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With the exodus of my roommate, March prompted the beginning of some necesarry changes, moving to a smaller room on a lower floor of the same building at 75 percent the rate, i.e. from the 42 square meter room I ws paying at 6000 thb/month to a 32 square feet toom for 4500 thb/month. Hesitant of settling via rapid organization, the first week has seen the new living space in material turmoil, as if the Chilean Tsunami had somehow affected matters on this side of tfeh globe. [Read more →]
Following are a few images from the cam-phone of conservative lifestyles spent back in the South Central Bangkok pad:
When all else proves inconvenient, impracticle, and outright unhealthy, a 30 baht (about 1 usd) can of Tuna in brine, soy oil, or some other generic flavored sauce is always a sure and rich source of protien
Blooming Morning dawns of the sun contrasted with the Pink Blossom of a Rock Rose กุหลาบหิน
The first waning moon will emerge tonight, rotating away just a few degrees from last night’s fifteenth and final waxing moon which brought the fourth lunar month’s full moon; reflective solar insight secondary capacity is resetting. You’ll recall the Chinese New Year falls on the New (No) Moon which kicks off the fourth lunar month (hence the changing solar date every year) that this entry has peaked in and begins recline.
Yet another peculiar solar coincidence of recent times is the first waning moon beginning the first day of March. Recall that the last day of 2009 was a full moon, seeing both January and February ending on full moons. So what does all this mean? Only time will tell. [Read more →]
The good thing about Chinese New Years falling on Valentine’s Day for those of us who don’t have hot dates is we can play stupid, greeting the opposite sex with a Happy (Lunar) New Year instead of facing the dialogue of lacking romances; besides, who needs such love on a new moon?
Today was a lax and lazy day off of eating, napping, interneting and some reading in preparation for the first midterm in Political Marketing and Campaigning come Tuesday. Had to take all of Friday off from school for Seminar course at Uni which we were hosting a guest speaker’s lecture about rhetorical approaches, followed by the final pre midterm lecture for Mass Media Law and Ethics. Saturday was no cakewalk, getting the first major presentation-paper out of the way for Political Mkt. and Cam. Plann which was contrasting Thai – US media in high profile elections.
And solemn are these Sunday nights, especially on this supposed day of love, and excitement for billions of Asians, where I am without the intimacy intended. Har, har has these hedonistic helpings of history happening! There was some fireworks visible through the late evening from the balcony, and now it has passed calling for bedtime. The school term teaching is soon to wrap up coming on the final normal academic week. Exams be the demand in both the academic lands I hand.
The last day of the first month has arrived and departed with the passing of 2010’s first full moon, marking the midpoint of the third month of the Thai lunar calendar. In two weeks time, this moon shall have waned into nothingness, a new month which will coincide with Chinese New Years on the same day as Valentine’s day. February begins.
The large round moon flares secondary beams over the night city sky—though the calendar says it’s the first waning night, it might as well have been the sixteenth waxing night. Looking up at the mighty golden night rock reminds us of the flaring stripes of the tiger that looks over this year.
The university term begins to settle with projects and papers marked and approaching in my personal time planner, midterm exams just around the corner mid-late February, about the same time that the Thai teaching term commences with their final examinations, projecting some lessened pressure at work for a short spell. Remains to be confirmed whether the existing contract will continue on, securng living n studies through the rest of the year. [Read more →]
Today marks exactly one year since my accident slash awakening. Seeming like an entire epoch meshed into a mere millisecond, I’ve moved on with life. My left hand’s functionality is coming along well enough to type on this keyboard utilizing all fingers, as well as compensate to form and play most basic chords on the guitar and ukulele; Still my left limb’s deltoids, biceps and triceps come short of reinervating sufficient reactivation as I exceed four months since primary nerve repair surgery. I am expecting-hoping for new function, e.g. bicep flex, in the coming four to six months, before I would need to consider further muscle transfer surgeries. Tis is-will continue to be a slog.
On the first Wednesday of the year, it was getting late. Midnight hour in the near distance, emptying the fourth pint of the golden bitter home brew, I was beginning to feel tipsy. As fluxing international circles of social oblivion blurred into illusive perspectives, internally thoughts flashed back to earlier in the day of large black crow I witnessed feeding on some student’s chicken and rice leftovers at the university canteen garden. Rest assured, if foreshadows were forming, my reality was to be readily receptive. [Read more →]
Alas, 2009 Wanes into its final day. As life and time march on, this cyber archive among others collects virtual dust, yearning for its shepherd to grant refreshing in freshness.
Outside my window, the moon shines big & bright over lively lit concrete towers of Bangkok’s central business sectors, like shiny champagne curtaining curiosity, artificial light is stimulating wonder within this world what special meaning comes with the last day of the year coinciding with the full moon. [Read more →]
his literal-visual entry marks three weeks moved into the new SCBKK (South Central Bangkok) pad. Adapting has proved to be smooth, credited in part to the upgraded commodities: Water Heater, Cable LCD television, and fridge.
After 22 months taking in this 5th floor east side Bangkok industrial slum stacks view, it came time to upgrade the view to a more central location nearer to work in Sathorn district, South Central downtown. The following videos give real time panoramas of the view
