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

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  • Cars,  Thai Society/Culture

    hooked up

    Got my DSL hookup at the new house – currently 256/128k or some such sadness, but it’s a lot better than nothing, and I’ll be upgrading to 1Mb/512k on Monday.…

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  • Cars,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Mooban Hacking Part 1 (Pimp My Ride, Thailand)

    Here are the plans I have for the Crown: Fix brakes (possibly replace master cylinder) Fixed & replaced Bodywork/new paint job (needs missing chrome part on front) Install parking break…

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  • Cars,  Videos

    Toyopet Kujira Crown CM

    It took a while, but I found a Japanese commercial for my car on YouTube: You think that’s seventies bad? Here’s a bonus video to remind you of the timeframe:…

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  • Cars,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Mooban Hack – The Legend of the Kujira Begins

    mooban def: a village or community (Thai) (note: I previously wrote about my new ride here) Maybe I should say the legend “continues,” since I’m told it’s quite possibly run…

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  • Cars,  Thai Society/Culture

    1971 Toyota “Kujira” Crown S60

    I need another car – just a reliable beater to convey me around town – since I want Nam to drive the Cefiro (and its newfangled safety features) when we…

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  • Cars,  Thai Society/Culture

    Airbag Story

    On Saturday. I went to my homeboy Ot’s shop, Wattana Sound, to get a bigger horn put on the car since it seems to be the only deterrent to the…

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  • Cars,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    On the Road 2007 (Part 3) – Koh Chang

    There are several ferries running from Trat to Koh Chang. We chose the Center Point Ferry because it was the only one that looked like it wouldn’t sink if hit…

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  • Cars,  Japanese Society/Culture

    Two things I miss

    I actually get better chicken in Thailand, though. So I guess the two things would have to be rear wheel drive and the SR-20DE engine. Don’t get me wrong, the…

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  • Cars,  Exploits

    momentous – 999999999

    This was the entire point of that other post. Some might wonder why I choose to commemorate 99999 999.9 instead of 100000 000.0. Well, I can’t really explain it; that’s…

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  • Cars,  Exploits

    Stripes

    I totally just smoked this guy who wanted to race, on the way home. I’ve been a really good boy and not given into temptation until today, but this guy…

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  • Cars,  Thai Society/Culture

    my new car

    The overnight bus departs from Sarakham at 9:15 and arrives at Bangkok sometime after three in the morning. We took the “VIP” bus which costs another forty or fifty baht,…

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  • Cars,  Videos

    Tribute to Silvia

    We are half an hour out from heading to the airport, but this morning what I miss the most is my car… Bye Silvia! You served me well…

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