Lao Voices

Before I Was Myself, You Made Me, Me
Before I was myself you made me, me
With love and patience, discipline and tears,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,
Allowing me to sail upon my sea,
Though well within the headlands of your fears.
Before I was myself you made me, me
With dreams enough of what I [...]

I’d say that some of our traditions are somewhat odd to those that are not familiar with our culture. One that stood out to many of my American friends was Tum Boun, especially if we were doing it to send material items to our passed love one. Since I’m part Chinese, my third sister wanted [...]

Free museum day was last May in California. We went to visit The Legion of Honor and the DeYoung at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. I remember the DeYoung had been under reconstruction for so long. I actually missed the old DeYoung, or was it the old Asian Art Museum in Golden [...]

An episode of Thai Food Tonight cooking show the American Life Network.

06, June, 2007
Breakfast:
One banana
Two mandarin oranges
One cup light soy milk
Lunch:
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
One cup light soy milk
Cactus tea
Dinner:
Chicken penne
Australian Belgian chocolate ice cream
Rooibos honey tea
07, June, 2007
Breakfast:
One banana
One cup light soy milk
Two mandarin oranges
Lunch:
Lao string beans salad
Brown rice
Peach tea
One cup cappuccino

Dinner:
Grilled chicken mango salad
Rooibos honey tea

Video description: Morning Impressions at the Mekong river.