terminal 2 (which is not in use yet), is the Sakon Nakhon Book Fair.
"Beating a dead horse" or "Flogging a dead horse"
When something is already dead, and you keep bring it up over and over again
With such things as E-Reader, E-Books, and plenty other on line services, bookstores are failing
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"Beating a dead horse" or "Flogging a dead horse"
When something is already dead, and you keep bring it up over and over again
With such things as E-Reader, E-Books, and plenty other on line services, bookstores are failing
From my own experience learning English...
During a class break they paraded this young man in front of me.
He recited four pages of a fairly tale in English. Quite a feat.
It was a very fast recital, and many times I only understood a word here or there.
A proud adult, probably a teacher was observing.
When it was all over I praised him on his memorization skills, told him he needed to slow down his speech.
As if he was telling the story to some little children.
Suggested he find some music he liked and sing the whole story.
From my own experience learning English:
I've been telling all my students, the best way to learn a language and get the pronunciation right.... SING IT!!
It's the best way to loose the foreign accent in your speech!!
This KPOP video is a great example
He recited four pages of a fairly tale in English. Quite a feat.
It was a very fast recital, and many times I only understood a word here or there.
A proud adult, probably a teacher was observing.
When it was all over I praised him on his memorization skills, told him he needed to slow down his speech.
As if he was telling the story to some little children.
Suggested he find some music he liked and sing the whole story.
From my own experience learning English:
I've been telling all my students, the best way to learn a language and get the pronunciation right.... SING IT!!
It's the best way to loose the foreign accent in your speech!!
This KPOP video is a great example
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Winter came early this year
According to an article in RYT9, if temperatures drop below 15C (59F) for 3 or more consecutive days, then the government can declare a natural disaster.
O.K. stop laughing I say to myself.
It's not that they call out a major aid force.
Instead what you see in the news is that agencies are passing out blankets to the poor.
I doubt that a free blanket will suffice. My opinion.
Even though we have experienced such low temperatures in recent days, temperatures in the Phu Phan mountain region and along the Mekong river have started to drop to lower teens and below.
These lower temperatures are also ideal breeding times for flu.
There's a lot of people around me lately with sore throats..
I have a feeling that winter came early this year.
These cool temperatures are generally reserved for January.
My question is "will the hot season also arrive early, or will winter linger with record lows in January?"
Cool temperatures forecast till after Christmas, a warming trend in time for the arrival of the new year 33/19
Crystal Frost Draws Tourists to Chiang Mai TAN Network
Sakon Nakhon District 18 may be pre-declared disaster area cold RYT9 (Thai)
O.K. stop laughing I say to myself.
It's not that they call out a major aid force.
Instead what you see in the news is that agencies are passing out blankets to the poor.
I doubt that a free blanket will suffice. My opinion.
Even though we have experienced such low temperatures in recent days, temperatures in the Phu Phan mountain region and along the Mekong river have started to drop to lower teens and below.
These lower temperatures are also ideal breeding times for flu.
There's a lot of people around me lately with sore throats..
I have a feeling that winter came early this year.
These cool temperatures are generally reserved for January.
My question is "will the hot season also arrive early, or will winter linger with record lows in January?"
Cool temperatures forecast till after Christmas, a warming trend in time for the arrival of the new year 33/19
Crystal Frost Draws Tourists to Chiang Mai TAN Network
Sakon Nakhon District 18 may be pre-declared disaster area cold RYT9 (Thai)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Remembering A Great Friend
The largest gathering of foreigners in Sakon City
A year ago. December 22Eddie is laid to rest
Found this recent YouTube upload, which seems to fit the mood
Nongharn Blues - Pong Srabua & Bert Deivert see more uploads by bdeivert
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