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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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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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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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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This post contains several pictures taken in Phanga province, along highway 4 from Phanga city to Tup Put (Boot) district in southern Thailand. Images taken of Scenic Tropical Mountains using small Nokai camera phone.

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Yesterday, Saturday, the sixth day of December, 2008, approaching an evenly waxing moon, the Siamerican Wanderer made a snap decision to hop on the bike southbound to visit family, and secondarily, to free his mind with the road and wind in preparation for redundant university examinations  after next week.

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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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Exactly one week prior to the publishing of this entry, Sunday, November 2nd, 2008, the Siamerican Wanderer had departed Bangkok to settle at Muak-lek Paradise Resort in Saraburi province, central Thailand for a five night, five day draining yet fulfilling outing; the long hot days and cool short nights in the wooded foothills nearing Kao [...]

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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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And now that midterm exams are behind, there is one more week of classes before a two week break. The SW has started dialogue with a few parties about driving down to Phuket on the bike again. The SW was planning to go see his son there anyhow when he recieved an inquiry from an [...]

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