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Flaming Morning Glory
This is the best Thai street food video I’ve ever seen.
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Toyota reviving Nobunaga (Toyota ReBorn), plus killer killer whales
Linkdump follows: Any modern car ad using a 1960’s S40 Crown is worth watching in my opinion, but the CM being referred to (and uploaded to Youtube just 3 hours…
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Khon Kaen Immigration
So the most heinous task of renewing our non-immigrant Type B working visas and work permits fell on this very day and to my great surprise, was quite painless, if…
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Tommy Lee Jones FTW
The best addition to a highball on a hot summer’s day is half a lime squeezed in the glass.
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Flooding in Sarakham
Today we were hit by a sudden storm that dumped a whole lot of water on us, very quickly. This year’s weather has been very wet and relatively cool for…
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Thai-specific perk
This week there are girls from the Science Faculty coming around to our offices every afternoon to practice foot massage on anyone willing… and who am I to deny their…
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Dog Show at Central Plaza, Khon Kaen
And when they say, “show,” it’s like a spectacle for people who have never seen dogs before and might mistake them for food or something. The only other time I’ve…
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Aegle marmelos
This is a bael or bael fruit AKA Bengal quince, wood apple, stone apple or seer phael (head-fruit). In Thai it’s known as matum. In Thailand, bael is usually found…
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Prime Harshness
From my student’s essay on problems in Thailand: “If I were Prime Minister, the first thing I would do is help beggars in Thailand, because the beggars are pathetic. They…
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I, cultural interpretor
WARNING: If you are vegan, watching these videos will melt your eyeballs. There couldn’t possibly be a western equivalent to this horrifying act of culinary cruelty, right? Wrong: Attributing this…
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Thai Ghost Busker
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Last Dinner in Bangkok
This meal was so good, it cannot be described properly with words… Suffice to say, it knocked us all out with a quantity/quality double combo. @ one of the numerous…
