Hobbies

When I'm not entertaining the next generation in Hong Kong I love to travel.
Below are a few pictures:

Colleagues at the American University of Afghanistan 

Burma

Japan

Next on my list is N.Korea which I plan on visiting this coming summer! Stay tuned... 

Day 1 Spring Semester

Jan 16

Day 1 of Spring Semester

Office

Today is the first day of the Spring Semester and I'm only slightly excited. I'm already looking forward to end of April when the teaching is completed. I consider myself to be a morning person but this semester I ended up with a Monday evening class (6:30 - 9:20 pm)... then again, I should not complain as in total I only got 6 hours of teaching this semester. I know, it doesn't sound like a lot but taking into consideration all of the other duties (supervision, research, projects) I have ...  I can't help to feel tired already... and it is only 11 am!

I'm heading to Bangkok this Thursday to give a presentation at Thai TESOLL titled "21st Century Students: Developing Safety, Critical Thinking and Digital Citizenship." Next Friday I'm off to Manila to give a presentation titled "ICT Skills in TESOL: True Profession or Undermining Teachers’ Individual Autonomy" at the Global Educators Conference. And I'm still not exactly sure how to organize my talk... most likely the talk in Thailand will be very practical and I will introduce a few ICT tools they can use with their students, whereas in Manila it will be a theoretical discussion. 

My Teaching Blog

Welcome to MyBlog where I will discuss my teaching experience this semester at a University in Hong Kong. I have been teaching in Hong Kong for the past 5 years and I'm aiming for another 2 years so I can receive permanent residency. Prior to Hong Kong I worked in Afghanistan, Sultanate of Oman, South Korea, Thailand, Mainland China and Sweden. 

In Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman

In my office in Kabul, Afghanistan