So Which of These Asian Destinations Is the Better Place to Live? Welcome back to the blog! Today we’re diving into a much-discussed topic among expatriates and global nomads, especially those who live in Asia: Which is the better place to live—Hong Kong or Singapore? This debate is close to my heart because I’ve lived […]
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2011-2015 Hong Kong Part 1 The Move During my first year in the Philippines, Richard, my colleague, and I got to go to Hong Kong for an IB workshop. Of course, I’d never been there before. But I was instantly drawn to the excitement of the place. When living in Nanjing Miko, and I visited
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A Road Less Travelled Tell someone that you’ve just quit your job to move to Vietnam to teach high school English, and they’ll think you’re insane. They’ll look at you with this strange look on their face, and they’ll think you’ve joined some kind of cult. But trust me, they probably just won’t get it
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Part 1: The Journey Begins Part 2: Philippines Part 3: Singapore The China Experience Contemplating Next Moves Never in a million years did I ever think I would live in China. My goal was to teach in Asia and I had set myself the mission of getting a job in Singapore. After four years there,
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2023 Was Pretty Great The year 2023 is about to end as I write this blog post from Koh Samet, Thailand. It’s fair to say that it has been a reasonably good one for me. Starting this blog in February (and not giving up yet) has been one of the highlights. A decent amount of
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Part 1: The Journey Begins Part 2: Philippines Getting there: Another job search When I first started thinking about working in international schools overseas, I had Singapore pencilled in as an ideal destination. Modern, clean, efficient, diverse and somehow exciting. However, my research told me that for a teacher inexperienced in international schools, getting
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The following post is a reproduction of an article about me written by fellow blogger Marc Hall from www.lifewentthatway.com He writes much better than me. Thanks Marc for showing interest in my story. Check him out on Twitter as well at @lifewentthatway for great travel insights and especially his New Zealand tips. THE TRAVEL FILES #4
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Part 1: The Journey Begins PART 2: The Philippines (2002-2004) For two years, Baguio City, the Philippines was my home. I lived and worked at an international school in the ‘City of Pines’ in the mountainous Cordillera region of northern Luzon. It was the beginning of my international teaching experience. It also represented an extension
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How It All Begins Part 1: Getting started I began my blog in early 2023. It’s still 2023 when writing this post and I’ve already written around 30 Footloose Teacher blog posts and started a completely new second blog about personal finance. That’s quite a thing for a guy who’s never written anything before. I
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Living The Dream? International travel, adventure, cultural experiences and multinational friends. Living a varied and rewarding life traversing the globe at your pace and on your terms. Sounds great right? And it is. Most of the time. But living outside your country of origin, away from family, away from childhood friends and away from
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