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 The Week That Was #2019-11
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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 Update #2019-10
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 The Week That Was #2019-09
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 The Week That Was #2019-08 (The Music Video Edition)
The Week That Was #2019-07 (Jumbo Video Edition)
Yes, this weekly update is a couple of days late. It is also the shortest one yet (although it is also the longest in one aspect). While last week was mostly one of fun and games — the Old Phuket Town Festival taking up Sunday, Monday and Tuesday plus Valentine's Day on Thursday — this … Continue reading The Week That Was #2019-07 (Jumbo Video Edition)
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... The start of Chinese New Year was quite a non-event for me other than having a three-day work/school holiday and having to endure two full … Continue reading The Week That Was #2019-06
The Week That Was #2019-05
Sunday being my usual day off and the Friday afternoon announcement that local schools would be closed on Monday and Tuesday for Chinese New Year — not to mention extremely high temperatures and a huge dip in internet speed caused a great deal of relaxation (err, laziness) at the Jochim household over the past couple … Continue reading The Week That Was #2019-05
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 The Week That Was #2019-04
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 The Week That Was #2019-03
The Week That Was #2019-02
Wow! Posts two weeks in a row.... The week of January 7-13, 2019, was fairly active in my little world extending between my home in the heart of Old Town Phuket, Thailand, and a bit west to my office in the bowels of the Central Festival mall smack dab in the center of the island … Continue reading The Week That Was #2019-02
Mark Joseph Jochim 