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SSAB - April 29, 2026
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Relocation done and did! To China an expat goes… from Korea? This guy I knew back in South Korea has now moved his family to China. Is China the place to be or is it done?
Guess I should tell the story of how and why I started teaching English overseas. It’s rather simple.
Tiktok Live Studio now available for MacOS?! Content, Call to Actions, and Clients. Get going!
And wondering, what if I just went travelling?
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***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
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Hope you have a great one!!
00:00 Expat Crossroads00:49 2027 Rumblings02:20 Podcast Origins03:50 Korea Friend Moves06:05 Visas and Citizenship07:37 Teaching Jobs in China09:55 Visa Run Plans10:42 Why I Taught Abroad12:52 Quarter Life Crisis13:41 Bands and Breakups19:16 Dead End Jobs20:46 Masters in Classics24:45 Creative Dreams Crash28:23 Everything Falls Apart28:39 Korea Teaching Idea29:13 EPIK Program Explained30:19 Life in Busan31:38 Fake EPIK Contracts33:05 Quitting IBM for Good33:52 Put Up or Shut Up35:27 Broken Hand Breaking Point36:17 Brutal Thesis Grind37:52 Panic Attack Wakeup40:40 Defense and Aristotle Joke43:38 Europe Then Korea45:13 Roundtrip Ticket Lesson46:01 Full Circle Reflections47:17 Worlds Your Oyster49:06 Closing and Next Episode
Guess I should tell the story of how and why I started teaching English overseas. It’s rather simple.
Tiktok Live Studio now available for MacOS?! Content, Call to Actions, and Clients. Get going!
And wondering, what if I just went travelling?
Donate to the show! PayPal link below!
https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA
***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com
And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4
Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com
Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog
Google Stock Tracker Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharing
Hope you have a great one!!
00:00 Expat Crossroads00:49 2027 Rumblings02:20 Podcast Origins03:50 Korea Friend Moves06:05 Visas and Citizenship07:37 Teaching Jobs in China09:55 Visa Run Plans10:42 Why I Taught Abroad12:52 Quarter Life Crisis13:41 Bands and Breakups19:16 Dead End Jobs20:46 Masters in Classics24:45 Creative Dreams Crash28:23 Everything Falls Apart28:39 Korea Teaching Idea29:13 EPIK Program Explained30:19 Life in Busan31:38 Fake EPIK Contracts33:05 Quitting IBM for Good33:52 Put Up or Shut Up35:27 Broken Hand Breaking Point36:17 Brutal Thesis Grind37:52 Panic Attack Wakeup40:40 Defense and Aristotle Joke43:38 Europe Then Korea45:13 Roundtrip Ticket Lesson46:01 Full Circle Reflections47:17 Worlds Your Oyster49:06 Closing and Next Episode