Originally Posted by stfranalum

idealistic backpacker meets pedagogical employment situation

result: burnout...im leaving next month. ive had enough of this country.

advice: take time to smell the roses. and if you like 'em, smoke 'em :smoker:

Originally Posted by Nana

Kikiat, Thanks a lot for the comments.

I do totally agree with you about the product standard. I do not wish to see my students eat fried meat balls that were cooked in black used oil either. I understand that local businesses have to keep up their standard to compete with big companies.

About Tesco, people here do not go to Tesco for stock but Macro or local whole-salers. They are the one that provides whole sale goods. My parents were in food and snack delivery business for more than 10 years and now my brother runs on the business. In our town, there are local whole sale shops that stock various goods and provide cheaper price than Macro. Everyday my brother can load up all the stuff and off he goes selling them. He then will be back in the evening to pay what he bought. I don't see Macro would provide this service. So there are more options and sometimes if you look hard, you will find that the option is way too good to stick to the big foreign companies.