Sunday, January 6, 2013

CM Center almost ready to open

No announcement of a grand opening of the CM Center.
From the looks of things it's not too much longer.
There's no parking at the center, but I noticed the empty lot across the street had been leveled recently. 
Hub seems to be a favorite English word among Thais

Covering the canal running along the north side of the new shopping center is almost complete.

Metal sheets and cement slabs cover the canal. The way the metal walkways have been placed, I suspect there'll be a few people tripping on the edges



Down the street from CM center, haven't seen much action at the rice mill in some time.

The bush growing on top of the chimney seems to confirm that use of the facility is limited these days

Suspect it will eventually morph into additional shopping or housing










Saturday, January 5, 2013

Sakon Nakhon Temperature Roller Coaster ride

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday temperatures mid 30 C -90 F .
Feels like temperature nearly 40 C - 100 F
After a few days of unusually hot expect a very noticeable temperature drop
More chilly nights ahead.

Sakon Nakhon UFO sighting

I'm not buying it


  The story first appeared on Thai television,
  then a clip on You Tube.

  A picture purportedly taken with
  a telephone camera at Sawang Dindaeng.
  Supposedly it happened on a school sport day.
  Only one camera caught the image.

  Makes me suspicious.

  Viewed the image at 400% and I'm convinced:
  It's computer enhanced




I'm not the only one who suspects this is staged



Friday, January 4, 2013

Sakon Nakhon FC renamed

Sakon Nakhon FC renamed "Sakon Nakhon Muang Thai FC"

It stands to reason that the club has a new sponsor.  Muang Thai is an insurance company.
With a sponsor, the team may retain their better players and this could be the year the team excels.
Sakon Nakhon Muang Thai FC travels to Udon Thani for a preseason game there, tomorrow, January 5.
A home preseason game against Udon Thani  is scheduled for January 13, 3:30 PM (postponed from Jan 12) and the Patana field.
Team player selection will be finalized and contracts signed on January 18.
January 18 is also the day Patana school will have it's sport day, with a parade on I.T.U.
That week will be quite busy with local sport events. 
Two (independent) Futsal competitions begin January 14.
One of the Futsal competitions includes the team I am sponsoring.
When I was shown the order for the jerseys, I expected each player's name on the jersey, not my name on every shirt in huge letters.



Thursday, January 3, 2013

Money Trees


Dong Ma Fai district. Video by djwave sakon
There's a whole lot of money being carried in this parade.
All destined to a local temple, Wat Wong.
Some parade goers seemed overly happy.  The I spotted the Leo and realized why.


Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Sakon Nakhon Cool Season



The 2012 Sakon Nakhon
Christmas Star Parade
was better than ever.

More decorations more floats.

More participation.


Excellent video production  by Nid123ify







Another recent video on the 'nid123ify channel' is this video demonstrating:

Sakon Nakhon Cool Season Attire


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Tuesday, January 1, 2013


The floor is a bit chilly right now.

Feels like 8C
Glad the fireworks are done 




Monday, December 31, 2012

2013 Bring it on


Sakon Nakhon Chilly

Yesterday at mid-afternoon temperatures began dropping 'noticeably.'
Overnight low 12 (feels like 10).

Coolest night for New Years celebrations, tonight

Slow warming trend, noticeably at midweek.

Light cloud conditions arriving from the west.