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The Chiang Rai Alternative Hour of Double Trouble #60 – 16th October 2020

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Highly curated, carefully selected and specifically ordered* for your listening edification by world-renowned DJtenzenmen, who has over 5000 years of experience in this business.

This week there’s music from Round Eye, Fushitsusha, Guzzard, Guerilla Toss, Funkadelic, Pavement, Churn Milk Joan, The Vandals, Archers of Loaf, Negative Trend, White Plum, Hawkwind, Gnarwhal, The Five Mod Four, Augustus Pablo, Embrace, The Fabulous Monarchs, Hikes, Cheer-Accident, Indian Jewelry, Big Black, The Speed of Sound in Seawater, PiL, Vecchio and even more. Guaranteed no skulls were made in this podcast.

Intro and background music by Utotem, Phantom Tollbooth, Daniel Striped Tiger and someone else I forgot.

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Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful that my class is cancelled today! But I should still do my homework. I’m actually enjoying learning. It’s slow progress, just like the guitar, but I can feel the progress slowly working.

The Chiang Rai Alternative Hour #47 – 11th July 2020

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Music from Brontide, Heroine Sheiks, The Rhythm Devils, Pavement, Inner City Unit, Anti Band, Neighbourhoods, Henry Fiats Open Sore, Estradasphere, Giovanni Venosta, Radio Algeria, RD Burman, Rip Rig and Panic, Idiotbox, The Klezmatics, The Psychedelic Furs and Color Us Cool.

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful for having time to spend as I wish. Today I will record another podcast, continue with 1994ever and maybe finish reading my book.

The Chiang Rai Alternative Hour #12 – 16th November 2019

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Music from Ibrahim Maalouf, Pm 7_Jupiter, Vialka, Doctor Coffee, The Fugs, The Fall, Pavement, The Dickies, Turnpike, France Gall, WannFunTastiKlons, uSSSy, Birthday Party, Ween, The Who and And So I Watch You From Afar.

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful that I have learned not to be afraid to stand up for what I believe in and also accept those consequences even if they are not in my favour. Others may do things differently and that’s their choice.

11th Apr 2021 – You’ll have to keep reading to find out more about those consequences – the period between September 2019 and March 2020 was very trying indeed! The last sentence mention of ‘others’ is just about the advice given by other teachers to me and how some considered that it is impossible for a farang to change and improve things within any Thai system. I fought against it and arguably, I lost – at least at the time. Longer term though I consider the minor changes I did create were worth the effort. Being a teacher is not about taking it easy for me, it’s a responsibility. I see others putting up and shutting up, but to me, that is just lazy. Never give up.

You gotta pay your dues before you pay the rent – 9th October 2019

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What is your dream life?
I think I’m living it, almost! I don’t worry so much about money, though I know Amy does. I would prefer not to have to be working so hard even though I do enjoy it. I really could stay home in our beautiful house, read books, listen to music, play games and watch TV. Sounds like it might be boring but I can dig those things. And if I did get bored I could motivate myself to do something more.

Gratitude Journal

I spoke with a young guy in Iraq who was learning English. He was a very motivated person, to improve his life. I am so happy and grateful to have this opportunity to meet people from all around the world.

18th Mar 2021 – I joined an online teaching platform called Cambly and gave it a go for a couple of days. Some people teach there full time and can make reasonable money but you can also just make yourself available for conversations with people rather than teach actual lessons. I enjoyed it for the time I did it and contemplated doing it more but eventually just left it as an option for the future.