"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is
knowing how to get
along with people." Theodore Roosevelt
Peace,
HK
"A life spent making mistakes is not only honorable, but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing". A quote by George Bernard Shaw.
MS32
"As of today, there are millions of people in the middle class who
have much more well and money than any of you living oversea."
REALITY: There are only nearly 6 million people in ALL of Laos, the
vast majority of whom make about $800 per year. But, Yong and the new
Lao social elites (LPRP bureaucrats, Lao PDR government officials all
the way up to the President) truly are richer than any of us living
overseas. Yes, they are multi-millionaires on the backs of the
international community, while Laos remains one of the poorest
countries in the world...quite CONTRARY to the very principles of the
Hammer and Sickle which they fly very high.
Quote from DKJ, official Lao People's Relutionary Party propagandist
and photogrpher, and employee of the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
I'll owe you sao vangvieng instead of two cases of beerlao."
REALITY: Apart from being an Communist (LPRP) internet junkie, he
seems to also benefit from the local flesh trade.
"There has to be a reason why men of equal talent do not have equal
success, and oftentimes, men of less talent have greater success than
many- talented ones" Jack Hyles
On Oct 5, 8:55 am, ທ້າວໄຂ່ມືດ <laon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
ai KC,
I like that one. I want to add that it is important to get along with
the "right" people as well.
Keep it coming.
One of my favorites from Confucius. Keep it coming if you have more.
That too is a good lesson for us all.
That one gets me thinking ai vaajmoob. I think everywhere in the
world, people play in gangs, clans, factions or pakpuak. Can't escape
it no matter what company, which country or who's in charge. If you
know the right people, doors will be opened for you vice versa, if you
cross the wrong people, life will be uncomfortable for you.
"It doesn't matter how smart you are but rather who you know!",
vmged
On Oct 5, 8:55 am, ທ້າວໄຂ່ມືດ <laon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
" treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them
become what they are capable of becoming"
xtou
"Flip-flop - Back-stabbing"
ເຊີນຍີ້ມ.
Sex is good for man's heart
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
Corazon Aquino
"You keep plugging away--that's the way social change takes place.
That's the way every social change in history has taken place: by a
lot of people, who nobody ever heard of, doing work." Noam Chomsky
Couple of good ones Born.
"If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm
them." ~ Dalai Lama
I was invited to the Award ceremony for Tom Lantos Humanitarian Award
given to Dalai Lama this past Tuesday at the Capitol Hill.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25418805@N03/sets/72157622530603528/
"Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its
expression the deeper is the impression it makes..."
Arthur Schopenhauer
I remember that one, but I didn't know it was by Aquino. Thanks for
that.
Here's another one I like. "A coward is incapable of exhibiting love;
it is the prerogative of the brave." ~ Mohandas Gandhi
"Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is
about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the
best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next...delicious
ambiguity..." ~ Gilda Radner
Here is mine "Qaum ntum to ntshua, cav hlauv hlua" how that?
ทำบุนได้บาบ ทำบาบได้บุน in Lao ເຮັດບຸນໄດ້ບາບ ເຮັດບາບໄດ້ບຸນ in English
it is "No good deed goes unpunished."
That's a good one too. Thanks
"There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that
person is you." ~ David Burns, Intimate Connections
"When you learn from your own mistakes, that's experience.
When you learn from the mistakes of others, that's wisdom.
When you fail to learn from any mistakes, that's government." ~
Unknown
This one for everyone "Don't limit yourself, many people limit
themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your
mind lets you. What you bilieve, you can achieve" Mary Kay Ash
Hmoob " Thaum luag coj yus tsis nrog luag ntoj, luag tau noj ces yus
ua dev sib qoj, thuam luag ua yus tsis nrog luag ua luag noj dua ces
yus tseem ua dev sib cuag"
"When you learn how to stab others in the back, that's betrayal
When you teach children with your ugly-balls, that's immoral"
TseemYeej.
vmged
Thank you Sulilec to explain in little more detail re: ຄຳຂັວນຂອງ ດຣ.
ມະຫາ ສີລາ. ຄິດເຖີງສເມີ.
I like that one. Reminds me of this one. "We have nothing to fear
but fear itself.", Roosevelt?
ບໍ່ຮູ້ໃຜເວ້ົາອາດແມ່ນອົງການ daylight saving time. East coast this year
is moving back one hour to save daylight instead of moving one hour
forward.
Thank you for your comment Sulilec. Not my contribution, I merely
translated.
“A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not
act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.” ~ Gautama
Siddhartha (Buddha)
Sulilec
see for yourself
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/South_Asian_Communist_Banner.png
ນີ້ຄືຄຳຕອບ ຂອງ ທ່ານ ໂຄສົກ ກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດ ສປປ ລາວ ຕໍ່ຄຳຖາມຂອງ
ນັກຂ່າວໄທ ທີ່ຖານວ່າ ພວກນັກໂທດ 18 ທີ່ ບຸກໂຈມຕີແລະ ປຸ້ນດ່ານ ວັງເຕົ່າ
ແຂວງຈຳປາສັກ ທີ່ທາງໄທສົ່ງໃຫ້ທາງການລາວ ໃນຖານະ ສົ່ງຜູ້ຮ້າຍຂ້າມແດນ,
ຈະໄປຢູ່ໃສ?
"The tongue practically weigh nothing...yet so few can hold it".
jim
"We are all born mad. Some remain so." ~ Sammy Beckett, Waiting for
Godot
"Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want
done because he wants to do it." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself
from the unacceptable.” I can't remember where I heard this.
today there still are some stupid people believe that this is true,
that's communism is unchangeable and try to support it even they are
living in the free and democratic country.
pizone
“Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli.
***From the Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer Chronicles...
Background info...
"the Kraven" decided to send non stop faxes to Cheesy Bob's Pickle
King factory in Chaing Mai, Thailand. "the Kraven" was hit with a
"cease and dissist" order from Thai HQ...When "the Kraven" failed to
comply he was summoned to Police HeadQuarters to face the music,
January 8th, 2004...
When a Troll wrote January 8th was a day that will live in infamy,
"the Kraven responded...
"...It sure as Hell will..."
Steve Kombat Kramer on his arrest in Chaing Mai, Thailand
January 8th, 2004
***From the Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer Chrobicles
Background info...
For those that don't know the legend (in his own pea brain) of Steve
Kombat Kraven Kramer he is a displaced expat living in Chaing Mai
Thailand...Trying to make ends meet he's tried his hand at operating a
Dive School as well as a Jungle Safari business...Fashioning himself
as a "professional snapper" "the Kraven" can always been seen about
town in his smelly Indian Jones Safari Garb and pork pie hat...
"...and [as a photographer] I walk the jungles, sois, alley ways, and
city streets sometimes with thousands of dollars of equipment around
my neck...and there are people that would like to take it from me; I
defend it with my life...its a bitch, but this is Thailand..."
Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer
Award winning snapper and CM businessman
***From the Steve Kombat Kraven Chronicles
Background info...
Our CM snapper and local kung fu hero has a long history on UseNet of
pulling the wool over peoples eyes...When discussing obtaining permits
and licenses from the Thai govt "the Kraven" gave us this jewel...
"...and I had to post $100K in escrow money just for a chance to get a
license..."
Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer
Proud owner of the most expensive Dive School and Snapper Licenses in
Thai History...:-)
"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not
indicate something about your size?" ~ Sydney J. Harris
***From the Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer Chronicles
Background info...
Upon confronting his UseNet critics the Kraven went on an all out
offensive to try and defend his wild statements, lies, half truths,
and absolute arrogance...He even offered to pick up a few of his
critics at the airport if they elected to fly in and air their
differences face to face...
"...and remember I don't do high school brawling...I have to assume
you will be trying to do me harm, so I will kill you..."
Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer
Allowed to work as a Volunteer Tourist Policeman in CM
(thats right!... they allowed him to carry a Policeman's Truncheon and
a Badge)
***From the Steve Kombat Kraven Chronicles...
Background info...
...and Charles Bronson came in wanting to buy a resident fishing
license (he had just moved to town) and I wouldn't sell him one,
offered to sell him a non resident one instead and he declined...after
moving to another shop Bronson came in (immediately recognising me) to
buy a spear gun to shoot trout in the river behind his house, wouldn't
sell him one of those either (its illegal) so Bronson started mouthing
off...
"...and I was teaching Kung Fu five nights per week and fighting in
tournaments on weekends...Bronson came at me and I stopped his attack
and I put him outside...He came back the next day (mouthing off only)
and asked to see the owner who was initially thrilled to see such a
celebrity in his store...things got ugly and when Bronson demanded to
the owner to fire me the owner said "Kombat you're fired, but first
throw this idiot (Bronson) out of the store and then go get us some
lunch, I'm starving..."
Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer
Kung Fu Expert and Bronson Basher
***Steve Kombat Kraven Chronicles
Background info...
The Kraven had moved to Chaing Mai to start his Jungle Safari/Photo
Snapper business and was in an all out push to dig up clients...What
better tool than to use the internet to find prospects...In his
brouchures "the Kraven" continually embellished his skills and
achievements and rarely delivered the goods...Nature photography was
his emphasis and a smelly Indiana Jones Safari garb was his dress...
"...and I know where the elephants lay..."
"...and these cell phones/cameras are so easy to use now, way easier
to use than my professional gear...I don't even know what half the
buttons are for on those..."
Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer
Professional Jungle Safari Snapper
***Steve Kombat Kraven Chronicles
Background info...
from rec dot knives...
A discussion ensued about what weapons to carry as Thai carry laws are
somewhat restrictive so the thread was primarily about how to protect
yourself...
"...personally like cheap CD's that are cracked in half...they leave a
very jagged edge that is perfect for slashing...and airport security
never bothers with them..."
Steve Kombat Kraven Kramer
Slasher Extrodinaire
You win Fred, are you happy now? LOL
Why don't you just start another thread for you and Steve eh? 55555
Better still, why doesn't he start another usenet forum dedicated to his
hero Steve. That way he and his troll mates can have "dedicated" place
to conduct their mutual masturbation sessions without bugging others.
Seems to me like he can't live without Steve... hero worship at its best.
Krypsis
The single greatest loss of the Hmong is their inability to make use
of the knowledge of the geniuses whom they simply refer to as saub vwm.
I can't remember the author, but I remembered the following quotes:
"Greatness is an ordinary person with an extraordinary attitude.
Greatness does not come from wanting to be great but from doing
something extraordinary and become great."
Moj Them
"To live is to choose.
But to choose well, you must know who you are
what you stand for,
where you want to go
and why you want to get there" (Kofi Annan)
ai Moj Them,
Thank you for your two additions.
Not quite a quote, but very interesting. I'm watching it now.
Thank you der.
"Enjoy all the little things in life, someday you will look back and
realize that they were the big things :)" ~ Nou S.
The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression.It is possible to
lie,
and even to murder, for the truth. Adler
"A good man has a great lady beside him, I am a good man." ~ Chung Wah
"ອີ່ຣັກຄ໌ກ່າບໍ່ຢ້ານ ອີ່ຣ່ານກ່າບໍ່ຢ້ານ ຢ້ານແຕ່ອີ່ຢູ່ເຮືອນຄົວວ່າຊັ້ນ
ຮິໆໆໆ" ~ ບາຣັກຄ໌ ໂອບ່າມ້າ
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
feel" ~ Maya Angelou.
"They say if you become a better person, you'll have a better life." ~
Charlie Brown
When people are free to do as theyplease, they usually imitate
each other.Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of
the nature of a protest.Eric Hoffer
Here you may think about this one.
" The difference between school and life: In school you're taught a
lesson and then given a test. In real life you're given a test that
teaches you a lesson."
Unknown