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Praises and Comments for the 'Coming Home' series



Sabaydii, ສະບາຍດີ

I was back to Laos in the early fall of 1998. This 'Coming home' series ຄືນສູ່ຮັງນອນ is about my experiences and afterthoughts during that trip. It is consisted of 100 installments plus some other related things.
Also, as appropriate, I will include pictures in some installments. Most of the pictures are not of a good quality since they are extracted from the camcorder. Anyway, they will add some visual
to what some of my writings are referring to.

Please let me know what you think of the series. I would be greatly appreciated.

lanxang@yahoo.com
Hakphaang, ຮັກແພງ
Kongkeo Saycocie ກົງແກ້ວ ໄຊໂກສີ

Three objectives about the series:

First, it is about my journey both physically and emotionally to my motherland, and I want to record this before my memory fails me.
Second, I want the readers to know what the new regime has done to Muang Lao ເມືອງລາວ not only in the tangible aspect but intangible as well. Good or bad, it is up to the readers to judge.
Third, I want to capture the beauty of my country, the hospitality of my people and, not the least, the Lao spirit that will never succumb to any odds happening to Quon Lao ເມືອງລາວ throughout the centuries.

Hopefully, my series 'Coming home' will come close to paying tribute to Muang Lao and Quon Lao in the end. If those objectives are accomplished,
I would say I have done my job as a Lao patriot and as a true Luk Larn of the courageous and proud Chao Anou ລູກຫລານຜູ້ພິລາດອາດຫານແລະພູມໃຈຂອງເຈົ້າອະນຸ

1. Coming Home
2. First Arrival
3. First Encounter
4. On the way to the city
5. Vientiane at a glance
6. On the road to Pakse
7. Pakse - the beauty of the South
8. Pakse again
9. On the way to the Xekong
10. Xekong - another corner of Muang Lao
11. Schools in the countryside
12. Xekong schools - its future
13. On the way back from Xekong
14. Exploring Pakse
15. Crossing the Mekong River
16. Meeting an old friend
17. Pakse - a last look
18. On the way to Thakek
19. Thakek - my would-be hometown
20. Meeting my old folks



21. A lonely night at the river
22. Morning in Thakek
23. Mahaxay for the first time
24. Schools at Mahaxay
25. With the villagers
26. A stroll in the old street
27. That Sikhotabong
28. A farewell to Thakek
29. A rural school on the way to Vientiane
30. On the route to Vientiane
31. The first night in Vientiane
32. A young boy I met
33. Lodging at Sailom
34. At the back of the restaurant
35. My home for so long
36. DouangChampa - Mala Muang Lao
37. To the ex-USAID compound
38. Douangdeuane - a moon that shines
39. Facing my old ghost
40. Class of 1979



41. A new hope - Dr. Suneth
42. Euay Mayoury - no less than the song
43. Bounthanong - a caravan of Muang Lao
44. The other side of the fence
45. A very able new force
46. The returnee
47. Searching for the book
48. DokHak revisited
49. The old Lycee
50. A good view of Vientiane
51. Summer glass
52. Two grand structures
53. Whats a writer?
54. A line of broken shoes
55. What hurts the most
56. My love, my life
57. The land of temples
58. Searching for my old self
59. Finding my old self
59. Finding my old self (2)
60. The national library



61. Wandering I am
62. Talking to a monk
63. My youth hero Che Guevara
64. Mahosot hospital
65. The old Pathet Lao post
66. Just anything to read
67. As the name implies
68. Nothing left
69. An alien ideology
70. Royalty
71. Bailan our face to the past
72. A walk in the rain
73. What a beauty to behold
74. A lonely night
75. That smile
76. D-Day
77. My last wish
78. Temple boy
79. Gone a seed for the future
80. Dara Samut



81. The post office
82. Almost an officer
83. A place in history
84. Vientiane so much hope
85. The old law school
86. Dewdrops on a lotus petal
87. Tribute
88. Soccer stadium
89. Lycee de Vientiane my dream, my hope
90. My student days at the Lycee
91. My sister-in-law the gracious host
92. A family of doctors
93. Have you ever loved someone?
94. My onetime workplace
95. The paradox of development
96. With That Luang looking on
97. Along the shores of the Mekong River again
98. The day before last
99. On Khuviang road
100. Farewell my dear

Other writing related to 'Coming home'
1. In the memory of Ai Outhine Bounyavong ອ້າຍອຸທິນບຸນຍະວົງ
2. Euay Mayoury ເອື້ອຍມະຍຸຣີ: Like the song with the same name
3. Bounthanong ບຸນທະນອງ: Don't you dare to disappear
4. Loung Houmphanh ລຸງຫຸມພັນ - the Lao cultural warrior
5. This Khene ແຄນ has come a long way...
6. The two pillars of Maha Sila Viravong ມະຫາສີລາວິຣະວົງ
7. DokHak ດອກຮັກ



Links to my other websites:
I. Lao Traditions ມູນເດີມ
II. Lao Old Soul
III. Chao Anou
IV. Along the shores of the Mekong River...
V. ກະວີລາວ Lao Free Verse Style
VI. Poems website
VII. ກາບກອນລາວ Lao Poetry
VIII. Pictures of Muang Lao
IX. Satjadham Conference Pictures
IX. ລາວຫລົງ The lost Lao in Burma
XI. Coming Home Video (New)
XI. Chao Anou Presentation Video (New)