Sakon FC 2012 Season

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Season 1
Date	Opponent	Score
February 18              5pm	Nong Khai	4-1
February 25              5pm	Udon Thani	3-1
March       4              5pm	Sisaket	2-1
March     10              5pm	Ubon Thani	1-1
March     18          4:30pm	Mahasarakham	4-0
March     24              5pm	Roi Et	7-1
April          1              4pm	Nong Bua Lamphu	3-1
April          8              5pm	Kalasin	1-1
April        21              6pm	Surin	6-3
April        29              5pm	Yasothon	2-0
May        06              5pm	Loei	3-0
May        12              5pm	Amnat Charoen	2-1
May        19              4pm	Mukdahan	3-0
May        27              5pm	Nakhon Phanom	3-2
June          2              5pm	Chaiyaphum

Season 2
Date	Opponent	Score
June    16           5pm	Nong Khai	1-3
June    23           5pm	Udon Thani	1-0
July       1           5pm	Sisaket	0-2
July       7           4pm	Ubon Thani	3-2
July     15           5pm	Mahasarakham	2-1
July     22      5:30pm	Roi Et	4-1
July    29           5pm	Nong Bua Lamphu
Aug      5       5:30pm	Kalasin
Aug    11           5pm	Surin
Aug    18           4pm	Yasothon	0-0
Aug    26           5pm	Loei
Sept     1           4pm	Amnat Charoen
Sept     8           5pm	Mukdahan
Sept   15           4pm	Nakhon Phanom
Sept   22           5pm	Chaiyaphum

Maps

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Apple's two rights from Big-C

Directions from Big C

Head south on the new road (1).  

At the traffic light (2) turn right.

At the traffic light (3) turn right.

Make the first legal u-turn (4)

There's hope at Sakon FC

Hot and humid evening Friday 8 pm temperature 30.  Real feel 36C/97F I was tempted to crank up the air con. As an alternative I used fans. I placed a floor fan in such a position that the air bounces off the floor, then up at me. That actually works great until the pets take up their position. Strong thunderstorms 'possible/maybe' through Monday,  'temporary' relief in temperatures. Weather is now coming from the East.

click for larger view   Pool building I've often been asked how much the construction of my pool cost. Labor, waterproofed cement and tile was around 40,000 baht. Pump, filter, and other hardware came to 56,000 baht

Sakon Nakhon FC Began it's existence in 2005 in the Pro League and was relegated to the NE Division at the end of that season. It's been a dismal season so far this year. There is hope though. A number of player changes recently and a victory over the #2 team in the league (Udon) last weekend. There are more changes underway.  Notably a former Sakon Nakhon star player has been released from Nakhon Phanom.  He has returned home . I'm not holding my breath... but there is hope. There may not be any Sakon fan drummer this Sunday.  That's due to a fiasco at a recent home game. A group of fans asked to use the drum, received permission from the owner, and took the drum away from the person who'd been doing that for a few seasons now.  He's no longer interested in the job.

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Sakon Nakhon Fun Season Ahead

Stop me if I've mentioned this before I'm sorting through ten years of photo albums and sharing them on the web. Reliving all the great times in this city.  Just the other day I sat at the Apple (restaurant),  bought some sweet rice. Said: "This guy has been in business for years."  Doubt no more.          June 5, 2012 at Apple Restaurant                      Dec 12, 2008 at Ned's Bar      A few decades ago you saw mostly wooden trucks in Thailand. This one's with a tractor engine. Slow and bumpy ride I hired two guys to clean my pool at 100 baht. I guess the soap-show was free. Doing "it" at a snails pace Remember Ned's bar?   Located on the cow path.  You'd see the cows daily on their way to greener pastures Occasionally they would look in on the bar patrons, somewhat sad that they didn't get invited in Longboat racing season is in October, Thailand's Fun Season Isaan Cowboy What you say? I can't hear you. Wax Castle construction starts a month before the festival (this year the festival is at the end of October) One of my favorites: birthday dinner with friends

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Unseen Sakon Nakhon

A Sakon Nakhon Secret revealed Whenever those folk at the Sabannga Restaurant have a family reunion, they spend one day of their reunion at one of the poorer schools in the area. It takes days of preparations.  Family trucks are loaded with presents, hot meals,  boxes of assorted foodstuff, including ice cream and after lunch snacks. The Sabannga Restaurant specializes in Isaan, Thai, and Chinese dishes. It is located on Ratthaphattana Road

Come take a trip with me    down Sakon Nakhon Memory Lane I'm in the continuing process of sorting my photo's and uploading them for public viewing.  Almost finished with the SBAC albums.   Next project "10 Years of Sakon Nakhon Parades"

Friday weather: Feels Like temperature 42C/108F

Golden Apple Snail plagues local rice farmers

"New" Sakon Nakhon Net arrivals Greencorner Sakon Nakhon on Facebook Bon Appétit Isaan Life now home-based in Sakon City Sakon City becomes the starting point of his Isaan adventures

Seen during my recent shopping spree  EXPO shopping center remodeling underway The roof overhang is being replaced with a wider one.  I suspect it's to accommodate covered parking. Unfortunately this may add further to the traffic congestion in that street. Remodeling is also going on at the south end of the EXPO shopping mall. A once popular shopping mall is quite a bit less hectic  The main store offers name rand upscale clothing.

My pool should be filled next week Earlier this month...  weather systems borne in the Philippine Sea (1) headed north (2). 19 Jun 2012 Powerful typhoon Guchol slams into Japan‎ Now weather systems borne in the Philippine Sea (1) are moving in a northwesterly direction (3). 28 June 2012 Tropical Storm Doksuri (Dindo) heading toward Taiwan Sakon City at the moment warmer temperature influence from the northwest (4), clouds and rain   approaching from the northeast (3).

4Sale 5 Rai of land 25 minutes from Sakon Nakhon city center 6.5 M Baht

GAS Golden Apple Snail First introduced by private snail farmers hoping to reap big profits exporting snails to Europe. Now considered a major rice pest. Only defense rice farmers have is constant vigil and harvesting of snails. The golden apple snail in the rice fields of Asia Video  by sakondaily

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Warmer temperatures ahead 'temporarily'

Four days of warmer temperatures ahead,    then back into the rain pattern.     Heavy rain late Saturday afternoon and evening turned out not to have been all that much.  I was in Udon at the time. The pool was 1/3 full prior to the rain. The pool is now  half full. Yesterday's prolonged drizzle added nothing noticeable. Warming temperatures over the weekend ahead. I suspect it will be next week before the pool is finally filled.

Pool Filter cleaning My back was severely inflamed.  I indulged in some pain medicine  Once medicated I disablement and cleaned the pool filter system. After that workout I had to lay down,  my back demanded it. Today is Puzzle day: reassembling the filter.  I suspect I'll be doing that more than once till I get it right.

Shopping at the the BIG stores not necessarily ideal   Kitchen sink went on the fritz. Repairs required a new gasket and a screw. Spend some time at Globe and Home Pro. Parts not available. Best they could offer was to buy new. New parts would not fit on my sink. Best they could offer: Buy new sink and faucet 10,000 Baht. Local hardware store, in existence for decades, had the parts. Under 100 Baht

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Let's do it again: The Sakon Nakhon Miracle

Sakon FC Defeats Number 2 Udon Thani FC 1-0                                             THE VIDEO   Can they do it again    when they host Number 3 Sisaket United July 1 ?    Footall Video source: footballsiamtv.com

I'm in Heaven My favorite concoction, German brandy,  found it in Udon, most likely can order locally. From the recent overnight trip to Udon Thani I have severe back inflammation. I'm taking my medicine one shot at a time

No Clogs after midnight please

Highway robbery in Thailand Plums imported from the U.S.  47 baht each (US$1.48) (EUR 1.18) (GBP 0.95) Plums imported from the U.S.  47 baht each (US$1.48) (EUR 1.18) (GBP 0.95)

Some people bury their head in the ground In Thailand that's where they hide the illegal logs and pot Sakon Daily

Memory Lane    Seattle Consolidated Freightways 1990's album Employed at this company from 1979 to 2002 One day I wrote 'Sawasde' and 'Guten Tag' on a trailer bound for Los Angeles. The trailer came  back a week later with the Thai script