Archive for the 'Society Issues' Category

Thailand Blog: Culture, Society, Lifestyle, News, and Insight about Thailand

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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Gig - Kik- Gik lovers in Thailand: Thai casual polygamy sexual culture การมี กิ๊ก

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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Thaksin Shinawatra returns to Thailand: 17 month exile is over

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

The latest breaking news in Thailand, Southeast Asia, and even the globe for that matter is regarding Thailand’s longest reigning elected leader, Thaksin Shinawatra. The disposed prime minister turned English football team owner-manager has finally stepped onto Thai soil after being away in a self imposed exile in the USA, England, and China […]

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Farang Thai citizens: Caucasians and foreign national acquiring Thai Nationality - Citizenship

Monday, February 18th, 2008

One of the biggest questions that lingers among foreign residents in Thailand–wannabe and legit alike–is in regards to the possibility of legally and eternally residing in the proclaimed Land of Smiles. For these farang (ฝรัง = Caucasian-white ethnic people in Thai language), as well as other non-Thai ethnic groups in Thailand, obtaining Thai citizenship […]

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Too Thai To Be True: Historical, cultural, societal and quantum observations

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Amidst all the Siamerican’s various tasks and errands in yet another transition phase, valuable observations and contemplations have been slipping away with time unrecorded–and so now the Wanderer makes an effort to record some of the latest…
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Internet and Tech Woes: Victim of Virus and Spam IT epedemic

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

So I log onto my blog and there is some 84 comments to moderate from the last week. I’m thinking, ‘Damn! My blog is happenin!’ To my dismay, 80 of the comments were spam. As usual, most of the spam could be spotted a mile awaythe systematically generated posts with 20 url-hyperlinks to pharmaceuticals and […]

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Hoang Thuy Linh: Vietnam Media Sex Saga-teenage star mobile sex clip

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Surfing the internet, I came across the latest Vietnamese media-government saga about a 19 year old star, Hoang Thuy Linh who had a mobile phone clip of her and her boyfriend ‘getting it on’ which leaked out ultimately causing her popular running show, Vang Anh’s Diaries to cancel. Not that I care or know […]

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Homicide and Gun-Firearm Violence in Thailand: World Ranking Crime statistics

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Surfing the web for world crime statistics, I came across a great world statistic website, and found my way to its Thailand crime stats page and was surprised about my findings, particularly of how high Thailand ranked in certain categories of crime, particularly gun violence and homicide.
Taken from the gun violence data out of dozens […]

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American deaths in Thailand over the last five years (2002 - 2007): Unatural American death fatalities

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Surfing the web, I happened upon yet another unsolved homicide-suicide-accidental death ??? case involving an American man in Pattaya a few months ago. As such deaths, particularly in Pattaya, are so common, usually I wouldn’t have given it any extra thought.
However, in the following reports, the deceased man’s American passport was fully exposed–right next […]

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The other side of Phuket not in guidebooks: Phuket town, neighborhoods, crime, and garbage issue

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Phuket is a grand holiday island destination favored by heaps of holiday makers and tourists from all over the world. Famed for its scenic beaches, luxury resorts, tropical and lax, yet modern and bustling lifestyle, Phuket features some of Thailand’s most renowned entertainment, accommodation, and leisure scenes–undoubtedly reserving a special presence in millions of folks […]

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