John Malick
@John Malick
Beninese expat in England
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3 posts
About me
Beninese
Lives in Coventry
Speaks French English
Registration: 24 February 2010
Activity
Desperate expat housewives by Julien
This topic is dedicated to "desperate expat housewives" I know I am not the best person to talk about it (I am a man), but note that I moved to Spain. I left my situation in the UK, and I arrived in Madrid without a job ... I spent most of my time ...
When I was in Singapore one of my friends from Chili came with his wife. She could not find a job and was so bored she decided to go back to Chili. Idle time is simply dead. Read More
Reverse Culture Shock by Guesposter58
Hmm. All last week I was back in the UK (mixing some work, with a short break). The last time I was back there was in November last year, and also the previous August. One thing I noticed this time though was I seemed to be suffering more from ...
I am the one in my family who has been traveling around. All my brothers and sisters are married and sometimes when I go back to our family town I really feel like a stranger. But I alwys come back because I only have one family. Read More
Racism by Julien
Do you feel racism in your country? Is it complicated to integrate yoursleft with local people or are you used to it? I really like London because the city is a lot of people from everywhere, and everybody seems to be integrated. I don't feel ...
May I kindly advise you to read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. I am a native of Benin West Africa and I lived in San Francisco for a while in the 10 during 10 years and I was in Geneva for 3 years. My company sent me in Singapore for 6 months and ... Read More