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[HuangLao]

I got a red for that??? tough crowd....

Perhaps harbouring past issues with old Kenny, who crossed many Thai-themed forum paths in his day and has little to do with things Thai, these days, since moving the family back to the UK.

Yet, remains a decent gentlemen to this day.

[SKkin]

KK ??

KenKaniff

...or something like that.

[cyrille]

^^ Jeff you don't have a fuckin clue what he 'remains to this day'.

[russellsimpson]

I got a red for that??? tough crowd....

Sorry about that Marcus

[cyrille]

Same old russ.

[Switch]

Same old russ.

Always thought Russ was a harmless meandering type? Surprised he hasn’t turned into an ox bow lake.

[cyrille]

^Yeah, he will have meant the red that he sent marcus to be a green.

[armstrong]

^Yeah, he will have meant the red that he sent marcus to be a green.

He was probably trying to send a pm.

[russellsimpson]

He was probably trying to send a pm.

I was.

I guess that's the life of a newbie. I can only store 2 p.m.'s and can't seem unable to reply to any.Such is life.

[russellsimpson]

Always thought Russ was a harmless meandering type? Surprised he hasn’t turned into an ox bow lake.

That pretty well describes me alrighty.

[Matthew]

Hey fellas, long time no see!

[Matthew]

^
Aunty Phil was done with TEFLing years before the forum died. He would only pop-up every so often when the forum was looking like tanking to start another one of his 'wasn't the 80s so great' threads. He had no interest in teaching or forum gossip, just a money-earner. Can we take it that Louise is back in the Kingdom? Or is he running a TEFL in Thailand page from his bedsit in the Big Grey?

I went to see The Wedding Present with Bangkok Phil last year, top bloke is Phil. Boggles the mind that I hadn't met him in person before then at any point...but he is, for the most part, hermetic so there's that. He does come across a solid fellow. Seems to have aged pretty damn well, I'll say that too.

LDMA does manage an FB page about Thailand TEFL, that's about it.

I recently requested a digital archive of all my AF forum posts with the thought of doing some kind of corpus analysis thing (unlikely to actually happen). He actually sent it to me.

[tomcat]

...thanks for the update, Matt...hope you and Appen are doing well...

[cyrille]

he is, for the most part, hermetic

Respiration is sooo yesterday.

[Topper]

Good to hear from ya Matt!

[Matthew]

...thanks for the update, Matt...hope you and Appen are doing well...

Not bad...we came back in large part for cheaper IVF fertility treatments. We're on a second round now. The failure of the first attempt sent me into a pretty dark depression for a while there. A fucking sweaty depression. Appen, as usual, handled things better.

She's so damn stable as a human it almost drives me nuts.

But I'm now feeling much better and hope the 2nd time's a charm.

[Matthew]

Respiration is sooo yesterday.

It really is, especially in Samut Prakan PM 2.5 air innit!

Hope all's well with you, Cy. Are you in el lando del smilez?

[Matthew]

Good to hear from ya Matt!

Hey there. What's cookin?

[Matthew]

Hey, by the way...if any of you guys happen to know of any GOOD jobs available right now in or around Bangkok - please share, will ya?

I've been at Silpakorn Uni in NP city for the last year and while it has had highlights (working with young future Thai English teachers on their 5th year teaching practicums has been one), overall the admin, etc. is driving me a little nuts. e.g. they owe me a lot of money for extra classes (the whole idea of taking a government uni job that THAT salary was I could survive on all the extras) for one thing and I just don't trust them with it. Arrgg.

I'm applying to all shades of EP, Satit, international schools, etc. but nothing has hit quite yet. Would be nice to get back to teacher training as well, looking into that...and my dream 'TEFL Bootcamp w/ Matthew' course still hasn't found its angel investors

Cheers for any insider info for a fellow old-timer, eh?

[Matthew]

a fellow old-timer

definitely been going through a 'mid-life crisis' type of thing this year, having turned 40. wasn't expecting the spiritual tumult there but shit i turns out thems the

thou shalt freak the fuck out at 40

[Mandaloopy]

Well it's not BKK but we need 5 teachers for next year in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
There was a bit of a purge, but admin seems to have recovered their toys from outside the pram for now.

[Matthew]

Isn't that "the most polluted capital in the world"?

[ChalkyDee]

KenKaniff

...or something like that.

I knew that guy, text and talk.

Two of my best friends were on Ajarn, BkkPhil and Panhunger. I was beausawnlaew.

[Matthew]

You know where Panhunger is these days?

[ChalkyDee]

Yes, on holiday in LA. Still living where he has for the last 15 years or so.