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

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  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Phuket Shopfront

    Just a cool shot from the driver’s seat. From a few months back.

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  • Food,  Photos,  Society & Culture

    Assekoeken

    Couque d’Asse is a popular Korean-made cookie featuring a delicate, crisp biscuit with a creamy white chocolate or coffee filling, often sold individually wrapped. The name is a nod to…

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  • AI,  Society & Culture

    “It would be an honor if you would go to homecoming with me”

    I’ve been gone from the states for so long, I didn’t even understand what a hoco proposal poster was. My immediate thought was that it must put an awful lot…

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  • Society & Culture,  Videos,  Work

    A few shorts from the past month

    I regret nothing. Except accidentally washing my passport when I got back home from all the trips. We went to Pattaya and Phuket on separate trips to visit students interning…

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

    Tendai Visit – August 2025

    Nam and I met at Tenri University in Japan 30+ years ago. Over the years, we kept in touch with Tendai from Thailand both formally and otherwise, which led to…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    The Last Marvel Supper

    My brother-in-law opened a boat noodle shop last year. The noodles are good (and the crackling toppings are great), but the wall art is just fantastic: As you can see,…

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  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture,  Web

    Soi Negro, Bangkok

    This is one of my favorite posts in r/Thailand this year: Soi Negro: From Nobles to Hair Cream (and actually good coffee)

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Thai Society/Culture

    Thai Cat Food

    Or mostly Japanese, actually. At the original Big C supermarket location in Maha Sarakham, which has been on a steady decline since so many competitors opened – Makro, Tesco (many…

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  • Food,  Thai Society/Culture,  Work

    Koh Chang

    We visited students interning on the island last year and stayed in a nice, deserted-due-to-low-season resort. A big storm came and the power went out for a few hours, but…

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  • Cars,  Thai Society/Culture,  Videos

    Bangkok Water Taxi

    It’s nice to know that the inner city canal system is still in use, even after most of them were filled in from the 1960s. If you get the chance,…

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  • Exploits,  Thai Society/Culture,  Videos

    More Noro-san Videos

    Noro-san apparently gained a few kilos on his trip to Thailand. Come to think of it, he never stopped eating!

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  • Gaming,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Toys & Tech,  Web

    21 Years of Steam

    If that’s not a cringey Steam profile, I don’t know what is. I’d like to say I registered for Steam on dial-up, but looking back on posts from 2003 just…

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