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Time travel dreaming: Vivid and Lucid dreams of future visitors 2008-03-04 21:17:21 Perhaps it was the large sized pizza of yesterday afternoon and bacon cheeseburger of last night that prompted this early morning’s lucid dreams. Earlier in the day, Terminator 2: Judgement day was on Star movies as well–undoubtedly having its own contributions to the Siamerican’s subconcious mind in the reflecting, digesting hours of sleep.
Bangkok University Midterm Examinations: Exam cramming, cheating, and formalities 2008-02-21 23:42:59 The first week of BangkokUniversity
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 [...] Read more:Midterm
Bangkok University Locker Room Padlock Injustice 2008-02-14 07:19:56 After class, the Siamerican went to the BangkokUniversity
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 [...] Read more:Locker
A lonely Valentine’s day: Bangkok bachelor moping around the apartment 2008-02-13 23:23:21 While hundreds and thousands of lovebirds look forward to this day of love, across the Thai capital, nation, region, and globe at large, the Siamerican wakes up in his quiet and lonely apartment
on the east side of Krungthep, yearning for some kind of action or sign.
Waking up 7.30ish, there’s some girls’ voices nearby, it [...] Read more:Bangkok
, Valentine
Siamericans’ Triumphs in Thailand: Family bonds–Roots, Present, and Future Thai Americans 2008-01-07 07:54:26 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 [...] Read more:Thailand
, Family
, Present
, Future
, Americans
Dreams, Goals, and Phases: Bangkok University degree ambitions and Vivid Dreams 2007-11-21 08:00:20 It hasn’t been mentioned much lately in the cyber log– regarding the Siamerican Wanderer’s goals and ambitions to return to University
, as he has thoughtfully and patiently been waiting for the waves of ‘distant visions’ to vibrate in sync with ‘current reality.’ And so now, the present of reality has seen the Wanderer gracefully clear [...] Read more:Bangkok
, Dreams
, Goals
, degree
Spring break 2008 in Phuket: Relaxation, Rejuvination, and Reality 2008-03-11 09:06:03 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 [...] Read more:Spring
, Relaxation
, Spring break
Exodus Phuket & Spring Break: Making and Breaking Up; Thai family matters 2008-03-15 22:16:27 The initial plan was to depart early Monday morning and make the long 750 kilometers to Phetchaburi in one go (leaving a comfortable 150 kilometer finish to Bangkok for the next day), via Phuket–>Phanga–:>Surathani–>Chumporn route (On his way down, he took the Chumporn–>Ranong–>Phanga–>Phanga–>Phuket route).
However, a dispute that erupted last night between the Siamerican and
his son’s [...] Read more:Exodus
, Spring
, Break
, Breaking
, matters
Spring break 2008 in Phuket: coastal cruising & leisure at the beach 2008-03-15 07:16:49 After being in Phuket for more than a week, the Siamerican finally decided it was time to get some swimming in at the beach, one of his last chances before he has to make the drive back up to Bangkok early Monday morning.
Waking up, he weighed out the beach verses some window shopping at Big [...] Read more:Spring
, Spring break
Thai American Underground Music and Lyrics: original compositions for stream-download 2008-03-19 02:30:49 The Siamerican Wanderer has been meaning to make an official post linking to his very own original Thai American
compositions that he has made over the past few years. The mp3 and lyrics for many of his songs have been available @ Thaiskale.com for some time, though he has never done much to mass-promote such [...] Read more:Music
Pictures and Images of Bangkok - Phuket motorcycle adventure in March 2008 2008-03-18 07:48:53 Following are a few pictures taken with a small nokia mobile phone’s one megapixel max camera– from the latest and greatest adventure of the Siamerican Wanderer including images for the entire Bangkok
- Phuket - Bangkok trip. Unfortunately his cell phone’s camera was acting up limiting the amount of pictures he could take and store, [...] Read more:Pictures
, Images
, March
Thailand Motorcycle Trip Report: Phuket to Bangkok; 930 kilometers return leg in two days 2008-03-15 22:16:27 The Siamerican initially told everyone that he was planning to depart for Bangkok
early Monday morning, shooting for a the 750 to 800 kilometers (depending on route) to Phetchaburi in one go (leaving only 140-150 kilometer finish to Bangkok for the next day). However, 16 hours straight on a bike wasn’t something to look forward [...] Read more:Thailand
, Motorcycle
Thailand motorcycle trip report: Bangkok to Phuket; 930 kilometers in 19 hours 2008-03-07 00:08:31 Wednesday, March 5, 2008; early evening
Today, the Siamerican has aspired to finally embark on what has been an often anticipated and heavily considered journey; To drive his Kawasaki ZX130 street moped from Bangkok
down and across Thailand
’s peninsular Isthmus of Kra to the island of Phuket demands some 900 kilometers (aprox 540 miles) of sharp [...] Read more:report
Bangkok University Midterm Exams: the Siamerican’s top scores 2008-03-26 21:58:01 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 [...] Read more:University
, Midterm
, scores
Setting up an Office in Bangkok studio apartment: Working from home 2008-03-31 01:38:01 Last Tuesday, the Siamerican, ventured to Bangkok
’s main IT hub, Panthip Plaza. The Siamerican was accompanied by his American friend Jesse, also a Communication Arts student at BUIC, who offered company and graphics card advice for the a full day of computer shopping.
The Siamerican had been planning for months to get a new computer [...] Read more:Setting
, apartment
Bangkok University International College: Group Presentations 2008-04-07 21:33:49 For students who have studied, study, or are planning to study at BangkokUniversityInternationalCollege
(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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