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Well, it has been interesting to see who has been reading my blog and who hasn't. I have gotten reprimanding emails from all sorts of people since I got a little "behind on my reporting". Truth to tell, I've been concentrating on trying to find a new job and that is never very interesting to others.

Somewhere in this process I decided that I sm "China-ed out". Three years in Beijing, now 2 years in Taipei, and a year in Hong Kong -- I think I'm done. This is supposed to be my time for adventure, not same-o same-o.

With that decision made, and a much earlier decision to not go to Korea, I have eliminated about 80% of the available ESL jobs.

Of the remaining 20% 1) I am not an EU citizen (another 50% gone) not man (most of the jobs in the Middle East), not under 55 (the rest of the jobs in the Middle East) and can't afford to be strictly a volunteer (another big chunk). So my field is somewhat limited.

I am currently at the "second-interview" stage with a great sounding school in Istanbul which I would love. We haven't gotten around to talking about money and/or benefits so I don't know if I could afford it if offered but so far I'm interested.

I'll keep you posted.