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pest2
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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 Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: Korea or Taiwan? |
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| For people who have lived in both places, which one is better? Since this is the Taiwan board, please make an effort to place emphasis on your experiences in Taiwan. We can read about Korean experiences on the Korea board; just use Korea as a basis for comparison only. |
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Miyazaki
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: My Father's Yacht
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| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yes 
The results will be interesting! |
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pest2
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:32 am Post subject: |
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You guys might find it interesting that in the Korea forum, 71% of the people chose Korea, so far.
People will distort the objective truth just so it doesnt look like they made bad choices.
Well, at least the expats in Korea do that  |
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strangelove
Joined: 02 Jul 2003
Posts: 26
Location: Formosa
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Why let experience and objectivity get in the way of a good opinion |
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tedkarma
Joined: 17 May 2004
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Location: The World is my Oyster
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: |
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I worked for six years total in Korea and two in Taiwan.
I certainly prefer life and living in Taiwan, but if I am trying to sock away money and don't want to work quite as hard - then Korea is the place.
It is quite possible to be comfortable and live well in both places, but I do find the culture of Taiwan much more interesting and people more friendly. |
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pest2
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| tedkarma wrote: |
I worked for six years total in Korea and two in Taiwan.
I certainly prefer life and living in Taiwan, but if I am trying to sock away money and don't want to work quite as hard - then Korea is the place.
It is quite possible to be comfortable and live well in both places, but I do find the culture of Taiwan much more interesting and people more friendly. |
this is good news for me as I am soon headed to taiwan with some money saved. |
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Solar Strength
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| tedkarma wrote: |
I worked for six years total in Korea and two in Taiwan.
I certainly prefer life and living in Taiwan, but if I am trying to sock away money and don't want to work quite as hard - then Korea is the place.
It is quite possible to be comfortable and live well in both places, but I do find the culture of Taiwan much more interesting and people more friendly. |
TK,
Interesting comments as this has been repeated over and over again by several people on both the polls here and on the Korean forum.
So, it would appear, then that most of the people who have worked in both places tend to perceive the Taiwanese as being friendlier than the Koreans.
I also hear people saying that they can earn slightly more in Korea.
Finally, people who have lived in both Korea and Taiwan argue that they don't seem to have to work as hard to earn their salaries.
Not to mention the argument for free housing and paid airfare.
Korea, however, does seem like a harsher experience for TEFL'ers, based on my own personal experience and talking with others about their experiences. |
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tedkarma
Joined: 17 May 2004
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Location: The World is my Oyster
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| Solar Strength wrote: |
| I also hear people saying that they can earn slightly more in Korea. |
Earning is hard to say - as the housing and airfare thing throws the mix out of balance.
I would say that I saved about 50% more per month in Korea than I did in Taiwan - still not an insignificant amount of money . . .
If the difference was close - I'd probably would have gone back to Taiwan a second time rather than my second "tour" of Korea, but it wasn't (at least not for me). |
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BigWally
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Posts: 765
Location: Ottawa, CAN (prev. Kaohsiung "the Dirty South")
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I pick Taiwan....
because I am here!   |
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Serious_Fun
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Location: terra incognita
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| pest2 wrote: |
| People distort |
that is my new motto. 
I would rather live very well and save X per month than live an "okay" or "decent" lifestyle and save 1.5X per month.
Taiwan rocks over Tae-Han-Hang-Kuk any day...
...but then again : I am a self-indulgent SOB. |
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SolitaryThrush
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| Has it been 36 hours already? |
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