Thai Society/Culture
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Duck what?
So thicc.
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A Shared Meal
Catching up with photos from last year. This was a trip to Pattaya in July to visit students interning at hotels with my pal Tee. We ourselves arrived with no reservations and had to stay at a seedy hotel run by nice old people that had wall-length mirrors next to the beds. We went out for noodles at 3 AM after people watching on the busy streets and I met the cutest doge. This may or may not have been the same night we checked out one of the new Indian night clubs at the end of walking street. It was a pretty crazy place and the 99% Indian crowd…
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I switched from a Google Pixel 6 to a Xiaomi 15t
Of course, it’s a much newer phone, but it’s pretty hard to deny that even the newest Pixels don’t have big flaws. I am mainly attracted to them because of the cameras and stock Android. But the Xiaomi is no slouch on the photo front, and has better reception and battery capacity/usage. I debloated it by deleting all the preinstalled crap first thing by running commands from my PC, and I’m happy with it. Here are some photos I snapped, mainly from car windows. I got them off of a chat group I sent them to, so they’ve been degraded a bit. YOU ARE PASSING ANOTHER FOX I actually quite…
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There are two main objects in this photo
They are commonly carried by university students/teachers. If you can identify them both, you are hardcore Thai.
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Phuket sky
We were waiting for our friends to come hiking back up the steep hill at sunset when the sky exploded. Southern Thailand hits different.
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Phuket Shopfront
Just a cool shot from the driver’s seat. From a few months back.
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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 formal MOU signings between Tenri university and Nam’s employer, Mahasarakham University, as well as mine, Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University. This eventually led to yearly trips from Tendai to MSU with groups of up to 20 students, as well as Nam taking students from Mina’s high school (with her uni students acting as chaperones) for intensive Japanese language training and cultural study in Tenri. The Tendai group always has a couple destinations when they come over, and they left for Phayao…
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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, the boat props for boat noodles are very important. On Maps: รวมพล ก๋วยเตี๋ยวเรือ
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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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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 branches of varying sizes), some independent stores that usually go bust within a year, and most recently, CJ. What Sarakham really needs is a Tops supermarket, which is is more high-end (but not as high end as Villa). Pickle really likes wet food recently since she’s getting older, and she crunches reluctantly on dry food like her teeth are sensitive. She likes this Nekko brand a lot (although it’s pretty expensive at Big C, as pictured here), and won’t eat…
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