The Siamerican

Alas, all of the Siamerican’s grades have been announced on Bangkok University’s online University Record System Access (URSA) . At this point, there is only good news to be reported here.

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The end of the second term of academic year 2007 / 2550 (even though it’s already a third into 2008 / 2551) has finally arrived. All classes finished last week. The Siamerican has four exams from today, Tuesday to Thursday, followed by two more next week to seal the term away into a memorable and […]

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Yesterday, Sunday morning at about 10.00 a.m., the Siamerican Wanderer departed his Bangkok apartment, bound for Cha-cherng Sao province, about 70 kilometers east of Bangkok. Some friends at Uni had planned a Sunday trip to check out some local attractions, grub and hang out, or as such is called in Thai, Tee-yo เืที่ยว…

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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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For students who have studied, study, or are planning to study at Bangkok University International College (BUIC), Group presentations are (were/will be) a major part of the college experience. Depending on the instructor and course, groups for projects and presentations will either be voluntary in selection or assigned. Depending on class sizes, group quotas can […]

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Now deep into the second week back in Bangkok after a refreshing and eventful spring break, the Siamerican Wanderer settles down in his Bkk East side apartment-office studio, re adusting back to a productive psyche and mindset as loads of work–both real world and academia–pile up on his plate.
Before he pulls his hair out over […]

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With exams finishing off on Saturday, to open up the third month of the year, the Siamerican finds himself with a slight cold as he prepares to pack up and head on a south-bound bus later in the day. By plan, tomorrow morning should see the Siamerican arriving in Phuket town bus station, after […]

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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 plus […]

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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 is a warning note from […]

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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 […]

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