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C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

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

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Videos,  Work

    RMU Freshman Molam Performance

    Taken (shakily, sorry!) at dinner gathering for the International Conference on Science and Social Science / International Conference on Science and Agricultural Technology held at Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University in…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Work

    A Tribute to Buildings 1&2, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University

    They are knocking down our “Little House on the Prairie” schoolhouses and will soon replace them with new facilities. They were probably the oldest buildings on campus with solid wood…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Thai Society/Culture,  Toys & Tech

    One ThaiPad Per Child

    I took this photo a couple months ago out toward the local ostrich farm. The political party that put tons of these signs up on all the roads won Sunday’s…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Essentially Isan

    This was taken last week at Rajabhat Maha Sarakham, my university, at a welcoming ceremony for freshmen (aka “freshies” in Thailand). In the foreground, English program students are praying during…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Thai Society/Culture,  Videos

    Spraying insecticide, again

    When I ventured out this morning to buy the kid’s breakfast, sticky rice and barbecued pork skewers (which have gone up in price universally to 5 baht per skewer — they were…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Thai Society/Culture,  Videos

    Insecticide Spraying in Rural Thailand

    UPDATE: I’ve added a video to the bottom of this post. The first time I saw government spraying (fogging, really) in our neighborhood was last year. There was the sound…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Thai Society/Culture,  Videos

    Top Charoen Optical, Thailand (Commercial)

    I need new glasses; I’m definitely going to one of the branches (3 or 4?)  in town this week.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Paddle Boat @ MSU

    This photo is from a couple months ago, but Max insisted we do the same thing today in the afternoon heat… Can you tell how off-balance the keel is? (and…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Feeding Time

    @ animal area next to ancient Isan house exhibit, Maha Sarakham University (new campus side of town)

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Videos

    Hak Na Sarakham

    Maha Sarakham University, where my wife works, paid off the right people to make a sappy love story movie (the kind that makes the most money here) about the university…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Oh, baby!,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Wat Ban Donnad

    A couple months ago, when it was still “cold,” we visited a temple that we’d been hearing of for a while, Wat Ban Donnad (Wat Ban Don Nad?). At the…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Old Blog Entries (archives),  Photos

    Global House Maha Sarakham

    About a month ago, Maha Sarakham received a power up in the form of a real home center – Global House. Previously, our only choices for hunting hardware in this…

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