Last Week
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The Week That Was #2019-11
It has been a fairly uneventful week-and-a-bit during which I have been going to work in a semi-holiday state of mind. April is definitely the slow period as far as education in Thailand is concerned as it is the summer vacation between school years. As the Thai New Year — Songkran — comes mid-month, most… Continue reading
Anne Hillerman, Apollo 11, books read. reading streak, Christmas gift, Cunard Line, Dan Parry, Leaphorn and Chee, Lee Child, Lydia Fitzpatrick, Moonshot, Phuket Philatelic Museum, reading, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, RMS Queen Mary 2, school holidays, Songkran, summer holidays, Thai New Year, Tony Hillerman -
Update #2019-10
Greetings, readers! I’m (almost) back to “regular” blogging. No, I didn’t fall off the edge of the Earth. I am just trying to recover from what was simple exhaustion. My 53-year-old body essentially rebelled against my unrelenting schedule. For weeks, I had been looking forward to taking a bit of a vacation/holiday break at the… Continue reading
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The Week That Was #2019-09
Wow! Last week was extremely busy and the week to come looks to be even busier. As I start to write this, it is early Sunday morning and I need to depart soon on a “reconnaissance mission” to the unknown reaches of western Phuket. I need to find the location of an obscure temple where… Continue reading
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The Week That Was #2019-08 (The Music Video Edition)
This is actually the second version of this particular installment of my “weekly” update column. I only needed to add a few images in order to finish one I wrote earlier in the week. However, I got busy and forgot about it. I decided to scrap it and start fresh. Thus, this will be a… Continue reading
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The Week That Was #2019-06
The Phuket Old Town Festival starts today so I am in a hurry to finish my blogging for the day and get out and enjoy the crowds and the food… Continue reading
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The Week That Was #2019-04
Finally, we seem to be past the huge number of holidays and other activities that served as disruptions in the school schedule, starting in early December with Thai National Day and Constitution Day, continuing through Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, Mid-Term exams, and culminating with Thai Children’s Day and National Teacher’s Day nearly two weeks… Continue reading
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The Week That Was #2019-03
This third week of the year was a little odd, albeit rather routine. I didn’t teach very much this past week, which doesn’t really bother me. Living and working in Thailand, you come to expect more cancellations than not. I don’t ever have classes on Tuesdays at the large municipal school where I spend my… Continue reading