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mercury · Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Location: Pusan

yes! back in the hermit kingdom.................with a charged battery, and I am envious of the students I teach, because I have been energised and am like the duracell bunny! I think the only way to get recharged is to see the art of Europe. America wont do it, Thailand will give me a high, but it wont do it, only Italy, England, Ireland, and Germany will give me the chemicals that make reason like a crystal clear fountain, and Korea can make a soul thirsty, thirsty enough, and the only remedy is beer or girls, but Europe can satisfy the dryest desert in no time.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

You left?

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

Welkommen!

papa_geno · Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Location: Gangneung

How was Germany?

Just moved here after living in Munich for about 3 years. Gotta say, I'm gonna miss Munich a LOT...everything, but beer is high up there on the list.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

The Great Toad · Joined: 12 Jun 2004

HI or Korean kid Style:

HIGHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !!!!

I like your funny girlfriend stories. What happened to Your Japan Girl!

Will you go to dinner with more stuckup rich Korean girls?

Why not get a job teaching in Europe - pay to low? Or do you just love the food here tooo much to leave for long?

pollyplummer · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Location: McMinnvillve, Oregon

It seems to be a bit difficult to get a job teaching in Europe unless you have an EU passport or excellent qualifications, like a Masters degree or whatever. I was hired at a school in Poland earlier this year, but they couldn't get me a work visa, because I'm American. I would have taken lower pay in a heartbeat. But the European job market is becoming more and more closed to Americans every day.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Somebody get this guy a blog.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

mercury · Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Location: Pusan

mercury · Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Location: Pusan

papa_geno · Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Location: Gangneung

@mercury: Munich rocks. If you ever do go, I can direct you to places where you can hook up with the ex-pat crowd...though whether that's your idea of a good time in Germany or not, I dunno. They are a fun-lovin', fairly warm crowd, though, and there's a fair few of them. Ja, I'm gonna miss those 60 cent bottles of beer (there's one in the avatar...) And the girls...hey, a married man can still look, and there's something incredibly sexy about a girl that's taller than you are (the legs, perhaps? Dunno...)

@qinella: I 'spect it has much to do with the EU and labor laws around that particular economic bloc. I know it was very hard to land legal work of any kind in Germany during my whole 3 year stay, and it has to do with preference: first Germans, then EU, then the rest of the world--and at least in Germany, if you're not hiring a German, you have to explain to the central employment authority--Arbeitsamt--why you can't fill the position with a German. You've a leg up as a native speaker--in fact, it's often the only kind of work a British/Nzer/Aussie/Ami can land--bigger leg up if you can speak German as well. It was the only kind of work possible in my case. Also, the employment is likely to be on a casual or free-lance basis, and work visas are a lot harder to land if you're not under full-time contract. That's just Germany, though.

If you're serious, pop for the CELTA cert--that's the one most European countries seem to want, and it'll improve your chances considerably.

The Great Toad · Joined: 12 Jun 2004

Hmm well good luck if you wed... I shoild go to Spain this winter and practice my Ingles err Espanola. Not sure about Germany... Anyhow don't gorge yourself on kim chee the first few days back.