Jul
8
Princess Opens Wat Thai Norway
July 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Pictures by Harald Henschien
Her Royal Highness Princess Somsawalee of Thailand yesterday on the 7th of July opened Wat Thai Norway, a Buddhist temple built at Hoenefoss outside the Norwegian capitol of Norway. More than 2000 of Norway’s 9000 Thais where present during the opening and celebrations.
The Wat is the first Buddhist temple to open […]
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Jul
7
Big Rain
July 7, 2007 | 2 Comments
Nan finally got her big rain. She has been worried ever since she planted rice. And she had to re-plant some of her paddy fields, as the rain did not come.
While I was there, it was raining east, west and south of the village. But Nan’s fields did not receive a drop. To have water […]
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Jul
6
The End is Nigh
July 6, 2007 | 6 Comments
At last I am starting to see the end of my tour here in La-La land. I just booked the tickets for my final holiday in Thailand, from the 5th of August. It will be two weeks with Nan in the hut, then she joins me for my last month here. And on the 13th […]
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Jul
4
The Wall
July 4, 2007 | 3 Comments
Well, it’s the walls actually. Nan says they have started applying Stucco cement on them, and have completed two of the walls and it looks good. She sounded quite pleased, and told me she only had to yak-yak the first day, so all is going well at the hut.
And just to prove what a good […]
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Jul
3
Thai Princess to Open Norways First Wat
July 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
On the 7th of July, Her Royal Highness Princess Somsawalee of Thailand will preside over the opening of the first purpose built Buddhist Wat to open in Norway.
The Wat and cultural centre has been built on 17000 square meters of land by Wat Thai Norway and the Thai Buddhist Association of Norway outside the […]
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Jul
3
Transportation in the Sticks
July 3, 2007 | 9 Comments
During my last trip I spent a good deal of time looking at motorcycles. I simply cannot afford to buy a car at this time. At least not a new one. And buying a used car in Thailand strikes me as less than wise.
But a motorcycle is affordable, and don’t cost much in terms of […]
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Jul
3
Sit Rep
July 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Well here in La- La land my fever is gone, but I still feel like a truck ran over me. I’ll keep this short as I do not have the patience at the moment to concentrate much. Kind of hard between cleaning the snot out of my nose, sneezing attacks every 5 minutes and quite […]
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Jul
2
My Nose Runeth Over
July 2, 2007 | 2 Comments
My throat is itching. I am coughing every 5 seconds or so. My nose is running over and I have a headache and my temperature is 38,1 degrees. In other words…I am not quite well these days.
As I talked with Nan yesterday evening, I let go of a cough, followed by a sneeze. Big mistake!
“Are […]
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Jul
1
Age Difference
July 1, 2007 | 7 Comments
That is something that wont be a factor in the relationship between me and Nan. But if you look at the typical stereotype of Farang/ Thai relationships, according to westerners a farang and Thai couple consist of a young and attractive Thai girl and an elderly fat farang.
Well, at age 36, soon turning 37 I […]
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Jul
1
Learning to Speak Thai
July 1, 2007 | 8 Comments
I am still trying to learn to speak Thai. And I am doing fairly well with the Pimsleur approach. Except that I can’t remember a single phrase except when listening to the CD’s.
Well it is not that bad. I can manage to ask what this cost, claim it’s to expensive and ask what that cost […]
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