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Justified
When you listen to your tingling Spidey sense, liberally apply mosquito spray before heading out the door, and the first thing you see at your destination (a hair salon) is…
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Banana Stew
Upon seeing this, I was reminded of the forever stew at Wattana Panich, which I’ve never eaten, but can clearly taste in my mind… I’ve been to tons of stewed…
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Temple Art in Kosum
Last week, we visited a temple in the neighboring district of Kosum Phisai (which I long ago dubbed Monkeytown; see here and here). Thai temple gable murals often depict the…
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Tam Sang – Made to Order
We are blessed to have a lunch place near our house that makes good, cheap eats. These tam sang (literally, “made to order”) restaurants basically cook any kind of popular…
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Songkran 2026
Songkran on the newly-designated fun road in Sarakham was really packed this year, as crowded as I’ve ever seen it. Tee and I hung out with the local District Chief…
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Last Day of Songkran
There’s a Thai New Year party at my house and I was making pizza all afternoon, but I needed my daily walk. The RMU campus was almost completely deserted, with…
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Minifigures
A nice spread at one of my university’s many outdoor shrines. You see a lot of these adorning spirit houses and holy trees as well. Thailand’s mixed religions and cultural…
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Why I Can’t Buy an FJ
There’s a lot of trucks parked under trees recently up here in Issan. There are numerous gas stations around our house, so we can usually find one with 91 gasohol…
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Spirit house
At the Faculty of Management Science, RMU.
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Jumbo Spaghetti Gummies
The best gummies in the world? NOW EVEN THICKER!! These are Max’s fav, and we are sending them back to him with a friend.
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Overheard at Big C
I picked up Mina at school a couple days ago and we stopped by (the about to die at any minute) Big C on the way home to do some…
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big load
On a windy day, you can see caravans of these bad boys shedding hay and weaving all over the highway.
