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Mark Joseph Jochim

Mark Joseph Jochim

RETIRED TEACHER, PHILATELIST, BLOGGER, NOVELIST


  • 19th December 2025

    I’m BACK! (from Malaysia)

    I’m BACK! (from Malaysia)

    I just returned to Phuket, Thailand, from a week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was…

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    2025, Malyasia, Travels
    back home
  • 9th December 2025

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #127 – A Rage In Harlem

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #127 – A Rage In Harlem

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Socrates Book Reviews…

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    Book Memes, Tuesday Intros
    A Rage In Harlem, black humor, books to read, Chester Himes, Harlem Detective series, noir, quick reads, short novels
  • 7th December 2025

    The Sunday Summary #172

    The Sunday Summary #172

    Welcome to “The Sunday Summary” in which I try to summarize the week that came…

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    2025, My Life, Sunday Summary
    60th birthday, Anthony Hopkins, birthday gifts, Cancelling My Life, Chinese shrines, Christmastime in Phuket, cooking by Praew, cool gadgets, Craft, December 2025, digital bullet journal, English lessons, good food, Immigration changes, massaman curry, P5, Phuket, reading, retired!!, retirement age in Thailand, school views, selfies, student projects, Subway Sandwich Shop, teaching in Thailand, Thai schools, Thailand, Thailand visa rules, trip to Kuala Lumpur, visa options, YouTube videos
  • 6th December 2025

    I Am Now RETIRED!!

    I Am Now RETIRED!!

    Weird words to type, I know. And I am still in shock. My 60th birthday…

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    2025, My Life
    Malaysia, retirement, Thailand Immigration, Work Life
  • 3rd December 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 21 – Dec. 03, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 21 – Dec. 03, 1965

    Welcome to the 21st installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Amiens, Austria, Badghad, Christkindl, Dallas, December 1965, EUROPA stamps, first day covers, Hope Cottage, Iraq, Japan, Katarina Witt, LIFE Magazine, Linz, Luna 8, Luxembourg, meter stamps, My Generation (album), My Life in Stamps, newspapers, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Princess Cruises, Rubber Soul, Russian space probes, Sacramento, Salzburg, SS Princess Patricia, Stamp Day, stamps, Texas, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Time Magazine, Tokyo, Trident jet airliners, Vienna
  • 2nd December 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 20 – Dec. 02, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 20 – Dec. 02, 1965

    Welcome to the 20th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Antarctica, Belgian, Big Lake (Texas), British Antarctic Territory, Christmas seals, Christmas stamps 1965, December 1965, Electra (Texas), Hugh L. Dryden, Jet Magazine, King Baudouin Base, Maori, My Life in Stamps, New Zealand, Operation Deep Frezze, Queen Maud Land, rock art, Signy Island, South Orkney Island, USS Burton Island, USS Enterprise
  • 2nd December 2025

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #126 – What Moves the Dead

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros #126 – What Moves the Dead

    First Chapter, First Paragraph: Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Socrates Book Reviews…

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    Book Memes, Tuesday Intros
    books to read, horror, quick reads, short novels, T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead
  • 1st December 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 19 – Dec. 01, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 19 – Dec. 01, 1965

    Welcome to the 18th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Christmas stamps 1965, Cuba, Dallas, December 1965, first day covers, first flight covers, France, Freedom Flights, My Life in Stamps, NASA, Pro Juventute, Skylab, Switzerland, The Beatles
  • 1st December 2025

    December 2025 TBR

    December 2025 TBR

    I finished ten books in November, four of which were not on the original TBR…

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    2025, Books & Reading, Monthly TBR, Spooktober
    As You Wish, Bill Bryson, Cary Elwes, Dan Brown, December 2025, John Grisham, L. Frank Baum, Michael Chabon, Pagan Christmas., Ramona Emerson, Robert Langdon, Sherlock Holmes, Shutter, Skipping Christmas, T. Kingfisher, TBR, The Body, The Final Solution, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Old Magic of Christmas, The Princess Bride and Philosophy, The Secret of Secrets, to be read, What Moves the Dead
  • 30th November 2025

    Cancelling My Life No. 18 – Nov. 30, 1965

    Cancelling My Life No. 18 – Nov. 30, 1965

    Welcome to the 18th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a…

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    2025, Cancelling My LIfe, Philatelic ’65
    Adelaide, Algeria, American Samoa, apostles, Budapest, churches on stamps, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, first day covers, first flight covers, France, French navy, French Polynesia, French satellite Astérix, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Jet Clipper Service, Manchester, Mers El Kebir, My Life in Stamps, naval covers, New Zealand, November 1965, Pago Pago, Pan American Airlines, Papeete, Post Now for Christmas, Postal Savings Bank, South Australia, St. Andrew, Tahiti, United Nations, Vladimir Lenin, Wellington
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About MARK JOSEPH JOCHIM

Born in the U.S.A. on 3 December 1965, I have lived on the island of Phuket, Thailand, since late December 2004. I teach English as a Second Language to young students, somehow finding time to read books, collect stamps, and write about these and much more on my blogs.

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