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Cheers bob, sounds like fun. I hit town late may so will probably join you guys for what sounds like a good time.

Haivng not swuing a club in about 4 years i'm not too keen on playing a full sized course but would be quite keen to play on a par 3 9 or 18 hole course in pattaya if they have one. anyone know?

No pool table? oh well....i'll have to settle for the 30 baht drinks...thats a pretty sweet price in a great locale! Chok Dee!

Well done, i'll pop in for a look after may 21st. just curious, did you read the staff that didn't turn up over songkran the riot act? I'd be well pissed off, especially with the foreman.

That seems pretty steep, how long did he overstay?

Nice, sounds superb actually, especially the golfing part. Whats your handicapp? did you play that much at home? I haven't played in years because of not having access to courses but i can strike the ball quite well. I too am planning on making the move to thailand, maybe pattaya at some point and aside from the obvious, playing a lot of golf is also high on my list of things to do.

Is this still happening? i arrive on the 20th and would be keen for the 21st.

Going by the photo's, she has a pretty solid looking swing. Golfing's a great if not the greatest of hobbies and would be ideal for bargirls, i mean if they aren't starting "work" til the evening then they can get out every day to scratch the golfing itch.

Easy chief, you're the un-worldly dweeb who leaped to a snarky conclusion because you didn't do any homework to know one of the top aerospace companies in the world. My man, i've been on the road for the last 7 years. Hope you have a bit more knowledge about the big world when you begin to impart wisdom to your lucky pupils. 4 years in Korea and no complaints yet, funnily enough, no queries regarding BAE either...fancy that! Four questions then: 1) Do you know the difference between plurals and possessives? Perhaps not. yes 2) Can you spell past particip

Hey, i've been teaching in Korea for just over 4 years now. Here's the skinny, If you have a degree in basketweaving from the north east Hartlypool agricultural community college for the academically challenged, and a warm pulse, you will get a job in korea. We are employed as human tape recorders, they want us to teach pronunciation, and thats it. Korean teachers teach math and science, we teach "orange....orange....orange....orange....IT'S NOT FUCKING ORANGEEE IT'S FUCKING ORANGE". There are two options available to you in korea if you have an undergraduate degree, either teach in an after

Save the sarcasm brother, up until this point i had no clue who BAE is. I have tentativley laid out a career path that would see me living and working in LOS on a decent salary. I'd rather not rest on the laurels of a BA and CELTA/TESOL if you are choosing TEFL teaching as a career, it seems rather short sighted to me, but thats just my opinon.

Yeah...but i'll be fucked if i'm working for an english language academy for an arab, koreans are bad enough in terms of being treated like a sub human! This one looks pretty good http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/postgraduate/cou...p/mal_tesol.htm . It works out at about 12 000 Aus $ and is full time for 1 year. At 4 units a semester it's a lot of work but nothing worth having comes easy in life right. Some people may knock MA's but courses that specifically relate to TESOL, combined with experience (i will have 6 years teaching under my belt by the time i start my MA), really do stand yo

Sure, but i'm taking the MA route due to MA's being a prerequisite to work in the middle east, with the intention of eventually making my way to LOS working in some sort of management capacity. Thats the plan anyways, a DELTA and degree should get you into a Thai university, but thats about the extent of it.

Me...it all comes down to motivation i guess.

If you have a degree and are set on TEFL teaching in thailand on a long term basis then don't fuck around with CELTA/TESOL one month certificate. Get some dosh together and do a Masters in Applied linguistics. This qualification, combined with some teaching experience will get you into thai universities, instructor jobs at CELTA/TESOL courses, and management positions at private language schools. If you don't have a degree and are planning on teaching in thailand on the back of a one month course you are setting yourself up for a big fall.