Soundtrack:
Dionne Warwick - Then Came You
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Marrakesh Express
David Naughton - I'm Making It
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Teach English in Brunei the movie
Teach English In Brunei the movie
Soundtrack:
Dionne Warwick - Then Came You
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Marrakesh Express
David Naughton - I'm Making It
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Soundtrack:
Dionne Warwick - Then Came You
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Marrakesh Express
David Naughton - I'm Making It
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Travel To Islamic Countries
Travel To Islamic Countries
Soundtrack:
Crosby Still Nash - Marrakesh Express
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Soundtrack:
Crosby Still Nash - Marrakesh Express
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Teach English in Brunei
fiction
The travel magazine at the Library had an article about teaching English in Brunei. That couhtry is located at the tip of Southeast Asia.
It has been ruled by the same family for 600 years. From the 14th to 16th Century, it was the most powerful Sultanate in that region; the Indonesia/Philippines region.
The capital city is Bandar Seri Begawan.
The travel magazine said that English teachers there get paid at rates comparable to what English teachers in Saudi Arabia are paid. This is one of the most lucrative Engish teaching posts for expats on the planet and starting rates of $40,000 a year are not unheard of.
There is also a one month paid vacation in Switzerland. Of course one does not have to go to Switzerland but that is where most vacationing expat English teachers teaching in Brunei or Saudi Arabia go to, if not for the snob appeal.
It is recommended that a person converts to Islam but most people who go there reconvert back to Buddhims or Christianity when they repatriate.
After a couple of years of teaching in Brunei, they could retire for the rest of their life in a country where the cost of living is not expensive, like Thailand.
All one has to do is to take a TOESL or a TEFL course and that costs about $1,000.
I decided to give it a shot.
Travelling there on a plane. Arriving in BSB, it was hot like an oven. I was soon brought to my digs which was a really nice modern condo with a chambermaid. I made enough money to eat steak and lobsters and sushi all the time.
After my first two year stint of teaching in Brunei, I spent the next ten years travelling to different countries, when I ran out of money, I simply went back to Brunei and signed up for another tour of duty which is another year of teaching.
Eventually, against all logic, incredibly, incredulously, I wound up getting married with a lady whom I knew for a few years.
http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=33177&tefl_session=1d77bc6080e96fdfa860309dc8593cba&tefl_session=0ca268b14ec697bbb7452e405ec97df0
Salary range B$3,000 - B$5,000 per month with annual increments.
Completion of Contract Bonus of one sixth total salary earned during the contract period (Range B$12,500-B$20,500 for intial two-year contracts)
Free accommodation or accommodation allowance.
Education Allowance for up to two accompanying children (secondary only) or three children for teaching couples.
Allowance for spouse (B$250 per month) and infants (B$150 per month) (secondary only)
Return airfares and baggage allowance
Travel allowance payments for subsequent contracts
Settling in allowance (B$500 - B$1500)
Medical insurance
Re-signing bonus
ICELT, ICT and Malay courses
Furnished 2 bedroom house in good area - monthly rent BND 4,000.00 $2,889.13 £1,475.19 €1,853.09
Unfurnished 2 bedroom house in good area - monthly rent BND 3,000.00 $2,166.85 £1,106.39 €1,389.82
2/3 star hotel - 1 night stay BND 100.00 $72.23
Narrator: $5,000 BND is about four thousand Canadian a month, and that 40 thousand dollars a year salary. With the free accomodation, one can save a lot of money in a few years. If I live conservatively, living at budget guesthouses, I can live in Thailand for at least five years with 40 grand a year.
Brunei is one of the wealthiest countries in the World. It makes its living largely from oil revenues.
The Sultanate of Brunei had control of the region from the 14th to 16th Century. From the 16th to 19th Century, the realm of Brunei was occupied by Spain. From 1841 to 1946, three White Rajahs with the name of Brooke, James Brooke 1841 - 1868, Charles Brooke 1868 - 1917, Vyner Brooke 1917 - 1946 who married a Miss Sylvia Brett created the Dynasty of the Kingdom of Sarawak as they ruled the region.
In 1946, after the War, Vyner Brooke ceded control of the region to the British in return for a sizeable pension. In 1984, Brunei attained independence from the British. Today, the ruler is a descendant of the six hundred year old Sultanate of Brunei. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, a titular name for the Dynasty since the 15th Century, is the current Sultan or King of Brunei.
This sounds like an exotic place and what I would like to get away from is familiarity. I don't like regression and therefore I would like to live in a place as far away from anything I have ever known for reasons of adventure.
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http://www.tefljobplacement.com/s_arabia.php
Saudi Arabia TEFL Facts:
Your English Students
K-12
University
Adults
Best Time to Get Hired
January
September
Length of Commitment
12-24 month contracts
Typical Teaching Schedules
Full and part-time schedules available
Average Pay and Benefits
$1700 - $3000 USD per month
Bonuses on completion of contract
Reimbursed airfare upon completion of contract
Free housing
Average Cost of Living
$1000 - $1300 per month depending on lifestyle
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree
CELTA certification
Native speaker of English
2–5 years of EFL teaching experience
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http://www.tefllogue.com/finding-a-job/teaching-english-in-saudi-arabia.html
By TedKarma
(This is the second in a series of posts by experienced EFL teacher Tedkarma)
If you want to save some serious money - give it a shot.
Living in the Arab world is not for everyone, and Saudi Arabia is the home to some of the most conservative forms of Islam. But, if you are tough enough and have your mind set on a goal, you can succeed - and you can save some serious money.
Partyland? Hardly. Movie theaters are “forbidden” as are most forms of fun. There are a few “male-only” bowling alleys. Dating? A serious criminal offense. Night clubs? Forget about it!
But you can make friends, and in the quiet of some housing compounds you can find a drink or two and some peaceful socializing. Is it all bad? Not if you don’t mind a quiet life.
One of the better places for looking for jobs in the Middle-East is Bayt Recruiting. If the Middle East is not for you and you want to save money - a good alternative is Korea. Check out www.TEFLDaddy.com – a great place for newbies to start.
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Narrator: Saudi Arabia pays about the same rate as Brunei. Saudi Arabia is very conservative. I live a very reclusive and quiet lifestyle. I don't drink that often.
I would rather teach English in Brunei because that country more resembles Thailand and that is what I am comfortable with. I have worked with Muslims before in Thailand and taught in a couple of all Muslim high schools there. They are nice people.
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The travel magazine at the Library had an article about teaching English in Brunei. That couhtry is located at the tip of Southeast Asia.
It has been ruled by the same family for 600 years. From the 14th to 16th Century, it was the most powerful Sultanate in that region; the Indonesia/Philippines region.
The capital city is Bandar Seri Begawan.
The travel magazine said that English teachers there get paid at rates comparable to what English teachers in Saudi Arabia are paid. This is one of the most lucrative Engish teaching posts for expats on the planet and starting rates of $40,000 a year are not unheard of.
There is also a one month paid vacation in Switzerland. Of course one does not have to go to Switzerland but that is where most vacationing expat English teachers teaching in Brunei or Saudi Arabia go to, if not for the snob appeal.
It is recommended that a person converts to Islam but most people who go there reconvert back to Buddhims or Christianity when they repatriate.
After a couple of years of teaching in Brunei, they could retire for the rest of their life in a country where the cost of living is not expensive, like Thailand.
All one has to do is to take a TOESL or a TEFL course and that costs about $1,000.
I decided to give it a shot.
Travelling there on a plane. Arriving in BSB, it was hot like an oven. I was soon brought to my digs which was a really nice modern condo with a chambermaid. I made enough money to eat steak and lobsters and sushi all the time.
After my first two year stint of teaching in Brunei, I spent the next ten years travelling to different countries, when I ran out of money, I simply went back to Brunei and signed up for another tour of duty which is another year of teaching.
Eventually, against all logic, incredibly, incredulously, I wound up getting married with a lady whom I knew for a few years.
http://www.tefl.com/jobs/job.html?jo_id=33177&tefl_session=1d77bc6080e96fdfa860309dc8593cba&tefl_session=0ca268b14ec697bbb7452e405ec97df0
Salary range B$3,000 - B$5,000 per month with annual increments.
Completion of Contract Bonus of one sixth total salary earned during the contract period (Range B$12,500-B$20,500 for intial two-year contracts)
Free accommodation or accommodation allowance.
Education Allowance for up to two accompanying children (secondary only) or three children for teaching couples.
Allowance for spouse (B$250 per month) and infants (B$150 per month) (secondary only)
Return airfares and baggage allowance
Travel allowance payments for subsequent contracts
Settling in allowance (B$500 - B$1500)
Medical insurance
Re-signing bonus
ICELT, ICT and Malay courses
Furnished 2 bedroom house in good area - monthly rent BND 4,000.00 $2,889.13 £1,475.19 €1,853.09
Unfurnished 2 bedroom house in good area - monthly rent BND 3,000.00 $2,166.85 £1,106.39 €1,389.82
2/3 star hotel - 1 night stay BND 100.00 $72.23
Narrator: $5,000 BND is about four thousand Canadian a month, and that 40 thousand dollars a year salary. With the free accomodation, one can save a lot of money in a few years. If I live conservatively, living at budget guesthouses, I can live in Thailand for at least five years with 40 grand a year.
Brunei is one of the wealthiest countries in the World. It makes its living largely from oil revenues.
The Sultanate of Brunei had control of the region from the 14th to 16th Century. From the 16th to 19th Century, the realm of Brunei was occupied by Spain. From 1841 to 1946, three White Rajahs with the name of Brooke, James Brooke 1841 - 1868, Charles Brooke 1868 - 1917, Vyner Brooke 1917 - 1946 who married a Miss Sylvia Brett created the Dynasty of the Kingdom of Sarawak as they ruled the region.
In 1946, after the War, Vyner Brooke ceded control of the region to the British in return for a sizeable pension. In 1984, Brunei attained independence from the British. Today, the ruler is a descendant of the six hundred year old Sultanate of Brunei. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, a titular name for the Dynasty since the 15th Century, is the current Sultan or King of Brunei.
This sounds like an exotic place and what I would like to get away from is familiarity. I don't like regression and therefore I would like to live in a place as far away from anything I have ever known for reasons of adventure.
----------------------------------------------
http://www.tefljobplacement.com/s_arabia.php
Saudi Arabia TEFL Facts:
Your English Students
K-12
University
Adults
Best Time to Get Hired
January
September
Length of Commitment
12-24 month contracts
Typical Teaching Schedules
Full and part-time schedules available
Average Pay and Benefits
$1700 - $3000 USD per month
Bonuses on completion of contract
Reimbursed airfare upon completion of contract
Free housing
Average Cost of Living
$1000 - $1300 per month depending on lifestyle
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree
CELTA certification
Native speaker of English
2–5 years of EFL teaching experience
----------------------------------------
http://www.tefllogue.com/finding-a-job/teaching-english-in-saudi-arabia.html
By TedKarma
(This is the second in a series of posts by experienced EFL teacher Tedkarma)
If you want to save some serious money - give it a shot.
Living in the Arab world is not for everyone, and Saudi Arabia is the home to some of the most conservative forms of Islam. But, if you are tough enough and have your mind set on a goal, you can succeed - and you can save some serious money.
Partyland? Hardly. Movie theaters are “forbidden” as are most forms of fun. There are a few “male-only” bowling alleys. Dating? A serious criminal offense. Night clubs? Forget about it!
But you can make friends, and in the quiet of some housing compounds you can find a drink or two and some peaceful socializing. Is it all bad? Not if you don’t mind a quiet life.
One of the better places for looking for jobs in the Middle-East is Bayt Recruiting. If the Middle East is not for you and you want to save money - a good alternative is Korea. Check out www.TEFLDaddy.com – a great place for newbies to start.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Narrator: Saudi Arabia pays about the same rate as Brunei. Saudi Arabia is very conservative. I live a very reclusive and quiet lifestyle. I don't drink that often.
I would rather teach English in Brunei because that country more resembles Thailand and that is what I am comfortable with. I have worked with Muslims before in Thailand and taught in a couple of all Muslim high schools there. They are nice people.
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Jim's Rectal Surprise
Jim's Rectal Surprise
I wrote this story in August 2001, at an internet shop in Bangkok on Charansanitwong Road near the Krungthon market and near the Royal River Hotel.
Soundtrack:
Culture Club - Church of the Poisoned Mind
Donald Fagen - Green Flower Street
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I wrote this story in August 2001, at an internet shop in Bangkok on Charansanitwong Road near the Krungthon market and near the Royal River Hotel.
Soundtrack:
Culture Club - Church of the Poisoned Mind
Donald Fagen - Green Flower Street
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Comedy Emporium 2
Comedy Emporium 2
News Button
Shortlisted Signs of Businesses
I would not at all be surprised if the man wearing the black trenchcoat running towards the gold lamborhini was a Police detective. Just a feeling I have....
Soundtrack:
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - It's Too Late To Turn Back Now
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News Button
Shortlisted Signs of Businesses
I would not at all be surprised if the man wearing the black trenchcoat running towards the gold lamborhini was a Police detective. Just a feeling I have....
Soundtrack:
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - It's Too Late To Turn Back Now
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Comedy Emporium 2
News Button
Gilles was at the television, watching, all paranoid. The News was on and he thought that the News Anchor a pretty lady knew that he was watching them.
He imagined that at the News station, there was a small green light that went on whenever he was watching that News program, a strange kind of Neilsen's ratings. He was telling this to a friend who said that surely, if it were so, and if it were of the smallest number of people whom the news would be interested in, there must be about a hundred lights and the news technicians, the ones who write the words on the teleprompter would know what words would get to what person.
Suppose light number fifty of a hundred little green lights went on. Number fifty once had a very verbally abusive teacher in the tenth grade that he did not like called Elmer. The person who wrote the words on the teleprompter would be sure to say some sentence that would include the word Elmer whenever light number fifty went on.
Gilles said, "No no no no, there is not a hundred lights, there is only one light and that light tells them when I am watching."
Gilles' friend thought of something that Stephen King said, "Somewhere along the line, the guy just blew his fucking wheels."
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Shortlisted Signage of Businesses
At the Department of Vital Statistics downtown, the people who worked at the Office there had a laugh every day. Immigrants who were linguistically challenged when it came to the English language nonetheless sent in their spirited attempts at names of businesses. These names would eventually be shortlisted, prohibited.
This prohibition would appropriately be followed with a session with a business counsellor who would tell them why their idea of business name was prohibited and to suggest a better name.
On Monday Morning alone, these are just some of the ideas for names of businesses proposed:
- Bob Cat Video, more cat than bob, we specialize in weird porn
- Pussy Hair Salon
- T & A Books
- Poisson Beverages *Poisson Boisson
- Master Bait and Tackle
- Leary Adult Magazines
Gilles was at the television, watching, all paranoid. The News was on and he thought that the News Anchor a pretty lady knew that he was watching them.
He imagined that at the News station, there was a small green light that went on whenever he was watching that News program, a strange kind of Neilsen's ratings. He was telling this to a friend who said that surely, if it were so, and if it were of the smallest number of people whom the news would be interested in, there must be about a hundred lights and the news technicians, the ones who write the words on the teleprompter would know what words would get to what person.
Suppose light number fifty of a hundred little green lights went on. Number fifty once had a very verbally abusive teacher in the tenth grade that he did not like called Elmer. The person who wrote the words on the teleprompter would be sure to say some sentence that would include the word Elmer whenever light number fifty went on.
Gilles said, "No no no no, there is not a hundred lights, there is only one light and that light tells them when I am watching."
Gilles' friend thought of something that Stephen King said, "Somewhere along the line, the guy just blew his fucking wheels."
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Shortlisted Signage of Businesses
At the Department of Vital Statistics downtown, the people who worked at the Office there had a laugh every day. Immigrants who were linguistically challenged when it came to the English language nonetheless sent in their spirited attempts at names of businesses. These names would eventually be shortlisted, prohibited.
This prohibition would appropriately be followed with a session with a business counsellor who would tell them why their idea of business name was prohibited and to suggest a better name.
On Monday Morning alone, these are just some of the ideas for names of businesses proposed:
- Bob Cat Video, more cat than bob, we specialize in weird porn
- Pussy Hair Salon
- T & A Books
- Poisson Beverages *Poisson Boisson
- Master Bait and Tackle
- Leary Adult Magazines
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Night At The Movies 5
Night At The Movies 5
King Kong
Little Big Man
Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
STAR WARS A New Hope
STAR WARS The Empire Strikes Back
Soundtrack:
Paul Davis - I Go Crazy
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
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King Kong
Little Big Man
Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
STAR WARS A New Hope
STAR WARS The Empire Strikes Back
Soundtrack:
Paul Davis - I Go Crazy
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
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