Well - I hope I can prove you wrong there Ghost - the woman I love is down there and I need to come up with something long term that will pay the rent
(Other than the savings I am bringing with me
lol
Yes - if I did this ONLY to start off then maybe I would be doomed to failure - but as I am seeing with many of you on this list and other expats in general down there the rule seems to be this: Have more than one string to your bow and be prepared to do several different jobs if you need to
I'm up for it - when I get down there next year I hope to pick the brains of a few of you (yes, I'll pay for a few drinks
and to get myself on track asap...
Soooooo.... ANYBODY want to hire an ex professor of Applied Linguistics/TESOL/CALL who can shoot, drink professionally, read runes, sell just about anything there is and generally do a pretty good job on any kind of customer service or editing or proofing or writing or whatever there is ?...
Oh - I forgot to mention my time in uniform - but then again I wouldn't quite fit into the same uniform nowadays and if I tried I think I would have to deal with the 'tunic with shrinking waistline' factor that so many of us get as we get older <g>
Yes folks - the older we get the more those old uniforms (and clothes in general) don't seem to fit - and I put it down to shrinkage - lets face it, what else could it be ? <g>
I predict next year is going to be an interesting one for me - with a wee bit of a steep learning curve and a few challenges - but I wouldn't miss it for the world <g>...
PS Thanks to all for the feedback - you've given me a few things to think about and as always are a damn good source of info...