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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Following are a few images from the cam-phone of conservative lifestyles spent back in the South Central Bangkok pad:

When all else proves inconvenient, impracticle, and outright unhealthy, a 30 baht (about 1 usd) can of Tuna in brine, soy oil, or some other generic flavored sauce is always a sure and  rich source of protien

Blooming [...]

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On the first Wednesday of the year, it was getting late. Midnight hour in the near distance, emptying the fourth pint of the golden bitter home brew, I was beginning to feel tipsy. As fluxing international circles of social oblivion blurred into illusive perspectives, internally thoughts flashed back to earlier in the day of large [...]

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his literal-visual entry marks three weeks moved into the new SCBKK (South Central Bangkok) pad. Adapting has proved to be smooth, credited in part to the upgraded commodities: Water Heater, Cable LCD television, and fridge.

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After 22 months taking in this 5th floor east side Bangkok industrial slum stacks view, it came time to upgrade the view to a more central location nearer to work in Sathorn district, South Central downtown.
The following videos give real time panoramas of the view

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A guy’s wallet may be good for temporarily holding cash, but we can’t always rely on them for keeping other vital items in vintage condition. Whether business and bank cards, photos, identification cards, or even condoms, it is not a good idea to rely on these standard leather wallets as stand-alone protection against the wear [...]

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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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Into the twentieth week, or about five months since the rebirth—a life changing moto-bike accident which has left the Siamerican’s left arm mostly senseless and flail—tis time for a post not flooded with only boring jargon, giving readers some eye sweets, treats, and snacks.
After a healthy and active life of 25 years, and then suddenly [...]

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Last Tuesday, the SW finally checked into the hospital to proceed with the dreaded Myelogram procedure. As expected it was quite an unpleasant procedure involving needling of the spine to inject some radioactive contrast dye to help determine/confirm the lesion site at the brachial plexus spinal roots via a CT scan. During the overnight in [...]

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Last Friday, April 3, I decided it was in my best interest to follow through on my initially scheduled appointment with a private hospital (Bangrungrad) neurosurgeon, to get his recommendation for comparative purposes in Saturday’s consultancy with the neurosurgeon at the government hospital (Chulalongkorn), for two opinions are certainly better than one.

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