How I Went From Teaching English In Asia To Hosting Cooking Shows On Cruise Ships adrescher1 May 31, 2019 Experiences, Food, Living in Vietnam, Shiplife, Working Abroad Did I ever mention I stopped teaching English to pursue a job on a cruise ship? Have you ever gotten to the point where what you’re doing is no longer fun, and you feel like you need a complete change ...
14 Things You Wanted To Know About Working On A Cruise Ship adrescher1 August 27, 2016 Adventures, Experiences, My Travels, Shiplife, Working Abroad Two years ago, I quit teaching English in Vietnam and embarked on a journey which would involve me working on a cruise ship. Whenever I tell anyone that I work on a cruise ship, often their eyes light up and a...
Did My i-to-i TEFL Course Actually Benefit Me? adrescher1 October 29, 2013 ESL, ESL Vietnam, Vietnam, Working Abroad 2 When I decided that I was going to teach English abroad, I obviously started looking into TEFL courses. Naturally, as a recent, unemployed graduate who had just come home from a Southeast Asia backpacking trip,...
Teaching In Hanoi adrescher1 October 29, 2013 ESL, ESL Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Working Abroad 1 Teaching English in Hanoi can not only be a rewarding and fulfilling experience, it can also provide you with an excellent lifestyle working an average of 20 hours, yet still enable you to save money very easil...
London Nomad adrescher1 October 24, 2013 England, Europe, Experiences, My Travels, Working Abroad Interning in London for six weeks is going to be tough if you’re not based here, and consequently, don’t have a house here. That has been my situation. Perhaps I should have made prior arrangements, though I wa...
Volunteering at Sabala, a Women’s Empowerment Organisation adrescher1 July 7, 2013 India, Karnataka, My Travels, South India, Working Abroad 1 Sabala is a wonderful organisation located in Bijapur, Karnataka, dedicated to the empowerment of women and other economically and socially disadvantaged groups. I found out about this NGO when I was looking fo...
Goodbyes in Hanoi adrescher1 February 5, 2013 Living in Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Working Abroad It’s been a really sad week saying goodbye to students, fellow teachers, and assistants. Although I’m ready to start the next chapter in my life, I have such a strong emotional attachment to (almost) all of the...
Happy New Year, Hanoians. adrescher1 January 3, 2013 Living in Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Working Abroad And what a year it has been… How fast it’s gone, yet how long it seems since we were partying with our huge Hanoi Family crew, pumping beats so loud, allowing our house to be trashed by the masses of gatherer...
What a Difference a Year Makes adrescher1 October 20, 2012 Blogging, Hanoi, Living in Vietnam, My Travels, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Working Abroad A year to the day I have been living and working in Vietnam, and it’s time to reflect on my experience... It’s been quite a ride. I was a fresh university graduate, who came away to Hanoi impulsively af...
LANGUAGE LINK adrescher1 September 14, 2012 ESL Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Working Abroad 5 Recently, I signed a 6 month contract with Language Link with whom I will be working evenings and full weekends on Lang Ha in the Dong Da District. I must say, it’s on a whole new level compared to the public s...