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I thought of entitling this blog, “How I became a multi-millionaire?” But Chose Instead – Financial Independence? How to build a nest egg as an international expat living overseas? Frugal necessity helps! By CPO, From the Far Side of the Planet

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Climbing Mountains Somewhere In Switzerland – You never know where your travels may take you and what opportunities there are for outreach … :), By CPO

I thought of entitling this blog, “How I became a multi-millionaire?” But … :), By CPO, From the Far Side of the Planet

I thought of entitling this blog, “How I became a multi-millionaire?” But thought that maybe too precocious? Then thought of a more pragmatic title, “Financial Independence? How to build a nest egg as an international expat living overseas? Frugal necessity helps!” Hmm perhaps both titles are okay seeing there is an element of truth in both headings.

Student Debt – Climbing Out of the Pit

When I first came overseas, I had just finished a Master Degree and had a mountainous student loan. My parents had helped me out with student living costs and I did a lot of side jobs along the way from camp counselor for youths with disabilities to tutoring foreign students learning English, but I still had a sizable debt of around $20,000. I didn’t even have a song to my name …

Penniless in Asia  🙂

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About Us - Series - Beginnings, International Jobs, International Schools, Lets Go Go Go - Travel and Travel Hacking and Other Adventures, Outreach Options

Targeted International School Job Searches – A Job Affair? – Your 2 Best Job Finder Friends – Series # 2

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Black Forest, Germany – Apples Free to Pick – You never know where your travels may take you and what opportunities there are for outreach … :), By CPO

(What if I said you could get a ticket to virtually ANY OF THE 195 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD by becoming a CPO … – … And it  is relatively easy … ??? Well that is what this website endeavors to help you to do.)

***  Clueless in Asia???

By CPO, From the Far Side of the Planet! 🙂

Yes that was me when I first arrived on the international scene so many moons ago… I found a job via this new fangled thing called the Internet in the 90’s and have never looked back…. but did wonder how to go forward.

I Remember it Well!!!!?! 🙂

I remember it well …. getting off the plane in a run-down airport, masses of bicycles swarming the streets, meandering dark ally-ed village like ancient streets and housing, maze like labyrinths of convoluted byways with wafting smells and odours from refuse, cooking or outhouses, coal burning heaters and cookers with smokey haze rising … scenting and coating everything with coal dust … strange foods that surprised with delight and street food with food poisoning … it was a different world for me …

The Dark Side????! 🙂

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International Jobs, International Schools, Lets Go Go Go - Travel and Travel Hacking and Other Adventures, Outreach Options

Targeted International School Job Searches – By City or Country – Series # 1

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Tokyo, Japan – You never know where your travels may take you and what opportunities there are for outreach … :), By CPO.

(What if I said you could get a ticket to virtually ANY OF THE 195 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD by becoming a CPO … – … And it  is relatively easy … ??? Well that is what this web site endeavors to help you to do.)

Virtual Tourism? 🙂  … Ooops I mean Job Search – There are many ways to search …..

There are many ways to search the international school job scene. The experienced teacher to the expat world will find this obvious, but for newbies you may find this article useful.

Having said that … maybe some of you old hands may find a few variations here that you have forgotten about too.

A lot of teachers take the shotgun approach, and we will explain more on that in following posts …. but lets look at the question ….

“But what if don’t wanna teach just anywhere?!!!” I have a dream….!!!

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