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The travel guides all tell you to pack light, which is good advice -- but what constitutes light for someone who has to look professional and live in an area for a year or more is bound to be different from someone who's travelling through an area for a week or so.

So what do you reccomend people bring from home for EFL purposes?

Entertainment, clothing, computer, EFL resources...

dandan · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 183 Location: Hong Kong

Toothbrush, spare pair of underpants, brain.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

This looks more like a question for the newbie board not the general forum, but since you didn't list a country, perhaps "general" is better.

How about letting us know where you intend to go and what kind of teaching job you plan to get? Otherwise daddan's sarcastic advice is about the best you can get.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Look at the Newbie forum. Someone has already started this thread. "Things to take with."

Guest · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 7:10 am Post subject:

khmerhit · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 4:31 pm Post subject:

Take underwear. The stuff in Bangkok is made for pipsqueaks.

Wolf · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 1245 Location: Middle Earth

In Asia clothes can be a huge problem if you're not Asain sized. I managed to find everything I needed in a big city in Japan (at the big and tall shop, and by miracle I also found a pair of shoes that fit elsewhere.) Bras and underwear *cough* have a reputation of being problematic for those of us who are not, shall I say, "Asian sized."

In China, you can get suits etc tailor made for a fraction of the price of developed countries (though I'd say bring enough to get started with.) Casual clothes are difficult to find in the developed areas and all but impossible to find elsewhere.

Deodarant is a big issue for many. The stuff in China, Japan (and I hear) South Korea, um, sucks. Might want to bring over a year's supply unless you don't mind how you might smell during 40 degree 90% humidity summer days.

Any medication that you might need. Pharmacuticals vary in what's available (and legal) from country to country. There are often limits to how much you can bring in, etc, but getting exactly what you need in a foreign country is not always easy.

(English language) books are heavy, but just as a thought - they are often very expensive to buy and availability is limited. Just a thought.

Guest · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 7:56 am Post subject:

double agent · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 12:56 pm Post subject: your undies and socks

made of quality cotton. just a few t shirts, 3, one jean,
one dress pant, dress, hot or cold...shoes or sandles.
Generally in you are going to the Chinese or japanese or
that region you had better bring your shoes...sizes darling sizes.

hot, wear sandles 24 hours a day.

a brush, ummmm oh ya ENGLISH BOOKS TO READ....again
depending on where u are going. Where i have been
often nothing nothing nothing.

MUSIC::: music music music... a mini cd player and if you
have one YOUR LAP TOP. invaluable for watching bootleg
english language DVDs playing music and writing your journal
or novel... Rolling Eyes

Capergirl · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 1:10 pm Post subject:

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I suggest that you bring with you the ability to spell.
e.g. "recommend"

khmerhit · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 6:22 pm Post subject:

Wolf · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 1245 Location: Middle Earth

Guest · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:21 am Post subject:

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Guest · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:21 am Post subject: Re: Bring what ?