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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…
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Japanese Jedi
This video just keeps getting better and better. Pink wakizashi! (via my pal Azumi on FB)
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One ThaiPad Per Child
I took this photo a couple months ago out toward the local ostrich farm. The political party that put tons of these signs up on all the roads won Sunday’s…
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Essentially Isan
This was taken last week at Rajabhat Maha Sarakham, my university, at a welcoming ceremony for freshmen (aka “freshies” in Thailand). In the foreground, English program students are praying during…
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Mango Season in Thailand
April, May, and June are mango season here. Everybody who grows them at home brings them into the office or to their friends before the fruit gets too ripe. The…
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Laotian paraprosdokian of the day
“The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the somtam.”
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Spraying insecticide, again
When I ventured out this morning to buy the kid’s breakfast, sticky rice and barbecued pork skewers (which have gone up in price universally to 5 baht per skewer — they were…
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Jewel Co.
In the mall attached to our hotel in Ubon, the Sunee Grand.
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Snakehead in the Gutter
Last time it was a pla salid (Snakeskin Gourami). No pics, but today we found a dead pla chon (common snakehead) in the pool of water that forms on the street to…
