I love your column Whisper and I hope by sharing my story, perhaps some young girl out there will learn from my mistakes and maybe save herself from evil. Advertisements
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The Misconception Of Being An Expatriate
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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Conquering My Hatred Of Driving
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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Domestic Helpers and Nannies are Human Too!
I‘ve been wanting to write this post for the longest time but didn’t find the emotional energy to do so. 8 months ago I gave birth to a little cute diva and as Chinese traditional rules that I will have to spend one month (28 days to be exact) doing my confinement. For those who…
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My Life: Kuala Lumpur vs Singapore
I have relocated from Shanghai to Kuala Lumpur for almost 2 years now. From a small cosmopolitan country Singapore to a major city Shanghai and a buzzing world in Kuala Lumpur. For the past 4 years, it has been nothing short of an adventure. One thing that my friends love to ask me is what…
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Reminiscing 2 Years Ago
Reminiscing 2 years ago this period where I handed in my resignation letter in the most reluctant mood ever. I was totally immersed in my career, peak of my time, enjoying my work and what it brings me – the satisfaction, the achievements, the recognition and of course, the great pay and benefits that come…
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Relocation Goodbyes
Tomorrow is the day where a very dear friend of mine close her chapter as an expatriate in Kuala Lumpur and relocate back home to Switzerland. Sad as it is, we all know it is the inevitable ending we must face, sometime in the future. Five years ago, I left my country (Singapore), full of…
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Guest Post: QUITTING YOUR JOB IN KOREA
A few months ago I talked about how excited I was to be moving to South Korea. I was looking for a positive life change, going to a place where I could be creative and save money and travel. You may also remember I mentioned that I was kinda wary of it. I tried convincing…
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Discrimination of Foreign Workers
Over the weekend, someone forwarded two YouTube links to me and made me cry. I couldn’t help it, especially when I feel so much for the underdogs and the dark horses of our society. Video 1: https://youtu.be/YQvsg8SL5Qg Video 2: https://youtu.be/kMgLxBtbQkU These two videos were meant to educate my fellow countrymen of the discrimination that foreign…
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A Word of Advice: Kinship or Passion
Dearest Kally, I never thought I will write into you because I am always so sure of my career. You see, I love my job very much – I am a special needs teacher. From the start, I grew up in a supportive family of stockbrokers and investors but my parents never let me feel…
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20 things only those who relocate will understand (Part 2)
The part two of the Relocation article and if you haven’t read the first part, you can catch it here! 11. You no longer can keep up with happening to your country You read news impacting the country you lived in, you do catch up news of your origin country but it just seems so…
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20 things only those who relocate will understand
If you have ever relocated miles away from home to a place where cultures, languages and food are so different from yours, you’ll share the same pain as me listed below. If you are going to relocate soon, check out my Relocation corner and you might be able to find the information you need and…
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China is a Beautiful Country except..
Please don’t get me wrong, I love my time in China. I can’t say I love the country since I have only stayed in Shanghai for two years and visited a number of places in China. (China is huge!!) I love the Chinese culture and many of its historic moments are fascinating, even to an…
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6 Things You need to do before you moved
It’s been a while I shared my relocation stories. I have relocated twice, once from Singapore to China and once from China to Malaysia. It’s foreseeable that one day I’ll have one more move to make and that is from Malaysia to Singapore. While it is fun (and heartbreaking at the same time) to relocate,…
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Relocating myself
I wanted to share this topic for a very long time even longer than MiddleMe was set up because I had so many people asking me why I chose to move away when I have everything. To give you the context: I was doing extremely well at work, I have a fantastic team who loves…
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