Come Monday and the madness begins...kids will be looking for their classes, some will be lost, inevitably. The day begins early with students needing to report to Student Affairs to get their ...

So, my 2 week break is almost over. Good thing was that I managed to get all my cooking stuff together and cooked most of the days - pasta, guiness stew, seafood paella, etc, all the food that I ...

School's out and everyone has gone home. Some of the kids have gone overseas to the US or UK, probably to check out the universities they wil be going to next year. For me, it's been a hectic four ...

It's been two and half months since I last wrote. Been busy all that time putting into place processes for so many tasks. I was wondering what the previous administrator was doing, even simple ...

One week into my new gig in beautiful Chongqing and all went very well. I've got my Z visa, FEC and RP in my bag...seems lighter than usual, or is it my imagination? I wonder. The university I'm ...

So...here I am sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to Chongqing. After two and half months languishing in Guangzhou, I finally am going to teach. It's no mean feat for a non native, ...

This is a follow up to my previous blog "Why is there a preference for native speakers?" I would like to share my job hunting experience for the past two months. I must first qualify that when I ...

Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against native speakers. It's just an opinion I'd like to share. As we all know, there are many types of English. In the UK alone, there are Irish, ...