The Siamerican

Siamese American – Thailand USA port of paralell propagation

IT Woes – Burning Daylight with PHP, MySQL and WordPress upgrades on 1and1 servers

Finally, the Siamerican has been restored to its original state following  a bunch of IT shinanagans which inflicted the Siamerican’s webhosting webspace last week. It all started last week with another website the Siamerican owns

July 3 Election Posters seen in Phuket

Now that election day in Thailand has finally passed, the Siamerican can comfortably post pictures of some of the election posters with party slogans and policies seen pinned up around Phuket over the last month plus. Hesitant to post them up before in the days leading up to the election there was always the risk [...]

Farewell February, Welcome March: the peak of the fourth Lunar Month

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 [...]

First Full Moon of the year, February 2010 Ensues

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 [...]

The Thai healthcare tradeoff: Scheduling an EMG at Thai hospitals

Lying in bed waiting for the 10 minute snooze delay to re-remind me of the days plans, few birds chirp above the rare, quiet and dark Bangkok neighborhood outside. Finally committing to follow through, I maneuver out of bed and begin the task of adjourning myself for public commute. Before two months ago, showering, brushing [...]

Economic turmoil slows/halts data work

The economic turmoil in the US has dictated that current (stressful) business operations regarding Commercial and Industrial Database building/address collecting must halt as his California based, mother company has halted its National Expansion program for the time being, and indefinitely until further notice. This is the first wave of world Economic turmoil has directly affected [...]

Remote Human Resources Wisdom: Building and Managing Data Map Survey Team

Ah has been the silence in these Siamese American virtual thought spaces. Tis time for an update: For the last three weeks since coming back to the capital from Phuket, the SW has been for the most part boxed in his Southeast Upper Sukhmvit office-sleeping quarters, occupying and advancing himself in the arts and skills [...]

A Sucky Deal : After Hour Ventures in Hua Hin

After a filling meal at a seaside restaurant in Hua Hin, it was time for a drink and game of pool somewhere in the pink light district, downtown. Ignoring all the invitations to blow a wad of cash on a few insincere conversations with Isarn (Northeastern Thai-Southwestern Lao) girls at one of a hundred typical [...]

Outrageous Phone Bill from DTAC: Scheming Thai service providers

The Siamerican paid his phone/internet bill to DTAC yesterday, and was not happy yet again with the outstanding charges. This time it was higher than had ever been before, a wopping 3,019.15 baht, or about 100 USD. Considering his plan should only be less than a thousand baht, the outrageous charges for going over one’s [...]