Expat Stories! Cassie is a long-time expat, who gives a rundown on what life is like as an expat in Kuala Lumpur. Tell us a little about yourself: I was born & bred in Melbourne, Australia & will always be a Melbourne girl at heart. I love going places & doing things I’ve never seen […]
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Expat stories! Tell us a little about yourself, 1 Where do you live now, and how long have you been there? Hi, my name is Karen I’m married to Ed for 20 years now and have 3 beautiful boys born overseas and now live in the Essex countryside in an old farmhouse and have been
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I always said I would be honest on this blog, and on many occasions, you have read my words of vulnerability, and so today is no different; today, you will hear the truth about the difficult part of this expat life. So I am back in Singapore after seven long months in Sydney, and although
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It is hard to express what I am feeling right now. I have mixed emotions, to be honest. On the one hand, I am excited because my baby is now coming to the end of his own chapter with his final year of school. While on the other hand, unlike his siblings, I am deeply saddened
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If you are supposed to move across the border or move abroad for your work or career, your minor children will naturally go with you. Life as an expat can be pretty interesting, but your teenage child might beg to differ. Adolescence is a difficult phase of life, and major developments like leaving your current
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It has been quite some time since I have written privately about my life. The past year has been somewhat of a blur, to be honest. Why? Because there isn’t much to tell, really! Lockdown, restrictions, being apart from family, it’s all rather boring and apart from reading and watching what the world is like
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So here I am in Singapore; arrived a couple of days ago with my trailing spouse status being so prevalent. I have imagined this day for six months, can you believe it? I still can’t believe that my plane trip to Sydney all that time ago would be my last for a while. Who would have thought that
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Trust me when I say this wasn’t what I signed up for when I exchanged vows all those years ago. But it is my reality right now, and I don’t like it one bit. Admittedly, the world as we know it isn’t how we knew it a few short months ago. So this is why
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Expat life can be exhilarating, exciting, and loads of fun, but it can also be isolating, lonely and depressing. Every posting is different, and every city and country has its pros and cons, but there is one thing that you need in every location, and that is a positive thought process. Sometimes you might be
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I have spoken about living away from my family on more than one occasion. What it’s like to have children in boarding school, and more often than not, how much I miss the kids. All though I speak all doom and gloom most times, here I will explain what it’s like to live away from
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