Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Wat Phra That Choeng Chum Sakon Nakhon

Sakon Nakhon Cooling again

TMD reports cooling temperatures
  • Today, 32/18 C
  • Saturday, Jan 11, 27/12 C
Accuweather is postponing the cool weather by two days
  • Saturday/Sunday 31/16 C
  • Monday, Jan 13, 30/13 C
  • Saturday,Jan 18, 25/10 C
The extended local forecast doesn't get much warmer until mid February


Meanwhile in the USA

Wat Phra That Choeng Chum Sakon Nakhon

Temple Fair has begun

Yes Please: Orange Thailand

Don't understand Thai.. so I turned the volume down and just watched.
The pictures brought back memories.
I revisited history I had learned.
Don't think the video takes up sides, rather the aspiration of peace and unity

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

My Sakon Nakhn Government Hospital Vsit

I had a successful cataract operation before Christmas (Dec 17).
Today I had my first followup doctors exam scheduled at 8 am.
I arrived at 7:30.  Played musical chairs and paperwork for two hours.
Got to see the doctor at 9:45.
Doctors exam took a little over a minute with a prescription for eye drops.
Then I had to wait for 10 minutes for another clerk to tell me to go to the drug prescription station.
No complaint about the medical visit which cost 165 Baht including eyedrops.
But their two hour paperwork shuffle seems a bit out of hand.

The one thing I am just very grateful for, since I don't speak the language, I was given a personal escort from one paperwork station to the next.

ABSOLUTELY NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOSPITAL STAFF, 
but the paperwork involved just seemed extreme.
Think I'll cancel the next followup appointment and visit the doctor.  It may cost more, but I know I won't have to postpone breakfast and lunch

Nothing to declare

Thai woman found in suitcase in smuggling attempt

Obama found a bottle on the sand and picked it up...

The Female Genie


These advisories are getting to be quite regular

Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Demonstrations in Thailand

January 7, 2014

This is to advise U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to Thailand that political activists have announced plans to resume marches and lunch time “whistle-blowing” protest activities in Bangkok this week in preparation for simultaneous mass rallies at key intersections in Central Bangkok beginning on Monday, January 13th.



Currently, areas around the Democracy Monument and Government House are the main protest sites. Protest leaders say, however, that these stages will be dismantled and that protest sites will be dispersed to many different intersections spread throughout downtown Bangkok, including Asok, Lumpini, Ratchaprasong, and Silom intersections. Protests may also

Monday, January 6, 2014

Protesters disrupt final performance of the Phuket Red Cross Fair
This is somewhat worrying since the local Temple Fair begins this week, followed by the Red Cross Fair.   
I hope none of the performers scheduled to appear have taken political sides.