C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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  • Cars,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    big load

    February 26, 2026 /

    On a windy day, you can see caravans of these bad boys shedding hay and weaving all over the highway.

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    PCH Glory

    May 7, 2018

    I found the part!

    April 23, 2013

    moblogging again

    July 21, 2023
  • Exploits,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Thanon Tanao Entrance

    February 21, 2026 /

    The entrance to Khao San Road last August. Tee and I drove down from Sarakham to meet up with my cuz and his wife. Merriment ensued.

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    The Best Braised Pork Leg in Issan

    May 9, 2017

    Adam’s Mullet

    March 16, 2005

    Thai Jaeger – The Golden Buddha Mech

    August 4, 2013
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    fish balls? pig balls? beeg balls?

    February 19, 2026 /

    This is Thai luk chin (ลูกชิ้น). I believe they were served at a highway noodle resto between Sarakham and Borabu on a uni trip with Tee last year. I haven’t used the word beeg for more than 20 years; it was Adam’s invention back in the day. Wrinkleh.

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    Lost in a Thai Forest

    January 28, 2024

    I am 50 yo

    August 7, 2024

    A Message to the US Ambassador to Thailand

    October 12, 2023
  • Photos,  Site News,  Work

    Modernized!

    February 10, 2026 /

    I stuck with the previous theme for quite a while, but it was really just a new take on the old two-column blog layout I’ve used since blogspot, yo. It’s been a QUARTER CENTURY! But we are not going to talk about that today. Below, I am adding a photo of a waitress (the owner?) of a plate lunch joint in Pattaya we ate lunch at last year when visiting students interning at hotels and resorts there. If the photo does not appear, my new template needs additional tinkering. When I wrote the word “below” in the first paragraph, I should have said “above,” because that’s where it appears on…

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    Sugoi Ramen, Maha Sarakham

    December 27, 2016

    They call me Goldforker

    July 26, 2021

    Where’s my milk, daddy?

    June 11, 2011
  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Duck what?

    February 5, 2026 /

    So thicc.

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    Fake booze in SE Asia

    July 13, 2016

    Phu Farm Canned Foods

    October 23, 2014

    Culinary subversion (Pancake Puff vs. Moffle)

    August 9, 2008
  • Exploits,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    A Shared Meal

    February 1, 2026 /

    Catching up with photos from last year. This was a trip to Pattaya in July to visit students interning at hotels with my pal Tee. We ourselves arrived with no reservations and had to stay at a seedy hotel run by nice old people that had wall-length mirrors next to the beds. We went out for noodles at 3 AM after people watching on the busy streets and I met the cutest doge. This may or may not have been the same night we checked out one of the new Indian night clubs at the end of walking street. It was a pretty crazy place and the 99% Indian crowd…

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    Thanon Tanao Entrance

    February 21, 2026

    Chiangmai Night View

    December 27, 2010

    Dreamliner Birthday

    September 13, 2022
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