Kantikoy
American expat in Taiwan
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About me
American
Lives in Tainan
Registration: 22 October 2010
About
My expat journey
Tainan, Taiwan
ESL kindy teacher
weather, near the beach, laid back slower lifestyle, cheaper than Taipei, clean air, historic places
No nightlife (not that I mind too much),
Yorkshire, England
Grad school at Uni of York
student
beautiful, close to Scotland, Leeds, great cheeses, pubs, historical, meets wonderful friends for life here
England is expensive and when the dollar dropped I was paying double
Seoul, South Korea
worked in Seoul to be close to my estranged brother
ESL sweatshop
community saunas, palaces in Seoul, traditional medicine, kimche, mountains in the city, hiking before work
everyone is an alcoholic, bars everywhere, sex and porn in your face, people work hard and play very hard, don't ever piss off a Korean, especially a Korean lady
Colorado, USA
Family, grew up there. Left in middle school to Baltimore for a few years, returned, graduated high school and BA in CO. In between years of traveling abroad would come home for a month or two.
mountain lifestyle, very healthy, lots of health food, great yoga classes, the Rockies, everyone is very active, and crazy about their local sports teams. Denver has a small Vietnamese, Russian and Korean community along w/others, so you can find some great markets and restaurants.
people work hard and play hard, culture of binge drinkers, too many people from Texas moving there, changing the Mork culture
Activity
Racists Taiwanese? Am I the only one seeing this in this ad? by veenasterling
I saw this ad, and see it as a racist ad, one i would not want to prescribe to. is this how most Taiwanese think? They only want Caucasians to teach relate stories? I am Caucasian, and I am sick to my stomach. We are planning to move there this ...
I do think Taiwanese in general (in terms of Chinese culture which puts a high price on being white skinned) are racist (and homophobic), but they have come a long way. And of course having said that I wouldnt generalize, depends on the person, ... Read More