C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

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

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  • Toys & Tech

    Missing seek bar anxiety

    September 22, 2023 /

    I want to coin this term, because it’s so real. Basically, when I watch a movie with no seek bar, I feel something is missing… It’s a big reason I don’t like watching movies in the theater anymore and hate video players that can’t easily and constantly display a seek bar. It’s also the reason I place my cursor on the volume bar in YouTube vids. I guess I just love the control it gives me over opening credits and uninspired dialogue/boring scenes.

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    Sunday Backup Organization

    May 25, 2009

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    February 18, 2009

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  • Food,  Photos,  Toys & Tech

    Sous Vide

    September 16, 2023 /

    I waited for the better part of a decade for sous vide equipment to become cheap enough for me to get into. The verdict is that sous vide with a cast iron pan sear to finish is definitely the best way to cook chicken breasts. I’m basically trying different proteins each week. Last week was chicken, and this week is pork. The main issue I have with sous vide is the plastic waste it generates. Also, the cheapo Chinese unit I bought requires a press for each tenth of a degree or minute when setting temp/time, which means I’ve already pressed the buttons about a thousand times, as the pulled…

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    Squid BBQ

    November 4, 2014

    near wild heaven

    April 26, 2009

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    May 22, 2018
  • Our New Thai House,  Photos,  Yoda the Kitten

    pickle

    September 15, 2023 /

    This pic reminds me of a photo of her mom, Donut, as a kitten. Here, Pickle can be seen resting on the track for our front gate. She routinely sits in dangerous places, like in front of cars, and then moves only at the last second, no matter how many times she’s warned. I’m too lazy too look it up, but Pickle must be around 5-6 years old now. She keeps the surrounding rodent population in check, so she is invaluable, but she is the most needy and meowy cat we’ve ever had… Pickle! Shut up!

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    September 4, 2011

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    September 30, 2025

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    April 12, 2024
  • Food,  Photos

    Fermet? foment? ferment!

    September 14, 2023 /

    It has begun.

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    Spondias mombin aka ma-kok (?????)

    August 30, 2009

    Mosquitoes Eating Fruit (Part 1 – Jackfruit)

    April 6, 2010

    good or bad?

    April 8, 2009
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Oh, baby!,  Photos,  Work

    dotter

    September 7, 2023 /

    I guess you could say this was taken at our new (side job) workplace. Mina and I have been brought on as facilitators for Chit Chat Corner, a program sponsored by the American Embassy in Bangkok aimed at providing an English language conversation space for the community at Maha Sarakham University’s American Corner.

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    Random soi dog

    December 1, 2024

    Online Teaching at Thai University

    July 7, 2021

    Tokyo Sasumata Incident

    December 4, 2023
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Cars,  Photos

    My Mitsubishi Triton at Sunset

    August 27, 2023 /

    @MSU old campus I’ve been doing 3km walks capped with short jogs here every day recently… It’s hard for me to get out the door to exercise if I skip days, so it’s easier just to get in the habit of going every day. So considering side jobs in the evening (the only realistic time to exercise is wither before or after it gets sunny) and the weather (it’s currently thunderstorm season), I probably average 6 days/week right now. Although I did a three week stint without a day off, which felt like a big deal.

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    Insecticide Spraying in Rural Thailand

    June 4, 2011

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    August 21, 2016

    Rice paddy view

    April 2, 2024
  • Food,  Photos

    Local Thai Donburi and Egg Rolls

    August 23, 2023 /

    A local noodle shop came up with this killer concept of a sliced pork bowl with two eggs and nori, and it is fantastic! The egg rolls are pretty damn good, too.

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    Noodle baby

    August 18, 2019

    Proper Crispy Pork Pad Krapow with Star Egg

    October 31, 2023

    Dim Sum Breakfast

    December 11, 2014
  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Supeme

    August 19, 2023 /

    My student wore this to class and when I asked to take a photo, he asked me if I’d heard of it before. I answered truthfully. Actually, with the Thai pronunciation of this word, it doesn’t matter if that missing consonant is there or not, it sounds exactly the same.

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    July 26, 2021

    the rumble

    November 21, 2006

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    October 4, 2009
  • Food,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    okonomiyaki crepe

    August 17, 2023 /

    WP says it can post automatically to IG now… People of the Gram, can you hear me?

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    Favorite topping

    December 26, 2011

    Max loves bitter melon (bitter gourd)

    October 13, 2009

    No escape from the barbie

    May 2, 2009
  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Paneer Chili at Bombay 101

    August 16, 2023 /

    We hadn’t been there since it opened, and the food was much improved: Bombay Indian Cuisine Roi Et

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    April 26, 2009

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    February 14, 2017

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