The economy is going South

Downturn in the economy really became apparent last year.
The decline of Mass Chinese Tourism had a ripple effect on other businesses.
A major boat accident last year had little to do with the sudden downturn, it was not the main cause.  The tradewar, most likely caused major unemployment in China. The Baht continues to gain over many foreign currencies

Recent headlines in the financial world all scream "worldwide recession."

Tourism money will become a low priority household expense unless you are rich.

Global economy may face recession in 9 months, but not India: Morgan Stanley

The Predicted 2020 Global Recession | The World Financial Review 

The global economy is slowing down. What can governments do about it? | The Guardian

Markets are braced for a global downturn - The world economy

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I know it's coming "Hysterical Laughter"

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2019 Sakon Nakhon Longboat Races and Wax Castle Festival dates announced

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Rainy Season Power outages likely

TM 30. 
Not all immigration offices seem to be aware of recent changes and are still using previous procedures.
What is certain is that you should have the 90 day report (TM47) and address report (TM 30) verifications stapled to your passport. I have yet to see a deadline date for TM30 to be completed.

Power outage

Still very common during the rainy season.  Had one in my area two days ago. Apparently it only affected this area. Looked at the sky toward Big C and the whole area was well lit.

I have rechargeable flashlights in each room.  Was able to boot up my laptop and portable WIFI and resume watching the movie within minutes. 
USB fan kept me cool till power returned over an hour later.

Important here is to keep all battery devices charged



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190816 Tao Ngoi September Festival

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Counting Goals

The chart is from Thai League. It and other charts are continuously updated.  



Here I shuffled the list of Sakon Nakhon FC players to show the number of goals they've made.



Sall Tafsir and Yoshida Sohei stand out. Sall has participated in four games and achieved 3 goals.  Yoshida has participated in five games and achieved three goals.



Of course  they've had help from fellow players, it's a team effort.



Unfortunately there are only four games left in the season, not enough to propel the team standings past the halfway point.  The final game should be especially thrilling when Sakon Nakhon hosts Loei United.

190811 The professionalism was impressive

Moments after the Sakon Football halftime whistle blew  an officer appeared to be ready to collapse when two officers came to his aid.  The apparently ill officer was foaming from the mouth. 
He was rushed to a gurney and attended to by medics and rescue personnel.
The ambulance was underway in less than three minutes from the moment the officer was assisted off the field

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190811 Sakon FC 4 at Yasothon 2

190811 Baht continues to strengthen

Chinese devaluation of the yen had no impact. Thai reducing lending rates also made no difference

Talk of increasing tourism to 30% of GDP sounds like a wet dream

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