Lao Voices

Visitors to LP might have noticed that I am running more than one Lao websites. My other sites include: Helplao.org, Laocuisine.net, Laomedia.net, Laomusic.nu, and Saolao.net. Having a few sites mean getting a great deal of emails, both good and bad.
Both good and bad emails, along with comments in the postings are good indicators of what [...]

This is an apology to all who read what I wrote, especially my comments. I have had a chance to think about a few things and re-read what I wrote, too often, I allow my moods to dictate what I wrote and get carried away in feelings and don’t take into consideration of how [...]

Beer Lao calendar girls and many more. Enjoy.

I received my magazines yesterday in the mail and found an interesting article in Kwanreun, June 2007 issue, written by Yamila in Thai Language, and I thought some of us might enjoy reading.
About 10 years ago, paparazzi was a new term for Thai people, but not anymore, we’re familiar and understand the term fully well, [...]

There is a disease growing in the Lao community in the US and it is very contagious. I want to know the answers to this disease of forgetting your loved ones. It bothers me to know there are people out there who are living the “American Dream” and forgot about their parents back home.
Even my [...]

The day of my mom funeral, after the morning Buddhist ceremony at home, we all went out the front door with her photo, that had been sitting at a mantle since the day of her death, and we were told not to look back. I never understood why we couldn’t look back but did [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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!

Rare footage of the civil war in Laos.

Rare footage of the civil war in Laos.