Reborn Abroad

Big Unlce Doesn't Focus On Other Men..... Pause. That's Chatty Patty. Focus on yourself 🤡 Big Uncle can’t make everyone happy. Some people get triggered because I speak plainly. Some hate that I demystify the ESL and expat world when they try to gatekeep it. That’s fine. I’ve been doing this for years. I have thick skin, and I’ve seen every type of clown, hater, and troll you can imagine. Let me make a few things clear: I’ve been helping people get jobs for years. That’s why I have testimonials, referrals, and references. Most people never make a real income online—I’ve built a business out of it and am fully location independent. Am I the smartest guy in the world? No. But I have a New York work ethic. I grind. I focus. I do my best to get good outcomes for my clients. Developing countries can be messy and unpredictable. Some clients are mentally unstable. Some situations are downright chaotic. But I still do what I can to get results—and that’s why I’ve been s...

Retire Smarter in Southeast Asia with Big Uncle’s Concierge Service Thinking about retiring abroad? Southeast Asia lets you stretch your savings while enjoying a lifestyle far less chaotic than many Western cities. Reborn Abroad’s Big Uncle concierge service helps you navigate retiring in Cambodia, Thailand, or Vietnam, where traditional retirement visas don’t exist. We cover everything: reliable real estate agents, visa services, local fixers, advice on where to live, insights into local culture, and guidance on practically anything. We can arrange airport pickups and drivers to tour apartments, especially in Cambodia, with a full start-to-finish VIP concierge service for visas and settling in. In Thailand, our network of top consultancies in Bangkok and Chiang Mai can assist anywhere. In Vietnam, we help with long-term visas, real estate, and location advice. You get unlimited advice from a team that has helped many clients retire comfortably and maximize their money. Sou...

Classroom TEFLs Are Largely a Scam—Let Big Uncle Save You Time and Money If you’re thinking about teaching English in Vietnam, China, or Cambodia and considering dropping a bunch of cash on a classroom TEFL because they promise “job placement,” let me, Big Uncle, save you some trouble. Most of those classroom TEFLs? Yeah… they’re basically scams. They don’t give you real access to the market—they funnel you to schools that are always hiring. High turnover = problems. You don’t want to be stuck in that. The best way to find work is to see what’s actually available when you arrive—and that’s where we come in. We plug you into an extensive network of HR contacts, help you organize your CV, documents, and paperwork, and put together a package that we send to a wide range of schools. It’s a numbers game: we keep throwing opportunities at the wall until something sticks. You stay in control—you decide which offers to take and which contracts to sign. A lot of classroom TEFL mater...

Why Western Immigration Systems Punish Legitimate Couples I’ve spent years helping people rebuild their lives in Southeast Asia — teachers, investors, retirees, digital nomads. Many end up in long-term, legitimate relationships with locals — marriages, families, real lives built together. When these couples decide to return to the Western partner’s home country, they hit a wall. Paperwork, suspicion, arbitrary rejections. Even couples with documentation, shared finances, kids, and years of living together are treated like they’re committing a crime. The system doesn’t trust them simply because their spouse is Southeast Asian. Meanwhile, Western countries often fast-track inbred savages who enter illegally. They bypass legal channels, provide no proof of who they are, and often come from backwards underdeveloped sh1tholes. Yet these illegal aliens frequently receive priority processing, emergency housing, welfare, and legal protections. Here’s the part people ignore: Sou...

Southeast Asia: You Can Build the Life You Want—or Totally Destroy Yourself Moving to Southeast Asia can be life-changing. You can start your own business, teach English to buy yourself time, improve your skills, or study something new. My wife studied cybersecurity while teaching, and I started a consulting business that lets me be location independent. I spend part of the year in Vietnam maintaining connections and the rest traveling the world, building relationships, and exploring new opportunities. But let’s be real: this freedom is double-edged. You can do amazing things—or completely ruin your life. In many countries here, the laws exist—but enforcement is often flexible, creating temptations that can destroy even a reasonably stable person. Pharmacies sell drugs over the counter that would be illegal elsewhere, cheap alcohol is everywhere, and being near the Golden Triangle means some of the world’s best heroin is within reach. There are serious practical risks too. ...

Don’t Sign Your Life Away Before Landing in Vietnam If you’re thinking about locking in an ESL job in Vietnam before you arrive, think again. This is one of the biggest mistakes expats make. Big Uncle has seen every horror story — people overseas who tried to handle it themselves, only to call me once everything fell apart. Here’s the reality: employers know you don’t understand Vietnam. They know you’re not in the country. They know you don’t know the culture, the housing market, salary expectations, or which regions to avoid — and many prey on that. They’ll promise “free accommodation” but stick you in a tiny room. They’ll promise a “nice province” but drop you in a polluted industrial town, working six days a week for less than you could earn in Ho Chi Minh City. Some provincial schools “help with housing” not as a favor, but because nothing comfortable exists — and it traps you. One common scam? They show you one contract online, but when you arrive, it’s different. You...