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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,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Blue PVC is Real Thailand

    And for some reason, in most of Asia, the common word for spigot seems to be, “cock.”

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Cars,  Photos

    Celica GT

    I found this beauty at one of my go-to breakfast places in town – it doesn’t serve breakfast food specifically, but it’s open from early, so you can eat whatever…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    Khao Pad Moo

    Pork fried rice – in its purest form, but I can’t remember how this one actually tasted. I never order fried rice outside, but Mina loves it. I prefer making…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Work

    Lost in a Thai Forest

    Well, the forest behind the English Program building at my uni, anyway.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Cars,  Photos

    truck shot

    Just before the new provincial art project statue thingy bridging the halves of the old MSU campus. Said thingy will probably be the subject of a future post.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos

    Bar No More

    Mina went to an “English Camp” event at the Khon Kaen hotel a couple months ago. Nam’s family used to own the blue and beige buildings across the street from…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Stargazy

    The girls alerted me to a meteor shower happening a couple months ago, so we drove to a nearby empty parking lot (MALIN PLAZA) and proceeded to take mediocre night…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    Sampeenong in Yangtalat, Kalasin

    This is our typical order at Sampeenong, our favorite Isan food joint in the area. Gai Yang (grilled chicken) Somtam Lao (Lao-style Papaya Salad) Tap Wan (literally, “sweet liver”) Kor…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Videos

    Tokyo Sasumata Incident

    One of my YouTube vids from six years ago shows police in Maha Sarakham using a sasumata (a nonlethal man-catching staff of samurai-era design) to subdue a knife-wielding suspect at…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    espresso

    At my friend’s place out on the MSK bypass. I’ve been working weekends for the past couple weeks and I’m tiiiiiired.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Videos

    kreb

    I came upon this little guy on my daily walk at the old MSU campus a couple months ago, when it was raining every day and the roadside ditches were…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Cars,  Photos

    SUZU

    Thailand, where old Japanese trucks go to thrive once again. @ Maha Sarakham University old campus

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