Game Hype: Delivered!
Game Content: Absent!
Game Monetization: Complete!
Lonely in Sarakham
I am either the first or the last of my people. Covered 10 kilometers today and not a single creature or station… This is what happens when you sideload Pokemon Go in rural areas of countries not yet supporting the game. The only time I’ve seen another living creature was during the tutorial. I am the wanderer of the wasteland.
What’s for Breakfast: Protein Explosion Edition
There just isn’t much variety when it comes to breakfast in Maha Sarakham. Most people eat grilled pork skewers and sticky rice or some variation of rice porridge. While delicious, these get quite boring.
If there’s time after dropping the kids off at school, we sometimes go eat lunch stuff for breakfast at one of the few places open that early, but most days we eat at home, because we make the best coffee in town (not terribly difficult).
Today, Nam fried up all the leftover meats in our fridge, including gyoza stuffing, sweet Chinese sausage, and pork floss (that Mina loves eating over rice, lol!). The eggs were also perfectly done. It all came together quite nicely.
Kimchi Buta Miso Ramen
Just something I threw together the other day using leftover pork spare rib stock, fresh green onions, and my last cup of kimchi. Oh, and two lonesome chillies I found on my kitchen counter.
Saucepan Casserole
Whole wheat penne, w/free range buta red sauce, pan fried in butter and chili bologna, topped with Monterey cheddar and leftover Italian spice packet that came with a delivered pizza many months ago. Max approves.
Mina’s MS Paint Creation
Not her first, but pretty good. Much better than anything I ever did in Paint.
Bigo Live, the Snapchat of SE Asia
The Bigo Live app is just getting popular, it seems. After testing it for a day, I think this will shut down Snapchat in Thailand before it ever gets really started. Actually, I think if they can find a way to pay users, either through ad sharing or tipping, or a combination of both, this could possibly be a threat to Facebook. It just suits Thailand very well.
The downside? An even more unfair User Agreement than Facebook, which is saying a lot.
It is inspiring a lot of ideas!!
What’s for lunch: Green Curry with Wings and Portobellos
Although I have made green curry with all kinds of meat, chicken is the best because of its wonderful grease. And among the cuts of chicken, we all prefer middle wings with an occasional wing drum thrown in for variety.
Today I sliced in a couple small portobello mushrooms, and along with the filtered fish sauce and chicken grease, they made the curry into an aromatic, coconut-infused umami bomb. With local round eggplant and julienned kachai (lesser ginger).
As far as eating goes, I actually prefer pulling chicken off the bones and mounding it on top of the rice and curry, but the kids just devour it off the bone.
Finding where Bill’s Bar was located.
Note to self: Look for the yellow building with slit windows. Surugamachi 2? Goddamn Japanese street numbers.
Only in Issan
Kubota convertible with sunshade driving around town every day with no plates and hazards flashing.
As a side note, I know this gent and he’s more of a classic than all of the twenty-odd cars in his collection… He collects all of the cars that he wanted in his youth, but couldn’t afford. Never knew he wanted a rice tractor, tho.