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 [...]

It’s not easy to have positive outlook in life, for a long time, I had this quote as my signature line at the old LP forum, “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” by Herm Albright, and I guess that’s how [...]

I think Sam’s club got the right idea about not bagging their customers purchase, it’s okay if you live in the boondocks like me, and just throw everything in the back of my trunk (my car that is), what about city slickers, I think using reusable shopping bag would be a good alternative, but there’re [...]

I’ve been seeing so much of yellow color on the television lately, especially on Thai TV because of the 60th anniversary celebrations of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s accession to the throne, Thai people would honor him by wearing yellow clothing. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if it’s their latest and hottest fashion color [...]

I completed my project today, I think it looks very nice, just as I imagined it’d be. I also posted more photos of my sister’s pond here.

Here is a helpful book for everyone who is struggling with an environment they don’t seem to get a grip on. It is the bestselling book “the 48 laws of power” by the author Robert Green. This book is well worth your $12.24.
The content does not make you instant rich or make you necessarily a [...]

This is in responses to “Stop the Laos plots already!” I believe Vong Pao has gone mad. I have confidence that the Lao government will be more willing to listen to its people, including the Hmongs, once the population becomes more educated and at peace. But what Vong Pao’s plan [...]

This comes as a shock to me. An analysis of online and speed dating revealed that while women might not focus too much on look, they have preference on height. Shorter men can make up on their vertical challenge with income.
Just as Darwin could have predicted, the researchers have found that women are pickier [...]

Imagine if I don’t have a name, how would you address me, ‘Yo! You over there!’ obviously there’s no need to do that because I’ve many, at least 4 names that I’ve known of (might be more that people refer to me by, but we won’t go there) One of my readers made a comment [...]

A video posted by Sam_Vong. Video description: This video shows my Lao life thru the len of my camera. Lots of Lao foods in this video.

I can honestly say that I’ve been there, done that, I took the photo myself; it’s just that the sign was misleading. Wouldn’t it be nice if I could go to Africa and be back already, I somewhat did, but it’s to the zoo this past Saturday. The brochure said, “Walk from Africa [...]

I told Darly several weeks back that I was working on a lily/fish pond, I’m a bit behind on schedule since I took a little detour here and there with such nice weather, I skipped town and went to the zoo this past Saturday, so a day late and a dollar short but here it [...]

I remember when I did not study hard enough for a test, I sometimes made up an far fetched answer just for my own amusement. These students are quite good at that and someone collected these test comics. I loved it. Use the % handle to enlarge!

Traditional fashion from Laos.