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Expat.com Interview! (2018)

Here are the answers to the questions you asked me for the interview. All the best! 1. Please introduce yourself. Where are you from, what are you doing in China, and what were you doing before you arrived in China? I am Carmelo Bono, moved to China five years ago now. I graduated from Lakehead University in Northern Ontario (Canada), needed work and decided that out of all the places I could go; it is best I go to China. 2. What brought you to China? How long have you been  there ? Work in Canada as a teacher is limited, especially for English, and Social Science High School teachers. Not that a person can't find work, but specifically work in the town/area I wanted. If I was going to be moving far away from home, thought it also reasonable to travel (very far away from).  3. What is the process to move to China? The process for myself was quite simple really, however it is getting progressively more difficult for different passport holders to move to China becaus

Things you might not know about that stuff we call coffee.

Coffee was first discovered in the fifteenth century while a legendary goat herder "Kaldi" was out tending his sheep/goats and noticed that they reacted strangely to a bright red cherry that they consumed during outings. He then took it to a monastery after trying it himself to find that at the monastery he and a monk created the world's first cup of coffee. Black Coffee with no sugar-NO CALORIES! There ya go weight watchers! "Coffee" the actual name comes from proposed origins. One origin (I think makes the most sense), is that word Coffee, comes from the name of the province of Ethopia in which coffeee was originated-Kaffa. Coffee is believed to boost fertility in men...aphrodisiac?! Well, according to ask.men and another website there is reason to believe that it promotes stimulation of the senses/reproductive system which in turn could mean...anything you eat that makes you feel good, could be an aphrodisiac as long as it makes you feel good and promot

The Story of Kopi Luwak (Wiesel Coffee)

Dutch colonial rule during the 18th century was not just a fruitful time for the Dutch in the "East-indies", but also for the people of Indonesia thereafter. The Dutch were colonizing the west-indies when they realized that the land in Indonesia (Arabic Bean), would do well to be planted in Indonesia. The Dutch shipped Yemen's beans to the East Indies through the "East-Indies Trading Co." Soon thereafter, the plantations were scavenged by Luwak (Civet). The droppings of the jungle cat were found and noticeably a coffee bean. The processing of the fruit from around the Bean was easily absorbed into the body of the Luwak while the bean remind intact even after defecation. This was an extremely beneficial thing for local Indonesians as they were specifically instructed not to remove the beans from the plantation. Nothing was ever said about collecting them from the wild jungle, storing them and harvesting them to brew their own coffee. Upon eventually hearin