Danny Bunyavong at the Minneapolis and Chicago Macy’s Glamorama 2011

I see Danny at 1:30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGRd8_VEU0c This is the third year Danny Bunyavong has taken part in the Macy’s Glamorama runway. Macy's 2011 annual Glamorama benefit for the Children's Cancer Research Fund was another blowout extravaganza with performances from Bruno Mars and Far East Movement and fashions from the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs,…

Saturday Random Photos

It has been raining here lately and it's actually good for the plants and air, with everything blooming we do have high pollen counts and hopefully this will wash all the pollen dust in the air. My dad has a chance to use his fireplace also. I had a bamboo shoot soup for lunch yesterday,…

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund

Seeing the Sakura in bloom made me think of the people in Japan. It has been painful to watch and I often think if there's someway that I could help. This post is inspired by lady0fdarkness, you can help by simply text the word “REDCROSS” to 90999 to donate $10 to the red cross to…

Danny Bunyavong in the Macy’s Glamorama

This sounds like a fun event to be a part of, Danny Bunyavong has been in the Twin Cities MN for a week now rehearsing for the Macy’s Glamorama fashion shows.  This charity event will benefit Children’s Cancer Research Fund, and it’s this Friday, August 14, 2009 at 8 PM.  The guest performers will be…

Elephant Parade Rotterdam

I want to thank TENPA, at Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar for posting an intro to my blog; it’s such an honor for me. I’m learning about Buddhism as I’m writing, if there’s any misconception of my understanding of Buddhism, please do advice. I’ve been following Darly’s postings on her elephant hunt, she is so lucky…

Preschool Gives Children Fresh Start

This is an interesting article from my local newspaper. 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.…

Cleaning Wat Don Cemetery Part II

It's commonly understood that once a person is buried, it is considered a final resting place for most culture, but not for the Thai and Lao culture as I’ve heard and understood. As for this story told by Pah Un, Wat Don Cemetery is located in Sathon district in Bangkok, Thailand. It’s well known in…

Cleaning Wat Don Cemetery, Part I

I think community service is a great way to give back to our local community. People become involved in community service for a range of reasons, for some, serving community is altruistic act, for others it is a punishment. I’m going to talk about the altruistic act only because I think it’s noble for someone…