Interview with Alyssa Cho, Argentina Q & A
PERSONAL PROFILE What is your name, age and nationality? Alyssa Cho, 18, Singaporean. What is your education level and background? I was born in Singapore, but moved to London, UK, from the age of 11. So, I have done most part of my formal education in England, obtaining my GCSEs and A-levels along the way. I…
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Europe
Self Realizations While Living and Working Abroad
I’m a 29 year old New Yorker and I just finished my first term teaching English in Thailand. From the beginning of the adventure, and throughout, I noticed obvious changes in myself, differences in lifestyle and mood between living in New York and living abroad. Most of these changes were positive ones, and pretty soon…
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General Teaching AbroadLiving and Working Abroad Teaches You New Great Things
As recent graduate from university, I was overwhelmed with nervous excitement before moving to Thailand to begin my teaching abroad adventure. Although I had travelled previously, I had never experienced living abroad in a foreign place with new smells, new people, and customs. In addition to taking in a new culture, I was about…
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General Teaching Abroad
Exploring Thailand: The Country Guide
Possibly the best (and possibly the most obvious) thing about living in Thailand is, well… you’re living in Thailand. This beautiful country is incredibly vast and there are unlimited things to do and places to see; of course you will have heard of the well known destinations; but there are also so many more you…
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AsiaMy TEFL Heaven Thailand Experience – Was It Worth the Money?
“I would love to do what you’re doing but I don’t have that kind of money to throw around” Welcome to the most irritating sentence you’ll hear, and one that you will frequently be subjected to if you make the (completely awesome) decision to do the TEFL Heaven Paid Internship Programme in Thailand. It’s like people…
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General Teaching Abroad5 Things that Surprised Me About Living in Thailand
When I first moved to Thailand from the UK, things here were a little bit different from what I was used to. I remember feeling startled by the tangled telephone wires choking every concrete post along the streets of Bangkok. Feeling overwhelmed by what seemed like total chaos on the roads as I whispered my…
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AsiaGetting sick and Medical Care in Thailand
It was my first day as Teacher Ashley when I began to get sick. I had terrible stomach cramps that got so bad I was doubled-over and struggling to breathe by lunchtime. Later that night, a friend found me sobbing, down on all-fours and attempting to crawl to her door. At the hospital, nobody could…