C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

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

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choose your pwned adventure

This is the funniest shit I’ve seen for a long, long time: “Choose Your Own Adventure” Books That Never Quite Made It I really used to be into those books,…

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January 31, 2006
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Men’s Rules

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February 20, 2005
Old Blog Entries (archives), Work

finaaaaaaaals.

I’m administering the first of four speaking tests this week, starting from the lowest performers in class first. I’m way behind schedule and have only finished seven out of forty-three……

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September 14, 2010
  • Music,  Videos

    Get Back

    December 25, 2020 /

    I was watching this in the background and it almost made me cry. Check out the first comment.

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    Last Night of English Camp

    December 16, 2010

    Music Lesson

    November 23, 2014

    Sarakham Music

    August 28, 2013
  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Lethocerus Indicus (Giant Water Bug)

    December 15, 2020 /

    “The Vietnamese call this insect cà cuống. It is a highly prized food and often boiled and fried whole.” LINK Here in Thailand, it is called maeng da or malaeng da, and is mostly used ground up in chili paste called nam phrik or jaew bong. The pheromone that so famously attracts the females has a unique and powerful scent, unlike anything else I’ve ever experienced. Not unpleasant in and of itself, but very strong. I can eat it, but have never tried it raw… I found the one above freshly dead, in my driveway. It did not smell. It’s the only one I’ve seen in the wild, although they…

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    Aegle marmelos

    August 18, 2011

    Issan-Japan Fusion

    November 11, 2016

    Bear-shaped rice

    February 20, 2007
  • Food,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Web

    Kewpie’s Frankeneggs – Snowman Kimipuchi

    December 4, 2020 /

    On the right, a normal egg yolk. On the left, a fake yolk AKA the Snowman Kimipuchi: A user on Twitter performed this experiment in a frying pan with a fake egg found in a convenience store bento, and the Japanese are outraged! The list of ingredients on the Kewpie page sounds a lot like the ingredients in their mayonnaise: I understand the concern of Japanese bento eaters, but I’m also really curious about the taste…

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    Dynamite

    March 11, 2013

    Back in the ‘Kham

    December 31, 2010

    Tabasco? Wasasco? WASABI-O!

    April 15, 2013
  • Food,  Photos

    Thai Salad is Best

    November 29, 2020 /

    This one is Yam Pla Muk (Squid Yam). What is yam? Yam is one of the 4 types of Thai salads.

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    What’s for lunch: Green Curry with Wings and Portobellos

    May 28, 2016

    Local Thai Donburi and Egg Rolls

    August 23, 2023

    A fruit on my tree

    September 8, 2013
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    coupsterpiece

    November 27, 2020 /

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    the lolinator

    November 16, 2007

    The Menace of Home-taping

    February 23, 2010

    Ping Test

    October 4, 2009
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    Rat Sushi

    November 18, 2020 /

    This is one of the last photos I took on an outing before COVID lockdown. I checked, but they weren’t actually serving rodents of any kind, so we can chalk this one up to interesting Asian naming.

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    Mahasarakham University Demonstration School (Elementary)

    March 7, 2020

    truck shot

    January 24, 2024

    How do you like them jackfruits?

    March 31, 2019
  • Cars,  Photos

    Crown Monster Truck

    November 11, 2020 /

    This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I asked the guy who posted it to Twitter for more info, and he told me it’s from Iceland. If anybody knows anything else about it, please comment on this post. #monstercrown #bigfootkujira #monsterMS60

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    Only in Issan

    May 15, 2016

    Jungle Crown

    November 23, 2014

    No time for writing…

    September 19, 2011
  • Food,  Photos

    Random Thai Lunch Generator

    November 3, 2020 /

    A yummy one, from some months back. Crispy pork red curry with star egg (khai dao), natch.

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    Breakfast from Pon Yang Kham

    September 17, 2019

    Decisions, decisions.

    August 12, 2019

    Gang Wai

    August 15, 2015
  • Cars,  Videos

    blowr

    November 3, 2020 /

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    Thai HMMV

    December 27, 2011

    Auto-parking Slipper Resort in Japan

    March 12, 2018

    Best Engrish Acronym Nuclear (BEAN)

    January 17, 2020
  • Web

    haya

    October 28, 2020 /

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    (Our Great Leader Be) Pimpin’ the Cold North

    March 28, 2006

    Hulk smash.

    March 16, 2015

    Where the Wild Things Are – Trailer

    March 26, 2009
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