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An Expat's Good Day!

This post is setting the record straight. I wrote the post Expat's Bad Day in an attempt to let other expats know that they are not alone, we all have 'those days'. I was drawing on my own experiences as well as experiences I have heard from other expat friends and read on other expat blogs.So before you kind, generous, truly thoughtful readers worry about me too much... I offer you the Expat's Good Day post!  This post is more personal. It is also drawn on others' stories but I have...

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Ask the Expat: Running in Turkey'

Alyssa has a good question for our Ask the Expat series:Hello! I saw your blog and wanted to ask about running in Turkey. I am a 26-year-old female training for a 10-mile race. I will be visiting Turkey for 12 days right in the middle of my training and wanted to ask about safety and appropriateness of me running through the streets in Turkey. I have been to other Middle Eastern countries where this is completely inappropriate. I would appreciate any advice you can give. Is this...

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Can We Have Spring Now'

Please'?It has been a bit cool of late: yesterday, although the temperature got to a whole 4°C, the wind gave a it a real feel of about -5°C. This meant that I spent the whole day inside: all the little jobs I have to do are outside, and I am not quite ready to start the big jobs yet.The little jobs include finishing the bracing of the grape vine trellis in the orchard, digging a hole for the

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Expat Focus awards this blog - Recommended Website for Egypt

Close on the heels of the the last recognition this blog got, I have now received another excellent piece of news. The Expat Focus Website has given this blog, the award of "Recommended Website for Egypt" Their website states that: The Expat Focus Recommended Website Award is only given to outstanding expat websites which meet the following minimum criteria: - Usefulness: Whether it's a fact packed, well known expat portal or a small personal blog, the website provides information which...

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An Expat's Bad Day

Cheerios: Unbelievably expensive comfort food When an expat has a bad day it may be a normal bad day (food off because someone left the fridge door open all night, cat sick on the keyboard, no hot water for showers for smelly, moody teenagers) or it may be a uniquely Expat Bad Day, the kind your 'local friends' might struggle to understand.A Expat Bad Day falls into one or more categories. Below are some from my experience as well as other friends and bloggers (you are not alone!):1) The...

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Daily Digest for March 8th

SPIEGEL reports there are two potential jobs available in Guangdong province for each migrant. Not enough came back after CNY. [yakobusan]

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Stampede at police recruitment kills 1 in India

A stampede among tens of thousands of people seeking police jobs has killed one person and injured another 11 in India's financial and entertainment capital. Police official Amitabh Gupta says thousands of people forced their way into the recruitment center on Monday to collect application forms for the Mumbai police jobs. Gupta said some of them fell over each other as police tried to control the crowd. Another officer said more than 30,000 people turned up for 1,000 ...

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Thandelike: @Mrs_Grady thanks for the inspired #expat #sisters #FF!

Thandelike: @Mrs_Grady thanks for the inspired #expat #sisters #FF!

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Side jobs Japanese fancy trying

With the economy going down the toilet and quite a few interesting in earning a bit on the side, this recent survey from goo Ranking takes a look at what side jobs people would like to try. Demographics Between the 20th and 22nd of January 2010 1,071 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.1% of the sample were female, 19.9% in their teens, 29.5% in their twenties, 30.5% in their thirties, and 20.1% in their forties. Note that the score in...

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Greetings from St. Johann Tirol, Austria

St. Johann in Tirol, Austria, originally uploaded by TwoCrabs. Over the next few days, I'm redesigning the look and mission of our blog. Because we're moving from London back to the United States, this web site will no longer serve...

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