I was going to leave a comment on the post below, one in response to those who commented on my blog, so I started writing. But that comment turned into an essay, so I've decide I would just post it, anyway, as a new blog. It's been forever since I've written anything, After thinking about it, I think I'll be heading back to Berlin before I end up in Asia.

However, that doesn't mean that I'll never go; on the contrary, one item on my top ten list of things to do before I die: teach English in Asia. Someplace that will just blow your mind. Some town tucked away in lush green hills or a gaping, writhing, technologically pregnant super city with concrete rectangles that scrape the sky.

It'll be different from what we're used to in Western culture, and you know what they say friends, different is good. Navigating your new Asian territory that may make you burst out laughing even though you're alone, or leave you clutching your hanky in tears of frustration. Either way, culture shock only makes you smarter. Nothing is familiar, you have little to no advantage to knowing much about the city.