Marika1986
Introduction
I am a South African puppeteer and English teacher. I've been living in Asia for over four years now. I was in Xi'an, China for two years from the start of April 2012, Hong Kong from July 2014 and have been living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia since March 2015. Back in South Africa I worked as a puppetry lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch, did professional puppetry and acting work as well teaching acting and puppetry in the rural communities under the employment of the government. I'm a friendly, punctual, enthusiastic, sometimes slightly wacky professional with a passion for the arts and teaching.
I am employed. I am a Puppeteer and English Teacher.
I joined expat.com on 17 August 2016.
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Marika1986posted on the thread Dating single Khmer girls
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Marika1986posted on the thread Dating single Khmer girls
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Marika1986posted on the thread Dating single Khmer girls
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Marika1986posted on the thread Dating single Khmer girls
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Marika1986posted on the thread Dating single Khmer girls
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Expat experience
The ease with which you could get wine and cheese (after my struggle to find real stuff in China) was probably what pulled me there. Yes, for shame! I should have lived on Lamma and not on Kowloon. I think that might have improved my experience in this big, bustling city where everyone is more concerned with their Candy crush score than looking where they are walking.
Visiting the islands on my day off was great. I loved going to Lamma and watching the sunset from there. There was always some kind of wine special on in the shops and that was pretty cool.
The city is too busy and nobody has time for anybody else.
This was my introduction to the world of English teaching as well my introduction to the big big world outside of South Africa. I worked hard, but it was, for the most part an experience that was totally worth all the middle ear infections. (The pollution got to me... and my, apparently, sensitive sinuses).
The food was amazing. The city itself had beautiful places to visit and parks to hide in when you needed to escape the skyscrapers around you.
The pollution! And people thinking that I am not realizing that they're not really taking a selfie, but actually taking a photo of me, the laowei. I ended up wearing a tiara to give people a legit reason to stare at me. It definitely improved my mood. ;-)
I studied at the University of Stellenbosch and, as what happens to many, I ended up staying there. It is probably my favourite town in the country. My career as puppeteer started there and living there gave me the opportunity to interact with other artists and be involved in theatre.
It's beautiful. The town is one of the oldest in the country and is surrounded by mountains and vineyards.
It's a bit expensive to live there.
