Kenneth
Options are…
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marry a Taiwanese lass and open a buxiban.
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marry a Taiwanese lass and open a western-style restaurant/bar.
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marry a Taiwanese lass and set up a translation company.
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marry a Taiwanese lass and set up a trading company.
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become an aspiring writer (and part-time grog artist)…
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move into editing; either doing company stuff or working for one of the newspapers.
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write ESL materials.
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become a man-whore.
How many Forumosans have moved on from teaching to fields other than those mentioned above? Not many I wager.
* marry a Taiwanese lass and open a buxiban.
Not marrying anyone. There are too many buxibans anyway.
* marry a Taiwanese lass and open a western-style restaurant/bar.
Not marrying anyone. And to make the place profitable you have to market to the locals. I have my pride.
* marry a Taiwanese lass and set up a translation company.
See above. I don’t speak Chinese either.
* marry a Taiwanese lass and set up a trading company.
See above. I could import sheep.
* become an aspiring writer (and part-time grog artist)…
Someone else already cornered the market in that.
* move into editing; either doing company stuff or working for one of the newspapers.
Does it pay?
* write ESL materials.
Don’t know shit about it.
* become a man-whore.
Eureka! I knew I’d find a niche eventually, an opening somewhere, with help from my friends. But how do I penetrate this market?
When I’m tired I grab a Starbucks coffee. There’s enough caffeine to get me through to Friday night each time.
[quote=“stragbasher”]* marry a Taiwanese lass and open a buxiban.
Not marrying anyone. There are too many buxibans anyway.
* marry a Taiwanese lass and open a western-style restaurant/bar.
Not marrying anyone. And to make the place profitable you have to market to the locals. I have my pride.
* marry a Taiwanese lass and set up a translation company.
See above. I don’t speak Chinese either.
* marry a Taiwanese lass and set up a trading company.
See above. I could import sheep.
* become an aspiring writer (and part-time grog artist)…
Someone else already cornered the market in that.
* move into editing; either doing company stuff or working for one of the newspapers.
Does it pay?
* write ESL materials.
Don’t know shit about it.
* become a man-whore.
Eureka! I knew I’d find a niche eventually, an opening somewhere, with help from my friends. But how do I penetrate this market?[/quote]
Reminds me of a man I met in Singapore. I was having Tong Yam soup at my favorite hawker centre near Orchard Road. I was not in the mood to be idly chatting, so I was a little startled when some bodybuilding bloke sits down next to me like a long lost friend. Nice bloke. Asked me what I was doing in Singapore. Told him I was a journalist at the asswipe publication known as the Straits Times
Damn, and here I went and resorted to pullin my pud when my GF had to work late. Hell, I coulda caught a redeye from Kao to Spore, gotten laid, been paid, been back the next morning, gone to the bank, and called off sick for a whole week. I hate people who keep secrets!