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… Continue reading May the Force be with you
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… Continue reading Fun, Funky Birthday Party
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,… Continue reading My Aunt’s Flooded Rice Paddy in Laos
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… Continue reading Fall Garden
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… Continue reading Fifth Week of Rice Harvest
Wind of Change by Scorpions The weather has gotten a lot cooler this week, especially early in the morning and I've to wear a light jacket now before leaving the house, I do missed the hot summer weather already. But today is a nice day, too nice to be stuck inside working, but not much… Continue reading Fourth Week of Rice Harvest
Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce Photo source. My three year anniversary of blogging is coming up, November 25, 2009, and by then I hope to reach my goal of 1,000,000 hits and hopefully I’ll make it in 3 months. There is so much to blog about these days, and I realized that I’ve… Continue reading The Road Less Traveled
Morning Song by Anakwad:Native American Flute w/Nature Sounds I stopped by the Rice paddy on Friday after work, I had to do a few quick snapshots because it was threatened to rain on me. There were dark patches of cloud above and I heard thunders from a distance, not a good sign at all. The… Continue reading Third Week of Rice Harvest
Nicole Theriault-Bootsabah Friday was a beautiful day with Carolina blue sky, I stopped by the rice paddy after work, and the lady that owns the middle paddy was harvesting her rice crops. I saw her 2 weeks ago and gave her last year's photos that I had developed for her, and it was this time… Continue reading Second Week of Rice Harvest
It's only Rock 'n Roll by the Rolling Stone (music borrowed from the library) With today’s economy it is wised to borrow things to save money, but one thing that you borrow that wouldn’t save you money, but actually cost you more is to borrow money, unless you’re borrowing it from your family without interest… Continue reading Borrow Things
Reflection by Jim Brickman Lotus has always been a symbol of Buddhism to me, but there is another symbol of strength in relation that I heard when I was little, and read it here that its symbolic characteristic of the Lotus flower leads from the observation that the plant's stalk is easy to bend in… Continue reading Lotus in August at Biltmore Estate
Beautiful World by Jim Brickman I do have to say that money can buy almost anything, when I heard of a Flower Carpet on Biltmore's South Terrace, I had to see it for myself because I knew it was all gravel Terrace in that area, I don't see how they can plant the flowers up… Continue reading Living Flower Carpet at Biltmore Estate
Kuam Hu Seuk Bork by Aluna This was taken at noontime on Friday and I was lucky enough to catch her while she was still out there harvesting her rice crops. I do have to say that the hot summer sun does wonders for the rice paddy. I didn't expect them to harvest their rice… Continue reading Early Harvest, Early Rice Crops
Send Me An Angel by Scorpions Have you ever wondered why there are so many young novice monks in Laos, especially in Luang Prabang? Our Buddhist faith in Laos is not as strict as the Myanmar, where it’s their tradition that every Myanmar Buddhist boy average age between 7 and 13 is expected to enter… Continue reading Education That Works
