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Salon Result
This is the first time in 4 years of trying that a salon has bleached all of my hair for real. I’ve been to 4 or 5 different places in…
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Justified
When you listen to your tingling Spidey sense, liberally apply mosquito spray before heading out the door, and the first thing you see at your destination (a hair salon) is…
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Popsicle Sky
The sky over our house looked like a Rainbow Paddle Pop, a kind of popsicle sold by mobile Wall’s Ice Cream vendors here in Thailand. My son really liked them…
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Ding Ding
As horrible as this product sounds, I want to try it because snakehead is perhaps my favorite freshwater fish, and suancai is just Chinese pickled mustard greens. So this soup…
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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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My Triton
I’ve grown quite fond of her. I’m still saving money to rebuild the Crown, but we’re about to send both kids to college, so who knows when that can happen.…
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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…
