Archive for the 'Reviews' Category
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
The other night, I was browsing my friend’s movie collection and came across one of the first Asian films I became fond of from a decade back: 12 Nights (2000). My initial viewing was at the Denver Asian Film Festival of 2000. At that particular time, I was preparing to travel to Southeast Asia for [...]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Remember the good old days sitting in your lonely room with soothing Sam Cooke ballads, wishing you were out on a date with that special someone to share all that love you had stored inside, if not help you spend that hard earned dough?
Well, what was so good about them boring and destitute Saturday nights [...]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Croc Blood Serum as a Savior?
It’s a common observation that reptiles heal quicker than mammals, far less prone to disease and infection of exposed wounds. Considering crocodiles, particularly, are constantly exposed to millions of microbes and pathogens that would pose threat to exposed humans, one must wonder what can be learned or gained from crocs, [...]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Directed by Nithiwat Tharatorn starring Ray Macdonald (as Pisit) Chutima Theepanart (as Cherry), and Jarinporn Joonkiati (as Noon), Dear Galileo is a warm and modern Thai flick exploring the stretching bonds of friendship and love across the borders of Europe. Beginning in Thailand, the two prime characters, Noon and Cherry jump straight to [...]
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
“Would never have seen myself as a teacher when I was at school, and here I am on my way. Right little cunt, I was at school. Always winding up and taking the piss out of teachers, getting into fights and skipping classes. Suppose I’ll have to be on the other side now, but I [...]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Koh Samui, one of Thailand’s most popular island destinations, maintains a ‘must go’ status for some, while for others is still one of those places at the bottom of the list. Considering its collage of aqua marine waters, white sand beaches, pristine tropical landscapes, cultural spice, and modern infrastructure, one has to wonder [...]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Doing a google search with the keywords, ‘Thailand Blog,’ the Siamerican was quite disappointed to find a hit neither for this web log nor the Siamerican in any of the top 100 results. Being that there were dozens upon dozens of irrelevant sites that ranked high, that weren’t actually Thailand blogs, it is clearly [...]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
As Jane and Jack sat side by side on the hot traffic-stalled Bangkok bus, Jack stared out the window. Though there was plenty of city action before his eyes, Jack wasn’t paying any attention. He was thinking about his ‘gik’.A familiar beeping sound knocked Jack out of his daydream and he immediately turned to his [...]
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Muay Thai Chaiya (directed by Kongkiat Komesiri) is one of Thailand’s latest and greatest martial arts film about three friends, Piak (Akara Amarttayakul), Pao (Thawatchai Penpakdee), and Samor (Sonthaya Chitmanee)–an unbreakable trio of young courageous kids from southern Thailand who emerge in the local muay thai scene, training in the special techniques and philosophies of [...]
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