You can see กระทง / krathong remnants in both photos. Not a perfect situation environmentally, but a lot better than before when they used to use styrofoam. This year's ลอยกระทง / Loy Krathong was strong. You could feel it happening everywhere you went for days in advance, and the Loy Krathong moon still looked great for days afterwards.
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I thought this was a thing of the past, but nope. It's still going on and well-attended at that. I'm not sure about the equipment used, but both video and audio were good.
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Outdoors is where it's at.
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| 20231113 - Central Plaza Korat |
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| 20231116 - Drying rice at a temple west of Phimai. |
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| 20231121 - Out in the rice fields, of course... |
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| 20231126 - At one of the rice field restaurants. |
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| 20231127 - Downtown Korat on Loy Krathong. |
Christmas trees are going up, and with the official policy being "Let Christmas Linger," they're going to be up for a while. I'm into it. Thank you, shopping malls (de facto community centers) all over Thailand. You're going to play those Christmas songs again, aren't you? (You even made me, this late in life, like Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!!!)
And the troupes of young Santa Claus singers and dancers? I must admit that I vastly prefer them to Old Fat Ass Santa Claus in the shopping malls back home, whom I resemble entirely too much.
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20231029 Terminal 21
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I do not know the events team at Terminal 21 Mall. But whoever they are, they know what I like. This year they gave us a scary-AF Halloween event. Scary not because of anything they did, but because of the talents of the contestants in the Halloween costume contest.
I tip my hat to all the contestants who, with their considerable makeup, costume, and acting skills, managed to frighten this old guy quite effectively. I can't unsee the image of a cute little girl walking around carrying a severed head. Well-done, young lady. Well-done, all.
It occurred to me the other night, while out riding the bicycle and not finishing by midnight, that sometimes I AM, in fact, the Midnight Rider. That's just how it goes sometimes, especially if you fall asleep in the La-Z-Boy recliner. Especially if you live in a tropical country, where afternoon naps are the order of the day. Especially, I guess, if you've always been a night owl.
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My partner bought these orchids at the mall, and planted (hung?) them at home. They are right in front of my office, which makes for some very nice orchid viewing.
One good thing about living in a sauna country is that you've got a beautiful garden to look at year around. (Albeit from the safety of your air-conditioned refuge.)
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We got out of the sauna for a couple of weeks, but returned to the rainy season with a bit more to go. So be it. I like to sit on the front porch and watch a powerful thunderstorm.
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I guess it was my dream that the air wouldn't get bad until mid-January. I got back right at the end of the rainy season, and the air is...
