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December 5, 2006 at 11:18 am

Champaigne

These are really good. Good job. I really like all the stories that you
translated.

December 6, 2006 at 7:34 am

Sim

Ghost stories build excitment really fast. Ghost stories never gets boring. But ghost stories want us to wonder if they’re real or just make believe… They are a classic. – great translations.

December 6, 2006 at 11:37 am

Nye

Personally, I don’t like to watch ghost movies, they are too scary for me. My oldest sister is the person who inspires me to translate and create this blog. I want to take this opportunity to thank her for creating a new hobby for me. She loves to read and the last months or so we have more time to talk about things in general. She noticed that most of the ghost stories that we read are stories from the Isan region of Thailand. We are not sure if it’s the believes that these people have that is the foundation of what they saw or heard. I need to learn more about their way of living and culture to have a better understanding and hope to share this with everyone in the near future. Their believes and way of thinking might be the core reason why most of the ghost stories that we read are from that region.

From talking to older Laotian folks, those that are afraid of ghost would most likely are the one that would see them. I don’t know if it’s because of their imagination that is so vivid or their ‘fear of ghost mentality’ that allow then to see into the spirit world that most of us with strong will won’t be able to see. There is also a question of the six senses where people can sense or see the spirit world, I’m not sure if it’s a gift or a curse.

December 6, 2006 at 1:05 pm

Darly

I like this article very much. Kullastree Magazine is something I can recall from my mother and my aunt. It would be wonderful to have such a magazine for Suprapsastree Lao, online version of course so all Lao women can read and contribute.

Thanks for taking the time to translates all these articles and share with us Nye.

December 7, 2006 at 9:37 pm

themiddlemanager

I will definitely give this a try!

December 8, 2006 at 9:17 am

Nye

I personally feel like ‘themiddlemanager’ comment was to ‘Don’t Make Your Bed’ post, makes more sense.

December 10, 2006 at 1:23 am

salat

This picture looks very peaceful. I don’t have any memories of Laos or what it looks like, and most of which is vague. But I do remember hearing stories from my father about how peaceful it is in the countryside, especially during the rainy season.

December 11, 2006 at 12:04 am

Nye

I left there at a very young age but a bit more fortunate than you are in the sense that I have happy memories there. What I remember the most during the raining season was that somehow we were allow to go out and play in the rain, some of us would run around naked. Rain in Thai and Laos from what I recalled was that it’s unique because it would come down hard like a shower which I don’t see it at all in the US, something that you would see in a Thai music video. Every times it rain here, I always have a flashback of my childhood memories.

December 11, 2006 at 11:49 am

themiddlemanager

Another excellent post – I am a big advocate of walking for health and fat loss – keep up the good posts!

TMM

December 15, 2006 at 5:14 am

Touti

I believe that there ’s a bit of truth in every story… or the story tellers must have a lot of imagination.
My mom and grandfather used to tell me similar short stories as well. At the end, most of those stories have the same plot. But I think that the point the wanted us to go to, is not really to believe the stories they tell, but to have faith, to believe that there’s a life after this one, that even if someone dies, they’re not gone, to be respectful to your family, friends, ancesters and even those you don’t know. To let go the rancours, find peace in our minds and hearts.
The stories aren’t ment to scare you, they’re educational.
The movie ‘The sixth sense’ (with Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment) is a little bit like these stories…

December 15, 2006 at 11:29 am

Touti

This isn’t a ghost story, but something which really happened to me not so long ago, that I want to share with you. And those who believe, in a life or a world after this one, in spirits who are watching over our shoulder all the time, would agree with me that it is a blessing when you get the opportunity to grant a favour to the beloved ones who passed away.

My grandfather passed away almost 4 years ago. He was a well respected man; everybody loved him for his wisdom and prudence. When I was a little boy, I really looked up at him, which I still do, and wanted to be like him. It made the loss much worse.

We gave him a traditional Lao funeral, with 3 monks (ong) and family, friends and acquaintances were invited. They came from everywhere to Belgium: United States, France, Germany,… with at least one person to represent their family. It was touching how everyone showed their regrets towards our family.
Before we started the solemnization, the family asked some ‘volunteers’ to revere (I think it is buwat) my grandfather. Which is to live restrain like monks for the day. When I heard what I could do for him, I was the first one to shave my eyebrows and head bald.

A few months passed by when my wife’s sister announced us that she was pregnant. Later on, me and my wife talked about that and were considering having children. We agreed immediately and she stopped taking the pill. Another few months passed by, the time is approximately one year after the decease of my grandfather. I and my wife went to bed early and made love and went to sleep. I fell asleep pretty quickly and started dreaming.

It was as if I was clearly awake. I walked into our living room, but there was something odd about the room. The room was clearly illuminated, more than usual. When I looked out the window, I only could see a bright light, couldn’t see the neighbour’s house, nor the plants, trees or sky. I continued to inspect the room, because I wasn’t feeling pretty comfortable, and saw a man sleeping on the couch, with his back towards me. I sneaked slowly and silently to the back of the couch, without waking up that man, who clearly was sleeping peacefully. Once I got there, I slowly stood up to see over the couch, trying to identify this man. His face became more visible and… Frightened as I was, I just couldn’t believe my own eyes. It was my grandfather! Before I could say or do anything, everything turned black and seconds later I woke up.

A few weeks later, my wife approached with this little strip. It was positive! The message went on until everyone in the family knew about it.
Later, I told my mom about the dream I had, my grandfather sleeping in my couch… She was frightened at first, then she smiled and said to me: “It’s ok, you know that baby which is growing inside your wife? That’s a gift from grandfather.”

My little girl is almost 3 now. Ever since her birth, I and the family can’t stop noticing all the traits she has in common with my grandfather… the way she smiles, laughs, behaviour.
Now I am absolutely sure that my grandfather will always be watching over my shoulder.

December 15, 2006 at 12:29 pm

Nye

Thanks for sharing such a touching story of your grandfather. Loosing your love one is very difficult to deal with and only time will heal that but knowing that they are with you is even better. I do believe in reincarnation, I guess if you are a Buddhist, you would believe in that too. I believe your grandfather must have loved you the most to be with you.

I heard story similar to yours’. Back in the olden days, people would mark their deceased love one with charcoal (Tarn), such as on the arm, leg, or ankle, where it would be visible. When their daughter or daughter in-law (younger generation) give birth, that’s the first thing that they would look for is to see if their parents reincarnated into that new baby. To some might be ridiculous notion and difficult to believe but to those that put a big black mark on their parent’s ankle shortly after they pass away and to see it again on a new born is very moving, seeing something like that makes a believer in me, and I have to say that I have seen one.

‘He Came to Say Good Bye’ is my favorite story that I’ve translated so far. There’s so much that we don’t understand and I’m glad that you share your experiences and point of view.

A small note that I would like to make about this magazine, Koosang Koosom Magazine is that the editor of the magazine checks the sources of the story such as who, when, where, etc. before he printed, so I feel comfortable translating these stories that these writers from different region of Thailand shared.

December 16, 2006 at 3:04 pm

Darly

What a great article. Thanks Nye. I have to admit that I like Som Tum so much that I even brought kok and sark (pestle and mortar) with me in my suitcases. The kok is the aluminum kind that my mother bought when we were living in Thailand for a few years.

I’m going to take notes on whether or not I get cranky when I don’t get my Som Tum for the week, LOL. One thing for sure, I feel very happy when I get to eat my Som Tum, it’s better than steak for sure.

December 23, 2006 at 8:27 pm

Bebe

Hi, I love 27 Friday and bought 3 pieces when I was in Bangkok in October. Do you have a contact for this designer – I would love to order more of his clothes. Thanks and I love your blog and what you are doing for Thai fashion.

December 23, 2006 at 9:26 pm

Nye

Hi Bebe, I’m glad that you like it, I was doing the Fashion portion for my friend but don’t have contact with people in Thailand. I’m posting part V tonight and hope that you will enjoy.

December 26, 2006 at 9:30 pm

themiddlemanager

Another very interesting article – keep it up!

December 28, 2006 at 5:43 am

jasmina

I don’t think you have to compete to be successful. You’re successful when you’re happy. And you don’t need others to tell you when you’re happy. I’ve partially learnt that from books.

December 28, 2006 at 9:50 am

Nye

You are right, your happiness does determine how successful you are as an individual, and you definitely don’t need others to tell you that. I guess I’m so use to compete for everything; such as time, having to meet the deadline and even myself, trying to make things even better today than yesterday. I think a little competition is actually good for some people; it’s the drive that makes people move.

December 29, 2006 at 5:25 pm

salat

Hi Nye,
Nagara’s fashion line is so pretty. Some of these designs remind me of Thai & Lao inspired outfits. And the textile used by Nagara is also very pretty. It looks luxurious yet light and playful too.

Thanks again for sharing all these pics with us.

December 30, 2006 at 10:18 am

Darly

What an interesting article. I should give it a try when I get a chance. I don’t like to drink cold water myself, except for when I have a craving from it. When I wake up in the morning, I make a pot of hot water and drink a cup of warm water the first thing in the morning. I also drink warm water through out the day and into the night.

I know when I eat something that doesn’t agree with me and feel sick, I tend to flush my system with water.

January 9, 2007 at 1:10 pm

Kisk

Ride on!

January 16, 2007 at 3:19 pm

jasmina

How about watching some old episodes of your cartoons? I just looooove Tom&Jerry and I think it’s a shame that children nowadays don’t watch the same kind of cartoons the older generations watched.

January 18, 2007 at 2:21 am

Nye

I agree, I also growing up watching Tom and Jerry. Thanks for the input, watching cartoons are a great addition to be a kid again.

February 1, 2007 at 10:54 pm

Nye

I finally have a chance to post pictures that I took of Wat Lao, for those that have never been there; they always have a big festival during the week of July 4th.

February 4, 2007 at 1:05 am

songbae

hahaha. i think i’ll print this out and take with me tonight…

February 12, 2007 at 7:04 pm

Ghost Mantle « Nye Noona

[...] February 12th, 2007 in Ghost story I recently wrote about a Buddha mantle, but there’s also a Ghost mantle that certain region of Thailand still believe in, mostly in the [...]

February 14, 2007 at 11:07 pm

เอเองครับ

สวัสดีครับ –”

ไม่ค่อยอยากจะคิดอย่างนี้เลย(เพราะคนที่คิดเรื่องนี้ ล้วนเป็นคนอายุมาก เหอๆ) อ่านแล้วคิดถึงเพลงนึงขึ้นมา
เลยเอามาให้ลองฟังดู เป็นเพลงของ บอย ตรัย ภูมิรัตน์ ชื่อเพลง ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆ

เนื้อเพลง

จะต้องถอนใจ อีกสักเท่าไร
โลกแห่งความเป็นจริง ไม่เคยเป็นอย่างใจ
วันและคืนเปลี่ยนหมุน ให้เราวิ่งตามเรื่อยไป
โตแล้ว ทุกอย่างเปลี่ยนไป

การเป็นผู้ใหญ่ มันไม่ง่ายเลย
มันไม่คุ้นไม่เคย ยิ่งคิดยิ่งเหนื่อยใจ
ไม่มีเวลาเหลือ ไว้ฟังไว้คิดถึงใคร
โตแล้ว ต้องทำอย่างไร

เมื่อนาฬิกาในชีวิตหมุนเร็วกว่าใจ จนตัวเราเองอาจหล่นหาย
เมื่อเด็กคนหนึ่งที่อยู่ในใจ เขาไปไหน ทำไมวันนี้เขาหายไปจากเรา

ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆให้ยังเป็นเด็กอยู่ได้ไหม
ในวันนึงเท่าไร ก็ไม่เปลี่ยนไปได้หรือเปล่า
ให้ความสดใส ยังอยู่กับเรา อย่าให้ใครเขามาแย่งไป
แค่เพียงอยาก ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆนี้ยังเป็นเด็กไปนานๆ
ให้เรายังได้ฝัน ให้เรายังยิ้มได้
โลกแห่งความจริง มันจะดีหรือร้าย
เก็บความเป็นเด็กในหัวใจ เอาไว้

ตรงขอบฟ้านั้น มีรุ้งพาดผ่าน
เมื่อความจริงความฝันได้มาบรรจบกัน
ที่ดินแดนแห่งนั้น เด็กน้อยคนหนึ่งกับฉัน
จูงมือเดินไปด้วยกัน

เมื่อนาฬิกาในชีวิตหมุนเร็วกว่าใจ จนลืมว่าเราเคยเป็นใคร
อย่าลืมเด็กน้อย ทิ้งปล่อยเขาคอยอยู่เดียวดาย ได้ยินใช่ไหมเสียงนั้นที่เรียกเรา

(ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆ ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆ ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆ ให้ใจยังเป็นเด็ก)
อยู่กับฉันตลอด ไม่ให้ใครแย่งไป
(ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆ ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆ ขอพื้นที่เล็กๆ ให้ใจยังเป็นเด็ก)

เพลงฟังได้จากลิ้งค์ข้างล่าง
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ปล. ผมเข้ามาที่นี่ครั้งแรกผ่าน Darly’s Blog เหมือนกัน อ่านสนุก และได้ link มาที่นี่ด้วยเหมือนกัน
และไม่แปลกนะที่ต้องพิมพ์เป็นภาษาไทย เพราะพิมพ์อังกฤษทีไร ถูกหาว่าเป็น spam ทุกที #–

February 15, 2007 at 11:10 pm

BOY Trai - Puen tee lek lek - พื้นที่เล็กๆ « Nye Noona

[...] for your reply to I Want To Be A Kid Again post. I love the song that you posted, but I wasn’t able to click at the link to listen, and [...]

February 21, 2007 at 10:59 pm

The Bizarre Stories That I Translated, But I’m Not Crazy Yet « Nye Noona

[...] of you might be wondering why I wrote this simple pray to the ghost of Wat Don Cemetery, there was a perfectly good explanation why I did it, but the cause that made me wrote it was [...]

February 22, 2007 at 6:06 am

เอเองครับ

ถึงว่าอยู่ วันนี้สวดมนต์มาเลย แปลกจัง พอดีไม่เคยใช้ WordPress เขียนเลยไม่ค่อยเข้าใจขั้นตอนเท่าไหร่ แต่ก็แปลกมากๆ ปี/เดือน/วัน ที่มันแสดง หรือเกิดปัญหากับฐานเวลาของ server ตอนนั้นหรือเปล่านะ เหอๆ ไม่รู้เหมือนกัน แต่ก็น่ากลัวแฮะ แต่ไม่เป็นไรมั้ง ยังไงก็คุยกันรู้เรื่องอยู่ อิอิ – -”

February 22, 2007 at 6:47 am

Nye

You know the old Thai saying, ‘If you don’t believe, don’t mock’, I think it’s true in this case. but the part that I didn’t get was that I didn’t ‘mock’ of the situation, certain things happen mysteriously, I don’t ask, and not sure if I want to know why it happened. I still have not heard from the nice people at WordPress.

Thanks for the moral support, yes I’m still sane, at least I think I am.

Ps. A Eng Krup, you don’t live too far away from Wat Don Cemetery (I think), Its the ghost as scary as what they claimed?

February 25, 2007 at 11:19 pm

Nye

I posted a photo of ‘Bai’s Buddhist Altar’ from one of my guess, and thank you so much for sharing. If anyone else wants to share, please feel free to e-mail photo of your Buddha Mantle to nyenoona@gmail.com, thank you in advance.

February 26, 2007 at 3:12 am

Darly

Thanks for the tip. I put pine nuts in salad now and then but had no idea of its important. I find drinking water through out the day to help a great deal. When I get hungry while making dinner I would eat a few cherry tomatoes. Now and then I also snack on cherry tomatoes because I love tomatoes.

A few years ago I would be snacking on apples. Recently I don’t do that anymore because my father’s doctor gave him a list of fruits to avoid eating and one of them is apple. The doctor said apple has sugar and is not good for people that are borderline diabetic or has diabetes. My father has to also avoid grapes. Oranges on the other hand is good for you.

February 26, 2007 at 3:29 am

Darly

When I was in Laos I noticed that all of my relatives have a Buddha Mantle above their bed, hanging on the wall. My cousin Bay would kneel down and pray each night before bed.

When I was little I don’t remember having the Buddha Mantel above my parents’ bed but more like next to the bed along the wall on table and with a sard (Lao mattress) on the ground. At least that’s how my Grandmother placed her Buddha Mantle.

As for the direction of your bed, you can have the head of your bed pointing north. The Buddha Mantle can be on the wall up high on the east side, right on the corner where the north and east wall meet, or close to the corner. When you sleep and look to the left the Buddha Mantle will always be on the east. Your head will still be below the line.

The rule at our house is pointing the bed east/west and if not possible then north/south.

February 28, 2007 at 3:43 pm

every day is a fashion parade! « the ugly earring

[...] leads me to the whole point of sharing this tale in the first place. this morning, i read this. it reminded me of my youth and my mother’s curled lip and look of disgust at the second [...]

March 2, 2007 at 10:48 am

theuglyearring

i love this story and your blog. its so wonderful to come across translated stories from thailand. the culture is so rich and colorful, its a shame that there’s not more. i also love that you are covering thai fashion week. FINALLY! the world gets to see there is more to thailand than just spicey thai food, boxing and phuket.

keep up the wonderful translations.

March 2, 2007 at 11:00 am

Nye

Thank you, that was my whole goal, to show that every culture is unique in it’s own way, especially the Thai and Lao culture. As for Fashion show in Thailand, I think Thai designers are extremely talented, no less than the western designers, and it’s something to be proud. Jade at ThaiCatwalk.com was kind enough for me to use his beautiful photos, these fashion shows add highlight to my blog and I know everyone is enjoying viewing it.

March 6, 2007 at 10:31 am

theuglyearring

hippocrates once said, “let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

your mother has it right.

to this day, my mother’s sisters go into the forest every day to pick up mushrooms and bamboo to sell at the market. its so unthinkable now in the US that you can actually step outside your front door and eat from the trees and the shrubs that surround your home.

March 6, 2007 at 10:32 am

theuglyearring

i find it interesting that farang ghosts are always the scariest ghosts of them all.

thanks for sharing!

and p.s. thanks for all the great stuff from fashion week!

March 7, 2007 at 1:04 am

Nye

Your comment made me think of a letter that a lady wrote to Koosang Koosom mag., that she was complaining that they didn’t include ghost stories in every magazine, and some weren’t even that scary. This was the comment that she got back from Dumrong, owner of magazine,

‘you are very strange, the story of ghost being scary has nothing to do with me, which I’m human, it has to do with the ghost. If you want it to be very scary, you need to go see a scary ghost movie.’

Which I find it so true, but I’m like her, that’s the first thing that I look for was their ghost stories, I thought I was strange but I guess not.

March 7, 2007 at 1:13 am

Nye

Now a day, it’s the supermarket, if you want organic grown fruits or vegetables; they are wickedly expensive.

When I was writing the post, it made me think of some of the Chinese people that I’ve known, they would go back to China to seek treatment if they were sick, I guess in desperate attempt or the thought of going back to their birthplace, I’m not sure which. Their alternative medicine would be either herbal medicine or some sort of local bugs; many times, it didn’t work because their illnesses were to the point of no return.

March 8, 2007 at 5:01 am

Vicki

where can I shop for Zenithorial clothes??

March 8, 2007 at 7:42 am

Nye

He is currently working with Gaysorn Lifestyle Consultants, and you can called them at tel# 02-656-1177, from 10.00-20.00, Thailand time; also see this post about him joining Gaysorn:

Gaysorn Lifestyle Consultants, recently joined by Adisak Rojsiriphan, also known as Zenithorial, top designer of Thailand, which are ready to train and update anyone that have interested in the latest world fashion trend, especially the Spring/Summer 2007.

http://nyenoona.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/trends-for-spring-summer-2007-by-gaysorn-lifestyle-consultants/

I get all my information from Jade at Thaicatwalk, he did all the write up in Thai language and I just translated into English for those that couldn’t read Thai, his e-mail address is : jade@thaicatwalk.com, or website: http://www.thaicatwalk.com , he will be more than happy to help you out, his English is really good, they also have a forum to discuss about fashion, I hope the information will help you out and thanks for stopping by.

March 13, 2007 at 6:07 pm

Different Types Of Prays And Rituals To The Ghost « Nye Noona

[...] average rock n roll, or new age music that I often listen to. Then I recalled writing a post on ‘Living for the dead’, which the Thai southerners would perform a Nora Rong Khru Chao Ban Ritual, which Nora is a [...]

March 13, 2007 at 6:08 pm

Different Types Of Pray And Rituals To The Ghost « Nye Noona

[...] I have been having a lot of problem lately on my posts, especially the one on ghost stories. The last post that I did really bother me because after I posted, the title would show up on the recent posts [...]

March 16, 2007 at 12:05 am

Nye

I think most Asian would choose the head of their bed pointing east because it’s the direction of the sunrise. This rule also applies to buy a house, when my parents sold our house in NYC, the first thing that they asked was which direction the house was facing, the buyer was Korean, we were lucky, and our house did face east. According to the ancient Chinese, east is the direction of sunrise and is considered good luck. It’s good to know if you are looking to buy a house, you can add this to your long list of ‘must have’.

March 17, 2007 at 5:00 pm

theuglyearring

what a lovely find. and such a nice story for a saturday afternoon. hope you are well!

March 17, 2007 at 7:20 pm

Nye

I think it’s very interesting, this lady is unique in her own way, and I believe she has what it takes to become successful in life. Most people are so pressure by their peers, but it’s obvious that she didn’t care of what her friends thought of her, and didn’t care to try to keep up with the Jones; this is the type of person I respect.

For a Saturday, I’m doing well, Thanks.

March 18, 2007 at 4:14 am

Two Witches

I am totally addicted to coffee too – the headaches I get trying to quit are not worth it, so I indulge and enjoy my 1 cup a day. I think it is great that there is a coffee you can buy that also gives back to the community. Lady Rose, , co-author Incredible Shrinking Ladies blog

March 18, 2007 at 4:35 am

A Blog of Two Witches Coffee with a heart and making a difference in the world «

[...] 2007 — Two Witches During my morning blog stroll (while sipping coffee) I came across a wonderful post about Jhai Coffee (the only fair trade certified coffee in Laos) – it is grown in Lao by a [...]

March 20, 2007 at 9:33 am

Sim

Truly outstanding images. A painting in a form of image. Someone actually think, wait then thought…then wait before pushing the camera button.

March 20, 2007 at 9:46 am

Sim

We use to have a Buddha Mantle in our bedroom. It was design to scare away ghost and bring fortunes. But lately it was removed to a location designated especially for praying/meditating. We use screen dividers to shield them when we don’t use them. Like anything else, such as TVs, Equipments, that are very distracting are covered after each use. This really helps in concentrating.

And guess what. I’ve been having nightmares ever since. To be free of nightmares, I have to sleep with a night light. I haven’t found a solution.

March 20, 2007 at 7:43 pm

Nye

Thanks for sharing your story Sim, when we were living in Laos, we also had a Buddha Mantle; I think most Laotian family at one point or another have or had one. My GI Joe sister has one, her husband collects Buddha statues, and I think he has quiet a few. I’ll take a picture of their Buddha Mantle the next time I visit them. The last time he went to the beach with us, he has them around his neck, I think at least 5 or 6 small statues, I sometime wonder if they live together harmoniously or not because I heard that certain statue can only stay at the temple.

Is that what the entertainment center doors are for? Lol…, I normally don’t close the doors, only when I’m on vacation so it wouldn’t get too dusty. I guess that defeats the whole purpose of having them.

When I left Laos, we couldn’t bring our Buddha Mantle with us, and we didn’t have a formal one at home in Thailand. I had nightmares for over 5 years, and each nightmare was about the same but varied slightly in degree of scariness, the theme of the nightmares was the same. My thought on my nightmares was that it was such a traumatic change for me; I was so little when we left Laos that I couldn’t adjust to the situation emotionally. I don’t know how true this was, but that’s just what I thought was the main reason for my nightmares.

March 20, 2007 at 7:51 pm

Nye

I love Peter’s photos; my second sister was impressed on how beautiful our homeland, nothing like what she remembered. I think his photos are a work of art, I have to learn his secrete one of this day.

March 25, 2007 at 9:03 am

Sim

Nice song. It sounds so familiar. I will keep this idea of a hug at heart. It’s usually the Western culture that show affection from a hug. But this video shows that it’s acceptable and I think a hug is great and priceless.

March 25, 2007 at 8:13 pm

Nye

I used to think like you that it’s just a western culture to hug your parents. I have to admit, I don’t hug my dad and don’t know if I ever will, but he knows that I love him, it’s just the way that we were brought up.

I was somewhat jealous of my third sister, when she found out my mom was ill, she came down and stayed with my mom until the end. She’s the only one that gave my mom hugs and kisses, morning, noon, and night, before my mom went to her doctor, and upon her returned. She was not embarrassed to show her love, but for some of us, our culture doesn’t promote that but I wish that I’ve shown my mom more of my affection, but she knew that I love her, that we all love her.

So, don’t forget, it’s okay for a guy to give his mom a hug. Please give your mom a hug for me…thanks.

March 26, 2007 at 1:58 am

Sim

Thanks. This festival always get my attention when I was a boy. Lately, I’ve been wanting to know about the details. Now, here you have it all laid out.

Your other topics are also fine topics that hits home. Thanks

March 26, 2007 at 9:04 am

Nye

Thanks, your word of kindness means a lot to me, no amount of money can buy what it’s worth.

I’m glad that you like it, I had quiet a few people that have special interest in this topic (looking from search topic) and the Thai version that I posted earlier was a bit confusing, I think it’s more of a British English than American English. One of our New Local Wat had ‘Boun Gra Tien’ and I happen to see it on their bookshelves, it was also written in Lao language. The green photo of Bang Fai, and blue photo of people dancing were from the original pamphlet.

I was hoping that it would be at Wat Lao Buddhavong of Washington DC’s web page, so I can ‘Busa’, (more like steal), but I guess I don’t have that much ‘Boun’, so I had to type all that you’ve read, but I think it’s well worth it, it’s an asset for Lao people.

March 27, 2007 at 11:58 am

Bang Fai Phaya Nark (Naga fireballs) « Nye Noona

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April 4, 2007 at 5:42 am

Laos » Blog Archive » Lao Coffee

[...] I started drinking coffee when I was in high school, I never thought that it would be addictive and keep telling people and myself that I can quit anytime, little did I know, I would get a migraine headache if I don t get my daily dosage. There are many researches out there that have […] – more – [...]

April 5, 2007 at 2:44 am

Nye

I finally had a chance to visit my GI Joe sister and took pictures of her Buddha Mantle.

April 7, 2007 at 11:38 am

bbeccy

OMG! that is sooo cool!
That will be on my wishing – list this year

//Rebecca

April 7, 2007 at 11:41 am

literaryc

Now that’s what I call a keyboard with an attitude – Come on Christmas – you’re too far away!

April 7, 2007 at 11:46 am

bbeccy

hahaha, this is actually quite interesting.
The last thing was a little scary though….

April 11, 2007 at 12:20 pm

faith god religion » Blog Archive » A Letter To Your Spirit

[...] wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDo you have faith in yourself? This is the question that I’m asking you, and do you have an answer. How much do you understand the word ‘faith’, most would think that faith is when you look up to something or believe in something. … [...]

April 16, 2007 at 1:09 pm

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April 17, 2007 at 6:47 am

Nye

Nice to hear from you, I’m glad that you get to go back home to visit, it must be the most traveled holiday for Thai people I would have imagine. Seems that the weather would be perfect for splashing water, hot and sunny during the day, rain during the night; as for us, it rained both Saturday, and Sunday, days and nights, so not very festive.

I’m still waiting to read about your trip to Laos.

April 18, 2007 at 7:09 am

Lao Ghost Story From My Memory « Nye Noona

[...] crying, the dogs were howling, almost in some sort of musical rhythm (definitely not the types of music for your third ears), the dogs paraded after her. When she got to her house, she stood there for a long time, cried [...]

April 18, 2007 at 11:32 am

theuglyearring

Happy Songkran! i hope you had a beautiful (and wet) day!

April 18, 2007 at 11:35 am

theuglyearring

“i guess fewer friends means less headache.”

ha ha! so true!

April 18, 2007 at 12:00 pm

Nye

Very wet, thank you, I have an extra bonus that came with it, now nobody wants to come near me.

April 18, 2007 at 12:10 pm

Nye

That goes for the people at Myspace web pages, I’ve seen some that have over 300-400 ‘so call’ friends, my nephew who is in modeling, showed photos of himself half naked, of course that attracts a lot of girls and gay guys to his site (mainly to promote themselves, but they are his ’so call friends’), but I bet you that he only has about 10 friends, still some headache IMO.

I’m glad that my logic is still clear; I have very few headaches.

April 20, 2007 at 11:34 am

Darly

It’s not the best time of the year to celebrate Lao New Year in the US or in Europe, unless you’re in a really warm place. Nothing beats Lao New Year in Laos I think, well minus the deaths and accidents.

Don’t forget Salat’s remedy of hot water with ginger and honey. That’s what I’ve been drinking lately.

Hope you will be 100% better soon.

April 20, 2007 at 11:46 am

Nye

No I didn’t forget, even add some lemon grass and green tea on top of it. as if that would speed things up.

Thank you, I hope to feel better soon.

April 22, 2007 at 10:37 am

It's me, the quipster.

Yes. The Internet is a medium for our voice to be heard with interactivity. It’s a medium to find the truth and have options to decide what to learn and believe. And most of all it’s a medium for progress.

As people read your thoughts they may be compelled and empowered to do something about what they read and see. Thru time their feelings become greater and they can no longer stand idle but be compelled to jump in and contribute in a modern way.

Most don’t bookmark your blog but instead type “nyenoona” in Google and hit “IFL” to enjoy the riches of your blog.

The book program is the most effective of them all because it allows children from a wide variety of interest to find the what actually interest them, whether it be in English or in Thai. While Lao is a required course, they should be allowed to read in whatever language they choose (once they have define who they are.)

The school program is a dream of mine that is becoming a reality by a web of people. Lucky him, Vienne had just became their fairy godfather.

April 22, 2007 at 7:02 pm

Nye

Thank you for commenting, I’ve heard too much of voice of uncertainty, and voice of criticism from Lao people, and I felt the need to write this post. I took my chance of being judged by readers, that I might be crazy, living in a pipe dream, but really my pipe dream is becoming part of our reality, and I’m happy that I was able to voice my opinion.

Your voice is very inspiring as well.

April 23, 2007 at 1:49 am

Boun 100 Vanh, A Memorial Service For My Mom – Part I « Nye Noona

[...] fire (everybody’s make up vary according to the region that you were born, which I posted this at Foods From Nature); when a person died, these elements left the body therefore turned cold. For a second there, it [...]

April 23, 2007 at 10:13 am

TheQiupster

I’ve once learn that everyone must at least have relatives and at least one best friend. You can have large dependable relatives but you mustn’t have too much friends. Too much friends can eat you dry financially or emotionally.

I’ve learn to depend on only one friend and it has worked out fine since I have relatives to cover my butt when that one best friend isn’t around to help me move that couch or those heavy stuffs I own.

April 23, 2007 at 10:20 am

TheQiupster

I like to hear the remaining part of the article talks about where the spirit comes from. I have ask Bhuddhist monks about this and they are not clear about how our spirits are like and where it comes from or where it lives.

April 23, 2007 at 10:42 am

Nye

All right TheQiupster, I’ll translate the rest of the article toward the end of the week; I have to finish writing about my mom Boun 100 Vanh first.

You’ve used anonymous name of TheQiupster, and e-mail address to the never, never land, seeing your name made me think of a sign that I saw when I last visited my youngest sister’s building in NYC. It was written by a Spanish landlord, and it read ‘Please no smoke in the stair well, me know who you is.’

April 24, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Boun 100 Vanh, A Memorial Service For My Mom – Part II « Nye Noona

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April 24, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Boun 100 Vanh, A Memorial Service For My Mom – Part I « Nye Noona

[...] To be continued here. [...]

April 25, 2007 at 8:18 am

TheQiupster

Sorry to keep you in the dark. I’ll email you soon. I look forward to the tranlations. I have wondered about spirits and hell – and how to avoid hell. Please take your time, I’m in no rush. Boon loy (100) vhan is design to avoid hell and it is a hectic event, I know.

April 25, 2007 at 8:38 am

Nye

No problem at all, if it’d make you feel better, I don’t need to know who you are, that way you can express your true honest opinions.

April 26, 2007 at 6:35 am

Kevin Smith

My wife is Thai and I am planning to construct an alter for her statues. Does anyone have any additional pictures of an alter they can sent me to help in my design, and when hanging the alter, which direction should the statue be facing? Thank you.

April 26, 2007 at 6:37 am

Kevin Smith

Sorry, my email address from my last post is srvfan713@yahoo.com

April 26, 2007 at 6:46 am

Nye

Hi Kevin, one thing to keep in mind that we didn’t mention before is that if you have a 2-story house, the mantle can’t be on the first floor because then if someone is on the second floor, s/he would directly be on top of the mantle or Buddha statues. If this is the case, some believe that your family will not live in harmony; good luck with your Buddha mantle.

April 26, 2007 at 12:35 pm

Boun Isn’t Designed To Avoid Hell, Borp (Sin) Is Designed to Avoid Hell « Nye Noona

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April 27, 2007 at 5:54 am

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April 28, 2007 at 4:17 am

A Letter To Your Spirit – Part II « Nye Noona

[...] April 28th, 2007 in Life Lesson, Buddhism Continued from Part I, Article from Kwanruen Magazine, written in Thai language by Mayavadee, translated by [...]

April 30, 2007 at 2:03 pm

Such a deep insight of “what you see in yourself in the mirror”.

Sometimes when I look at myself in the mirror, it feels like as if there’s someone in there that I can’t seem to recognize staring back at me, an image fading into some copy of my past vision. An energy that lets me see things. If I could just change it all over again and look it differently as I’d like, I won’t. Looking myself back I see how beautiful life really is, because I never expected it.

BTW, thanks for the nice comments on my blog.

April 30, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Nye

Hi K, thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog, and a reply at yours’, your posting of ‘A Mind Boggling Blog’, made me think differently, it has made me realized that it’s actually nice to hear comment from our readers, even a bad comment is better than no comment at all. I do have to agree with you that blogging can be very addictive.

The mirror image is the reflection of who we are, but many times we loose sight because we are so busy with our daily lives that we don’t recognize the image that is staring back at us, or we might not want to admit that, that’s who we really are. Can any of us honestly say that we’re happy with what we’re looking at? I find that blogging is enriching, it puts life into perspective for me and being able to share what I know is rewarding, even at times, some people might think that I’m crazy after reading my blog.

May 3, 2007 at 9:39 am

Introduction to Pee Bpop of Savannakhet, Laos « Nye Noona

[...] was from tattoo, which has Monh (magic) of prayers in the design, which I mentioned in the post of Is Tattoo Just A Body Art or A Cultural Sacred Design. I find it hard to believe that by having tattooed; if not follow strict rules, and then the [...]

May 3, 2007 at 9:52 am

TheQuipster

Wow. One of the best spiritual material I’ve ever seen. I have not believe in the spirit world this much and had been totally wrong about it. I didn’t know that ghost are not people’s soul but a mere spontaneous births.

Both of your mirror reflection comments had me realized that the character I see on my face tells me exactly where I am suppose to be. I will follow this dream to become who I really am. My face is my reminder.

Before age 21 I had cute chubby cheeks. The only reason why I didn’t want to have cute chubby cheeks is because I look like a girl and other boys would beat me up, including my brother which use me as a punching bag.

For the thousands of time I spent at the temple I never had anyone that spoke to me about spirits this clearly and logically. And this is the main reason why I haven’t been at the temple as often as I should. It’s remarkable that you can translate this and didn’t loose any facts during the translation. In fact, by translating into English, it’s more clearer.

I was waiting for the part about heaven and hell but he didn’t explain that part. Maybe there isn’t hell or heaven, there is only spirit when we die.

I was told that if I do something bad in this lifetime I may turn into a miserable animal in the next lifetime. Being a frog, a worm or other creatures is not that bad at all. But I’d rather be a happy sea creature in a white sandy shore. So, be good to your natural environment and make sure no animals suffer.

All this comes down to is that I am so grateful to be alive. Life is short.

The last part when he said that in our spiritual world we appear as a mere shadow and that we are much more aware of ourselves. That is such amazing to know. Thanks to all your hard work and for emailing me to come read this.

May 3, 2007 at 10:07 am

Nye

Thanks for commenting, and you’re welcome. I also wrote this post for you in regard to hell.

http://nyenoona.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/boun-isn%e2%80%99t-designed-to-avoid-hell-borp-sin-is-designed-to-avoid-hell/

May 3, 2007 at 10:06 pm

Nye

>>…I was waiting for the part about heaven and hell but he didn’t explain that part. Maybe there isn’t hell or heaven, there is only spirit when we die.

It’s funny that we all want to know what it’s like in heaven or hell, I’m very bad in questioning stuff like this, and I’ve found an answer that I can live with. No one can tell us what it’s like in heaven or hell; we’ll know when we get there, but one thing for sure, the reality of life such as ‘impermanent, suffering, non-self’ also hold true in the spiritual world, ghostly world, heavenly above, and hell below. If you’re a Buddhist and believe in reincarnation, then you know that nothing last forever, whether it’s your time here on earth, your time as a spiritual being, your time as a ghost, your time in heaven, and your time in hell.

If one day, by chance I end up in heaven or hell, it’s definitely not for eternity. =)

May 5, 2007 at 11:02 am

Is Your Blog A Male Or Female? « Nye Noona

[...] articles that I thought others might be interested in reading, and that’s when it all started. My mom passed away in early January of this year, and here I am, still translating and still spending many of my [...]

May 5, 2007 at 10:52 pm

Hi Nye, such an interesting post. I have seen a lot of blogs that doesn’t tell much if the author is a guy or a lady. It’s how bizarre a blog really is. A friend of mine who actually reads my blog said that I’m a diff person from the way I write. Sometimes the anonymity of an individual makes you wonder, what is she/he looks like? In many cases, anonymity is justified due to personal reasons. But I find it so frustrating to read a blog without knowing who you are specially if you are a brilliant writer.

I mean, if you have no idea who a person is, you don’t know for sure what to make or say on them. Once you have a loyal ones who come to know the blogger, I think the author should describe who she/he is.

BTW, sorry to hear about your mom’s passing.

May 6, 2007 at 12:27 am

Nye

Hi K, thanks for commenting, when people asked me if I could write, I’d tell them I don’t know, because I really don’t, I get very little feed back from my readers. I think I didn’t tell a lot about myself because I have no intention of writing about my life, but at times I find myself writing about my many crazy sisters, I have 7 sisters and no brother, I’m almost the baby of the family, and being able to write about my mom helps with the hurting, but I don’t know if it will ever go away, and Mother’s Day is next Sunday.

I took it for granted that many of my readers knew me; most don’t know what I look like, but knew enough information about me that they feel comfortable with my writing, most just read and not commenting a lot, so I really don’t know if they like what they read. I like ghost story so I seem to be writing a lot about it lately. The other good portion of my readers are the web crawlers, mainly searching for information on specific topics, and I don’t think they care what I look like, I’m just happy that they got what they came in for. I think blogging is acceptable in every profession now, and nothing to be ashamed of, but strangely I didn’t want my real name to be associated with my Pen name in anyway, might be because of my profession, and I don’t feel comfortable showing my picture.

Not a whole lot I’m afraid, maybe someday I’d feel more comfortable telling people about myself, but overall I’m very average in everything, very friendly as you can see, likes to make people smile and I would go out of my way at times (but sadly I find that most don’t do it for me). My goal is to be able to share stories about Laos, Thailand especially our unique culture, and I’ve recently promised our local monk that I’ll write about Buddhism also.

I like your writing style, very bold and to the point, which is something that I couldn’t do, I’m not strong enough emotionally to be able to write like you (not that I’m not capable). I think it’s actually a great way to relieve stress and anxiety.

May 8, 2007 at 6:32 am

Kevin Smith

Thanks Nye

May 8, 2007 at 1:13 pm

Pee Bpop of Savannakhet, Laos « Nye Noona

[...] to this story at, Is Tattoo Just A Body Art or A Cultural Sacred Design and Introduction to Pee Bpop of Savannakhet, [...]

May 8, 2007 at 1:23 pm

Introduction to Pee Bpop of Savannakhet, Laos « Nye Noona

[...] If I’m still living in Laos, I’m sure I’d hear more stories about Pee Bpop, but the latest that I’ve heard was that there are some living in the US; hard to believe and one of the funniest rumors of several years back was that they’d travel through telephone lines. This frighten many Laotians living in my area because of Pee Bpop from California which became very high tech, many were afraid to answer their phones. What’s next, the Internet? One thing for sure, you’ll not become Pee Bpop, or get eaten by Pee Bpop from reading this story…coming soon! [...]

May 8, 2007 at 1:24 pm

Is Tattoo Just A Body Art or A Cultural Sacred Design « Nye Noona

[...] May 1st, 2007 in Thai Tradition, Lao Tradition, Art I found an interesting story about Pee Bpop (ghost that has the tendency to take over a person’s body before eating it’s [...]

May 11, 2007 at 6:42 am

A Letter To Your Spirit – Part III « Nye Noona

[...] May 11th, 2007 in Life Lesson, Buddhism Continued from Part II, Article from Kwanruen Magazine, written in Thai language by Mayavadee, translated by [...]

May 13, 2007 at 12:14 am

chris

What amazes me is the angle of the half moon changes depending on where you are in the world. Here in Thailand, the half moon is like a smile, whereas the Uk the moon is shaped 90′ to the right.

I remember when I first noticed this, I was on a hill tribe trek in Chiang Mai, Thailand. When I looked up I thought something was wrong, I then asked someone on our tour and he explained that it’s different depending on where you are in the world.

I agree, you can never get bored of looking at the moon, it’s so beautifull

May 13, 2007 at 12:49 am

Nye

That is so neat Chis, I’ve never noticed that before, maybe it’s because I like full moon best. I need to pay a bit more attention to the moon at its changing phases.

May 13, 2007 at 6:57 pm

Darly

Hi Nye,

I think at first glance many visitors will think you’re a guy. This might sound funny but as much as I post at LP and with making an “about” page at Laomusic.nu, many Laotian “male” webmasters think that I am a male. Even the webmaster of Buclao and now Lao Roots Magazine thought I was a guy. That was after I was a member of his site more than a year and he thought I was a man after all the postings, lol. I must have sounded like a man.

I still get mails for Laomusic.nu and Laoplanet.net with reference to me as a male with the name as Darly.

This is Nye Noona with a voice and I like the way you like. Being straight up is the way to go.

May 13, 2007 at 9:35 pm

Nye

Hi Darly, I knew you’re a lady, I saw your photos, and how can anyone miss that…lol. I guess we’re in such a hurry when reading blogs that we missed little details. This is not my first time mentioning that I’m a female on my blog, the post on Eulogy For My Mom mentioned of 8 daughters, but I think most readers might have missed that.

I never feel the need to explain myself before because I feel that my voice was very neutral until recently. When I translate, my voice changes according to different authors’ voices, whether it’s a male, female, or others. Those from Laoplanet knew me, so there’s no question there, but I feel that many readers that don’t know me must be wondering. I feel a bit guilty, owe it to my readers just like K’s comment, especially if I made a comment at their blog, I often don’t leave a link back, but sometimes I do, and when they check back on my blog, I feel funny because some would come back several times and not saying anything. All bloggers that I came across are very nice in replying or making comments, and when they came to visit my blog and not saying hello, what came to mind was (1) my writing must be awful or (2) my writing and story must be weird.

I hope that most of my readers don’t think my writing is awful, and if you do pick (2), then I would say it’s not weird, it’s just a cultural gap between the east and west; if you are Laotian or Thai and thinking that it’s weird, then it’s a generation gap which I hope to close both gaps through my writing. I’m not here to make money, but just enjoying writing, your payment of comment is more than enough for me. Yes, even if you hate it, I think I’m strong enough emotionally to hear it, if not then I reserve my right to delete any inappropriate comment, but comments are very important to me, to all bloggers.

May 14, 2007 at 12:25 am

Funny when I think of my childhood in our province (a far away land in Philippines as we may call it), I used to believed that everytime there’s a FULL MOON, we think of ghosts, werewolves & other scary creatures. We usually don’t go out late, stay in bed early and locked our windows.

In HK, during the mooncake festival, people gathered around outside to celebrate the full moon. During the festival, parents allow children to stay up late, and take them to high vantage points to light their lanterns and watch the moon rise before eating their mooncakes.

May 14, 2007 at 6:08 am

Nye

Hi K, Wow, I didn’t realize that the Philippines think differently about the full moon. As for the Lao and Thai, it’s actually very romantic to be out courting during the full moon, especially in the country side where there’s no electricity. Your belief is the opposite, here, during full moon, you usually don’t go out late, stay in bed early and locked your windows, very interesting.

There’s also 2 stories that I vaguely remember hearing as a kid in regard to the full moon, one was that there’s a big tree (thon poh) on the moon; another story was the story of the rabbit that fell in love with the moon, admiring its beauty from far away (can’t remember the rest, I would love to hear if anyone remember)

I love the moon cake, I’d buy it in Chinatown when I was living in NYC, but it’s very hard to find it here in the boondocks. A little history behind The Harvest Moon Festival, according to the legend, no one can be sure of the origin of the Harvest Moon Festival (also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival). The origin was romanticized by the legendary story of Chang Er, who was believed to have taken a pill, become a fairy, and flown to the moon to escape from the pursuit of her husband. It was thought that we could see Chang Er on the moon when it is at its brightest in mid-autumn (i.e. the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar). The exact date in the Western calendar changes from year to year but it is approximately in September.

May 14, 2007 at 9:23 am

It’s a folklore – specially for kids, so that they won’t stay late outside at night. As I grew older, it also signifies “mating moments”, rather “dating with someone”, hahaha.

I don’t know why a full moon is always associated with anything scary. I’ve probably been watching too many scary movies because I love scary movies.

May 14, 2007 at 11:10 am

Nye

I think we can probably get together and write a book about full moon, there must be some sort of mysterious energy force in the air or something because it’s also associated with giving birth, and death.

As much as I like to write about ghost story, I’m actually afraid to watch scary movie. I do most of my translation at night, but some of the ghost story, I find them a bit too scary and had to do my writing at lunch break, one of my co-workers thought I was being silly.

May 14, 2007 at 11:38 pm

Chris

I’m 24 and have so much grey hair, I put it down to to much work

I’ll give it a try though and let you know if it works. If my hair turns blue I’m coming to get you! hahahaha

May 15, 2007 at 12:43 am

hahaha I am not sure if it works for me. Just listerine? I think it’s expensive to buy each time and mix it with any shampoos? I had been complaining of some shampoos causing dandruffs – not necessarily because I don’t take daily shower (or maybe I shampooed too much?) How about other mouthwashes? I am now using the jojoba phyton shampoo, a little expensive for a 50mls bottle (call me high maintenance) but just a little amount and it worked.

Then maybe, if I don’t have enough money to buy for decent product, I might try these one day. If you haven’t heard of me in a few days, that means I’m may be in a hospital bed and hopefully won’t happen.

May 15, 2007 at 1:04 am

I don’t remember which scary book I actually read. I was in college, I love to read books that time (reading clinical books infront of me creep up the hell off of me) and one night, I was all by myself had the courage to read a thriller story – in the middle of the page the story started to play inside my head. I threw the book away, crawl into bed and the next day, I dumped it. See, I was such a loser. I’m always afraid of ghosts then when my Father died, I was asleep alone in my room and for some strange reason, I saw him beside me and I felt him as if he was telling me that things will be okay. I didn’t even said goodbye to him before he passed away.

Sometimes, I think that being scared is created visually by the things we see in the movie and it becomes very scary as you imagine them it’s really happening which is actually not.

May 15, 2007 at 1:15 am

shoot – “phyto shampoo” rather. How did I end up using a phyton shampoo? LOL.

May 15, 2007 at 6:04 am

Nye

I’m sorry to hear about your dad, most of my friends that I know (add you to the list) lost their dad, and I believe that you’re dad really came to see you as a spirit (not ghost), reason being was that he was worried about you. I dreamt of my mom every now and then, but she never spoke to me, the one time that my dream seemed so real was when we came back from putting her ashes in the monument at the temple, we got back real late so I slept at my dad’s house with my GI Joe sister (who is scared of ghost, she couldn’t go to the bathroom after reading my translated ghost story), I dreamt of my mom, but the feeling was so real because I didn’t think I was asleep yet, again she didn’t speak to me, I wish she’d. I’m not afraid of ghost, might be because I’ve never seen one, ghost only come to see those that are afraid of them (or might be your mind, creates images of ghost). I am afraid of scary movie because I know it’s not real, afraid that the image might stay in my mind and play repeatedly, I don’t like to think in circle, it’s too tiring.

Your mind is very powerful that I think it sometimes can create images in your head, if you have that good of an imagination, then writing books, becoming a movie producer might be a good choice, or in the field of making commercial (I think it’s called creative, Thai people anyway), something to think about.

I think you’re a very good writer, might consider writing book, some writers write in blog, each post as chapter, before you know it, you have a book.

May 15, 2007 at 6:12 am

Nye

Chris, I didn’t think you’re 20 yet, but 24 with gray hair, might want to try it. I’m a jack of all trade, so I also cut my dad’s hair and at age 72, he still has a full set of hair, very few gray, he’s still wearing the same size clothes as when he was in his 30s, looks almost 20 years younger than his age. I’m crossing my finger that I’d have his gene.

Make sure you use the original Listerine, and if it turns blue, please read below (I should have put this with the original post)

TERMS & NOTICES OF USE – Please read carefully before using,

The information contained throughout the post of “Nye’s Family Recipe To Prevent Gray Hair” is provided ‘AS IS’ without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the results and the performance of the information is assumed by the user, and in no event shall Nye Noona be liable for any consequential, incidental or direct damages suffered in the course of using the information in this posting.

K, as for you please also read the terms and notices of use before using. For a guy that was thinking about recycling his underwear, my recycling idea of reusing the Listerine might be ideal for you. I don’t know if other brand names would also work, but back then there’s not that many brands of mouthwash and the original flavor of Listerine was all they’ve had, so I wouldn’t substitute for anything else.

For it to work, it takes time and my dad even mentioned that my mom also started using it before her passing, the majority of her gray hair started to turn reddish, he swore that it would have eventually turned back black if she’s still alive today.

May 15, 2007 at 7:47 am

I can’t wait for surprises. It can happen anytime, considering technology is changing real fast. I think a couple of times back when people were arguing what the new iPhone would look like, well it proved me wrong, there’s the new iPhone really coming (and is already in the US).

So I might say, Japanese can really make one hell of a powerful camera. It could really shut our mouths off, I mean seriously.

May 17, 2007 at 11:23 am

moo

Hi nye,

i’ve pay you a visit
phear me O_o !!

i’m not quite believe in the ghost story,
but i’d to see that beautiful ghost.. i’m kidding!

May 17, 2007 at 11:56 am

Nye

Hi Moo, thanks for the visit; you are always welcome at my blog. I’ll post the beautiful ghost lady this weekend, so come back and see her.

May 17, 2007 at 12:12 pm

Nye

Wouldn’t it be funny if the camera can do that, I’ll carry with me all the time, just aim and shoot.

May 18, 2007 at 1:08 am

A Beautiful Ghost Lady Haunting A Dorm - Part I | SUPERNATURAL NEWS

[...] From Nye Noona : This is based on a real life story in Koosang Koosom Magazine, by Jarouhvanh in Thai Language, translated by Nye. [...]

May 18, 2007 at 3:10 pm

Our Strange World - Your Portal to the Unknown » Will Haunted Past Remain?

[...] He (Monroe) wanders over there a lot. That’s about the only building left of the originals.” [link] [...]

May 18, 2007 at 7:11 pm

I actually think that stories on white lady & other ‘ghosts’ does exists esp in call college campus or dormitories – scenes like: Dormitory corridor, toilets, under the bed, and it’s like at a young age we seek thrills, do silly things & so on. During my Sophomore years, every late friday evenings, we usually play this game called “the spirit of the glass” (calling those spirit from nowhere using the glass to communicate) – it’s a very popular game for college students, but the irony of it is that, people follow this trend from one generation to another because we want to mingle with others then suddenly we notice a group turns into a sorority and you stick to each other until you get the diploma. I can’t even remember the name of our group but thinking it back, it made me smile.

May 19, 2007 at 3:11 pm

Malcolm Riviera

Thanks for posting (or reposting) the article about the ghostly past of
Highland Hall at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC. The picture you
show is of another building, however; this is (was) Highland Hall:
http://www.lrc.edu/map/highland.htm

The building was torn down as of Thursday — no ghostly reports yet, but
there’s always time for that later!

May 19, 2007 at 5:11 pm

Nye

Thanks Malcolm, (I updated the photo) I couldn’t find the photo except for the one that’s being torn down, and that’s why I decided to link to the original article. Let us just hope the ghost don’t fly that far, I’ll have a hard time translating ghost story at night because they might decide to visit me, and BTW, you’re not too far from it either (small world, we might be next door neighbor), I heard that the ghost travel with the wind, keeps your eyes open….Boo!

May 19, 2007 at 5:32 pm

laos - » Lazin' in Laos with Friends

[...] Pee Bpop of Savannakhet, LaosSavannakhet at that time was known as the capital city of the Southern region of Laos, large populations, airport, there were 2-3 radio stations, military base, active trading, university, schools, newspaper head quarter, royal palace … [...]

May 19, 2007 at 5:33 pm

Nye

Hi K, If I’ve not mentioned of my believing in ghost or not, then I do believe that they exist and living among us, but in a different dimension from us; it’s just most of us can’t see but those with six senses, I believe can see and I can’t say if it’s a gift or a curse; small children I believe can also see because I’ve known of a few that claimed that they saw, very eerie when they’re sitting right next to you and they said that they saw their dead grandmother standing at the door smiling at them. What would you do, smile at the door?

I’ve heard of college students played those games, some even played at the cemetery, and one of the popular one is the letters game, which I’m not sure what it’s called, the one that you’ve seen in movies all the time. I can’t say that I belong to any group or join any club during my college days, I had to work my way through college.

May 19, 2007 at 11:36 pm

A Beautiful Ghost Lady Haunting A Dorm – Part II « Nye Noona

[...] May 19th, 2007 in Ghost story Continued from Part I. This is based on a real life story in Koosang Koosom Magazine, by Jarouhvanh in Thai Language, [...]

May 20, 2007 at 2:24 am

Oh my God – goosebumps indeed. I think I’ve watched this Thai Movie (I forgot the title) about a photographer who took photos without realizing the pictures turned out prints of ghosts or something like that.

Sometimes I can see things too some kind of premonition – the abilities attributed to the presence of supernatural. But I can’t say it’s always accurate when I see or predict things, it’s just that it gives me a slight hints on what’s going to happen (esp to the people I strangely, for some weird reason, see on the street).

May 21, 2007 at 6:22 am

Nye

This is one of my favorites ghost story that I’ve translated. One of the good thing that I like about these real life Thai ghost stories are that they give you a complete view as to what happened, many times when I read ‘ghost story’ told by American, they always leave you hanging, like someone or something always knock at the door at 3 am, and I thought to myself, ‘so, what happen?’ The author actually wants you to tell him/her what you think, well if s/her does know, how could I?
I didn’t get to see the movie that you’re talking about, but I saw a Thai movie similar to that, it’s called ‘Chun Ahe Chun Jour’, it’s the nursery rhyme that I wrote at the ‘Full Moon’ post, gave me goose bumps when I wrote that. The ghost in that movie also got raped and murdered, and 2 of the girls in the movie have six senses, graphic pictures of the lady ghost would flash before their eyes, most of the time scary ghostly white looking. I made myself watch that whole movie, after that I’ve interested of translating ghost story. Weird?

May 22, 2007 at 5:14 am

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May 22, 2007 at 10:23 am

Nye

I think I just prove my point; they linked because of the word ‘Vietnamese family’.

May 22, 2007 at 1:27 pm

I remembered my boss told me about working wisely – I thought she was referring to “don’t work too hard if you are smart enough”. I figured, some of my colleagues only seemed to work harder when the Boss is around, whereas, I work harder because that’s just me.

I need a an extra raise I think for doing other people’s job.

May 22, 2007 at 8:18 pm

Nye

Hi K, I’m not sure if I work smart, I always have a solution in my head before I do anything, one thing for sure, I have a good memory. I seem to work hard because I always have to help others with their work, helping them think things through, or just helping them period, of course they get all the credits, which that doesn’t bother me much, I’ve gotten use to it by now. I think I’m being too nice; I have to learn how to say no, but every time I see that confusing look on their face, I always give in, sometimes I feel like kicking myself.

You can tell that I’m having a bad day, I don’t normally take my feelings out on my post, but it does make me feel a bit better, thanks for listening, I seem to have less and less friend these days, pretty soon I’ll be talking to myself.

May 23, 2007 at 3:16 pm

Out of 32, I get 5 I think. Isn’t that odd?

May 23, 2007 at 3:48 pm

Nye

Yes, you are so not creative, I wouldn’t ask you which ones you missed, but more like which ones you got right.

(Very strange, your comment got posted at Introduction to Pee Bpop of Savannakhet, Laos. I moved it here, but still doesn’t look right, either there’s a problem or my blog is haunted again.)

May 23, 2007 at 4:18 pm

Huh? Where is that? Which comments? I have no idea how it ended up there?

May 23, 2007 at 4:43 pm

Nye

The comment that you got 5 out of 32, not very creative, if this was my score it’d make more sense because of the profession that I’m in, but it surprised me when I score that high. I think an average person would score 28. One that you got wrong for sure is #2 not motivated by money, because I know you’re motivated by money.

I’m curious to see how Darly and Sim would score on this. I think Sim would score pretty high. If you guys care to take the test.

May 24, 2007 at 8:30 pm

Darly

Hi there Nye,

I answered yes to almost all of them, except for #31 I had to pause and asked myself twice. I think I like to play it safe but at times I would just tell myself to go for it. That is how I ended up over here or choosing my undergrad study school. I didn’t let fear stop me. I don’t want to regret not doing something and not take chances.

I think if you were to ask yourself these questions few years ago, you would have answered yes to all of them. Where you are now you like stability for various reasons. For me I am alone so I am more willing to take risk.

May 24, 2007 at 9:05 pm

Nye

Thanks Darly, I think you are right, we do think very much alike. I do like the stability of life, but not necessary means that I won’t take any risk at all. If traveling to Laos is a small risk like most people warns me, then one day I’d love to travel back to Laos with you and other LP members.

I think Sim would also answer very much like you and I. What happen to LP and your other sites? It has been down since yesterday. I doubt if Sim got my PM to him, or otherwise he might be museums hopping by now.

May 24, 2007 at 9:48 pm

Darly

Hi Nye,

I think you evaluate things and then make a choice, like going to Laos for example. But you would not be doing things like you would as a teenager. But somehow I know you were a responsible teenager.

Sim would say yes to all those questions but would he tell us that is the question.

Bad news on the site. Our hosting company has a raid hardware crashed and all our backups are corrupted. I’m putting pieces back together as you can see.

But I won’t give up easily. Right now I’m working on Laocook.com, page by page.

May 24, 2007 at 10:00 pm

Nye

It’s okay if he doesn’t want to tell us, we know him, but I’ve a feeling that Sim doesn’t mind telling us his answer.

So sorry to hear about your sites; Have you been up all night, or just got up? It’s an odd hour for you.

May 25, 2007 at 7:37 am

Darly

Thanks Nye. I’ve been up all night and went to bed at 4:45 AM. Then got up around 9:00 AM because I couldn’t sleep with too much on my mind you know.

Now it’s time for lunch and back to restoring Laocook.com. It’s going to be a busy weekend.

May 25, 2007 at 8:25 am

Nye

Good luck Darly, I’ll be thinking of you, I wish I could help in someway. I saw bits and pieces came back for Lao cook, but Lao cuisine is still missing a lot of data. At first I thought Nexus was working on a new template because he mentioned that not too long ago.

I’m here if you need anything.

May 25, 2007 at 11:17 am

Darly

Thanks. I’ll need all the luck I can get.

LP is back. It’s funny how many months ago I thought about not updating the site and start new with making a blog site. Now I can do that with no data to fall back to. A good excuse for a new start.

LP forum was more like a blog as stated by Sim. If all the current posters sign up with the new LP and start posting their subjects. Then it’s like we are back to normal I think.

It’s going to take a long time to rebuild all the sites. But we can do it.

May 25, 2007 at 11:33 am

Nye

You know this might sound silly, but I actually cried when I saw the new LP, it’s like I just lost a good friend, it’ll be exactly 1 year for me on 5/27/2007, this Sunday, and was hoping to show a WIP of my fish/lily pond project that I’ve been working on for the last 2 weeks.

But then I thought, no time to be a crybaby, change is good and you can count me in.

May 25, 2007 at 12:48 pm

fefal

Always good advice…always good feeling about your life.
Thanks for all word you write on this blog!

May 25, 2007 at 2:26 pm

Nye

Thanks kindly, you made my day.

May 26, 2007 at 5:50 pm

Good advice there Nye. Even so, I usually avoid squeezed-fruits/veggies drinks. I tried it once (like the carrot drink) but it didn’t give me an inch to liking it eventhough it’s beneficial to our health. On the contrary, I enjoy eating green veggie salads. Anything green, I eat them.

May 27, 2007 at 7:04 am

Nye

Hi K, I think carrot alone might taste badly, especially if you don’t like to eat carrot. If I remember the recipe correctly, the juice that we made are 1 carrot, 1 green apple, 1 celery, (some people also like to add the cabbage, and orange). This was what we made for my mom and it taste good but I think it’s a bit costly to make. As for me, I buy these on a regular basis, so I have them in my fridge all the time.

Eating greens are good for your health, it’s an excellent source of vitamins A and C, calcium, iron and potassium, and greens are low in fat and calories. A cup of collards contains as much calcium as a glass of milk, and greens are known to fight cancer by helping to detoxify and remove harmful molecules from the body. I’m glad that you eat healthy.

May 27, 2007 at 12:56 pm

Lao Planet » Blog Archive » Nelly Furtado Day

[...] I felt like a doctor doing rounds. I think Nye (Ginger) has an influence on me with her post of Listen To Music With Your Third Ears. A few days after her post, I got my hands on the top 100 classical songs MP3. I like music and I [...]

May 27, 2007 at 7:29 pm

hair woman

I may write a post about this on my blog, very interesting.

May 28, 2007 at 11:48 am

Sim’s blog

[...] 28th, 2007 by thesim I came across many of Nye’s article and they are very nicely formatted and very presentable, I must say. But I notice one thing out of [...]

May 28, 2007 at 12:54 pm

Nye

Thanks Sim, it’s been bothering me for quiet sometimes, and the only solution for me is to change to a new theme, but this one has grown on me so I continued for it to bother me till you found a solution. Thanks, as always.

May 28, 2007 at 2:08 pm

TheQuipster

I love recipes that are out of mainstream marketing and science. If it works then there is nothing to loose. Just as we are dependant on gasoline, if we were to be dependant on a specialize hair product then the manufacturer could raise the prices on us.

May 28, 2007 at 2:25 pm

TheQuipster

Nice post. Nice Ghandi story. Some of us don’t really want to make a lot of money. And some of us do. Some of the professions that aren’t very much concern about making money are teachers. And most often these people will want to help strangers for nothing in return. It is what makes them feel good.

And feeling good is very important because it is the only way to fulfil our life. You might want to kick yourself but we must realize that you wanted to help them and they wanted to be help.

May 28, 2007 at 3:10 pm

Member

I should have kept lots of screen shots of Laoplanet, but these screenshot could disappear when their wimpy host crashes.

So, Laoplanet is turning into a multiple author blog? It’s a bit confusing but I like change, I will enjoy it. What is going to happen to the forum? Maybe I’m not up to date in the new Internet fad, but is the multiple-author blog a new fashion? How do you control a madman from blogging on her site?

May 28, 2007 at 4:36 pm

Nye

“Maybe I’m not up to date in the new Internet fad, but is the multiple-author blog a new fashion?”
multiple authors’ blog is not a new fashion, but to me it’s more interesting to read because of different contribution from many authors, which have different knowledge, point of views, and experiences. To marketers they see this as a gold mine, such as the scraper site that mainly set up blog to generate revenues. Some would want to link to you because you rank high on the search engines, must be important for them to craw on your blog to begin with. I believe blog is a new target for marketers because blogging has becoming a part of our daily lives and many marketers see this as a potential way to promote product, since each blog post stands alone as its own page, marketers can merchandise relevant products and services on those pages, and there is never any direct cost, also their product can generated many viewers through bloggers network, or RSS feeds. The marketing aspect part, I don’t like but it’s part of the marketing strategy this day(especially if you place ad on your blog), and something that bloggers can’t avoid, IMO.

“What is going to happen to the forum?”
I think each post by an author is no different from how we posted in the past at LP forum, your comment is the reply to the post, the only thing that is missing is the emotional icons which is something that Darly can add on, I’ve seen at people’s blog, if we have that, then everything is the same, but just in different format. Another good thing about blog posting is that it doesn’t require a comment, the author wants to share his/her ideas, comment is a courtesy from readers if they appreciate, like/dislike, sharing different opinions or their point of view with the author. All author/writer/blogger require feed back from their readers, how generous the readers are with their comment is up to them.

“How do you control a madman from blogging on her site?”
There are four roles: Administrator, Editor, Author, and Contributor.
Here is what they can do:
Administrator
The Admin can do everything. Complete power over posts, comments, settings, theme choice, import, users – the whole shebang. Nothing is off-limits.
Editor
They can publish any posts, edit any posts, edit any published posts, edit any pages, moderate comments, manage categories, manage links and upload files. They can also delete any posts and any pages. They can read, edit and delete private posts.
Author
Is able to edit their posts, publish their posts and upload files. And they can delete their posts too.
Contributor
They can edit their posts but cannot publish.
Advice
Be careful what roles you give people, especially if you want them to be an Editor or joint Administrator. Promoting someone is easy – removing a role is much harder.
Source

I think Darly has to decide the role of that person, she can also remove them from the list, but if it’s someone that she’s not familiar with, might be good to let them be the contributor, and she can censor all his/her work before it gets published.

I think it’s a tragic loss, but we definitely can make it work and so far we’re doing extremely well with our posting.

May 28, 2007 at 10:06 pm

Nye

Hi TheQuipster, I’ve been using it for over 2 weeks now and I’ve to admit that my hair feels a lot cleaner. I’ve not noticed any odd odor, no more than Neutrogena cleaning shampoo that I’ve used once in a while to clean out the residue left on my hair from using certain shampoo for too long, in away the Listerine and shampoo give me the same result as the Neutrogena cleaning shampoo, but a lot cheaper.

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