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
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Daily Phuket #6: 1 March 2021 – Student Market
A busy first day to the week and to the month, In most of my lessons, I went over the Mid-Term exam scores and current total points accumulated by the students before giving them a preview of the upcoming (and last) unit's subject matter (Music). Today was also the first on which that (foreign) teachers … Continue reading Daily Phuket #6: 1 March 2021 – Student Market
February 2021: The Endless Short Month
February, despite being just 28 days in length, seemed especially lengthy this time around. At least we stopped working on Saturdays early in the month or it would have been worse. We had a myriad of class cancellations for such things as giving alms to the monks, Scouting (which was just the students cleaning the … Continue reading February 2021: The Endless Short Month
Daily Phuket #3: 25 February 2021 – The Monks Are Coming!
This has been a weird week in a weird year. It's only the end of February and it seems like we have had more disruptions to the school schedule than in most full years. On Tuesday, classes were cancelled due to Scouting "activities". Tomorrow is a national holiday marking one of the holiest days in … Continue reading Daily Phuket #3: 25 February 2021 – The Monks Are Coming!
Nineteen in ’20
Twenty-twenty thus far has been nineteen days of unstressed productivity and that looks to continue for the foreseeable future. I do not recall as being as organized as I have been since the New Year fireworks faded to silence and that certainly has helped with my overall positive attitude. I am happy and content and … Continue reading Nineteen in ’20
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
The Week That Was #2019-01
At long last, the silence has been broken! Honestly, I start too many entries in a similar fashion on this blog. The last period of activity stretched from the end of July 2018 until i posted my New Year's Eve shaky-cam video earlier this week. I haven't checked but I believe it to have been … Continue reading The Week That Was #2019-01
Mark Joseph Jochim 