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Max is Back
Max graduated high school in the states on June 12 and left on a grad trip with his friends to Japan a few days later. He had an awesome time…
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carbonite
How did he get in there? Did he sneak in on a frozen food bag like a stowaway on a 747’s landing gear? And yes, I did let him thaw…
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Sourdough lab
Simebody gave me some sourdough starter from a baker in Bangkok. I love sourdough, but am currently on keto, so I wanted to experiment with a long-term storage technique that…
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Classroom Observation
We ran an English Camp for the International Business program at Mahasarakham University over the weekend and it went really well, but we were freaked out by the motion tracking…
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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…
