Life without working in the corporate world can be slow and comfortable. It is easy to slip into routine and become complacent. If I haven’t homeschooled my child or become a freelancer, I won’t have many goals to accomplish or to aim for. Then my existence is plainly for survival – to eat and sleep…
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Time flies by so quickly. It’s been another two months from my last update on the situation in Kuala Lumpur from my perspective. I thought I’ll provide everyone here another round of updates of what is going on with this expatriate family. Accepting The New Normal Our daily lives are almost back to normal with…
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Previously, I mentioned that we went to Ipoh for a day trip and will be planning a beach trip to Penang. And we did! As the lockdown measures eased up to allow interstate travel in Malaysia, I thought it is the best to stretched our legs and immerse ourselves into nature after being holed up…
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It can be difficult to move overseas for work, especially if you have a child that will go with you. You will be uprooting yourselves to live in an unknown land, so it can be tricky to know if they will be able to adjust. This fear is natural because you never know what to…
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When you receive a job offer, it is a great way to move forward to your chosen career. However, when you see that your job offer will lead you to another country, there are a lot of questions that would pass your mind. Is it time for you to try moving overseas for your career?…
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Thanks to social media and the introduction of budget flights, the world is a much smaller place and you want to see it all. You know you’ve caught the travel bug when you eat, sleep, dream, repeat getting away from it all. Time to get out your scratch map and plan your next adventure! In…
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Once again, I stumbled upon a wonderful article that FLAVIA VINCI generously allow me to share with you all here. I can identify with his frustrations in his post because I am, too an expat and a foreigner in a different country. So enjoy his post and you are hunger for more, go to his…
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Although I don’t live in Singapore, I’m very much a patriot (even though I do bash my country every now and then..oops..). I’m very appreciative of what my country offers: stability, low unemployment rate, safety among many others that I may have taken for granted. I may not like the stressful environment and the rat…
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Are you considering looking for greener pastures outside your home country? Do you want to start a new life in a foreign land? Many people would like to start a new life in another country because of the opportunities it delivers. However, many find it difficult to decide where to go and there are a…
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Relocating for work is not a decision to be made lightly even if you find your dream job in a place far from home. You will need to spend a large sum of money to reestablish yourself in a new place and sometimes, employers do not shoulder relocation costs. If you recently got a job…
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Relocation is an exciting move to a new country or places whether it is due to a new job in the family that requires you to move or seeking out a new life in a totally different locality. I have moved twice in the past 6 years, both to China and Malaysia (where I’m residing…
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Moving to a new location is a very tedious job because you have to get used to a very new location, get the necessary documentation to settle in your new home and have your things sorted out. I remembered my first relocation and I was a total emotional wreck, on top of having to sort…
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After graduating from college or university, you have a lot of options to consider as to what your next move will be. You can take a gap year to rest your mind from relentless studying, look into the work options or go back to school to pursue a graduate degree. If you are considering your…
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I’m not a racist. But I must admit I used to be a country-ist. And what’s that? According to the urban dictionary: A countryist is someone who hates people from a certain country or countries.
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People say to live in the moment and treasure every second living, immerse and breathing in the ‘now’.
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This is the continuation of conquering my dislike for driving and the need to overcome it because I refuse to be stuck at home with my child.
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Time is due for another relocation post. Sometimes, I think I bash my home country too much. Feeling a little unpatriotic but I do miss Singapore and here are the things I missed about her (excluding my friends and family) and have been taking granted for.
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As you all may have read that I have been entering in and out of my home country Singapore for my driving lessons, one of the prominent news have been making rounds on the newspaper as well as social media.
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Yes, we are considered as an expatriate family. Just because we relocated to a different country for work, with relocation compensation, we are labelled as expatriates.
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I really really really hate driving. Partly it is stem from the fear of the action itself and partly because I’ve been in a car accident twice.
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