C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

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

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Work

Steady Diet of Work Screeds

Oh yeah, it’s my favorite time of the week, every week: The Friday Work Wind-down Period. This is the period that my employers should take special care not to speak…

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December 5, 2003
Food, Oh, baby!, Photos

Spicy Eggs

A decent breakfast is generally hard to find in the far provinces. Grilled pork skewers and sticky rice is the de facto breakfast of choice, with rice porridge or soup…

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December 16, 2017
Food, Photos, Thai Society/Culture

Maeng Da – Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus indicus)

This big guy was attracted to the lights we leave on at night in our pavilion. I found him in a weakened state under our Japanese-style table in the morning.…

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December 8, 2012
  • Music,  Photos

    Garrard 301 in Khon Kaen

    November 12, 2017 /

    Last week, we stumbled upon an audiophile’s den at the Kosa hotel that seemed to have been transported straight out of the sixties.  

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    On the Road 2007 (Part 2)

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  • Food,  Photos

    Somtam Pancake

    November 7, 2017 /

    Ultimate comfort food fusion… Are you ready for fermented maple fish sauce?

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    Tam Lao Papayaless Variant

    June 4, 2018

    Spit Roast Pig

    August 14, 2011

    Saucepan Casserole

    June 24, 2016
  • Chillin'

    Star Trek Autocorrect

    October 31, 2017 /

    You mean the Federation can maintain a fleet of starships and explore the deepest reaches of space, but they can’t install a spell checker? Typical bureaucracy.

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    Best rice snack ever

    May 9, 2012

    Kaiju vs. Ronin

    September 13, 2011

    Koh Kood Resort

    May 9, 2012
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos

    Monkey Atlantis

    October 30, 2017 /

    Maha Sarakham’s premier tourist attraction is under water! The monkey forest park in the nearby town of Kosum Pisai (AKA Monkeytown) is now completely flooded. The river running through it is usually quite wide and only about a meter deep; it’s a great spot to relax under the trees and watch fishermen throwing cast nets as a fresh breeze blows through and monkeys steal food from cars and incessantly mount each other. Now, it’s under several meters of floodwater because the Ubonrat Dam upriver was opened after the heavy rains. Pushed out of their home in the forest, the monkeys are now living up the street at the school and…

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    Let me tell you about my day

    August 30, 2019

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    August 27, 2023

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  • Videos

    Our cat ate an enormous spider.

    October 18, 2017 /

    Our cats catch and eat almost anything around our house. I’ve seen them eat rats, mice, squirrels, sparrows, pigeons, geckos, skinks, lizards, frogs, and bugs. The only things they won’t touch are fish from the pond in front of our house and toads, so they really do know what is and isn’t good for them. The huntsman spider in this video is pretty big, but I’ve seen bigger both inside and outside our house. They are pretty scary and amazingly fast, but I usually try and catch them to release them away from our cats.

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    Buddy Rich, John Bonham, Yoyoka Soma

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    July 22, 2011
  • Videos

    Intense Downhill

    October 14, 2017 /

    Suggestion: Split the riders into two groups and and have them do a cavalry charge into each other at the start.

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    Buddy Rich, John Bonham, Yoyoka Soma

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    M&M’s First TKD Exposition

    November 3, 2013

    Krungthep Mahana Nani

    March 18, 2019
  • Cars,  Photos

    Sunbed

    October 13, 2017 /

    True opportunists.

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    December 19, 2017
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Exploits,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Saturday Shopping

    September 30, 2017 /

    Family bike trip lol.

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    Rice paddy view

    April 2, 2024

    Sarakham Music

    August 28, 2013

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    July 18, 2017
  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Avocado toast and eggs

    September 26, 2017 /

    Is Northeast Thailand ready for an avotoast cafe? I’m sure not gonna find out! Our town must have the highest turnover for coffee-related businesses in the world.

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    May 17, 2014

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    October 15, 2012
  • Food,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Day of Grub

    September 24, 2017 /

    It all started out with French toast and banana milkshakes for breakfast, and continued into lunch at our friend’s nearby restaurant where the kids had noodles and fried rice, and we had various curries and braised meats. We made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with walnuts in the late afternoon, then I went to my Turkish pal’s house to get continued instruction on various salads, sauces, and kebab. I took a big bag of food home and the kids chowed down. Tomorrow is school for them, so the sad silence before bed has begun.   Bonus Kebab Assembly Vids:

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