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
Phang Nga
Sunday Summary #9
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. It has been a very wet week, culminating in most of Phuket Town being underwater as I write this. I spent most of my morning today wading through dirty water and my afternoon putting together and uploading a … Continue reading Sunday Summary #9
Sunday Summary #7
Week of 25 September to 1 October 2022 Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. I spent most of last week finishing out the first half of the school year up in Phang Nga, giving a whole lot of paper exams. While most of Thailand … Continue reading Sunday Summary #7
Sunday Summary #6
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. Most of the time, I put together these weekly summaries in the late evening hours on Sunday but this time I have begun at the crack of dawn. Later today, I will head to the bus terminal to … Continue reading Sunday Summary #6
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
English Camp!!
I am a person of many interests and I belueve that my writings on Asian Meanderings, and elsewhere, reflects that. Lately, the focus on this blog has been on stamps and postcards with a few of our local Phuket festivals and activities sprinkled in. But I am also a teacher of English as a Foreign … Continue reading English Camp!!
To Cambodia, Part 1: Phuket to Bangkok
As a teacher in the Thai government school system, I don’t have much of a salary during the long between-term breaks (March-May is summer vacation). Thus, I have to plan any travel very carefully and take the cheaper option whenever possible. There are easier ways to get to Cambodia from Phuket (there may even be … Continue reading To Cambodia, Part 1: Phuket to Bangkok
Mark Joseph Jochim 