About expat
I am an American who has been living outside of the US for 5 years. I am a sociologist currently teaching Business to foreign students. I’m interested in politics, the environment and the effort to protect endangered species. I support cultural, ethnic and religious diversity. I have no use for Christian, Jewish or Islamic fanatics or or anyone else for that matter who try to use spiritual beliefs to justify murder and mutilation. 
I am a veteran of the University of Oregon, San Jose State University and Vietnam. I run the Singapore education website, www.eduscene.org.
Oh, and I build birdhouses.
September 25, 2007 at 12:02 am
Nice introduction and some nice birdhouses Brian, great stuff!
September 12, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Glad to hear that there are some sane people out there. Gives me hope (albeit only a little) that things might turn out differently in a few generations time. I fear that the choices made by the american poeple dont only effect themselves, otherwise I´d just say” they made the bed let them lie in it”
Sorry my english is a little rusty.
Greetings from Steve in germany
September 12, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Hi Steve, as an English teacher of foreign students (mostly Chinese) your english is fine.
And you are so right. Unfortunately, whatever the US government does seems to affect the whole world. Put a maniac like Bush in power and everyone, in all countries needs to be on the alert. Best of luck to you and your fellow Germans after the election.
January 6, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Ahh, you’re not an expatriot… you’re just an angry (rightfully so!) American living on an island! Remember, no MAN is an island! You know who you are, and we know where you’re from… and your roots rumble in your core, like the sound that GTO made (from THESE soils) not so very long ago.
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
So RAGE Worrell, rage!
And…. smile.
Regards,
Rick Singer
January 7, 2009 at 7:50 am
Well, Rick, you may be right. It was wonderful to be back for a while and now that Bushwacker is gone, I don’t feel so much rage anymore. But Singapore is more than just an island to me. It’s a paradise and I’m a lucky guy to have two places I can call home.