I went to a funeral for the aunt-in-law of a lady I work with last week. It was pretty interesting. The women who died’s children all live in the USA so they spared no expense for this funeral.
After listening to some monks chant for a few hours, finally they placed this kind of stupa-shaped thing, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘monks’
lao funeral
Posted in culture, tagged buddhism, funeral, laos, monks on Thursday, 16 October, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
more buddhist stuff
Posted in culture, work, tagged buddhism, cellphones, gambling, laos, monks, wats on Wednesday, 27 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the ladies I work with’s brother-in-law died on Monday morning. So, I went with Mr. Somephone to the temple to visit her and her husband Monday afternoon. This is a rough account of that experience which I found a little surreal:
Firstly, there were a total of about 20 people seated in various places [...]
vientiane times
Posted in culture, eatin', livin', tagged beerlao, central library, ceremony, food, monks on Wednesday, 27 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Things have been pretty calm an quiet here in Vientiane.
Last weekend I went to a party at Mr. Seethong’s house, one of the people I work with at the Central Library.
I arrived around 11:30 am, and Mr. Seethong had explained to me that he had invited some monkes over to give them alms and then [...]
why i love taking the bus
Posted in livin', work, tagged birds, bus, monks on Wednesday, 30 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monday through Friday I leave my house at 8:20 to get to the Talat Sao (Morning market) main bus station by 8:30. I bring my bike to the bike parking area, where they give me a ticket, and then staple the other half of the ticket around my brake cable, and then I walk the [...]
i am a tourist
Posted in culture, livin', tagged buddas, monks, wats on Monday, 14 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And I took lots of pictures!
I don’t have time to upload everything now, but you can click on the “photographic materials” link for more.
buying a bike, taking the bus
Posted in livin', work, tagged bikes, bus, computers, library, monks, pms on Monday, 30 June, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, I bought a 2nd hand bike from my landlord’s sister. I will take a picture of it soon. It looks like somebody puked tie-dye all over it, it’s a one-speed, chinese, cheap-ass-bike. But it’s nearly new and gets around decently, though the seat really hurts my bum. I tried in [...]
exactly 8 minutes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged finding a place to live, foreigners, library, monks on Thursday, 26 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have exactly 8 minutes to write a post. Here’s the low-down:
It’s pretty amazing getting to watch Drs. Gorman & Dorner work, wow. They are really my heroes. The Lao participants of the workshop seem to be getting these pretty abstract ideas too, which impresses me. I have met a few people who I will [...]
