16 Years Teaching EVERYTHING! Graduation from my TEFL course in Patong, Phuket, 2006-10-05 Wai Kru ceremony, Kajonkietsuksa, Phuket 2007-06-14 Queen's Birthday ceremony, Saphan Hin, Phuket 2007-08-12 Christmas Show production, Kajonkietsuksa, Phuket 2008-12-24 I have been a Teacher of English as a Second Language in southern Thailand since April 2007. For the most part, it has … Continue reading Teaching Thailand #1: My Past & Present
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Sunday Summary #16
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. The BIG NEWS is that my Lovely Lady Kanchana finally touched-down last night in Phuket following a separation in distance but certainly not love that stretches back to mid-August. Something that has been here for quite some time … Continue reading Sunday Summary #16
Sunday Summary #5
Welcome to Sunday Summary. This is a meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. This was our last "teaching" week at school with a new topic ("Non-Living Things") and the last opportunity to review the children as best as we could for the upcoming final exams. I took my review … Continue reading Sunday Summary #5
Sunday Summary #3
Welcome to Sunday Summary. This is a meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. It replaces previous series such as Sunday Salon, Daily Phuket and Phuket Weekly. This week of 29 August to 4 September just seemed to fly by. I wasn't much busier than last week but add in … Continue reading Sunday Summary #3
Daily Phuket #106: 14 February 2022 – Eerily Quiet!
The latest (on Sunday) news was that the Lower Primary students would return to our school for on-site learning today, Monday the 14th so I got up bright and early. The daily COVID-19 case numbers had yet to be publicized when I began the 15-minute walk to work at 6:30. It was eerily quiet, quieter … Continue reading Daily Phuket #106: 14 February 2022 – Eerily Quiet!
Phuket Weekly 2022 #6 (09-13 February)
This will be a VERY BRIEF post as I only took two photos and NOTHING different happened all week. Well, other than the number of daily cases of COVID-19 in Thailand surged from 10,000 to more than 16,400 yesterday (it's around 15,800 today). I ended up staying at home all week -- teaching online from … Continue reading Phuket Weekly 2022 #6 (09-13 February)
Phuket Weekly 2022 #5 (01-08 February)
The first week of February saw a BIT more variety than the last two weeks of January, but not much. I did get out-and-about the evening of the first (the start of the Lunar New Year) to take some photos, my Sunday morning in-house students finally returned for the first time since December, and I … Continue reading Phuket Weekly 2022 #5 (01-08 February)
Phuket Weekly 2022 #4 (22-31 January)
Another wholly uneventful week, largely the same as the one previous with a couple of exceptions. First, the teachers returned to our school to continue our online lessons following a week spent doing the same from home. I suppose they got wind that we were actually enjoying working from home, free of the problems that … Continue reading Phuket Weekly 2022 #4 (22-31 January)
Phuket Weekly 2022 #3 (15-21 January)
It was a relatively calm week. Sunday was National Teachers' Day which meant nothing as it was a regular day off (my usual two-hour in-house class cancelled due to the continuing pandemic situation). I did receive a few well-wishes from my students so that was nice. Mostly, I spent the day preparing my new laptop … Continue reading Phuket Weekly 2022 #3 (15-21 January)
Phuket Weekly 2022 #2 (8-14 January)
This really was a weary week. In fact, very little of note happened as I adjusted to the routine and pitfalls of teaching online and trying to be even more vigilant now that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is running rampant round the island. Very few people that I know have NOT contracted the virus … Continue reading Phuket Weekly 2022 #2 (8-14 January)
Mark Joseph Jochim 