Finalising the Final Four Finances

Every freshmen, sophomore, junior, and especially senior looks forward to the the day when they can finally say, ‘I did it! I finally graduated!’

Before one gets to that that day, however, they must first arrive to the day when they register for their final semester of classes, and the resulting day at the bank when they pay their last undergraduate tuition bill once and for all–no student loan debt to look forward to as do counterparts elsewhere in the industrialized capitalizing academia world. To read about exact tuition costs, keep reading. (more…)

Final Semester Finally: Four Year Degree in Eight

This last semester of Jao Moragoat, aka the Siamerican at BUIC sees four courses on his schedule. Namely, a second year class, ‘ICA 212: Critical Analysis of Messages,’ scheduled late afternoon, Wednesdays, a third year course, ‘ICA 313: Writing for Public Information,’ scheduled late Afternoon Tuesdays, and two fourth year courses: ‘ICA 414: Communication Conflict & Negotiation,’ scheduled midday Tuessdays and ‘ICA 417: Political Communication,’ scheduled Friday midday.

Last Wednesday, July 28, the Siamerican picked up his pre-registration results (as initially executed online) and promptly paid for two 2nd and 3rd year classes. The other two courses will have to be added during add-drop period the first week of the semester (August 17 - 20) The reason he couldn’t get them initially during pre-registration was because of ‘Exam day conflicts’ something he has never had up until now.

To finally be able to say he is in his final semster is a time which has been much anticipated; nearing his completion of a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts degree which first began in January 2003, almost 8 years ago to the date.

To date, his accumulative GPA is something like 3.8, and may drop slightly due to the anticipated low turn out of attendance with priority at his full time job as usual ensuring bills, debt, and child support continue to get paid.

Though a four year degree took twice as long to complete to the harsh realities and challenges of the real world for an independent adult working/pushing his own way through school on top of supporting a child, the important thing will be once and for all reaching the light at the end of this long tunnel.

Random Bkk pics

Map by Jesse

Hello all! Just a map I made today depicting the areas to avoid. These areas are safe in the daytime, but are highly inadvisable at night.

Pictures from Ratchaprasong Rally April 8th

Sawasdee Jao Thai Uni Net! Just got back from the rally at Ratchaprasong intersection. I took a walk all around the protest site and was surprised at how few people there were, I estimate no more than 2-3000. Everything was pretty mellow, although the speakers on stage were giving their usual fiery diatribes.

Didn’t take a lot of photos as there was not much of interest happening. (more…)

International Summer Program in South Korea

The following announcement was transcribed from an email  which was circulated and distributed by BUIC Communication Students’ Adviser. Note though, that it is open to any international undergraduate students who wish to gain experience and credit:

The Office of the Higher Education Commission would like to promote the “2010 Yonsei International School” which is a summer program at Yonsei University, South Korea, where international students can take classes in Social Sciences, East Asia Studies, Business Administration, Economics, International Law, and Korean Language. All courses are instructed in English (except Korean Language).

The applicants must be the undergraduate students and the credits are transferable to other universities outside Korea. The application deadline is May 14, 2010.

For more information, please visit www.inter.mua.go.th or http://summer.yonsei.ac.krs