Mid Week Hot! Hot! Hot!

Friday's early morning rain storm measured just slightly over an inch.
Saturday's rainfall measured 1.5 inches within three hours.
Guess these are measurements for the entire  Sakon Nakhon province.
Around my neighborhood it sounded like a hell of a lot more.

Thunderstorms, mostly at nights, will begin to diminish.
Overnight humidity starts to rise in early evening to 90% by 3 am.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday HOT! HOT! HOT!
37 feels like 47

Water levels at neighboring properties are well beyond ankle deep.
This morning's rains brought on a loud concert of frogs and toads.  Both eat mosquito larvae. 

Saturday

Saturn

Thai Smile

Photo courtesy Ernie Perry Sakon Nakhon Lake, 1975

From the looks of things 1975 was a drought year

38 years later

Friday

Venus

The Voice Thailand: Kids

Thursday

Kalasin FC vs Buriram FC

Kalasin FC recently trashed Sakon FC 4-2

Today Kalasin FC hosts Buriram FC.  
Buriram recently won the last position in the AFC League in a 2-2 game against Korean champions FC Seoul.

Buriram  is a professional team with big bucks.  The team and fans arrived at Kalasin in a convoy of 11 buses and 30 big motorbikes.  The team's coach was sacked on May 1 and has since been signed with another Thai team

Today's game is part of the Toyota cup which involves 32 teams.  
Having seen both teams in action, this game should be exciting. I'd say it's an uneven match.

Kalasin is number 8 in the eastern division, while Buriram is number 2 in the Thailand Premier League.

 5:30 today (May 8) watch Kalasin TV here

Rainy Season Flu Season

I'm not in the pool as I had anticipated.

Wednesday

Mercury

I'll be in the pool

Weather continues to come from the northwest.

Western weather seems to be pushing in this direction also.

Who will win?


Even though the temperatures remain in the mid thirties (95F),
add ten degrees (c) for the feels like temperatures (113F) in the coming days.

Night time temperatures should remain in the lower to mid 20's (75F)  add a some humidity  to raise the feels like temperatures.

High humidity may cause some locally borne thunderstorms

Alvin and friend

Alvin joined my household in may 2010.  At the time he was probably a few months old.
His new friend is two months old, born in captivity.
Today was the first time out of the cage and Chippy seems to adjust quite well.

They are different species, which generally do not cross breed.  It will be interesting to see if this holds true in captivity

Patanasilpa Vocational College

The school's owner is artistically inclined, and quite good at it.
The school seems to emphasizes art and vocational skills
The school was previously known as Sakon Nakhon Business Administration College
(S-BAC), where I was teacher from 2003 to 2011

Monday

Hot topic for retirees in Thailand

Compulsory insurance for expats and tourists-  Pattaya today
 Proof Of Medical Insurance Proposed For 1 Year Visa - Thai visa