Ready to help :) Nice site.

[María José]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I bid you welcome, Maria José, I'm happy you are come back in the forums, you was lost over much time.

Where you have been these last few months.?

I've been busy, Crotalito. I was doing an on-line course. I'm starting another one on Jan28th. They are great fun but also time consuming: there is a lot of reading and studying involved. Thanks for the welcome.

[Jessica]

I am glad to see you back I've missed you a lot!

[Planet hopper]

Thank you Elaina for the interest, yes, Mr T is right, I teach ESL at an army base for the Kuwaiti army. Good salary, easy job.

Sorry I didn't read the 4 pages of messages, let me explain a bit more.

A pesar de haber nacido en Andalucía mi familia tuvo que refugiarse por razones políticas en Irlanda cuando yo solo tenía diez años. Fui al instituto en Dublín, me licencié en filología inglesa (lengua + literatura) en Granada, en España, y trabajé de profesor casi-nativo en Irlanda, Francia e Inglaterra durante los noventa. En el 2000 me fuí a China, donde pasé seis años enseñando inglés, sin usar castellano para nada. En el 2006 me convertí en residente permanente de Canada, donde fue demasiado dificil encontrar un trabajo de profesor, asi que volví a Andalucia, desde donde os conocí justo antes de conseguir este trabajo en Kuwait. Sólo en Andalucia se me trata como un EFL teacher, el resto de mi carrera he sido un ESL teacher. He enseñado inglés incluso a sixth graders, native speakers en una escuela primaria en Irlanda en el 2002. Espero que esto os haga comprender que tipo de profesor y persona bilingue soy. Pido perdon por mis fallos en los acentos o mayusculas, no practico mucho el mecanografiar castellano.

Crotalito, my job is not very international, only if you take care of your resume to grow and apply to some jobs online, you get to travelling, I enjoy it a lot. I have always been an esl teacher since 1992, and I am 42 now.

Last 19th I broke my leg while getting off a bus, I just came back to my apartment from hospital, I walk on crutches and have a titanium nail in the head of my femur. However, I am very happy to post again here. I missed you a lot this holiday season. Until mid-late january I will not be able to come here often because I can't stay sitting down longer than 10 minutes, my foot gets swollen and the leg still hurts.

But anyway, you know where you have a friend and a proud member of Tomissimo, that's what I wanted to say.

Hugs and happy new year to you all guys

[Rusty]

Gracias por habernos puesto al día. ¡Qué desafortunado el accidente pero bien has dicho que todavía tienes la dicha de escribirnos! We've missed you, too.

[Jessica]

I hope your leg gets better I've never broken a bone before. Ouch. Must hurt a lot. Miss you too and I hope you come back soon (once the leg's better)

[sosia]

¡Que te mejores!¡duerme mucho y come bien!

[CrOtALiTo]

I got it, Plannet hopper, I have understood that your job is very wonderful, because I believe that if your job is above teach or travel is the same, because you are off the your country, I'd like have a job as your job, but thank you for answered me, I believe that you should caring you more, if you are in other country, you being foreign, I tell you this because, nowadays the people in that country where you are, there are much dangerous more for the war near the country where you are, anyhow you be happy and you work a lot, if you someday visit Mexico and you decide live here, well, you will be welcome to our country.

[bmarquis124]

¡Espero que te mejores pronto, PlanetHopper!
¿Qué idioma está hablada en Kuwait?

[Jane]

Por lo visto, PH, estas pasandolo muy bien in Kuwait a pesar del accidente...
Pues, que te mejores y Feliz 2009.

[Planet hopper]

Thanks everyone, you all have a big heart, tan grande como una plaza de toros.

Me pongo las pilas y me paso a comentar en los hilos, que ya he visto algunos muy interesantes y me dan ganas

Jane, I can't say I'm having a hard time, people are really helpful, I only get good wishes and prayers to Allah for my health. Even though we met just about a month ago, my jobmates are behaving like a second family.

Jessica, the bar in Madrid is called 'The return of the Winnipeg Chile', and you can see the pictures in my profile, in the only album of pictures I have.

Crotalito, working in computers is a job you may turn international if you persevere on it. Get certifications and improve yourself as a professional, work in your english and one day it will happen. Internet is making the world very small.

BMarquis, para el idioma este pais es muy peculiar. The natives speak Arabic with an Iraqi accent, but 60% of the population are filipino (Tagalo), Bangla Desh, Indian, and Pakistani (Hindi-Urdu). Also a lot of people from Iran. Of course, the lingua franca is English. A bit of a Babel Tower.

Hugs to you all!!!! Olé, olé y olé !!!!

[poli]

Bar de Winnipeg "Chile" sounds funny or confused or both--anyway it made me laugh. Was that an 8.50 Euro menu del día that I see in the photo? If so, that's a deal.

[CrOtALiTo]

Ok, Plannet Hopper, you have said the truth, because when I need information above anything, I used and find the words or things from internet, then you also have said that someday I will be good at my English, and I answer you, you are right, I know that is very hard the learn English or any language but, I believe that a little time, each person cans learn any language, take care please.

[Planet hopper]

Crotalito, si yo fuera tu me centraria en conseguir una certification oficial de Microsoft o Cisco en sistemas o redes intranet, es lo que mas se demanda. En Espania, por ejemplo, la carrera de ingenieria informatica va a desaparecer pronto, por que se considera una ciencia tan practica que los titulos superiores no tienen lugar. Respecto al idioma, centrarte en prepararte para el IELTS general y despues el academico, son lo mas internacional que hay en el panorama.

Saludos

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, I have a Microsoft's Certificate in Networking, I don't know why you are telling that, but is ok, and refer to the other chose, you have told me above the IELTS, you let me telling you, I don't anything above that, but I will investigate above that, I guess that the IELTS is above a test or certificate at English or languages, but I don't know, I never have heard anything above, but well, I suppose that is good chose study or specialize in some career, anyhow I will investigate above that.

[Planet hopper]

Aqui tienes una pista mas

IELTS=International English Language Testing System

Organised by the University of Cambridge.

It's not about computers, but about your language skills.

Si ya estas certificado por microsoft procura estudiar gestion de bases de datos online y edicion de paginas web. Macromedia Director es lo que mas se lleva. No digo que lo hagas mañana, tomalo como consejo a medio plazo.

Un abrazo

PH

[Jessica]

what's IELTS? What does it stand for

oops, never mind

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank you, I will try to find information above, you have told me in your previous post, and well, I'd like certificate at English, but anyway, I'm not ready for do a test of international way in my live but, I believe, I need more practice and more improve at my English but, don't matter I will do it on soon.

[Pixter]

Bienvenido, it seems like you really are a planet hopper! I'd have loved to jump around this planet they way you do. I hope you a job soon in some interesting place, we'd love to listen to your stories

Buena suerte!
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