Written by: Andres Salazar Needing a change of pace and new direction in life, I decided to head to Japan for a couple of years. Not sure what I wanted to do in university, I decided to let myself go on an adventure before coming back and settling in on a game plan. I filled out my visa paperwork and got all my bags ready as I headed for one of the most colourful, stylish, and eventful cities on the planet: Tokyo. Living in Japan was an incredible experience, though it had its challenges. The challenges of being a Latin guy in Tokyo were always there, but the city and…
Living In Taiwan Written By Shawn Funk When I decided to go back to school for a so-called “enrichment” degree, I knew I better have a good story to tell those people who I knew were going to break my balls for spending thousands of dollars on what they deemed to be a “useless piece of paper.” “English degree? What the hell are you gonna do with that?” I wasn’t naive; I knew my decision wasn’t exactly a lucrative one. I had to drum up some respectable profession to justify myself, so I started to tell people that I would go and teach English abroad when I finished my degree,…
