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A very nice video of Lao students dancing to Lum Saravanh for their high school multicultural show.

An archived news about the legal battle at Wat Lao Buddharam of Northern Illinois that Dallas Lao was talking about a few years ago. As for the legal battle at Wat Lao Buddharam of Charlotte, the court date is tomorrow 9:30 AM at Mecklenburg County Superior Court. Please let us know if you hear any [...]

I created this video for those, like me, who had to get used to the new way images are posted in Wordpress version 2.5 and above. It is not necessary to use linked images and, in fact, they lead away from good interaction design of the blog and basically “break” the user experience. It is [...]

Scrapbook from Laos 2008 of The Today Show from Laos

Mekong sunset
In between duties for his Where in the World segments, Peter Alexander found some time to see the sights and observe the locals.
Here, the sun sets over the Mekong River in Vientiane. The 2,703 mile-long river is the 12th-longest river in the world.
But unlike [...]

A short clip of a trip to a typical market in Vientiane by a Lao youtuber. Don’t you just love the open market?

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers around the world…
Thai song by Dan-D2B: ‘Kong Kwan Wan Mae’ (Mother’s day gift)

“The War of Art”, Could Your Life Be More? by Steven Pressfield seems like an interesting book that Darly has mentioned. I believed that all of us are creative in someway but we (Lao people, including myself) don’t use our full potential because there is something that is holding most of us back that is [...]

The celebration of Lao New year 2008 in Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Germany.

It’s almost that time again to make the run to the north for the annual Lao Festival in Quebec, Canada. If you have never attend this grand festival, then make it a vacation for your family this summer. Those Lao Canadians sure know how to have fun!

The weather is getting warmer over here and it reminds me of tum maak houng and ping kai in Laos. Of course over there you can have all your tum and ping kai at any time of the year. During the rain season my relatives would gather under a house and have som tam party. [...]

Lao New Year celebration on April 12, 2008.

The final episode of Thai lakorn “Ray Rai Louk Sao Pa“, starring Alexandra Bounxouei, Cee Siwat, and Nam Rapeepat.

Part 24 of the filming of Ray Rai Louk Sao Pa, starring Alexandra Bounxouei, Cee Siwat, and Nam Rapeepat.

Episode 14 of the Thai lakorn “Ray Rai Louk Sao Pa“, starring Alexandra Bounxouei, Cee Siwat, and Nam Rapeepat.

Episode 13 of the Thai lakorn “Ray Rai Louk Sao Pa“, starring Alexandra Bounxouei, Cee Siwat, and Nam Rapeepat.