"The Village's Good Man" - Another translated Lao short story is available for your free reading pleasure

[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

 

Another translated Lao short story, 'The Village's Good Man',  7th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

 

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDozOGMxODMyMzkyYWJiZGNj

 

Others translated stories can be found at the same web page (at bottom of the page) ...
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven
 
Do pass on and spread the message to others, friends, colleagues and other potential interested parties, and share with them please. The more the merrier!
 
Cheers,
Hakphaeng,

Luang Vannithone
Creative Writing Support team
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven

[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

 

Another translated Lao short story, "That Friend of Ours",  8th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

 

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDo3ZmNhZDZkNGQyMjhkMGQx&pli=1

 

 

Note others translated stories can be found at the same web page (at bottom of the page) ...

[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

 

Another translated Lao short story, "The Fish are gone",  9th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

 

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDoyNzBmNjA0NjBkMjNmYTU5

Note others translated stories can be found at the same web page (at bottom of the page) ...
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven

 
Do pass the message on to others, friends, colleagues and potential interested parties, share with them and spread the words, please. The more the merrier!

 
Cheers,
Hakphaeng,

Luang Vannithone
Creative Writing Support team
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven

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[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

 

Another translated Lao short story, "Choko Farms",  10th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDo0OTc0NWIzODdjOGEwNmRj

 

Note others translated stories can be found at the same web page (at bottom of the page) ...
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven
 
Do pass the message on to others, friends, colleagues and potential interested parties, share with them and spread the words, please. The more the merrier!
 
Cheers,
Hakphaeng,

Luang Vannithone
Creative Writing Support team
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven

[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

 

Another translated Lao short story, "New Hope",  11th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDoyNDRlMGQ5ZmUyZDkzNzJj

 

Note others translated stories can be found at the same web page (at bottom of the page) ...
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven
 
Do pass the message on to others, friends, colleagues and potential interested parties, share with them and spread the words, please. The more the merrier!
 
Cheers,
Hakphaeng,

Luang Vannithone
Creative Writing Support team
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven

[Luan Vannithone]

 Melody,
 
'Natural Resources' story is currently 'in Bilingual' stage and not published yet.
You may have inadvertedly looked at version in transitional folders, like 'EDIT' or 'APPROVAL' for example.
Versions that are published are listed at the bottom of this web page ...
https://sites.google.com/site/criticalandcreativewritinglao/the-land-of-heaven
As you can see 'Natural Resources' is not there. Soon it will be though.
 
Luang
  

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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:10:58 +0700
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Subject: Re: "New Hope" - another translated Lao short story is available for your free reading pleasure

BL

I noted that Natural Resources still contains my editors comments highlighted in yellow? is that intentional? I ask these questions for the publication team to consider..

-- 
Melody Kemp
Writer, editor. 
Author - 32 Souls
Soc. Env. Journalists 
PO Box 3916
Vientiane Lao PDR
Tel: (856 21) 353 248

“Words ought to be a little wild for they are  
the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.” JM Keynes.

[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

 

Another translated Lao short story, "Natural Resources",  12th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDo0NjM5ZjM2NGQ0MmZkOTJl

[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

 

Another translated Lao short story, "Struggle to Challenge Destiny",  13th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDoyZDE2ZDA4NGQ2MDMyODll

[Luan Vannithone]

Sabaidii Chareun,
 
Thanks for opening a new line of challenging discussion.
Obviously education needs all these elements, school buildings, books and good teachers.

From my personal observation the latter two are much more lacking, it seems.

Providing books is something our small group of volunteers can endeavour to make some impact.

As Melody said physical buildings seem to be addressed by many NGOs, foreign aid, and other groups of Lao expats.

As for good quality teachers, I would hope the government is addressing that as one would expect.

 

BTW it was great to catch up with you while I was in Laos last February. Say Hello to Pan for me.

 

Sookdii,

 

Luang

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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:36:55 -0700
From: chsa...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: "Struggle to Challenge Destiny" - another translated Lao short story is available for your free reading pleasure
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Grumpy people are  right, I could understand your frustration.

But how could we or  I (the ordinary person ) convince the almighty party member to believe that,  "building" is not important. After all number of "school- mainly building", have been used as indicator for "education achievement". It has been a bymbol

 

The mass has also been brain washed to believe same. Villagers than associate symbol of building as school. No school (building) no education. It is sad, but this is the reality.

 

Not to worry about being grumpy!!. part of being mature !!! & wiser

 

cheers 

chareun sayakoummane
mob: 856-2055520990; tel/Fax 856-21-313278

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Subject: Re: "Struggle to Challenge Destiny" - another translated Lao short story is available for your free reading pleasure

Chareun,

building schools is alas the minor and easiest part of the probelm, which is why so many donors do it and all the stray guilty-as-hell US veterans and silly old farts from Switzerland and the UK find themselves with nail bags and splinters.

The hard part is to find good teachers, and have them stay, to find wages for them, training, materials that dinosaurs and fossils approves of and to inspire them.. A teacher who does not ask kids to put their hands on the desk and parrot mantras, but challenges them and makes them think,  is like gold.. If you think education is expensive, try stupidity, as the old saying goes. The lao education systems produces kids struggling to hold basic concepts. My foster daughter, a whiz who studied forestry and english at the same time does not know what osmosis is, not the structure of a cell.. A good teacher, as my neighbour Niphaphone, herself a teacher, concurs, can teach hanging from a cocut tree, standing on one foot in the middle of the nam khong.. They don't need a building (well maybe some toilets) .. One of the Land from the Sky stories has a blind man teaching under his house..if they get paid regularly (Pauls sister in law was not paid for seven months.. their kid was hit by a car and they could not afford to take him to hospital while the Govt was at the same time exorting 50,000 kip from all govt workers for lottery tickets to fund the SEA games and the minister for Sports new house.. bah and humbug...

sorry to be grumpy.. its Monday

[Luan Vannithone]

 

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

Another translated Lao short story, "Title Deed", 14th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDoyODE3OThjOTc5N2JhMjQ1

[Luan Vannithone]

Hi all,

Sabaidii Thuk thuk khon,

Another translated Lao short story, "Fertilizer Cost ", 15th out of 22, is now completed and available for your free download and reading pleasure. Here's the web link ...

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjcml0aWNhbGFuZGNyZWF0aXZld3JpdGluZ2xhb3xneDo3YWY4NDUzOWMzZGU0NmQ0