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tales of expat life and musings tales of expat life and musings sunday july 3 2011 expat forums think of something new heard it all before photo jean pierre knapen h ave you ever read through an expat forum and thought i ve read all this before stop whinging you know the forums i mean nothing but expats moaning about the locals the culture the difficulty in getting a pot of marmite or their favourite pop drink i have to admit that i gave up on general expat forums some years back when i realised how exasperating some expats can be the ones using forums to let off steam rather than contribute helpfully to a discussion there are of course lots of forums and sites you can visit that are full of fabulous helpful information where you can have a pleasant interchange with other people in the same boat anyway i read something on twitter that perfectly summed up my feelings about some expat forums and i wanted to share it with you it made me snigger on the british expats forum an expat in new zealand going by the name of dustybin posted a discussion entitled think of something new it starts off like this i ve been on on indeed not on here for a couple of years now and as with all forums the same old things are brought up over and over again if you are ever bored find a vw van forum and start a thread about the nice bull bars on the front of your van and see what happens a few examples that spring to mind on expats are 1 nz is pants 2 nz is not pants these first 2 are normally replied to with either 1 you are a miserable sod therefore i shall point this glaringly obvious fact out to you 2 you are far too happy and i am a miserable sod therefore i shall p iss on your bonfire that covers the popular two the other themes that seem to circulate weekly are 1 i have stuff already will that stuff fit work explode in my face make me the talk of the town and cause the local ladies to want to have my babies when i get to nz 2 i dont have stuff is there anything in nz that might possibly be useful or will have to make my household appliances out of bits of twig moss and spit 3 i have heard that there are people who may be foreign living in nz and i may have to interact with them is there a way i can avoid this obviously i want to fit in but only with people who are the same as me in every way in fact can i be cloned to save me the trouble of starting conversations with smelly people sounding familiar dusty bin then challenges readers to try a different approach if you want to read more go to the british expats forum page posted by facofagric at 9 53 pm 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels british expat forums wednesday june 29 2011 expat friends what are they worth friends photo sanja gjenero w hen you are an expat your social circle is probably quite varied how long you are living abroad the circumstances that brought you to a new country and where you are living all contribute to the make up of your friends abroad for my newsletter in june i wrote about the friends you make as an expat and how they compare to the friends you already have back home here s an extract a recent expat survey conducted by the hsbc concluded that expat life in the netherlands is not easy the results claimed that it s hard to learn the language make friends and integrate into the local culture and community i ran a blog post on it back in may and the comments came pouring in from expats in the netherlands as well as dutch readers it seems that many of the readers wholeheartedly agree with the survey conclusions making friends with the locals seems to be a real stumbling block and most people find themselves friends with expats despite the effort they perceive they put in with the local people it s an interesting topic friendships when you re an expat are they different to the friendships you form if you stay in your home country are the friends you make whilst you are abroad as close as the ones you have back home are they as long lasting it got me thinking you can read the full post here and if you want future editions of the monthly newsletter expats home delivered straight to your inbox you can sign up on the home page of www thewritingwell eu posted by facofagric at 10 01 pm 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels expat my articles newsletter older posts home subscribe to posts atom friends picture window theme powered by blogger