Another day at STOU

Yesterday there was a loud speaker in Phra Predaeng advertising registration for new classes at the Center for Non-Traditional Education. According to Jit the loudspeaker was saying "train for new positions, learn during retirement, build a new life. Registration is starting for classes." Jit called the center for Tawn, her nephew. She also asked about visiting. We will visit the Phra Predaeng center early next week, Monday or Tuesday. On Wednesday we go to STOU. We will be able to meet with a professor who specializes in Non-Traditional education. I am looking forward to the meeting.

At STOU today we talked about using the Palm or Pocket PC with Outlook or Meeting Maker. I brought my computer to show how I do time management. I also demonstrated Evernote. I will be preparing a database "sketch", using Access, of a counseling support database. I am still strongly hoping that people will adopt Outlook for counseling support. I do not know if the IT department at STOU supports Microsoft Exchange, but even without Exchange, Outlook is a great way to manage counseling responsibility. I will have a very rough database prepared for a week from Monday.

We had a great lunch in the cafeteria and got to talk about cultural preservation. I am very interested in exploring this area in greater depth. It started to rain hard in the afternoon, with very loud thunder. When it calmed down a little we made our way home. Jit is working on getting the kitchen done, it has a roof and a wall now. Tomorrow we will get screens and glass. The kitchen is outside the main house with a lot of air circulation. Jit is also working on getting cabinets and storage for the kitchen. This Sunday we go to Petchaburi. I am looking forward to it. Next week will be very busy.

I need to get my film processed. I want to get a set of pictures made to give to the people in the community. I need to edit and prepare a CD of pictures so that I can get prints made. It is hard to imagine that I have been here for a month.