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Looking Forward to Fuzhou

Move to China

Ahem. Gather round, gather round, dear people. I have an announcement to make – I finally have a visa! Finally my circumstances have been deemed suitable, the paperwork has been processed and my vivacious visage (sometimes alliteration is really restrictive) has resulted in a visa. A weight off my mind…

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Doug January 30, 2018 January 30, 2018Teaching English in China Asia, China, January 2018, Moving House, Planning, Teaching English 0

A Terrible Step by Step Guide to Beginning a TEFL Career

It’s done. Well kind of, at least. The vast majority of my part of the deal. That is, the preparation of documents for my Chinese working visa. I’ve finally sent them all off to China! Hooray! Now to hope they actually get there. So, back in October I promised a…

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Doug December 21, 2017 January 30, 2018Teaching English in China Advice, Asia, December 2017, Guide, Planning, Teaching English, TEFL 0

The Plan

This is The Plan.

Greetings mysterious readers! I’m here to address an issue of poor communication, on my part that is. It’s been a long while since I posted something on this site, and even longer since I did something that I posted about here, but that’s all going to change. That’s because it’s…

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Doug October 29, 2017 October 29, 2017Teaching English in China Asia, China, Moving House, October 2017, Planning, Teaching English 3
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