Sunday, May 3, 2015

Mukdahan FC 3, Sakon Nakhon FC 0

First half ended scoreless. 
Sakon Nakhon seemed to have possession of the ball more than Mukdahan.  Near misses on both sides




Sakon Nakhon missed to score on a 11 meter free kick during the first half.  Mukdahan did good on their free kick, which really was not deserved

The score seemed to take the steam out of the Sakon Nakhon players, as further goals by Mukdahan followed


 






Sakon Nakhon FC next travels to Loei City, on Sunday May 10. Loei FC is number one in the league.
The odds for a win should improve on Saturday May 16, when Sakon Nakhon hosts Nong Kai
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Swimming pool at the Sakon Nakhon Sport Center ?

First they drained a lake and did some fishing

March 9
Then they started digging
March 19
Now the hole is getting deeper, more groundwater

May 2
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Coronation Day 65 years ago


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Today is the last day of the MOBILE EXPO at Robinsons


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Soul singer Ben E. King, famous for song 'Stand By Me', dies at 76

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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Typical in Thailand

Just found out on facebook that Tha Rae is celebrating it's 130th anniversary today.
Unfortunately it's too late to make plans. This should have been noted by Thai Tourism offices some time ago.
It's very typical for Thailand.
Even for last night's party I had six hours notice, lucky I had no plans.
I stayed for two hours, then I had enough. But I understand the loud music continued hours past midnight.
There is not much you can do about such events.  Permits for loud music, good till 2 am, are cheap.
Last time I had such a permit it cost me 50 baht. My music ended at 10 pm
Football today at 4
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With friends from my neighborhood




I received an invitation to attend a 100 day memorial celebration.
It's a gathering held 100 days after the funeral of a family member.

I brought my own bottle of booze, as I remembered, they ran out at the funeral.  This time they had plenty.  I even received a take-out bottle.


Karaoke music could be heard quite a distance.  One nearby expat fled his home and went to Pascal's.

Karaoke was interrupted by an hour long monk's recital.

But hey, I was amongst dozens of friends and neighbors, with free food and booze.
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Well that was close

The street curves here, I have the right of way . . .

  • On the right, the Pick-up is coming from the hospital parking lot.
    Appears not to want to stop.

  • On my left, a village baht bus wants to enter the parking lot.
    He stopped and waited patiently
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Friday, May 1, 2015

The starting flag is up

Thai central bank relaxes curbs on capital flows to weaken strong baht
Economy News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
   "Thailand will allow Thais to freely purchase foreign currencies..." 
US$ Bank Transfers
Online Graphing
Thai Banks are on a five day holiday, it will be interesting to see where the baht stands after the holidays
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