Jezz Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 A bloggers tale about life in an Isaan village. http://gerryskoyles....e-in-world.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 It's the sort of post that doesn't need replies but I must admit I found the story quite amusing. I doubt all the events described happened in a single day but certainly they all occur in a very short time period where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 It's the sort of post that doesn't need replies but I must admit I found the story quite amusing. I doubt all the events described happened in a single day but certainly they all occur in a very short time period where I live. We do in fact occasionally have days like that and on some evenings it is bliss to just sit outside and listen to the sounds of the village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Should have joined the party, after a load of beers and a small bottle of Lao Kow you can sleep through anything. The Lao Kow hangover will make everything else pale into insignificance. Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 The Lao Kow hangover will make everything else pale into insignificance. Jim Of course you're speaking from hearsay not personal experience, Jim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnydrops Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 5am Head woman's husband puts the radio on the loud speakers. Sometime news, sometime these two monks that have a Buddhist comedy show (one can sing pretty good). He leaves for the farm and after a while the radio goes out of sync. Around 7 the head woman puts on her favorite Essan CD. The same one she has been playing for the last year on a different set of speakers. i like music but this is the harshest music I have ever hear. Sometimes I get to hear only one track--she must need to get to the farm herself. Oh, did I mention her husband's now static is still playing. Sometimes I get to hear the CD twice--she must have forgotten something at home. She comes on--Yes, very bodies name must be mentioned, and the price of everything has to be mentioned separately even though all 70 of them cost 50 baht--- then she does the whole thing over 3 more times. I ask my wife why-- why of course-- someone may not have heard the first 3 times. Its election time. My village is a loop off the main. Candidate 1 and 2 have trucks with load speakers, around and around they go, starting at 10am. The village is small, I can hear them both at all times---I don't get it, the same message over and over day after day, Thai's must have very short attention spans. Thai drivers and laud speakers--the only thing I dislike about living here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 Head woman's husband puts the radio on the loud speakers. Head Woman? That's a new one on me. Anybody else have a Head Woman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Head woman's husband puts the radio on the loud speakers. Head Woman? That's a new one on me. Anybody else have a Head Woman? Not sure, as I take little notice of who won the last election, last week, but think we have a new female district Governor. jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnydrops Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Head woman's husband puts the radio on the loud speakers. Head Woman? That's a new one on me. Anybody else have a Head Woman? 2 years now. As I understand it, this is a fairly new but now there are quite a few. The only other person wanting the position is also a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasRanger Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Head woman's husband puts the radio on the loud speakers. Head Woman? That's a new one on me. Anybody else have a Head Woman? Not our place but 2 villages away there is one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric1949 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) In Samui, we are fortunate to have dumped the 'Headman/woman'. But still get loads of speaker vans and ar&&holes who cannot take the time to look at road junctions for other traffic, they just blast away on their horns a dozen times. Plus the usual paranoid dogs barking at everything that moves. Edited September 17, 2012 by Eric1949 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 subtle bit o' self promotion there Jezz. well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonD Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Head woman's husband puts the radio on the loud speakers. Head Woman? That's a new one on me. Anybody else have a Head Woman? Dunno. I'll go ask the missus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgo Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Noisiest village in the world? You forgot to mention the doors and windows rattling in unison with the bass. Or the installation of coloured fluorescent lights across your front boundary, so the bedroom can be illuminated in tune with the rattling. This year my wife's uncle asked me to part finance his election campaign to council, I think he just brought bigger speakers for the truck. One canidate asked us what could be done to improve life in the village, I just smiled and had another vegemite sandwich. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Noisiest village in the world? You forgot to mention the doors and windows rattling in unison with the bass. Or the installation of coloured fluorescent lights across your front boundary, so the bedroom can be illuminated in tune with the rattling. This year my wife's uncle asked me to part finance his election campaign to council, I think he just brought bigger speakers for the truck. One canidate asked us what could be done to improve life in the village, I just smiled and had another vegemite sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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