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

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Work

    Random kitty

    I just yoinked him at work. Building 4 (the English Program) at Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Hot like the hell

    A student told me it was hot like the hell the other day, and I’m not inclined to disagree. The temp is reaching 43°C (109.4°F) pretty much all week, and…

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  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Alcohol is not a Crime in Thonglor

    Mina and I saw this place from the mall across the street and wanted to go thrifting. After talking about it in the mall for a couple hours, she looked…

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  • Our New Thai House,  Photos

    Pickle Yawns

    Sitting on a fence post in front of our house, soaking up the sun.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture,  Work

    Work Man Ship?

    This is a solar-lighted walking path at my university. I’m very happy they renewed them, since the old ones were not lighted and were a constant tetanus hazard, but, this…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos

    Crazy cloud patterns

    I took this photo in an open area of my university in January, but it feels so long ago… It’s hot season now. The temp yesterday got up to 41C,…

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  • Photos

    Old keyboard amp

    I bought this off a retiring colleague a couple years ago and used it a few times. The last time I tried, though, it was broken. This amp actually sounds…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    Potak Soup

    “Potak” apparently means “shipwreck,” although I haven’t confirmed it beyond a Google search.* This may be considered a variant of Tom Yum Goong, although it really depends on who’s making…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Our New Thai House,  Photos

    Japanese Hyosatsu (Name Plate) in Thailand

    When we built our house in Thailand 17 years ago, we had a Japanese-style name plate carved in granite. When we were thinking of selling our house and moving back…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos

    Rice paddy view

    These particular fields (next to a needle shop and art village) have lain fallow for so long, I’m not sure if there’s actually any rice left.

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  • Photos,  Work

    Someone brought a puppy to class

    They were nice enough to put a nappy on it.

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Thai meatball

    Thai meatballs (luk chin or look chin, depending on your preferred Romanization) are, like sausage, popular and of mysterious formulation — you never really know what they’re made of, even…

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