By Blue Rose on Sunday, 25 of July , 2010 at 6:20 pm
To all those who are asking me on how you can apply for the teaching job over Asia and other place, here’s the site for all of you.
Be part of the trend and expand your knowledge through this exciting ways of teaching.
Know more people and study culture as well as experience the way they are studying and living, this is all part of the teaching career outside your box.
Check and think.
Good luck!
esljobs4teachers.com
By Blue Rose on Saturday, 10 of July , 2010 at 10:56 am
Hello hello everybody! I’m back, just like McArthur said ”I Shall Return”, and here I am!
It’s been quite long since I had a vacation from writing, well guys the reason is I’ve been married, you can’t blame me from being away hehehe… but it’s good to be back in the circle again and here I am!
Well first of all, I want to share my precious moments from the start of proposing… ayayayyy… hehehe, planning and the grand day of my life, and of course I almost forgot the ”honeymoon”, hehehe… so hold on tight and prepare to explore my married life. Well its a quite long story, but I will make it short so you guys will not be bored.
Chapter 1- Proposing
Once upon a time, there was a princess who live in a castle far far away, ops! Sorry it’s not Shrek and Fiona, hehehe…
Ok, I meet this guy in one of the dating site found in the Internet, hey it’s the modern day of looking for your new partner in life you know. Well we catch up so fast, but he is in Europe and I am in the Philippines. Distance is not a hindrance for the person who is in-love. So for short he visited me in the Philippines, we celebrated Christmas and New Year together. Then again came back in the Philippines in February for his birthday, then we travel twice to Bangkok, Thailand in 1 year,first just 10 days then second is whole month holiday, what a holiday!
Later in September I went to Norway in Europe to visit him,such a nice country, but not so nice weather, I mean it’s very cold and snowing, well I have seen snow for the first time in life,I’m great full for that.
We go back to proposing, how did he propose marriage on me? Well we are in Bangkok, Thailand that time, we are having our 1 month holiday there. We decided to have dinner in Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Bangkok, we ate, talked and tour around the 83rd floor, then we went up to the revolving deck on top of 85th floor, it was very nice, you can see the whole Bangkok City.
Hmmmm… while I was enjoying my sight seeing, he start talking about marriage and plan about it, I am just listening, then he…
By Blue Rose on Sunday, 2 of August , 2009 at 4:46 pm
I had read this book that my husband bought in Bangkok, Thailand 3 days before we get back home.
This book is about the experiences of foreign teachers in Thailand. How they teach, interact, their life stories in Thailand, how they perform their teaching. It’s quite entertaining for some of the stories are funny and some are inspiring.
Establishing a teaching career to different parts of the world is interesting yet quite difficult, especially when you’re just starting to know the children you’re going to teach. In my experience as an English teacher of Korean children, it’s quite difficult if your students are beginners and doesn’t know how to speak even just a one word English, but you have to be patient, you are their guide and stepping stone in learning easy and fun English.
In some of the story written, as the title say experienced preferred…but not required, even if your not a graduate of any English courses but you have taken the TEFL you can teach with the starting of 30,000 baht. Lots of Western and American are there for this kind of job, and they doing quite well.
Some are just teaching to have an earnings while they are staying there, for them to have a work and pleasure, what I mean is they are receiving a salary of 40,000 baht/monthly, that’s quite a lot of money in Thailand and you can live happily and leisurely with that amount, and take note, for single male teachers having that kind of salary, they can have as many girls as they want every night. It’s true. Even if they don’t do their job very well they are still being paid, in one of the story, the lady is not really doing her job, just giving the students some paper works and she will go out to have a smoke then go back in the class to check, her reason for the new teachers that notice her is that the administrator doesn’t care, coz its not there to check if you are doing your job or not. Imagine the students paying big sum of money just to learn English…pity for them. This kind of teachers doesn’t belong in the honorable teachers list.
Some teachers are very keen on their work, they love their job, they devote some of their spare time to have a tutorial class to students that are willing and striving to learn the language. They are the best teachers that are giving importance to the students even if they belong to the high level of people in Thailand.
You see, teachers are really different, in the Philippines you have to devote your time, energy, mind and power to teach the students what they have to learn. You have to care for each of your students learning coz you are their teacher and second parent. You have to guide them, in every road that they want to take, you have to be there in every ups and downs of their studies, you have to praise them in every accomplishments they made; you have to support them when they fail.
These are the noble teachers doing noble deeds and we salute them, if not because of them we are not in our position.
By Blue Rose on Sunday, 12 of July , 2009 at 11:08 am
Hello guys and gals, maybe you are wondering where in the earth I am, coz I haven’t pop up for a few weeks. Well, for all of you to know I’m here in Bangkok, Thailand now. I will be staying here for a month. What am I doing here? Well I’m just having a vacation.
Before I share my escapades, I will introduce the land of Bangkok first, the landmarks that we have visited.
Bangkok, Thailand; Bangkok or Krung Thep which means the City of Angels was constructed in 1782 or 227 years ago.
Presently, Bangkok has approximately 10 million populations and it is considered one of the biggest
Cities in the world. Bangkok is host to some of the regions most historically significant and visually astounding architectural landmarks.
The three stately Chedi of Wat Phra Sri Sanphet, a royal temple built in 1491 that honors three 15th-century kings.
Wat Phra Kaeo is one of the world’s great sights. It serves as the royal chapel and no monks live there.
Wat Phra Kaeo was built in 1782 or 226 years ago. The Emerald Buddha sits atop an 11-meter tall gilded
altar, protected by a nine-tiered umbrella.
The Emerald Buddha is in reality carved from a large piece of green jade. According to a reliable chronicle, in 1434 A.D. the Emerald Buddha was founded in a Chedi in Chiangrai in Northern Thailand. Later on it was brought to Lampang province by King Samfangkaen and remained there for 32 years, until 1468 when Chiangmai had a powerful king, King Tiloka had the Emerald Buddha brought to Chiangmai.
The Grand Palace and Wat Pra Kaeo is the city landmark on a huge compound. The whole area is surrounded by the big white wall. The Grand Palace has an area of about 1.5 square kilometers and includes the Royal Chapel, the Royal collection of Weapons, the Coin Pavilion, and small Museum containing artifacts from the Grand Palace.
The Temple of the Reclining Buddha or Wat Pho (Wat Phra Chetuphon in Thai) is an important landmark in Bangkok in the Rattanakosin Area. Visitors can enjoy the beautiful Buddhist fine arts and the existing Thai intellect which has descended from ancient times, taken as an Immortal carrier of knowledge.
Wat Arun-Temple of the Dawn is mostly known as a landmark of Bangkok. It is classified as a principal class royal Temple. It is an old Temple, built in the days of Thailand’s ancient capital of Ayutthaya and originally known as “Wat Makok”.
By My Blue Heart on Sunday, 22 of March , 2009 at 6:00 am
Do you want to work in Thailand?
In the last few years Thailand has been importing foreign teachers. This is an attempt by the country to augment the need for proficient English speaking teachers in their schools. If you are a teacher, then you may have the chance of moving to Thailand.
Some foreign teachers in Thailand earn upwards of 1500 US dollars monthly, but some are earning less. The salary rate is higher in private institutions compared to government and public schools. Teachers can also work in hotels in Thailand. Most of the top hotels in the country house English language trainers for their staff. This type of job is often easier than teaching in school and the pay is good too.
Having a training certificate in TESL or Teaching English as a Second Language may not be necessary. But it will certainly give the applicant an edge over the competition. Some schools even give applicants a bonus if they have had TESL training before application.
Why English?
With students whose English skills are less than desirable. And with the world being more globally connected – English skills are becoming all the more imperative. That is why other Asian countries now are looking for teachers who can conduct classes in perfect English.
Other Subjects
Other than the pressing need for English teachers in Thailand, the country is also in need of teachers proficient in other subjects. They are hiring English speaking teachers no matter what their base subjects are. This is all part of the plan to allow their younger generation to learn English proficiently.
Finding a Job
Teachers who wish to teach in Thailand can find a job among the many recruitment agencies in the country. They can also try their luck at one of the job hunting sites all over the internet. However, teachers should always be wary of the threat of illegal recruitment. Before investing anything they should always see to it that the processes are legal. They can verify with the Thai Ministry of Education to see if the school they are applying to is legitimate.
