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I’ve heard so many Chinese name jokes in the past, but this one is funny, I thought I share with you all.
Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby.
The nurse brings over a lovely, healthy, bouncy, but definitely a Caucasian, WHITE baby boy.
‘Congratulations,’ says the nurse to the new [...]

Lao New Year 2008 celebration at Lao Canadian Buddhist Temple Society of BC Canada.

Episode 12 of the Thai lakorn “Ray Rai Louk Sao Pa“, starring Alexandra Bounxouei, Cee Siwat, and Nam Rapeepat.

Episode 11 of the Thai lakorn “Ray Rai Louk Sao Pa“, starring Alexandra Bounxouei, Cee Siwat, and Nam Rapeepat.

Many rice fields that covered the mountainous North of Laos are gone. They are steadily being replaced by rubber trees. The Chinese are coming to Laos and they need their rubber products for their galloping economy. It appears nothing can stop the ever growing Chinese machine that seems perpetually hungry for manufacturing products supplies.
The Chines [...]

I thought I was the only one that’s unsure of who to vote for, as the primary election rolls around in our area. Surprisingly, even one of my republican co-workers is unsure of her candidate, surprisingly only one left. She is not impressed, and the term that she used was that “he is not strong [...]

Lao New Year 2008 celebration in Hampshire, Illinois.

A few photos from Hortus Botanicus Leiden from April 08, 2008. Students from Leiden University get free pass so many of us are hanging out on the lawn, reading and listening to music or having lunch, coffee, or tea with other classmates and friends.

Lao New Year celebration 2008 in Saginaw, Texas.

A video clip I found on Youtube from Lao Star Channel in Lao with news article from Vientiane Times, the official newspaper in Laos.

12 Hmong migrants return home to Luang Prabang
Three families consisting of 12 Hmong illegal migrants yesterday flew by helicopter to their hometowns in Luang Prabang province, after leaving temporary accommodation in [...]

Lao New Year celebration 2008 in Himeji, Japan.

Premier of Sabaidee Luang Prabang postponed
Lao and Thai co-producers of a movie entitled Sabaidee Luang Prabang, or ‘Hello Luang Prabang’, have delayed its premier in Vientiane.
The production team was set to premier the film before Pi Mai Lao (Lao New Year) this year, but has now delayed screening until the end of this month.
The film, [...]

This is a video by James Quilty: Yui and I returned to Loei in North-central Thailand last September to try the awesome Saparot (pineapple) and eat at the floating restaurant. We visited a strange monk and saw the Blyth Monkeys in the trees and a reclining Buddha in the caves.
I think Loei is what Thai [...]

Beautiful images of the daily life in Luang Prabang.

Part 23 of the filming of Ray Rai Louk Sao Pa, starring Alexandra Bounxouei, Cee Siwat, and Nam Rapeepat.