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| I put China, but through ESL teaching, and a pluretha of visa runs and many other country holidays, I have travelled almost everywhere and have experienced- directly or indirectly, much of what you may have read on this board. Yes, it′s a 50-50 gamble that you′ll wind up getting the short end of the stick at least once, you might not get your "bonus" and you might get lodged in a less than desirable accommodation, BUT DO IT! All of it, the good, the bad, and the ugly is a life experience that money cannot buy. If you experienced misfortune while travelling the world teaching ESL, believe me, after time has passed and the hot embers have simmered most always the good and treasured memories will return. Those are the emeralds and diamonds mined and experienced only by a rare few, memories that you can sip like sweet honey and fine brandy for a life time. And no one can take that away from you. ESL Blade Runner [2004-09-21, 15:39:00][ID: 974-5315] Indeed. And, be reminded that the many photographs that you may take during happier times teaching English might one day come back to haunt you like unexpected BitterSweet ESL memories. In the years ahead if you one day discover long forgotten photographs packed away between the pages of old ESL books, lesson plans and journals of visa runs gone by; memorabelia and trinkets of love affairs good and those that soured unexpectedly in a small obscure village, cooking fire burning, or on a nameless street in the chaotic haze of an Asian metropolitan night and you begin to feel melancholy be sure to have that bottle of Johnny Walker Red near by. Sip it at dusk sitting on the shore of a nearby river as the quiet comes and the sun settles comfortably into the east. You might light a small candle, usher a silent request and then make a simple wish as the last sliver of light descends into the horizon. Miss Luk, Miss Kim, Miss Choi, where are you now? I wish you well. Although one day you may come home, you never leave Asia, and she never leaves you. Memories 4 you [2004-09-27, 07:34:00][ID: 974-5351] |