Christmas songs and speaking Lao December 26
Oh, and I was complaining last night I hadn’t heard any Christmas songs this year when we were in the nightclub, so Ron and Lindsey sang “We wish you a merry Christmas”. It was very nice, though drunken. The band didn’t know any Christmas songs, though Andy asked. Ah, well, my one christmas song for the year.
In trying to learn Lao, the hardest part is learning the tones. I find myself, particularlly on the bike, humming to myself a lot - hmmm HMM hmm Sa - BAI - dii.
Falang haa pai lot tiep - Crazy foreigner goes by bicycle
I find myself repeating what people say to me back to them when I’m riding, as it’s usually of the form “sabaidii”, “hello”, “goodbye”, “I love you”, “good morning”, etc. I caught myself the other day barking back at the dogs and mooing at a cow. Barking back at dogs is not advised. Because then they chase you.