So in case you don't know or haven't found out because I haven't talked to you in too long, I'm going to India for almost a year to teach at a private school. I'll be in Bangalore, in South Central India, 100+ miles from the coast so anybody worrying about tsunamis, don't, there's plenty of better things to worry about!
Bangalore is a pretty large city ~6 million people, but I'll be in the suburbs around 15 miles out. I'll be teaching English Lit, American culture/history, and Basic Chinese (sometimes they see your resume and they pick the oddest things) at this school;
If you want to know some more about India, well, you can't, but here are a couple sites just in case
I'll be over there for hopefully 10 months, although I'm still working on my Visa, and I'm going to visit as many places in the region as I can, however, after 10 months in India, I may not have enough money to get back, so if you see a skinny guy walking down the street with a raggedy beard and tattered backpack, make sure to give him a second glance, chances are I could use a ride. I'll be getting paid about $100 a month, so anybody who wants to send me a care package, friendly letter, or food of any sort, feel free!
If you feel like getting in touch with me, there will be a couple ways, I'll be using this email address as my primary Spirerain@hotmail.com, and if you want to call me, hopefully I'll have regular internet access (once a day) and worst case scenario is once a week, but phone cards run about 8 cents a minute from www.nobelcom.com, although there may be better deals out there, I haven't searched much.
A better idea though (contingent on me finding good internet access), is to use VoIP, thats basically talking over the internet....FOR FREE!!!! Go to www.skype.com and create an account, and search for my name or ID (Spirerain). You can talk to anyone in the world for free over the internet, or you can add some change and call anyone's phone for fantastic rates (better to find a phone card for india still though if you're calling to a real phone). But seriously, this program is tight, and its FREE!!!!
I'm going to be taking a digital camera and will be posting photos up on www.kodakgallery.com with my name Spirerain although you may have to use my email Spirerain@hotmail.com as a login to view the gallery. You may have to join to view my album, sorry if this is a hassle.
One more thing, I'll be doing these things called "podcasts", which are basically online radio shows made by the average joe, similar to "blogs." So I'll be giving details of my life in India and you'll be able to hear me as well. You can find out more about podcasts at www.podcastalley.com, some of the people there are really funny. Give it a shot.
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that sounds kinda interesting, considering all the things you've done and seen in Europe...Hopefully u'll come back in a good shape
Good luck in India!
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Happy Teaching!
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