C. Buddha's Hasty Musings

Tag: Thailand

  • Pennyboarding in Pattaya

  • A Visit to Baan Tha Klang Elephant Village

    On December 31st of last year, we went to visit Max and Mina’s great grandmother in Surin. This is the second year we have stopped on the way at Baan Tha Klang Elephant Village on the way. This is the affordable elephant village in Thailand for mainly Thais, as compared to the overpriced one for foreigners…

  • “…credible and meaningful in foreign cultures.”

    The university where I teach, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham, used to be a teacher’s training college. My uni is just one Rajabhat institute of about 40 spread all over Thailand, that were turned into universities by the king with something called the Rajabhat Act in 1995. Therefore, when we clean up, move, or renovate offices and I…

  • Flooding in Sarakham

    Today we were hit by a sudden storm that dumped a whole lot of water on us, very quickly. This year’s weather has been very wet and relatively cool for Thailand, and it’s been raining almost every day. I’ve been very busy for a while now, and everybody in this house started getting sick from…

  • Aegle marmelos

    This is a bael or bael fruit AKA Bengal quince, wood apple, stone apple or seer phael (head-fruit). In Thai it’s known as matum. In Thailand, bael is usually found in the form of dried slices, which are reconstituted in water to make juice. Our housekeeper brought over a few from her tree and I…

  • Chris Delivery

    Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being Chris Delivery’s bodyguard (I got the job by looking “ex-yakuza.”) Fortunately, there were no kidnapping or assassination attempts, but he did get jumped by several groups of screaming fans wanting autographs and v sign photos (and, I suspect, a romantic evening under a private mango tree). The talk…

  • RMU Freshman Molam Performance

    Taken (shakily, sorry!) at dinner gathering for the International Conference on Science and Social Science / International Conference on Science and Agricultural Technology held at Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University in Thailand. Being MC for an event means you get the closest seat to the stage! I announced that it’s common practice to tip the performers…

  • 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 Korean BBQ joints near Sukhumvit Soi 12

  • 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 elections, so I guess Max and Mina will be getting their ThaiPads soon…

  • 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 coolest thing is that there are over a hundred different species grown and sold here in Thailand. I’ve probably tried about a third of them.…