I've certainly gotten a lot of exercise over the past few days. It's been extremely hot so I've been sweating no matter what I've been doing (even laying around doing nothing). But mostly I've been doing things. I don't have any lessons at my school on Wednesdays so I taught two private lessons yesterday -- … Continue reading Walking Around, Moving In & Teaching While Sweating
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The Week in Photos (1-6 July 2011)
This past week I took a fair number of photos as I searched for a new home, attended an American Independence Day picnic, and started a new job. A large selection of my pictures appears in the following gallery -- hover your mouse over the images for a brief description, click for a larger view. … Continue reading The Week in Photos (1-6 July 2011)
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When my battery power failed last night I was beginning to tell of Saturday's apartment search in Phuket Town. In Thailand, most apartment buildings are called "mansions" and we looked at quite a few that were anything but. We saw some really tiny shoe boxes for which were being asked rents of 4,500 baht per … Continue reading Back to the World of Teaching
Sunday Salon for 3rd July 2011 (#52)
Tonight's "Sunday Salon" will be rather short as I'm using the laptop on battery power with about an hour's charge left (the guesthouse in which I'm staying tonight has two-pronged outlets while my computer's plug is three-pronged). It's been a whirlwind couple of days and I'm currently staying in a historic Sino-Portuguese shophouse on Thalang … Continue reading Sunday Salon for 3rd July 2011 (#52)
Mark Joseph Jochim 