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Hello, My school has got 1 position left. It's a one year contract based at Surat Thani (gateway to Koh Samui, Koh Tao and other paradises). If you are interested - please click on the link below for further details. http://www.eslcafe.com/joblist/index.cgi?read=21621 P.S: Am only the messenger and have got nothing to do with the recruitment process. Good luck. Sandy

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Hey guys! Just a quick one as saw a few post about cancel / postponed trips to Thailand. Just want to reassure you all that if you are just doing a transfer of flight at Bangkok airport then it is perfectly safe. One of the new teacher in my school arrived from Heathrow last week and he got here perfectly fine. A few visitors from the US arrived in the last couple of days and...

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Hey guys! For all those who are interested in teaching in Thailand and enjoy the beautiful beaches around. You are in luck. My school is currently recruiting 4 English teachers with pretty much immediate start (if you are available in 1 month or so that would do too!). Let me know if you are interested with a private message and will send you details to contact my head teacher. If you want more about what...

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Hi peeps. It’s been a while. Miss me? Just kidding... Anyway, I have now been at Surat Thani for 4 week. As a newbie in town, life has been pretty hectic but totally awesome. Without boring you all with details, will put down a few key things which I think would be good to share with fellow newbies out there just to show it’s all cool out here! School I am employed by a private...

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I have now been in Hong Kong for 2 weeks. I have to say I don’t think I have achieved a lot but hey, that is the beauty of a career break! So far, I have managed to take a day trip to Shenzhen to visit family and to learn how to make dumplings from scratch. Albeit not very successful, it was the participation that counts! (I would welcome any Chinese dumplings recipes.) One of...

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So, it's all over the news and I am starting to panic. Even though I am going to be based down south of Thailand, I still need to go and transfer flights at Bangkok airport. Is anyone out there at the moment and are you affected by the riots? If so how? Anyone got any advice on what to do in situation like this?

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Hello world! Sorry for not writing in a while but have now left the UK and have been on my first adventure – Pueblo Ingles in Spain. Even though I had every intention to update my blog on a daily basis while I was on the course, it was quite difficult to do so as there was limited Internet access and free time! Saying that, I think it would also be too boring for you...

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After spending 2 hours over the weekend with the result of one mini and one small suitcase. I have now left home for the year! Currently hanging out near London waiting to collect my Thai visa tomorrow, am frantically trying to finish my final 15 hours of TEFL online training. My first adventure is the Pueblo Ingles programme in Spain and will be flying out first thing Thurs morning. Talk about cutting it fine hey?!...

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Haven't written for a while but by the look of things my last post is keeping quite a few people entertained... hee hee... So, since I last wrote, the world has been pretty busy with Chinese New Years / Valentine's Day and now Pancake day today. Hope you all have been having as much fun as I have celebrating. Plenty of Dim Sums and a lot of card exchanges (Thank God for moonpig.com!). Even with...

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Opening my e-mails first thing this morning, I saw an i-to-i e-mail waiting for me with the subject title of  Memoirs of a TEFL Teacher, Savings for You and TEFL-Tigers…Gr! As am soon to be heading out to become a TEFL and drama teacher, plus all the excitement of Chinese New Year, I thought this would be a good read. So, I clicked on the e-mail to open it, saw the usual pretty format of...

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