http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/ Ajarn World on Ajarn.com en Ajarn.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-04T04:52:11+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/hows-the-decorate-and-the-supervise/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/hows-the-decorate-and-the-supervise/#When:04:52:11Z Should that be ‘supervision’ or ‘supervisor’? Was I supposed to rate the actual restaurant supervisor? Was I evaluating those that do the supervising as opposed to those who are supervised? Forget it. It doesn’t matter. It makes no sense whatsoever How’s the ‘decorate’ and the ‘supervise’? Ajarn World 2010-03-04T04:52:11+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/a-dollar-or-two-on-the-side/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/a-dollar-or-two-on-the-side/#When:04:22:15Z You may well be a teacher who lives to stand in front of a whiteboard. You may be up half the night compiling lesson plans. But the world loves a teacher who is also something of an entrepreneurial optimist. A dollar or two on the side Ajarn World 2010-02-23T04:22:15+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/thailand-yes-we-went-there-last-weekend/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/thailand-yes-we-went-there-last-weekend/#When:13:55:44Z I can vividly recall all the fuss and palaver that surrounded my first trip to Thailand all those years ago. My Aunt Jean – not, it must be said, the brightest bulb in the marquee – called me on the phone as I was packing a suitcase and reminded me to take a few bars of soap. Thailand? yes we went there last weekend Ajarn World 2010-02-04T13:55:44+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/the-skytrain-to-nowhere/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/the-skytrain-to-nowhere/#When:05:16:01Z Are you like me, one of those weary sky-train passengers, looking at those gleaming new BTS stations and wondering simply, when? The skytrain to nowhere Ajarn World 2010-01-30T05:16:01+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/yet-another-list-of-bangkok-annoyances/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/yet-another-list-of-bangkok-annoyances/#When:09:49:36Z Here’s a list of my own things that drive me crazy about living in Bangkok. Hopefully some of them you’ve never even thought about. Yet another list of Bangkok annoyances Ajarn World 2010-01-17T09:49:36+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/thank-you-for-calling-your-isp-hotline/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/thank-you-for-calling-your-isp-hotline/#When:07:24:01Z After calling a well-known ISP's customer service number for the fifth time in a week, I was beginning to see a pattern develop with the responses. Thank you for calling your ISP hotline Ajarn World 2010-01-08T07:24:01+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/from-the-planet-xerox/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/from-the-planet-xerox/#When:06:00:53Z Just as bad as the schools who dabble in the lower end of the photocopier market are the institutes who insist on keeping the same machine year after year - even when the repairmen are drawing lots and praying they're not the ones to get your call-out. From the planet Xerox Ajarn World 2009-12-14T06:00:53+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/the-joys-of-air-travel/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/the-joys-of-air-travel/#When:13:18:40Z Do those responsible for devising the prices of food at airports actually ever go out in the real world and see what normal people pay for everyday things? Because listen - were you to leave the relative safety and comfort of the airport complex, you would see that no one in the real world pays five dollars for a tuna sandwich wrapped in cellophane. The Joys of Air Travel Ajarn World 2009-05-12T13:18:40+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/five-days-in-hong-kong-and-macau/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/five-days-in-hong-kong-and-macau/#When:12:52:04Z Hong Kong has its amazing Chinese Food and Macau has its glittery casinos. As a two-center holiday break, you couldn't wish for a better combination. Five days in Hong Kong and Macau Ajarn World 2009-01-14T12:52:04+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/the-parrots-revenge/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/ajarn-world/the-parrots-revenge/#When:12:40:19Z Our home is being terrorized by a parrot. No, really. We were awakened one sunny morning in August by an ear-piercing squawk, and life hasn't been quite the same since. The Parrot’s Revenge Ajarn World 2009-01-05T12:40:19+07:00