Taksila Hotel Khon Kaen

... surrounds the retreat. My home is very cute and private. I must take off my shoes as is the Thai tradition.

Uncle Bob Breen - I have my own "Zilla" that keeps me company. I would love to bring him home for a mate for yours. He skirts around, in and out of my house. I have attached a picture, maybe we can make a love connection. I have named him Zilla 2.

... several semi-precious stones and I bought a few more pieces of silk to put in my already-overstuffed suitcase. Dr. Siriporn purchased a pair of Ben Wa Balls but didn't know what they were for so I gently explained it to her in the van. This caused us all to laugh hysterically a bit more. Then we went to the Silk Festival and shopped a bit more. After we were all exhausted (and broke), we went in the van to take Dr. Sato back to the hotel then headed back to the KKU ...

... for the Dean - life has been a bit busy. But as tired as I am, I've had (and continue to have) the time of my life teaching and collaborating at KKU Faculty of Nursing.

This afternoon is when things got very interesting around here. Dr. Siriporn was kind enough to help me move my appointments around in the afternoon so that I could watch the MOU signing ceremony between KKU and Fukuoka Prefectural University at 1pm. I walked over to the ceremony with Pak and on the ...

... there but I figured with a name like Fairly Plaza, the place must be pretty darn fabulous. I hadn't planned ahead very well, though - en route, I realized I had no idea what Fairy Plaza looks like. This would make it challenging for me to push the buzzer at the right time to alert the driver to stop the songthaew. I asked a young man sitting next to me if he knew where Fairy Plaza was and he said he would tell me when we got close. Phew....minor crisis averted. (Although not ...

... br>As I walked to work this morning, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells of Thailand, I ran across what appeared to be the victim of a pigeon heart attack. A totally perfect pigeon, looking hale and hearty in appearance (aside from the not-breathing part), lay lifeless alongside the walking trail. Its little pigeon eyes were closed, giving the pigeon a "hey-don't-worry-about-me-I'm-just-napp ing" look. No apparent cause of death. Very strange. (And no, I did not ...

... and the other participant playing the role of an adolescent, a sex worker, a married person, etc), but this idea died quickly on the vine. The group resisted group work and instead pushed for one pair to role play while the rest of the class watched. Because we had an odd number of participants, I had asked Pak (professor and one of the coordinators of the program) if she would be willing to pair up with one of the students for the role play. Before I knew what happened, the ...

... That's when it happened. In my desperation, I frantically grabbed for anything to keep from tumbling over backwards. In this case it was a wild grab that landed right between the one kid's legs. Spot on. Couldn't have placed it better if I had been intentionally going for the gold. A direct hit right to the kahoonas. Willy Mays in his finest moment couldn't have made a more accurate ...

... A student went to the front of the room and sat down at the computer with the microphone in front of her. (This is how the professors teach here, and this is how the students were taught to present). Slide after slide of findings were presented but it wasn't clear what the findings were. My favorite slide of the day: a slide showing the results of what the student labeled "multiples regression," with variables in the X axis labeled X1, X 2, X3, X4, and so on and variables in ...

... negotiation skills/refusal skills." I felt good about what I had prepared and despite the lack of sleep, I woke up enthusiastic about the day that lay ahead.

This morning I taught a 3-hour class on grant writing. I felt well-prepared for the class until I discovered three things: (1) the large class I had anticipated ending up being a class with only two students because of time conflicts with another class; (2) the two people attending the ...

... to a Thai university for a body of work, it's important that they have a clear conversation - and firm agreement - about how effort will be allocated and documented. In addition, a U.S. institution would need to understand that administrative oversight costs may need to be built into the subaward, even if the Thai university doesn't have a federally negotiated indirect cost rate. These issues are tricky ones to navigate, but not impossible. By understanding ...