Notes from the future: Because its Saint Patrick’s Day next week and because it has been almost a year since my last post, I thought I would share my Premier TEFL interview experience. It is daunting returning to this blog because I am now teaching between 30 and 35 contact hours a week in Dublin.Continue reading “Saint Patrick’s Day in Vietnam interview”
Tag Archives: Internship
From the book: Planning Saigon
24-Apr-2018 Jon Howard left the internship. Its a regrettable but understandable decision. If I was in a box of a room for over 2/3rds of the program I would want to leave too. I just wonder why he didn’t leave sooner with all the unfortunate problems building up. At least he will return home andContinue reading “From the book: Planning Saigon”
Jon’s going away party
The previous post on this was very brief and honestly an incomplete write up in my book. It surprised me that I never wrote a full extract based on Jon’s health throughout the internship and I feel this would be a better way to write about it. Jon was one of the first people IContinue reading “Jon’s going away party”
From the book: April decisions
15-Apr-2018 Its been an uneventful yet thought provoking week. I was called into the BME office to discuss a contract extension. They want a decision by Monday. Whether they get a yes or no from me depends on where I will travel next: Thailand, Hong Kong or Hanoi. All 3 have merit: Hong Kong hasContinue reading “From the book: April decisions”
Sapa part II
For Part 1 on Sapa, click here For the book entry on Sapa, click here 07-APR-2018 Ultimately it was going to be hard following up the previous Sapa post. Between all the dancing, drinking and stargazing, I thought I had had my fill of adventure. But that said, the following day also featured its shareContinue reading “Sapa part II”
Sapa
Note from the future: I got a job in the time between my book post of Sa Pa and this post. It turned out to be a position that ate up all of my free time and it made work on this site during my free time difficult. That being said I felt the needContinue reading “Sapa”
The buildup to Tết
03-Feb-2018 It feels like a classic case of ‘life is what happens inbetween’. A few weeks had passed from teaching Monday to Friday, having parties in Trung Hoa and visiting Ha Long bay. It was exciting to have had a big adventure, but Tết was on the horizon and approaching surprisingly fast. I had beenContinue reading “The buildup to Tết”
Ha Long Bay (Part 1)
“Its like something out of a James Bond movie“–My pharmacist in Killiney 2 weeks before my trip to Vietnam After a few weeks of classes in Hanoi, it didn’t take long before the group of teachers were thinking of weekend breaks away from Hanoi. It was fast becoming clear that the city had grey skiesContinue reading “Ha Long Bay (Part 1)”
Wednesday teaching in Thanh Liệt
17-01-2018 Wednesday was very much a day of two halves. On one hand, I had Thanh Liệt, a school that was not all that modern and noisy as fuck but had a strong TA in the form of Hien. On the other, Co Nhue 2B, a school with great banter between myself, Niamh, Mia andContinue reading “Wednesday teaching in Thanh Liệt”
5 First places checked out in Trung Hoa
I may be writing about the first week of public school teaching in Hanoi, but I thought this deserved addressing before continuing with more articles on schools. The fact of the matter is that most of the internship’s down time during the day was spent chilling out in cafes, restaurants, or the famed Bia Hoi’sContinue reading “5 First places checked out in Trung Hoa”
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