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
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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 