So Long July 2011
The final day of July 2011 has arrived and in moments’ time will pass by, welcoming August 2012. Following are some photos of the last few weeks in Phuket, taken by the Siamerican, Jao Thep Soulawynee:
The final day of July 2011 has arrived and in moments’ time will pass by, welcoming August 2012. Following are some photos of the last few weeks in Phuket, taken by the Siamerican, Jao Thep Soulawynee:
Outside the modern comfort of apartment life, the downpours sweeping through Phuket become more frequent and increasingly heavier. This final week of July, 2011 C.E. / 2554 B.E. has marked the start of another rainy season, which soon signals the Siamerican’s 28th birthday. Along with the renewed reminder of mortality comes the realization that a decade [...]
This weekend’s full moon — the 15th waxing and first waning moon of the eighth Thai lunar month — วันเพ็นขื้น ๑๕ ค่ำ และ แรมหนึ่ง ค่ำ เดอน แปด — marks the traditional Thai Buddhist holidays of Asarnahabucha วันอาสาฬหบุชา and the start of Buddhist Lent เข้าภรรษา respectively.
Following is a gallery of pictures of the scenic middle of Phuket island including images of the city, quiet jungle sois, roads, streets, klongs and canals. These pictures were taken in June 2011 using a Nokia C6 five megapixel camera.
The following poem is a composition by Jao Moragoat to aesthetically access a dream he experienced last night. Subtle meanings leaked from the subconscious mind? Perhaps. Sometimes poetry is an effective and useful tool for expressing and describing the eerie and warped world of dreams… Fire! The flat is burning on yonder in the southern horizons [...]
Nervous to began his first unofficial day at Thailand’s third largest newspaper, the Siamerican’s first assignment wouldn’t call for any back breaking labor worthy of protest or complaint–that is unless you consider laxin’ out in the tropical sun on a dive boat, snorkeling in the aqua marine waters off the coast of Phuket and Phi [...]
The following update shall include recapping, reflecting and observations abut the third day back home, in addition to photo gallery following the text;
Some minutes after 7.00 this Friday morning, the 11th of February, Delta flight 296 touched down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) bringing the Siamerican back to his birth country after some seven years away. In brief reflection and summary, the last seven years abroad have provided love, parenthood, higher education, dual nationality, disability and enlightenment [...]
The following is a literary expression/description of a particularly lucid and energetic dream the Siamerican had last week, welcoming the final month of December: From Dream visions of an alternate existence: Towering chicken legs planting present about the forest’s brush, much like a giraffes reign over awning treetops, these exotically warped bird creatures’ heads hovered [...]