Employment

Very few updates recently since I've been busy at work, as well as outside of work. This semester I've been teaching Introduction to Data Communications to 3rd year Computer Science and IT students. I just finished marking their Final Exams on the weekend, so I have a month break from teaching now until Semester 2. I plan to do a few more updates during this time.

BTW last week was in fact the start of my second contract here at SIIT. So looks like I'll be hanging around for another couple of years...

Some example costs of living in Bangkok, Thailand:

One of the most stressful things for many people moving and working overseas is organising appropriate documentation such as visas and work permits. When preparing to move to Thailand I did a lot of research and a little bit of stress about this, but to date it has been relatively easy (although the process is definitely not complete yet).

Started work today, as an assistant professor in the School of Information and Computing Technologies (ICT) within the Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT) at Thammasat University. There are about 10 faculty within the School, all based at the Bang Kadi campus. Well not really a campus – more an offshoot of the Rangsit Campus. There are two buildings housing ICT, Management Technology and Communications programs of SIIT. Its located in Bang Kadi Industrial Park, which has a few large companies, including Toshiba Semiconductor and Sony. More on work later.

After 12 years in Adelaide (and my entire life living in Australia) I am now moving on, to Bangkok, Thailand.

I moved to Adelaide from Kongorong (in the south-east of South Australia, near Mt Gambier) in 1994 to study at university. After completing my bachelor degree (1998) and PhD (2001) at the University of South Australia, I moved about 20 metres to take up a research/lecturer position at the same university, within the Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR). I finished up at ITR at the end of August 2006.

Thai Embassy in Australia

Consulate information from Australia including Visa information and application form

Information on visa and work permits in Thailand

Information from the Department of Employment on obtaining Work Permits in Thailand.