The Siamerican

With the exodus of my roommate, March prompted the beginning of some necesarry changes, moving to a smaller room on a lower floor of the same building at 75 percent the rate, i.e. from the 42 square meter room I ws paying at 6000  thb/month to a 32 square feet toom for 4500 thb/month.  Hesitant [...]

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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 [...]

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The featured Thai song of this entry is called ‘Fawk kwam kid tueng’ ฝากความคิดถึง by the three man band from Southern Thailand, Labanoon. For those of you who don’t read or understand Thai language, you’re probably wondering who the Fawk is Kwam Kit Tueng? As often as common Thai names and words may connote potty [...]

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Crossing the bridge into Phuket as scattered teasing sunrise rays glistened across the narrow waterway separating Thailand’s second largest-most populated island from the mainland at Phanga province, I felt something of a relief .
To know that the twelve hours on aboard the freezing second class bus would soon be through, and to finally [...]

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By Saturday night, the walls in the 30 square meter Southeast side Bangkok living-working box began to close in. Motorbike in mind, on snap impulse, SW packed a three day change of clothes onto his reliable two-wheeled transport machine, and set off towards the goal of embarking, surviving and conquering the modern route to his [...]

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With the little Nokia 2260 300k pixel camera, the Siamerican Wanderer was able to snap a few images here and there, but not to the justice that such a trip deserves. Following are a few of those pics. Coming soon will be a link to more colorful pictures from the trip’s professional photographer, Steve after [...]

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Only once in (most) humans’ life cycle is there a day in which the amount of times the earth cycles it’s master becomes equal to the designated day of the month which that person first breathed oxygen–whence they were pulled from their womb-shielded existence, introduced into the cruel yet fruitful plain called life.
In this overcast [...]

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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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At last, the legacy of Siamerican ancestors unfolds into the next wave of destined manifest; A branch of the Siamerican Wanderer’s Thai American’s beloved kin has finally ventured to the motherland for their first time–not to be the last and only according to the scriptures.
This trip had been in planning for years on end (if [...]

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It’s been a while since the Siamerican Wanderer’s last blog updates, so here is the last week plus in a nutshell.
Last Thursday, October 29, I waved goodbye to my son, who was in his grandma’s arms crying–assuming I was just going out for fun, as he loves to ‘go out’, usually which has been on [...]

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