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Introducing Teacher Horizons!
Posted on November 27, 2011 2 Comments
Anyone who has searched for weeks online to find the perfect school, had an interview over a bad skype connection, cried over Visa forms, and scrounged to find teaching materials, can agree that at some point, even the most independent and adventurous spirit needs some help. TeacherHorizons makes searching for and landing your dream teaching […]
Leaving the Wild West.
Posted on September 24, 2011 130 Comments
In January 2011 I left behind my chapped, winter lips, wearing instead a gold wedding band, and rode in the passenger’s seat to Seattle, where Matt and I would board a plane bound for the Al Gharbia Desert. We didn’t speak Arabic, couldn’t have told you where this desert lay on a map and were […]
Blind Date with the UAE: First Impressions of My New Home
Posted on February 13, 2011 1 Comment
Surprise…or maybe not a surprise to some, I am off again! After accepting teaching positions with SABIS in the Western region of the United Arab Emirates, Matt and I now find ourselves in a familiar setting…an immigration office wondering “what the hell are we doing?” I have come to think of these moments just before I […]
Leaving Korea: My Top 10 Experiences
Posted on August 31, 2010 7 Comments
It has been 365 days since I arrived from my home in the Pacific Northwest to South Korea. In this year I have seen and experienced more than I could have hoped for in a lifetime. Living abroad is one of the greatest challenges we can face, and one of the most rewarding experiences. I […]
Seeing green: Funding your travel plans.
Posted on March 16, 2010 1 Comment
I have green on the brain this week with it being St. patty’s, and I got to thinking about how nice it has been to see more of the color in the contents of my wallet these last six months. More than I ever saw as a tuition paying student, working two or three jobs […]
Have a stellar new year!: Seol-lal, 2nd Start in Korea
Posted on February 13, 2010 3 Comments
I am a big fan of do-overs. They can be used to cheat in card games, apologize to a friend, earn a better score on an exam and salvage a bad home haircut. My new favorite do-over strategy has to be the Lunar new year, or as the Koreans call it Solar. Koreans have in more modern […]
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