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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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I Forgot to Take My Truck Today…
…so I got the authentic Thai experience. I even went to buy noodles on the way home and the staff had a good laugh when they saw me get out,…
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Keow Wan (เขียวหวาน)
Look who was waiting for me at the local moo ping shop this morning. His name is Keow Wan (green curry). It was the first time we met, but we…
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Maha Sarakham Immigration Trainee
Mina interned at the local immigration office for a couple weeks with her friend from school who lives just a minute away from our house. It was a good experience…
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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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Pad Thai 99, Maha Sarakham
This shop basically makes the only pad thai I enjoy eating. They were closed for a looong time, but I recently noticed them open sometimes when I drove by, so…
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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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@my fav noodle place. If you know, you know.
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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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Sunset at RMU
My daily walk around the Rajabhat campus takes me around the canal system, which can be scenic and smelly at the same time.
