A few transitions happening the end of last week to kick off the remaining two months of my stay in BKK. I finished my last classes at the Village Education Centre, and also polished off a website redesign for them. It’s not fully live but you can preview it here. It’s a CSS design template on top of a Joomla CMS install. It was nice to practice some clean, typical web design for a change.

I’ve also started my final classes teaching multimedia at the same old design college, which is comfortable enough since I know the material and the conditions well. The Village was a good experience, especially the opportunity to work with some developmentally challenged kids. But still it wasn’t quite my cup of tea, mainly because I prefer more mature students who can provide their own direction, and the material wasn’t my forte. I am after all a designer and I do my best teaching design. The kids were a joy to work with though. :-)

Other than that, my final thesis for my MA will be due near the end of August. Even though my schedule has cleared up, teaching-wise, I am currently under a great deal of personal stress about a few things, and I have not been able to do as much work towards my MA recently. Even if my thesis is still rough I have to hand something in. It’s too important to pass up.

As it stands I’m still very much looking forward to coming home and settling down some - get a decent job, etc. That hasn’t changed. I wish I could come home sooner, but it’s still makes more sense for me to finish my MA here. So, counting down the weeks, I am…