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I came from a family of seamstress and for us to have a fascination for silk fabric is not surprising at all, my oldest sister loves silk fabric, but I believed she is more familiar with the Thai silk than the Lao silk, I think Lao textiles are no less beautiful than the Thai textiles.
I recently learned about a company that manufactured Lao textiles through the Today Show called Ock Pop Tok, means East meets West. From their website, Lao textiles are still used in many aspects of daily life from ceremonies to the household such as,
- Pha Bieng Scarf for the upper body (used by Buddhists)
- Pha Hom Blanket
- Pha Sabai Healing cloth
- Sihn Skirts
- Pha Phok Long Funeral cloth
- Pha Kaan Head cloth
- Pha Phii Mon Shaman Cloth
- Pha Mong Mosquito net decoration
- Pha Khan Mon A love gift handkerchief
- Pha Tung Prayer Flag
What I find fascinating is their ‘Silkworms & Natural Dyes Workshop, Dye your own Scarf,’ this is on my to-do list if I’m ever in that area and if time permits. Below is the agenda for the workshop, and I found photos by annamatic3000, Anna Lee who took the class during her visit to Laos,
Spend the afternoon in a stunning Mekong riverside garden. Prepare natural dyes and dye your own silk scarf. The workshop looks at silkworms, natural dyes and weaving techniques. The afternoon’s programme is interactive and full of fascinating information; a unique and entertaining opportunity to learn about silk dyeing & weaving.
Meet the silkworms. First there is an explanation about the worms’ lives; where they come from, who makes silk in Laos and a bizarre list of facts regarding sericulture. Guests are invited to prepare mulberry leaves and feed the worms.
Below are the mulberry trees on a misty morning Vangviang Organic Farm, Laos. The mulberry trees provide leaves to feed to the silk worms, plus mulberry tea, mulberry wine, and mulberry shakes.
Dye your own scarf with a natural dye. After a brief introduction to the natural dyes, guests are invited to prepare a dye source. Indigo – green, turmeric – yellow, sappan – pink or purple, lemongrass – light yellow, annatto – monk robe orange, indigo paste – blue. After preparing the dye source white scarves are dyed in the chosen colours.
Below are Turmeric (yellow), Annatto seeds (monk robe orange), Indigo leaves (blue green), and Sappan wood (purple)
Where in the World is Matt Lauer? Where else, Laos (click) [to watch slide show on right hand side], TODAY’s Matt Lauer takes a quick tour of Vientiane, the historic capital of Laos, the latest stop on his 2008 “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?” tour. One of my co-workers learned a thing or two about Laos, actually it’s Lao, so she said, and the Today Show this morning is broadcasted from Laos, that is so cool.
The land of Laos: Affordable and undiscovered, by Peter Greenberg, TODAYShow.com contributor
Laos is a true magical mystery tour. Few Americans visit. Fewer understand it. However, more and more savvy travelers are slowly discovering this small country.
Not too long ago, Vietnam was like this — before diplomatic relations with the U.S. were restored in the 1990s. The same could be said for Cambodia. Both Vietnam and Cambodia have recently exploded as tourist destinations.
And now it’s this former kingdom’s time to enter as a preferred destination in Asia. Ten years ago it was a backwater country, still trying to recover from its own 1975 revolution which ended a 600 year-old monarchy.
The government — slowly but surely — has opened the doors to the outside world. And the world is curious to see what is there.
Laos is a landlocked country between Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and China. It’s lifeline is the Mekong River, which forms a large part of Laos’ western border with Thailand. Centuries ago, it was the Kingdom of Lan Xang, or Land of a Million Elephants.
On the surface, little has changed. Laos is still a farming country specializing in rice. The official language is Lao, but English is widely understood in the cities.
The best part about traveling to Laos is that it’s affordable, but not overrun with tourists. But word has spread about Luang Prabang “the Shangri-La of Southeast Asia,” so it’s more developed and filled with backpackers and vacationers. This 700-year-old town can get very crowded, and it is quickly transforming into a more structured, organized tourist destination. But not all travelers make it to the current capital city of Vientiane; southern Laos is practically undiscovered so you’ll find even fewer crowds and better deals in places like Pakse. Read the rest of article and to watch videos here. Darly also uploaded all the clips at Laovoices.com.
Screen shots updated 5/1/2008:
High Definition videos of Luang Prabang, Laos by James Quilty at Vimeo.
- Mee and Tho’s Luang Prabang
Mee and Tho are children who live on the other side of the Mekong river from Luang Prabang, the ancient capital of Laos. Each day they cross it to sell trinkets to the tourists and help their family in the markets. We met them at a museum devoted to traditional Lao houses where they and their friends hang out and attend art classes on weekends. Mee and Tho offered to show us their Luang Prabang. This is the first of a three part series. The traditional music is from the album “Music of Laos: the Buddhist Tradition.”
- Mee and Tho’s Luang Prabang - The Mekong
On the second day Mee and Tho show us the morning market and we take a journey along the Mekong to see the Buddha caves and the waterfalls. We end the day watching the semi-annual boat races. This is the second of a three part series. The traditional music is from the album “Music of Laos: the Buddhist Tradition.”
- Mee and Tho’s Luang Prabang - Almsgiving
On the final day of our trip to Luang Prabang, Yui and I cross the Mekong to visit Mee and Tho’s villiage, Ban Xiangmen. We participate in the almsgiving to the local monks and meet with the senior monk who shows us the ancient temples Wat Chom Pet and Wat Long Khon. Ban Xiangmen is almost as rich with history and architectural beauty as Luang Prabang. This is the third of a three part series. The traditional music is from the album “Vision of the Orient - Music from Laos”
Updated Photos 5/1/2008:
Wat in the last clip at 4:43 with the animal in question (Screen shot 1) that the Thai interpreter claimed that it is a symbol that Laos was once ruled by Thai King, which I don’t believe it is the case. In Buddhist iconography, we find the lions (Singhto) in their role of dharma protectors supporting the throne of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. They are also found at the entrance of the monasteries and shrines. I think the lions here are symbolic of the bodhisattvas, the “sons of the Buddha” or “Buddha’s lions” holds true here, and not the sign of Thai King. See full explanation in comment, below are screen shots, and photos by James Quilty at Flickr.
Screen shot 1:
Screen shot 2:
You can visit his blog at Notes From Thailand, and I also added him to my blogroll for future visit.
I should say ‘Souksan Vanh Pee Mai’ or Happy Lao New Year everyone. I told my co-workers that we’re having our Lao New Year next week, and they were very confused, one said that “I thought you just had one.” I just had two (I corrected her), one on January 1st, then another on February 7th for Chinese New Year, this one is Lao New Year, usually celebrate in April.
- Thai New Year Song
Last year I visited a local temple and what I found fascinating were the sand stupas, which are decorated with flags, white lines, and people would splash or pour perfumed water on them and as part of merit making, I donated money to help buy the sand. I asked the local monk about it, and he said that the sand stupas symbolize the mountain of Phoukao Kailat where King Kabinlaphom’s head was kept by his seven daughters (the monk sort of grinned at me because he knew that my dad has eight daughters, he is probably thinking one daughter too many.)
He explained that many of the practices such as pouring water over Buddha images, monks’ hand, or splashing water for festive and fun all came about from the story of King Kabinlaphom. I vaguely remembered the story (read the story of Nang Sangkaan) as to why or how his head got cut off but his severed head was kept in a cave, and his 7 daughters (representing 7 days of the week, I believed) would visit their father’s head every year and perform a ritual for prosperity, and it’s right before the farming season therefore asking for good season of rain as well.
Below are photos of Lao New Year 2007 celebration at Wat Sayaphoum, known for its best Pali school in the city and it’s located in Savannakhet, Laos (photos by Savannakhet at Flickr.) Savannakhet is also where the second Lao-Thai Friendship Mekong Bridge crossing at Savannakhet, Laos and Mukdahan, Thailand.
As for Nang Sangkaan pageant, there are seven contestants; each one represents one of the King Kabinlaphom’s seven daughters.
I posted 2 posts at Laovoices.com using the new release version of WordPress 2.5 and it’s totally new from what I’m used to. I can’t seem to find my way around, and it’s like moving into a new house. I was hoping that we would not get the new version since we’ve the free version of WordPress, but I guess I was wrong, it is available for us today. So this is a random post of testing the new features…taking you to Luang Prabang, Laos.
- Kyvong-Luang Prabang
A flower on a Buddhist grave in Wat That in Luang Prabang, Laos photo by Adam Cathro.
- Bounkham - Siang Khene Lao
Memories of Laos video takes us to various parts of Laos… Vientiane City Tour: The famous and sacred structure of That Luang Stupa, Patuxay Monument, which is well known as Vientiane’s own Arc de Triumph. The Vientiane Central Market of Talad Sao where the Laotians and tourists shop for textiles, Lao sinh and souvenirs. The former royal temple of Wat Prakeo previously housed the famous Emerald Buddha Image. The oldest Wat Sisaket with thousands of miniature Buddha statues. Vientiane City Tour to the village area to see peaceful Mekong River and how the Laotians lead their daily lives. Visit Ban Sikhaitha and Ban Lao (Lao Traditional house), infrastructure constructed purely by wood.
Then heading out of the city to Vang Vieng, along journey, enjoy beautiful traditional villages along the road, sightseeing around Vang Vieng.
Greatest thing about the video, memories can be shared. Enjoy.
Video embedding is disabled; please click here to watch Memories of Laos
Laos Water Buffalo, Southeast Asia, 1968, this was taken almost 40 years ago, photograph by Wilbur E. Garrett.
A herd of water buffalo charges down a dirt road in rural Laos. In Laos, one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia, domesticated water buffalo are used for their meat, hides, and milk, and also for plowing and transportation.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, “The Mekong: River of Terror and Hope,” December 1968, National Geographic magazine) Source.
In 1975 the communist took over Laos, hundreds of thousands of Laotians fled our homeland as refugees to our neighboring countries, one being Thailand, and then immigrated to various parts of the world. As I recalled while living at the Camp in Thailand before coming to the US, my parents and others had to answer a series of questions as to their profession whilst living in Laos, and of course as we all know that Laos is a predominately majority agriculture country therefore many are farmers. As farmers, one had to own water buffalo(es) for plowing the land for farming, and one of the questions that were asked was, ‘How many teeth does a water buffalo have on top and bottom?’ I think it doesn’t take a genius to answer this question, but it does take a real farmer because most of us don’t pay much attention to water buffaloes even when they’re smiling at us.
See what I’m talking about, of course those that lied about being farmers didn’t pass and this delayed their getting acceptance to the US, and other counties as well. Most people just assumed that water buffaloes have a full set of teeth on top and bottom, but the ones in Laos’s only have teeth on the bottom, please correct me if yours have teeth on top 
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- Nerakhoon Prodcast from WNYC New York Public Radio
Underreported: The Legacy of the War in Laos
During the Vietnam War, the CIA used Laos to launch secret operations, which in turn led to mass bombings and destruction there. And after the 1975 Communist takeover, hundreds of thousands of Laotians who had aided the Americans had to flee the country for fear of retribution. On today’s first Underreported, we find out what has happened to those who left. Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath are director and co-director of the documentary film “Nerakhoon,” about Thavisouk’s long and difficult journey from war-torn Laos to Brooklyn. Source
To read more about the documentary film of Laos and a Laotian Family living in the US, I posted the story of Nerakhoon (The Betrayal) 2008 at Laovoices.com
The film is already set to show on PBS in the US 2008/2009, check your local listing.
The photos from Laos reflect the serenity, the laid-back life style of the people, something that I remembered as a kid. Laos is predominately Buddhism, our Buddhist lifestyle is described as the daily living in simplicity, peace, gratitude, wisdom, and compassion, and when I see videos and photos from Laos, they clearly reflect and confirm the simplicity of life that Laos has to offer.
Of course, you hear different story from people that went back to visit, from relatives that live there, from those that came to visit, especially about young Lao girls, the accumulation of material wealth seems to be on the mind for most, and for some, sad to say that they are willing to farm on their little piece of land (yes, it means that they’d go into pr0stitution by choice), and some would choose the profession of Mia Noy (mistress) as Chinese people called it Ernai, a modern version of concubines, a new profession for women in China. Is this profession gradually inching up on Lao girls as well?
On behalf of Laovices.com and Houay Laou Elementary school in Pakse, Champassak province, I want to thank the Friends of the National Library of Laos (my co-workers) for making it possible for us to deliver our 9th Books Box; with your generous support, we were able to give the gift of learning.
Darly wrote a post at Laovoices.com that describes the condition of the schooling in Laos, and also a special thanks below,
The parents and students are grateful and happy to know there are people outside Laos that care a great deal about them. They sent their big Thanks and warm regards. The students at Houay Laou Elementary school are eager to learn and you can see their enthusiasm as they surrounded the book box, trying to get a piece of the action. Please visit the Gallery for more photos of the book box delivery to Houay Laou Elementary school.
I was pleased to see the progress of the school project that my co-workers and I help support. For some of you that have seen the name Friends of NLL as a donor to Book Box Fund, and Dannavieng School Building Project in the past, those are money from my co-workers; they’re kind enough to help support in what I’m doing.
When Darly first introduced the project to us, I didn’t know how I’d raise money to help at the time, the only thing that I’m good at is making spring rolls which I’ve been making it for the last 10 years or so in helping raising money for the March of Dime, and Christmas for the Salvation Army Angel Tree, and this year, in placed of the Angel Tree, we decided to help sponsor the orphanage at the Children’s Home in our area, hoping to sponsor 30 children. When I first introduced the idea to my co-workers, beside from raising money for above causes, I also want to raise money to help with the school in Laos; which the only thing that Laovoices.com (formerly known as Laoplanet.net) support last year was the Book Box, and that’s how the name Friends of National Library of Laos came about, it was Darly’s idea; my co-workers loved the idea and I’ve been making a lot more spring rolls since; I’ve gotten more orders than I’d fill.
Some of my co-workers have been asking me about the building project, that if I need more money, but I think they just want to eat my spring rolls, but the intention is all the same, they want to help, thanks for supporting. One Book Box is being delivered as we’re speaking, I’ll keep you update on this and post as soon as I’ve photos from Darly.
Darly has posted an update at Laovoices.com, and this is part of her post,
Bane Dannavieng, in Champassack Province. The new elementary school is not quite completed but has made a big progress thanks to the contributors to the project. The school now has a roof over the 8×50 meters building, which will hold 6 classrooms to be utilized for many years to come. At present, the piles of red dirt you see in the photos will be used as the floor foundation. Below are photos from the school’s officials with a note of big THANK YOU, to all who made this possible.
When I first introduced Big Brother Mouse (BBM), I didn’t expect many questions over the matter and only wrote on my post at Laovoices.com and also my blog that “I don’t know a lot about them”, but ignorance on my part is no excuse and I feel that I owe to my readers an apology for not finding out more about them.
When I first saw their web site, I was impressed with their overall appearance, well written, and very professional looking. I recently received an e-mail of concern from one of my readers, which made me decide to write this post, to be a bit more transparent, to shed more light as to who is who? So who is this BBM?
Please read the rest of the post at Laovoices.com.
After getting somewhat of a critical comment on my post, ‘Please Help Give Lao Children A Chance’ at Laovoices.com, (also posted here) I can overlook at the fact that the individual’s opinion doesn’t reflect the whole organization, just as she generalized her view of Lao people living in the US, of who she thought we are, and NO we’ve not forgotten about our Lao brothers and sisters in Laos.
I wrote the post with good intention, but I find that she’s not happy with it mainly because I’m not praising them to the grave, sorry that I’m not good at that, if your intention of helping is pure, you’d not need me to do that.
I’ve every intention to post this article from my local newspaper, to me, spreading the word is also a part of giving back to our Lao community.
Nonprofit raises money to support education centers in remote, poverty-stricken areas of Laos.
By Jennifer Menster, record staff writer
Dori Shimoda went to northern Laos with intentions of backpacking through remote villages. He came back from his December 1999 trip with a newly discovered life project.
Out of Shimoda’s desire and passion to help children, Give Children a Choice was up and running by 2002. The nonprofit raises money to build preschools in poverty-stricken areas in Laos.
I wrote this post at Laovoices.com, and would like to also post here for Nye Noona readers that might not have normally visited Lao Voices.
When I did a post on Give Children A Choice February 2007 Trip To Laos and Cambodia, I have had mixed feelings. I’m very happy to see that there’re people out there that are kind enough to think of our little country, of our children and they see the importance of education, this gives me hope for better future. Then I thought how could they be so successful, one of my American friends said that it’s because everyone want to get on the band-wagon, the more famous that they are, the more people will support them, look at Oprah Winfrey Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, she has a deep pocket, and has many supporters. She is giving back to her people, her children, I think very highly of what she is doing.
Most of us that created websites, whether it’s in myspace, blog format, website of artists or writers, we all want to promote of who we are, our culture. I find myself doing the same thing, even promoting the cultures of our neighboring countries because of the similarity to our own culture. Many Lao websites or Lao magazines are trying to display or highlight the success of many Laotians, the ones that we applaud because they represent our people well, to show the world that we’re as successful as any other ethnic groups, someones that we’re proud of. As I came across many Lao blogs, Lao websites, and Lao magazines, I’m happy to see many names and different professions that Laotians represent, they’re the ones that made it. I often think back to those that didn’t make it, those that might never have that opportunity and chance, only if some of us would give them that chance, a little hope, those are the children in Laos.
Laoplanet.net has been a supporter of Book Box Fund, National Library of Laos, for several years now, we have had members and readers that help fund the program so that we could purchase books for children in Laos, and we’ve done the best that we could, but I think that we could do more. Since our website has gone through a transformation, from the old Laoplanet.net, a forum format, to Laovoices.com, a blog format, and I’m sure that we’ve attracted new readers that might not be aware of our programs. Please check our Book Box Fund section, your help doesn’t have to be in the form of monetary donation, it’d be through word of mouths, and for those that have blogs or websites, any thoughtful gesture will greatly be appreciated, if we don’t help our children to become better adults, what’s the point of trying to promote our Lao culture; eventually it might be just one of the legends that’s told to us when we’re little.
Introduction to this story at, Is Tattoo Just A Body Art or A Cultural Sacred Design and Introduction to Pee Bpop of Savannakhet, Laos
This was a true story from April 2007 issued of Koosang Koosom Magazine, written by Phranom Khongphanrach in Thai Language, translated by Nye. As we are speaking, the second Thai-Lao Mekong bridge at Mukdahan-Savannakhet (the 2.5 billion baht ($60.5 million) bridge, financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation) is in the process of completing; hopefully we’d be able to use it to travel from Thailand to Laos and vice versa in the near future. The bridge is almost at 100% completion; they’re currently working on assembling the ropes to the upper portion of the bridge, hoping that this’d take no more than a few months. The author was originally from Nakornpranom, Thailand and has relatives that were living in Laos; one of his relatives was a police officer with high ranking.
The year was 2504 (1961), one of my relatives who was a police officer at Savannakhet province had offered me a job position; so I traveled there right away; took my wife and 3 children with me. Savannakhet at that time was one of the biggest cities of that area, and Lao currency at the time was not as inflated as today’s currency; back then 100 kips was equivalent to 27-28 baht, but currently 250 kips is equivalent to 1 baht…1,000 kips would only get you 4-5 baht.
If you’re not familiar with Pee Bpop, think of this as an Introduction to Pee Bpop 101. The article that I’ll be translating claimed that it really exists in Savannakhet, Laos. Savannakhet is a town that’s situated on the banks of the Mekong River opposite Mukdahan in Thailand. The province bridges the country between Thailand and Vietnam and the town is a very active junction for trade between the two countries. As long as I can remember, Pee Bpop was well known in Laos, and Issan region of Thailand. It was some sort of demon that’d take control of a person’s body, and would give that person a ghostly power to go out and eat the elders, children, women that recently gave birth, and mainly the sick or weak that can’t help themselves. What would they eat? I guess mainly the inside of your body. Those that became Pee Bpop knew that they were Pee Bpop, but many times would try to hide it because it was socially unacceptable in Laos, or anywhere else I’d imagine. I’ve to admit that I knew very little about Pee Bpop, before translating this, I had to go out and talk to many elders that came from Laos, and one of the reasons that was given to me 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 magical power could backfire and could make one into Pee Bpop. That’s the story I was told, so I’m sticking with it for now, if you heard differently, I’d love to hear from you.
I’ve translated many Thai ghost story, but none of Lao ghost; not that we don’t have any, and if I have to say so, Lao ghost story is as scary as Thai ghost story. Unfortunately, I haven’t come across any Lao ghost story in reading, but I do have one story that I remember when I was little living in Laos. The story was very vague, since I was only 5 years old, but my sisters and I were talking about our adventures in Laos not too long ago, so everything is a lot clearer to me now.
I didn’t have that many friends while living in Laos, probably about 3-4, I’m not sure where they are now, it’s sad that the war in Laos has separated all of us, all living in different part of the world now, but the internet manages to bring some of us a lot closer. One of my friends was Thong, and she was my age at the time. She became very ill, and at that time, the majority of Lao people believed in the medicine man; where he would blow some water of medicine at you, or worse, think that you were processed by ghost spirits or demons, and would throw sacred rice, sacred water, or worse, I’ve heard of the whipping part, but never have seen it myself. My sister said that it was so sad to see her before her death; it seemed that she was in a lot of pain, and her cry were very distinctive, and very haunting to those that heard and saw her. The medicine man treated her, unfortunately; she didn’t make it. Sadly many are still being treated this way in Laos, some of us might question if they are sound-minded.
I started drinking coffee when I was in high school, I never thought that it would be addictive and kept 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 both the pros and cons of drinking coffee, I do read them every now and then, but I don’t think I’ll be quitting anytime soon.
The English word ‘coffee’ is believed to be derived from the name of the place from which coffee originated, Kaffa, Ethiopia. The history of coffee can be traced at least as early as the 9th century, in the highlands of Ethiopia. From there it spread to Egypt and Yemen, and by the fifteenth century had reached Persia, Egypt, Turkey, and northern Africa. From the Muslim world, coffee spread to Europe, where it became popular during the seventeenth century. The Dutch were the first to start the large-scale importation of coffee into Europe. (source)
Back in the olden day, coffee was not readily available and it was considered more of a luxury, and would only have to serve to guess, not something that people would have at home for daily consumption like now. When I saw a post on Lao Coffee Capital at Laocuisine.net, I didn’t realize that we also grow coffee crops, and is the number fifth largest export product for Lao P.D.R. The town that Darly was talking about is Paksong, and I have a friend that I grew up with that was from that region. Both her parents are Chinese, they speak Lao with a thick Chinese accent, but I believe she was born in Laos. She left Paksong at such a young age that I don’t know if she would be able to recall anything about the region at all.
I was inspired to write about the topic ‘Foods From Nature’, after seeing all the vegetables and fishes from Darly’s post On The Border Grocery Shopping, at Laocuisine.net. I was born and raised in Champasak region, and I remembered my mom told me that many different types of food can be found in nature, whether it’s mushrooms, bamboo shoots, ant eggs, and various type of eatable flowers that grown in the wild, such as Dork Kaeh, Dork Ka Jewl, and leaves such as Pak Varn (sweet vegetable), or Pak Ka Dao (bitter taste), and the best part about them are that these are free from any type of pesticide, and really FREE because they are grown in the forest.
Most locals knew when these vegetables would come out and where to go to find them. It was funny when my mom said that somehow, your body knew when mushrooms were in season, you would have a craving for them, your mouth would start to salivate just thinking about them. Not to mention other types of wild vegetables and flowers that would take turn to sprout out all year long, there were always something to eat all year round. Then there were plenty in the water also, whether it’s cockles, snails, prawns, sao noi discos (dancing shrimp), frogs, and fishes. On land, there were plenty of eatable insects that were very popular among the locals, which I don’t find them very appetizing.
I used to think that if you have a computer and Internet connection, you can travel anywhere in the world, that’s still hold true to certain extent, but the satisfaction of being there is not the same. I envious those that can just pack their bags and go wherever they want. I’ve gone on vacations all the time but somehow it did not feel like I was traveling, I’m not sure if it’s because it’s not the place that I long to be. My mom wanted to go back to Thailand, she spoke about it until the very end, and it was an empty promised on our part, a trip of a lifetime for her, I hope she is there in spirit right now. Life is too short, if there’s a place that you want to visit, don’t wait until it’s too late, I regret that I never have the chance and opportunity to take my mom back to Thailand.
I love this picture, very backward to some but very charming to me. I guess the old saying ‘Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder’ still holds true.
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