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Brussels job offer.... should I take it?
I have been teaching in the Far East since 2007 (South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore) and also Turkey on 2 different contracts (2011 and 2014), and now have gotten a nice offer in Brussels, Belgium. Should I take the offer? It is far less money (about 1800 euro per month but school provides free apartment) than Asia, but after many years I feel being in Belgium would be nice, but it is very expensive I think.
Anybody in Belgium on this forum or with any living experience there?
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Re: Brussels job offer.... should I take it?
If you enjoy beer and chocolate then YES, by all means go!
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El Kabong
If you enjoy beer and chocolate then YES, by all means go!
I really Do, Lyle, and the beers and chocolate are by NO MEANS the least of the reasons for wanting to relocate there.
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Yes, get the hell out of Turkey, when the radicals capture you it won't matter how much you hate America, they will still cut off your head slowly. It would be your last post here at Saddo. No place in Europe is safe from Islamization but you are heading in the right direction.
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I say go for it, I think Brussels has even worse traffic than Turkey right?
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Is there good money teaching English to the Asians?
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yes you can save atleast $1000 a month there.
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brocktonblockbust
yes you can save atleast $1000 a month there.
Bullshit you spent the lot on beer.
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Dark Lord Al
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brocktonblockbust
yes you can save atleast $1000 a month there.
Bullshit you spent the lot on beer.
Well youre right. Spent close to 90% of it on beer, it woulda been 100% but Asian beer ain't that great!
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It is Switzerland that has a high cost of living. Belgium should be OK but I have never been there but is is famous for the chocolate.
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Master
It is Switzerland that has a high cost of living. Belgium should be OK but I have never been there but is is famous for the chocolate.
The school's apartment will be in Ghent, but the job is in Bruxelles.
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brocktonblockbust
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Master
It is Switzerland that has a high cost of living. Belgium should be OK but I have never been there but is is famous for the chocolate.
The school's apartment will be in Ghent, but the job is in Bruxelles.
Perfect you will be able to visit the European Parliament in your lunch hour. And be surrounded by 100% Immigrants because nobody comes from there ;D
Seriously though Brussels is shit. Literally full of dog shit everywhere, bit grim. Pretty dodgy characters everywhere, broken pavements and not a great place to live.
Fortunately for you, Ghent is quite different and very pretty, a bit like a Dutch town and altogether more agreeable. ( My little brothers girlfriend is from Belgium )
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Check out the Cathedral in Brussels though. St Michael and somebody. Beautiful.
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I been there twice but each time for just a few hours waiting a train connexion to Paris, La Grand Place was amazing, I had some pomme frites, a few beers, the cobblestonoes were a bit run down and busted up. Got back on the train. The school is apparently "a few blocks " from there, at night it may get a bit dodgy Ive been told. Ghent will be about 1 hour away .......
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That is a long commute everyday I hope the transport link is good. Mine is poor having to stand on trains and treated like cattle for the princely sum of £800 a year.
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Master
That is a long commute everyday I hope the transport link is good. Mine is poor having to stand on trains and treated like cattle for the princely sum of £800 a year.
YOU'RE MY LAST POST ON HERE MATE. My best friend is an Indian, my wife is an Indian, so my last post on here will be to an Indian as well. It is only fitting. Thanks for your humor and girly pics!
Sat Sri Akal ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ
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Ive only ever slept in a railway station there timber slat seats back then :( cold sad . Got arrested there too on another trip came out of Holland shit faced could hardly speak straight and got to see the inside of Brussels police station and they got see my nether regions in a strip search but I had nothing on me so off I went.
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Andre
Ive only ever slept in a railway station there timber slat seats back then :( cold sad . Got arrested there too on another trip came out of Holland shit faced could hardly speak straight and got to see the inside of Brussels police station and they got see my nether regions in a strip search but I had nothing on me so off I went.
M8, you bungled it, you just need to ask him "do you speaka my language?" and then he would have just smiled and gave you a vegemite sandwich :S
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Brock, for the experience I don't see why you wouldn't want to give it a shot, but I say that with no real knowledge of living in Europe or anything like that. Lots of things to consider like the location, the school, the cost of living etc. I approach it more from the point view that you have given other places a shot, so why not try another? That's the fun thing about teaching. It's not the high life, but you can get around, see a few places, and never be tied down indefinitely. In terms of getting around Europe, you have all those interesting countries in such close proximity and one of the few good things about the EU is ease of travel which I know you are into.
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YES YES you must take this job, I can come and help sample all them different beers, YES YES
it's a must , and all that chocolate you would be 22 stone in no time.:rocks:
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Richie's ex-girlfriend just posted an old video of hers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcvgDDgma5o
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I'm so relived that ISIS' efforts to gain a foothold in Belgium have failed.
If we think they're bad now, can you imagine what the fuckers would be like on Stella Artois?
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Brussel seems cool, girls got a price tag there too! i bet its hella cold tho! Cheap beers.