Following is the Siamerican’s latest video log (vlog) to welcome the new year of 2012, the year of the Dragon, or serpent snake. In this vlog he talks about about reviews the year 2011 — the year of the rabbit and all the happenings in his life in Thailand and USA. After graduating university in [...]
Following is an original composition called “Impermanence” by Jao Thep Soulawynne, aka Jao Moragoat aka the Siamerican Wanderer. The latest cut of this song as you see /hear here is played on a tenor ukulele and reached its current state in July / August 2011.
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.
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 [...]
Following are some photos of the last several weeks (April and beginning of May) here in / around Phuket, Thailand’s largest island yet second smallest province by area (second only to Samut Songkram province).
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 [...]
Wednesday, the 12th of January, departure day has arrived. It is my 18th and final day in Phuket this go-round. I’m scheduled to board my Bangkok bound bus at 5.00 p.m. This trip has been the longest I’ve stayed on Thailand’s largest island since my brief few months living here back in 2007. Without University [...]
The final day of 2010 C.E. / 2553 B.E. has arrived; I’ve been pushing this grand update to the bottom of the bulging mountain pile of ‘things to do before the year’s end,’ and as the year is due to expire in less than fifteen hours, the procrastination limit has reached its capacity—the time has [...]
...a blog by the Siamerican Wanderer, AKA Jao Moragoat, a dual national, Thai American global-minded citizen, whose goal is to make an impression if not impact on...you.
Subscribe to this blog’s feed
Thailand Baht Exchange Rate