Archive for the 'Siamerican Wave' Category

Week of Woe for Thai University: blackmail, initiation death, and shootings

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The past week has provide a handful of  front-page-newspaper-worthy incidents involving unlucky, unfortunate, and/or misguided post-secondary students and one professor–all separate cases.
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Loi Kratong (Loy Krathong) Thai holiday: Respecting the Water spirits in Phetchaburi province at Thailand’s rivers and oceans

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

With the passing of last Saturday came the full moon of the 12th Thai lunar month (usually in November) which marks one of Thailand’s most popular traditional holidays–Loy Kratong (also spelt Loi Kratong), where in the moonlit hours, after the sun has gone down until the peak of midnight, couples, families, and friends head […]

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Dreams, Goals, and Phases: Bangkok University degree ambitions and Vivid Dreams

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

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.’
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Bangkok house raid and drug bust: Marijuana-Drug party locked down by Thai police

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Arriving in Bangkok, I decided to stay overnight to meet up with my cousin. He got off at work at midnight so I waited around at my friend’s house and had a few beers. Took a short nap and sobered up for a few hours before hopping on my bike.
My cousin had called me after […]

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Samut Songkhram to Nakorn Ratchasima (Korat) roundtrip via motorbike: Enduring 1000 kilometers of central-northeastern Thailand

Friday, November 9th, 2007

The Siamerican Wanderer has embarked on his longest and furthest motorbike venture yet�6 hours on the motorbike covering over 400 kilometers through the kingdom�s breast up into the Korat Plateau, to one of Thailand�s largest cities, Nakorn Ratchisima, the gateway to Northeastern Thailand–on a personal challenge of endurance, spontaneity, and of course, leisure.

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Exodus Phuket-Back up to Central Thailand: 2007’s final phase

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Last Thursday, October 29, I waved goodbye to my son, who was in his grandma’s arms crying–assuming I was just going out for fun, as he loves to ‘go out’, usually which has been on the bicycle or walking around the neighborhood pointing at the large trucks and machines that mesmerize him.
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Ad Provincia Phuket: Wandering back to the south

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

On Monday night, the Wanderer set off from his lonely Samut Songkhram apartment with his Alice US military sack packed full of clothes, books, and documents, his guitar and computer, and headed for Manao intersection near the Phetchaburi-Samut Songkhram-Ratchaburi border on Rama II expressway.
Kru Pisit and his wife, Kru Ruenjit were kind enough to drive […]

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Thai American Dual Nationality - Citizenship: Received Thai passport in mail

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

In this log, the Siamerican announced that he had made the application for his Thai passport, and since has been waiting to receive the actual passport via snail mail.
He wasn’t expecting it for at least another few days, but it arrived promptly in tact, and so, the Siamerican can finally feel complete as a dual […]

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Central Thailand Motorbike drive photos: Samut Songkhram - Bangkok shortcut

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

As mentioned in this blog entry of the most recent trip to Bangkok on the motorbike, the wanderer chose a different, more scenic route to/from the capital. On this particular trip, instead of taking the straightforward route along Rama II expressway-freeway, sharing the road with various 2 to 12 wheeled industrial, private, and transport […]

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Applying for a Thai Passport: Thai Nationality - Citizenship application process for a dual national

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Yesterday morning, the Siamerican packed a small bag including a two-day set of clothes and a small profile of documents, and set off on his bike for the 100+ kilometer ride into Bangkok. Rather than take the standard route along the dangerously dreadful Rama II expressway, the Wanderer sought a new, more scenic route along […]

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