@spongekoji
Japanese expat in South Africa
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Speaks Japanese and English
Registration: 29 December 2009
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Please advise what clothes I should take. by spongekoji
Hi, I am going to Singapore in mid June. I will stay there for a week at the shortest or a few months at the longest depending on how things go. I dont want to have any preconceived stereotypical ideas and end up only seeing what I expect to see ...
I know I do not want to do anything that gets me into trouble. Law inforcement are not soft there.Is it hard to get a work visa if I mangge to find an employer? Read More
Please advise what clothes I should take. by spongekoji
Hi, I am going to Singapore in mid June. I will stay there for a week at the shortest or a few months at the longest depending on how things go. I dont want to have any preconceived stereotypical ideas and end up only seeing what I expect to see ...
I might be able to stay at somebody's place but if can't I will stay at backpackers. But it would become very costly to stay at backpackers for long so I would have to pack and leave in that case. I like to skydive though, there is no drop zones ... Read More
Please advise what clothes I should take. by spongekoji
Hi, I am going to Singapore in mid June. I will stay there for a week at the shortest or a few months at the longest depending on how things go. I dont want to have any preconceived stereotypical ideas and end up only seeing what I expect to see ...
Thank you! Looks like it's gonna be too easy to pack this timme. A pair of jeans, shorts, a few long sleeves and just enough t-shirts. Read More
Please advise what clothes I should take. by spongekoji
Hi, I am going to Singapore in mid June. I will stay there for a week at the shortest or a few months at the longest depending on how things go. I dont want to have any preconceived stereotypical ideas and end up only seeing what I expect to see ...
Thank you ruddy24! I know what you mean. I experienced every summer in Japan the difference in temperature between the inside and the outside. It's like walking into the air wall. I would shiver as I walked in and choke as I walked out. In Sept, are ... Read More
Please advise what clothes I should take.
Hi, I am going to Singapore in mid June. I will stay there for a week at the shortest or a few months at the longest depending on how things go. I dont want to have any preconceived stereotypical ideas and end up only seeing what I expect to see ... Read More
Reshaped by a culture?
For whatever reason one ends up in living overseas they need to ditch what was normal for them and incorporate new things into life whether they like it or not. Some seem to almost frantically replicate their home countries by eating the same food, ... Read More
Are good old friends still in your heart?
I dont know how long you have been an expat. 1 year, 3years, 5 year, 10 years, 20 years or more. I left my parents place after finishing the high school and moved to a big city by crossing the sea (my home town is a small island a two hour ferry ... Read More
how often do you call? by spongekoji
Each person might have a story to tell how he or she has ended up in being an expat. You may have chosen it or you may not, it may have been imposed upon you or there was not any other choice but moving. Whatever case it might be if you still ...
I spoke to my parents less often when I was in Japan living away from them but much closer than now. It is funny I call them more often now. I think it is this undeniable physical distance between me and them, a 20 hour flight away as opposed to a ... Read More
how often do you call?
Each person might have a story to tell how he or she has ended up in being an expat. You may have chosen it or you may not, it may have been imposed upon you or there was not any other choice but moving. Whatever case it might be if you still ... Read More
even been stereotyped?
Maybe it is human nature to create patterns and association in an attempt to make incoming stimuli into configuration when people meet unfamiliar or unpatented events. But I dont know if it can take that far enough to explain the stereotyping ... Read More
how does one go about it when s/he move overseas? by spongekoji
Did you speak the language when you moved abroad? If not how to cope? If so, still difficult to make friend? I dont think it is a good idea to look for the same people who speak the same language in a different country if you have landed the ...
thank you sweetchoice! Read More
how does one go about it when s/he move overseas? by spongekoji
Did you speak the language when you moved abroad? If not how to cope? If so, still difficult to make friend? I dont think it is a good idea to look for the same people who speak the same language in a different country if you have landed the ...
Finding a job overseas is probably one of the most common reasons for expats to relocate to begin with. In the case, one can make friends with colleagues that help get around tremendously. If you cross a boarder and move to a country for whatever ... Read More
how does one go about it when s/he move overseas?
Did you speak the language when you moved abroad? If not how to cope? If so, still difficult to make friend? I dont think it is a good idea to look for the same people who speak the same language in a different country if you have landed the ... Read More