Moving back to your home country

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Originally Posted by Fondles

Moved back to Aus on Jan 1st after living and working in Thailand for 11years.

Aus is a nice country but has changed that much moving back is basically the same as moving to a new country, Iam back in Thailand next week for a job interview as I simply do not like Aus anymore.

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What's changed in Aus to the point you don't like it?

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Originally Posted by Cujo

Have your people call my people and we'll do lunch.

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OK, will do*



























*My people said you have to pay! :D

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Originally Posted by Cujo

What's changed in Aus to the point you don't like it?

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The nanny state has gone insane. $3.00 for a liter of water, $1.30 for a liter of petrol.
In Sydney they serve beer in plastic mugs, because drunken mugs glass each other over pent up rage about the nanny state.
I've changed my plans; to forget any visit to OZ. Who needs that shit!

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Originally Posted by AntRobertson

*My people said you have to pay!

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So in addition to being a terminal ignoramus, you're a cheapskate, keeniow, cheap Charlie.

Bravo, Anty McPanties you just achieved a new threshold of dumber than dogshit.
:dogrun1:

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Originally Posted by Mr Earl

So in addition to being a terminal ignoramus, you're a cheapskate, keeniow, cheap Charlie.

Bravo, Anty McPanties you just achieved a new threshold of dumber than dogshit.

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But fuck you're dumb. :sad:

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Originally Posted by Mr Earl

The nanny state has gone insane. $3.00 for a liter of water, $1.30 for a liter of petrol.
In Sydney they serve beer in plastic mugs, because drunken mugs glass each other over pent up rage about the nanny state.
I've changed my plans; to forget any visit to OZ. Who needs that shit!

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I'm really looking forward to my visit this month! I love Melbourne.

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Originally Posted by AntRobertson

OK, will do*



























*My people said you have to pay! :D

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My people said OK, but the likelihood of them 'forgetting' their wallet is high.

I returned to Brisbane in 2005 after living abroad for 9 years (Saudi & then Thailand) .
It was good to have more time to catch up with family & friends, but it was also good to move on.
Stayed there for 2 years before moving to Singapore for 8 years.
Been in the Philippines now for 3 years.


I think I'll just be a gypsy forever.

^Nothing wrong with being a gypsy... life is never dull anyway. :)
How did you like living in Singapore?

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Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

Grandfather passed on last year and left some money unexpectedly. Guess army pensions are pretty decent. Had some saving built up over the years so combined them. Not enough for Norwich or any of the surrounding towns, so Great Yarmouth it is. Good rail and bus links and a 5 min walk to the 'Golden Mile'. It's just around the corner from a table dancing club- Mayfair it ain't!

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That's good then that you were left some money (not that your grandfather passed.. condolences)....However, I'm not sure where Great Yarmouth is. I lived in the UK briefly and toured Scotland.. so I know of a few places.

Scotland is part of the UK. :)

...^nice change of tone to help the handicapped...

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Some people will just pick at everything. I knew that anyway.. just reading into my sentence as he is a continuous stalking that just never quits. Sad, to follow someone around a forum like that picking on whatever they say. I feel sorry for some people and what kind of lives they must have to follow someone and stalk them around a forum.

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Originally Posted by Thailandbound

^Nothing wrong with being a gypsy... life is never dull anyway. :)
How did you like living in Singapore?

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I enjoyed my time in Singapore. I was extremely well paid, so even though cost of living is quite high, its all just relative.
I also had a great boss, that allowed me to work remotely, so a lot of my time living and working in SG, I was actually in Thailand.

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Originally Posted by TizMe

I enjoyed my time in Singapore. I was extremely well paid, so even though cost of living is quite high, its all just relative.
I also had a great boss, that allowed me to work remotely, so a lot of my time living and working in SG, I was actually in Thailand.

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A well ordered and civilized society always makes a nice change from the surrounding chaotic nations. Singapore manages it without being too bland.
Some of the marketing aimed at tourists is still rather backward, but they are getting there.
Makes for a nice break/visa run, and its handy for picking up western foodstuffs.

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Originally Posted by TizMe

I enjoyed my time in Singapore. I was actually in Thailand.

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After a year there myself I concur that this is by far the best way to enjoy Singapore.

I've been to Singapore at least 12 times that I can recall so I might be considered somewhat of an expert on the place...






...but then the cumulative amount of time over all those visits is probably less than 36 hrs so maybe not.

As an ESL teacher you get to meet and talk to on average about 60 people a day, with a frequency of between 2-5 days per week.

During my time in Singapore I met and went to lunch with charming Japanese ladies, talked Kurosawa with Japanese businessmen, had the horn something rotten for a French Vietnamese student among others, practiced my Spanish over coffee twice a week with a Spanish student, was bemused but fascinated by a group of Indonesian men on the topic of Darwin, and was bored out of my brain by every single Singaporean I spoke to.

Top Tip: If you're only going to stay in place for a couple of years don't hoard stuff! The amount of junk I have accumulated over two short years is ridiculous.
Chucking out my late roommates stuff is beyond gloomy,too.

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Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

Chucking out my late roommates stuff is beyond gloomy

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...an unfortunate disagreement?...

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Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

Top Tip: If you're only going to stay in place for a couple of years don't hoard stuff!

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Agree..
I lived on acreage west of Brisbane for 12 years. Every time we ran out of storage room I'd just build another shed..
Then moving half way across the world to Saudi managed to cull it to 600kgs (had a wife and 9 year old kid at the time)
After 8 years in Saudi, I left for Thailand with about 400kgs (minus wife & kid).
Arrived back in Brisbane 2 years later with a laptop bag and 1 suitcase, then had pretty much the same when I arrived in Singapore.
8 more years there, I packed one balikbayan box extra for shipping to PH.

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Originally Posted by cyrille

As an ESL teacher you get to meet and talk to on average about 60 people a day, with a frequency of between 2-5 days per week.

During my time in Singapore I met and went to lunch with charming Japanese ladies, talked Kurosawa with Japanese businessmen, had the horn something rotten for a French Vietnamese student among others, practiced my Spanish over coffee twice a week with a Spanish student, was bemused but fascinated by a group of Indonesian men on the topic of Darwin, and was bored out of my brain by every single Singaporean I spoke to.

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Ha ha. Just read this. It's the "lah" at the end of each sentence that does my head in.

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Originally Posted by TizMe

I returned to Brisbane in 2005 after living abroad for 9 years (Saudi & then Thailand) .
It was good to have more time to catch up with family & friends, but it was also good to move on.
Stayed there for 2 years before moving to Singapore for 8 years.
Been in the Philippines now for 3 years.


I think I'll just be a gypsy forever.

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I was in Brisbane in aug 2005, and surfers paradise, 7C, only swam in the sea once, fkn freezing