C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

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

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  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Exhaustion vs Expiry

    June 18, 2018 /

    We had cool weather during our entire trip back home to Southern California. Coming back to Thailand was like waking up every day in a slow cooker. During the hot days, many cats just lay down on their backs and enjoy a long siesta until evening. Well, maybe not just cats.

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  • Music,  Videos

    Toto Bosendorfer

    June 4, 2018 /

    Making piano tuners cringe since 1828!

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    Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media – Funky Stuff (1975)

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    What’s that lullaby?

    August 2, 2016

    We are Cosmic Buddha

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Tam Lao Papayaless Variant

    June 4, 2018 /

    Excellent balance of flavors and clever use of banana leaf on flat plate instead of bowl. Sometimes the classics need a reboot.

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    Nam assembling lunch

    May 21, 2014

    Potak Soup

    April 4, 2024

    The Basil Sun God

    July 23, 2017
  • Exploits,  Food,  Photos

    Let’s play a game…

    May 22, 2018 /

    Its called the Three Dollar or Less Beer Bonanza (Eastern European Edition): How many of these beers do you know? How many can you try while packing suitcases last minute?

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    Edward

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    Korat Street Art

    May 5, 2013

    A Time to Remember

    June 8, 2022
  • Exploits,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Crystal Cove, CA

    May 11, 2018 /

    Even in the land of endless beaches, this is a special one.

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    Happy Children’s Day 2013

    January 12, 2013

    Max and I have a pact.

    August 22, 2015

    Thai Jaeger – The Golden Buddha Mech

    August 4, 2013
  • Cars,  Photos

    GOT Tacoma?

    May 9, 2018 /

    Mad props to this guy… Dickon mos def. As a side note, these retro color scheme (yellow on black) license plates in CA are super popular, but seem strange to me when put on new cars.

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    Putting Silvia to the Test

    May 14, 2005

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    May 5, 2007

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  • Web

    Mytrip.com travel agency review

    May 8, 2018 /

    According to their customer support, mytrip.com will not automatically sit your family together UNLESS you specify it at time of purchase and pay extra for it. They repeated more than once that this is specified in their terms and conditions, in reply to my multiple requests to not have my kids sit next to strangers (again). Hopefully, this is enough to let you know what kind of operation they are running. I do not wish for anyone to click on the links below, but am including them for indexing purposes: https://twitter.com/mytrip_com https://www.facebook.com/mytrip.com.official/ https://plus.google.com/+MytripTravel https://www.mytrip.com flights@mytrip.com Yes, I am aware that the airline is in charge of final seating decisions. The…

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    Text to Image Generator

    August 19, 2018

    And you thought cosplay was bad…

    September 1, 2005

    Rhymes with “complaining”

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  • Cars,  Photos

    PCH Glory

    May 7, 2018 /

    What I wouldn’t do to bring the Crown here someday… My brother in law bought a cherry ’64 GTO convertible with a nice crate V8, perfect inside and out, and all I could think was… I miss my Crown.

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    Scenes from a border crossing bus

    August 25, 2013

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    December 26, 2011

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    June 25, 2015
  • Cars,  Exploits,  Food,  Photos

    America Has Fish Sauce

    May 3, 2018 /

    But there are so many basic types and specific variants, as well as imported and domestically produced brands, it’s mind-boggling. Referring to any specific type as just “fish sauce” could be quite disastrous, depending on the context (who put pla dak in the nam pla?). Bonus shot: Ultra dope station wagon in the Costco parking lot.

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  • Exploits,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Family Portrait

    April 29, 2018 /

    At a pond full of turtles and one giant carp.

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    Max, Into the Arms of America

    March 27, 2019

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    June 29, 2014

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    June 23, 2013
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