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
Summer's Rhythms by Anakwad:Native American Flute w/Nature Sounds It is extremely hot and humid at this time of the year in North Carolina, I don't mind so much of this type of weather, kind of reminds me of being in Laos. As for the Rice Paddy, the hot and humid weather is actually good for… Continue reading Hot and Humid Weather is Good for Rice Paddy
Dao by Loso It was 2 weeks ago since I last updated my Hmong neighbor's rice paddy. I stopped by after work on Friday and the couple were getting ready to leave. His wife told me that her dog is missing, someone must have took it last weekend, either Saturday or Sunday and she really… Continue reading Rice Paddy in Early July
Return to Innocence I was greeted by this little guy again, never did catch his name, you know what they say about small dog, it's all bark and no bite. It has been two weeks since I last posted about my Hmong neighbor’s rice paddy, and the rice plants have gotten a lot taller. The… Continue reading Rice Paddy at the End of June
Wind of Change by Scorpions When Barack Obama said “…change has come to America," he kid you not. I never thought that it’d hit me so hard, and so fast, it comes without a warning, almost like a tornado, sad to see friends, co-workers that I’ve worked with over 10 years leaving one by one. … Continue reading Change
I'm a bit surprised that it snow today, a bit gloomy and I feel like telling a ghost story, check out at the bottom of this post. Even though it's gloomy, but it's very pretty to look at. I've not heard back from my oldest sister, she is extremely busy at this time of… Continue reading March Snow
One of my favorites Thai classical music, or the Mahoree is Lao Damnerm Sai, to me it's more of a Lao music than a Thai music. I was fortunate to find a bamboo flute version from a Lao website, Seasite.niu.eduLao, Dam Nuen Xay-Khui (Bamboo Flute),Vientiane/1996. It was in a Ram file, and a friend was… Continue reading Lao Dam Nern Sai
Wind of Change by Scorpions I was very fortunate to be able to cover the series of rice paddy this year, from beginning June to harvest time in August, just to look at the photos, you’d have thought that this rice paddy is in Laos. There is no mistake now that this rice paddy is… Continue reading Is it Fall or Spring?
Return to Innocence by Enigma You'd think that some of these photos were taken during the summer months, but it was yesterday, certain things are still green in the autumn. I've been chasing butterflies all summer long, finally caught up with one. Then it took off. My dad's banana trees are tall, but no bananas… Continue reading From Summer to Fall
Return to Innocence by Enigma I want to talk about something serious today, something that I’ve been reading and that is ethics. What is ethics? For some of us, there is a fine line that it’s difficult for us to decide of what to do when facing a decision. Webster’s Dictionary defines Ethics as “the… Continue reading Ethics
