The Siamerican

Siamese American – Thailand USA port of paralell propagation

Bangkok University Midterm Examinations: Exam cramming, cheating, and formalities

The first week of Bangkok University International College’s midterm exams is closing to an end. The Siamerican had two exams; On Tuesday afternoon, he completed the College Writing exam, followed by a Critical Reading test on Wednesday morning. He is confident that he passed both with flying colors, but will have to wait a month [...]

Bangkok University Locker Room Padlock Injustice

After class, the Siamerican went to the Bangkok University city campus gym with plans to shoot around the basketball. Upon entering the locker room, he noticed a white note on his locker, as well as a dozen others which had locks. The note was all in Thai and read: นักศึกษาท่านใดนำกุญแจมาล็อคตู้ล็อคเกอร์ กรุณานำของออกจากตู้ล็อคเกอร์ด้วย ถ้าท่านใดไม่ปฏิบัติตาม แผนกกีฬาจะทำการงัดตู้ล็อคเกอร์ แล้วให้นักศึกษาติดต่ออาจารย์แผนกกีฬา …which [...]

A lonely Valentine’s day: Bangkok bachelor moping around the apartment

While hundreds and thousands of lovebirds look forward to this day of love, across the Thai capital, nation, region, and globe at large, the Siamerican wakes up in his quiet and lonely apartment on the east side of Krungthep, yearning for some kind of action or sign. Waking up 7.30ish, there’s some girls’ voices nearby, [...]

Bangkok February drifting by into the year of the Rat: International Uni, water, laundry, and Filipinos

In Bangkok, time marches on–half a day ahead of North America. The last week was Chinese New Years celebrations, which was spent in Bangkok University classrooms and gym, as well as the Sukhumwit 62 pad, amidst Bangkok’s East central jungles. Approaching is one final week of classes before midterms, which calls to be an important [...]

Statistics for Social Sciences: Bangkok University International College student travel attitude survey research

A big part of this Friday was spent writing, and conducting the report for Social Stats class, which a presentation along with the report is due Saturday morning. Well, it’s now almost midnight, and the Siamerican has completed everything. The report itself turned out to be 20 pages, which was mostly bar graphs and table [...]