Its time.
After agonizing months at this crappy job of mine and endless searching for that position I'm fit for, I realized what I need to do. I'm moving to Hong Kong.
There just isn't a job out there for this guy. What I really want to do is travel, live abroad, learn a language, experience other cultures, give myself a global education. Then I thought about teaching English in Asia. I've narrowed it down to Hong Kong.
Honestly, the idea of teaching barely enters my mind. I really only consider the lifestyle of Hong Kong and the opportunities to see the other side of this big rock I live on. (I should note that Andrew is coming with me, which is awesome.)
The idea and commitment are there, but the details are not. For the moment, I am still at the same crappy job with no foreseeable end. Actually I can see the end in two months with they give me a pink slip. There are a few things I still need to accomplish during my first stint in New York so I'm delaying my move until July-Septemberish. Until then, I still need another job that promotes sanity as opposed to my current position. Its all up in the air, but this is what's on my mind.
6 comments:
hong kong?? alex that place is boo boo, i have a couple friends there right now actually- they are chinese- and even they dislike it. if you want to teach abroad, my buddy is doing it in korea (1 year commit) and is loving it.. i can pass along that stuff if you want. either way i congratulate your open-mindedness and am sorry that your job is lame. it usually lets up but when it doesn't, you quit.
i am sure that brian knows what he is talking about, but that is offcially one person that has expressed negative feelings for hong kong...as opposed to about twenty who love it...and apparently he has never had to look for a job in NYC...Hong Kong or bust, baby!
Give me ten reasons for Hong Kong and I'll give you 11, no 20 reasons to stay.
I do think you are meant to travel.
I do know that you and your job are about to break up.
I do hope you give it more time, find something else and stay a little longer.
If things don't get better soon, do this:
Exchange words with your boss, quit, immediately leave the building with a smile on your face, book a flight for a week to a place that knows you, and return.
I'll be back from Texas this coming Tuesday--a little stronger and jobless---the perfect way to be in NYC.
Its Hong Kong, Vu. Korea is for pansies.
Yeah man! Sounds exciting for sure.
I hope you are in New York for a little while longer so that we can hang out this fall. But, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Why is Korea for pansies?
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