Slice of Thai

This 'Best Boss' Video is exquisite 

1 hour 37 minutes of great Isan music 

The slideshow lasts 15 minutes, after that it seems to be a repeat. 

Those 15 minutes tugged at many of  my emotions, from chuckles to 'oh wow' to 'W T F'

An excellent collection of a Slice of Thai life

Nong Hahn receding early

February 19, 2014

March 10, 2010

Water levels seem to be receding earlier this year, an indication of  less rain, greater use by an increased population.  
Very obvious is all the litter on the beach

Pay Rice farmers, not with my money say protesters

Thai government bank loan not enough to pay off rice program debt

Thai's Govt Savings Bank under-fire for lending funds to rice-pledging scheme Angry customers reportedly took their deposits out of Government Savings Bank in protest against the bank's funding to the rice-pledging scheme.

Deposit run at GSB branches in Chumphorn management of the bank’s branches to ask several depositors to return the next day

China turns off the spigot

Concern over Mekong water levels The river is already at dry season levels

And this little piggy went surfing

Floods all over the world

We've all seen images of the flooding in England and the deep freeze in the US. 

Obviously it's the worst on record.
Very little has been mentioned what's happening in other regions

Japan

Australia



Bolivia



India



Italy

Krazy Thai

I felt quite safe with this hotel security system

Who was their English Teacher?

Sakon Nakhon FC at Amnat Charoen FC 2-2

                    5:28 pm                         5:41 pm                        6:57 pm                        7:01 pm              

The Sakon Nakhon FC team departed their home base on their bus at 9 am. 

What should have been a three hour drive to Amnat Charoen ended up being a five hour road trip, with a lunch hour stop along the way.
My estimate is that the bus' top speed is 60 km.




You can't expect the team to be at their top performance within an hour after such a road trip.

Amnat Charoen has a new stadium, still somewhat under construction.

Hardly anyone in town could give us directions to the stadium.

Possibly an explanation why attendance to the game was 'meager.'






Walking around the stadium I must have looked lost.  I was repeatedly asked if I needed help.
The 'Ant' folk were very friendly and made me feel very welcome.




Amnat Charoen apparently does not allow alcohol in their stadium.  I mentioned these folk were very friendly, telling us to keep our beer out of public view. We drank from plastic cups.

First half was somewhat slow and sluggish.  But that completely changed during the second half.

The Ant Kung Fu player was red carded early in the second half. 

One player from each team received a yellow after some fisticuff.

A red card ejection of a Sakon player was a very obvious bad call by the ref.

The team stayed overnight in Amnat Charoen as their bus died.
How the team left the stadium to get to their accommodations is a funny must see

Java Dust

Pictures: Volcanic Ash Java

Volcano eruption
cancels Bali, Phuket flights and closes Indonesian airports