The Siamerican

10 minutes till the last class of the term begins. Hopped in a cab, reckon some 15 minutes away from University pending whether post rain traffic holds out or not.

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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 [...]

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Now counting one month since the big operation, the first term of Thai academic schedule has ended, coinciding with midterm break of the international college calendar; University studies scheduled to commence on Monday the 19th, queuing return to school for second term teaching preparations and planning on the 20th, I’ve earned a twelve day (paid) [...]

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Today was worthy of mention here. I was awaken by ants biting my bpi injured arm.  I actually didnt feel the biting, but a very slight itching on parts of it brought my attention to the army invading my bed, jolting me into the shower. As I hadn’t eaten on my bed any time recently, [...]

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Initially, the Siamerican’s plan was to drive the Kawasaki 130 cc from Bangkok to Phuket, as he did back in March. The plans and logistics have slightly changed. Now he will haul the motorbike some 200 kilometers to Pattaya later on this morning. There, he will join his American comrade, ex Marine turned anthropologist, Klaus [...]

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Readers and followers of this Thai American blog, please forgive the delayed updates here from the Thai capital, as the Siamerican Wanderer has been swamped with work and academics.

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After being in Phuket for more than a week, the Siamerican finally decided it was time to get some swimming in at the beach, one of his last chances before he has to make the drive back up to Bangkok early Monday morning. Waking up, he weighed out the beach verses some window shopping at [...]

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Settling back down her in Phuket for five days now, about half way through this semi vacation. Most of the time has been spent at the inlaws pad, spending time with the son, television, and computer, while the kid’s mom is off at work. Kid’s grandma is here sewing away, while the brother in law [...]

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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 [...]

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