http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/matthew-noble/ Matthew Noble on Ajarn.com en Ajarn.com Copyright 2007 2007-01-01T12:52:46+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/matthew-noble/those-new-year-resolutions/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/matthew-noble/those-new-year-resolutions/#When:12:52:46Z The first one is to relax more and try to really enjoy teaching in this land of sanook. I knew about sanook before I came here to work- it was partly the great sense of fun in Thai culture that attracted me to it- I just didn’t know that for a Thai person it quite properly should infuse just about everything worth doing. Those new year resolutions Matthew Noble 2007-01-01T12:52:46+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/matthew-noble/first-anniversary-in-the-land-of-smiles/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/matthew-noble/first-anniversary-in-the-land-of-smiles/#When:12:49:09Z Moving, even if just across Bangkok, is a stressful thing- even for a newbie without his own furniture or major appliances to haul out. Maybe worse than any of the physical work, there’s the insecurity one feels about his security deposit. First anniversary in the land of smiles Matthew Noble 2006-12-01T12:49:09+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/matthew-noble/from-sri-lanka-to-thailand/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/matthew-noble/from-sri-lanka-to-thailand/#When:23:45:43Z Before I came to Thailand just over a year ago, virtually all of my English teaching experience was in a small village environment in Sri Lanka. It was far cry, to say the least, from big bustling Bangkok Mahanakhon. From Sri Lanka to Thailand Matthew Noble 2006-10-01T23:45:43+07:00