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- Paya Soke
When you’re in the presence of a sacred place, I think you could feel it, I know it happened to me. I’ve been in many holy places before, but the one place that has such a strong force to me was the road to Vang Vieng and heading towards Luang Prabang Laos, and might be that it was the guilt that I feel, we didn’t stop to pay our respect.
This place was nothing fancy, it was a place that lies behind the curvy road, and as we drove up the mountain road of Hwy 13, I saw several cars parked along side of the road, and a group of people paying their respect to a spirit house. The smokes from their incense sticks were forming clouds above them, I asked my cousin what they were doing. He said it was Sarn Jao Pou (The Shrine of a Sacred Spirit), they’re paying their respect and asking him for a safe journey .
Our vehicle climbed up the road slowly and we passed without stopping since we didn’t have any incense stick with us, I was mesmerized by the image in front of me that I forgot to take some pictures. I silently said my prayers as we passed Sarn Jao Pou. The name of the road made me feel uneasy and might be that I grew up in the Western society where number 13 is considered unlucky, but I didn’t have a chance to ask my cousin if Lao People living in Laos feel the same way.
I’m a Buddhist, and why do I worry so much about Animism you might ask because worshiping Sarn Jao Pou is an Animistic belief. If I were raised in Laos, this would have made perfect sense because Buddhism in Laos is often closely tied to animist beliefs and belief in ancestral spirits. And here I was raised in the US, but the feeling and belief is equally as strong as Laotians living in Laos, and I’m not sure why. I often thought that having six senses is a gift, but to some that actually have it might think differently, more like a curse I would say, and at that moment as we traveled on this mountain road, I was glad that I don’t have six senses, Hwy 13 looks so treacherous and I couldn’t imagine what I would see along the way.
A long introduction to my next post, I found an interesting article written in Thai language titled “Be careful If you asked for a child from a Sacred Place.”
- Funky Town by Phone Phoummithone
I had to work late yesterday, and didn’t think I’d make it to my co-worker’s son birthday party. Then the birthday boy stopped by and personally invited me, twice he reminded me “…don’t forget, it starts at 6:30 tonight.”
It rained on the way there, the place was starting to get busy with kids running around, and her family gathered near the entrance and I saw a man walking over to the Mechanical Bull, I asked my co-worker if he were her cousin, she said, “Who, him? He’s my brother!” She said that I could blog about him, see how long he’d last on this “Mechanical Bull”…only a few second.
After he found out what I was going to do with the photos, he looked at me and said, “You’re crazy!” I told him, “Hey, I’m not the one on the Mechanical Bull and being airborne.” He showed me his injury, bruises and scratches, thanks for the good laugh, closeup image, and to think that I’m the crazy one 
.
The birthday boy saying grace before meals.
Cake time, Happy Birthday little man.
- KhonNgarmMukPuane by Cells
A stranger is only a friend you’ve not yet met, but Seeharhed is no stranger to us here. He loves to rant, check out his blog at seeharhed.wordpress.com to see what he is ranting about.
- Bouangeun-Kou Lap Paksan (Paksan Rose)
I received a phone call from my cousin yesterday morning, it was a pleasant surprise, all the way from Paksan, Laos. I mailed my Aunt some pictures and my cousin called to tell me that her mom received the package. This was the second time that I sent her pictures, the postage costs around $30 and it takes about 2-3 weeks to get there. This time I sent her a photo album so it’s a bit more heavier than the last time, but I think it’s well worth it since my dad can write the description of the photos. She asked me when will I visit again? I wish I could, but it doesn’t look like anytime soon, I do miss Laos already.
When I visited them last year, I was hoping to see their rice paddy. I read about the flood in Vientiane back in August of last year, but didn’t know if it also flooded Paksan or not. As you can see the two colors river where Nam Xan and Mekong River meet, my Aunt‘s rice paddy is right next to Nam Xan, the clear water side.
My Aunt leases part of her farm to her neighbor, this section was leased out, and their rice paddy survived the flood.
Sadly my Aunt’s rice paddy was flooded, no rice plant in sight.
- What about now by Chris Daughtry
It has been raining a lot lately, very gloomy and things seem very depressing no matter where you turn. As for most businesses in our area, they’re thriving, many are focusing on cost cutting rather than revenue generating since it’s a hopeless situation to bring in more business. It’s riding out the tough times, number crunching for many that work in the Accounting department, having nightmares about cash flow. It used to be that if you rubbed shoulder with the owner, then you have a job security, but not anymore, it’s most definitely you earn your keep these days. One thing that I’ve seen and learned, you don’t take your personal problems to work, and you don’t take work home, the two just don’t mix, Max knows what I’m talking about.
It has been a while since I last posted about my garden, the Summer just flew by and now we’re heading for the Fall season. I’ve decided to plant some Fall vegetables, mainly because I want to expand my garden, and have more planting space in the Spring, but I still have a lot more work to do.
Lee is putting her little touch in “her” garden, her latest additions to the garden were the mushroom and birdbath, and her job is to make sure there’s clean water in the birdbath daily.
- The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!(To Everything There is a Season)
Seeing this car still amazed me that she walked away with a dislocated foot, not even broken. I saw my co-worker today and her daughter is home resting. I told her that her daughter is very lucky, but my co-worker said that she feels that she is the lucky one, in a sense she is right, in fact the whole family are very lucky. I found out earlier that she was the only one in the car.
I also feel lucky today, felt like I hit the jackpot! I can’t wait to give this a try.
This made me think of Laos, this is used by the locals to separate the rice grains from the shells
Just like back home, spreading out the rice crops or coffee crops to dry in the sun.
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