Hi, I am Mark. I was born  in the Republic of Ireland and grew up in County Wicklow which is known as 'The garden of Ireland' due to its beautiful scenery and natural beauty. I graduated from the University City Dublin which is in Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. After graduating, I worked in a few different areas, in my family's business, as a support technician with Dell Computers and just before my arrival here in Thailand, I was working with a national telecommunications company called Cynergi in Dublin.

I first arrived in Thailand back in 2002 when myself and a friend came for a holiday. Thailand had such an affect on me that on returning home I immediately started thinking about my next trip back to Thailand and that was 18 months later in 2004. That time I stayed for 3 months before having to return to my home country due to work commitments. It wasn't long after that that I once again found myself on a flight back to a country that I had fallen for. I arrived on April 1st, April Fool's Day as it is known in some countries and my plan was to stay for another three months. It was during this time that I was invited down to Nakhonsithammarat to visit a friend working in the town. I was soon introduced to her boss and before I knew it I was a teacher at a large secondary school in Nakhonsithamarat. I worked there for 4 years teaching M4, 5 & 6 students which was very enjoyable but soon the time came to move on and that is how I have ended up teaching at Kanlayanee. Here I am the M2 Maths teacher, the M1 Science teacher and I also teach a little conversation to M5 students making my job here not only enjoyable but varied too. Working at Kanlayanee is a whole new challenge for me but at the same time it is also exciting as Maths and Science have always been my favourite subjects.

On top of all that, I am also married to a beautiful person, Ajarn Sheryl (also a teacher at Kanlayanee) and we have a beautiful bouncing boy called Zachary, who has just turned one year old. So, as you can see, since my visit in 2005 things have changed immensely for me and I really enjoy living in Nakhonsithammarat and teaching at Kanlayanee.