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A rare footage of what happened on September 11th, 2001, from a building near the Twin Towers. I have never seen this video before until now.

Originally uploaded by: Seth Holladay
I wrote a post of Remembering 9/11 at Nye Noona, please read more here. Karmadiva, Laotian teacher also did a post at her blog here.

I posted this video clip of Lao market at Laocuisine.net awhile back. The market reminds me of the one in Vientiane I went to and also of Pakse market. This is how Talat Tad Luang used to look like when I was little. Just more stalls. If you can understand Lao, it’s nice to listen [...]

I miss Pakse. I want a bowl of fer or pho right now. One more year seems so long and far away to wait….

Is it a good catch today?

05, September
Breakfast:
One banana
Two oranges
One cup light soy milk
Lunch:
Heinz natural spread on two slices of whole wheat bread
Lemon grass green tea
Dinner:
Roasted duck with steamed Jasmine rice and Lao cucumber salad
Lemon grass green tea

06, September
Breakfast:
Pure green tea
One banana
Lunch:
Left over roasted duck and steamed white rice
Lemon grass tea
No dinner

Travel video of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Part I

Part II

Funny and picture with a core of truth from Boredstop.com

When I did a post on Give Children A Choice February 2007 Trip To Laos and Cambodia, I have had mixed feelings. I’m very happy to see that there’re people out there that are kind enough to think of our little country, of our children and they see the importance of education, this gives [...]

Promotional tourism video for Laos, Jewel of the Mekong.
Part I

Part II

It’s amazing for me to find wealth of information when I talk to my Grand-Mama. I have been calling her at least once a week. It is not cheap for me to call Laos on a regular basis but I want to take this opportunity to get to know my Grand-Mama and about my Lao [...]

A short clip of Alexandra Bounxouei on Music Boom TV show on Lao Star TV channel. Music Boom can be compare to what we know in the west at MTV. You can see that Alexandra is much skinner now as commented by one of the TV show host.
I find it rather funny to see [...]

Breakfast:
One cup light soy milk
Lunch:
Grilled chicken and egg sandwich
Green tea

Dinner:
Beef laap salad
Lemon grass tea

A great video of Laos with 4000 islands, tubing in Vang Vieng, and trekking in Muang Sing.

English financial magazine “The Economist” published a ranking list called The Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index. of the most and least democratic regimes in the world. I bet you can guess where Laos is ranking.
The ranking is based on scores in five categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation [...]