Comments for Expat World http://expatworld.wordpress.com Just another Expats view of the World Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:59:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Speak like the locals by Leah http://expatworld.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/speak-like-the-locals/#comment-152 Leah Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:59:48 +0000 http://expatworld.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-152 I agree with the comment that no work can let depression set in.To do something fulfilling will become very important if one chooses to be the tag-along partner of an expat. I agree with the comment that no work can let depression set in.To do something fulfilling will become very important if one chooses to be the tag-along partner of an expat.

]]> Comment on About Us by Linda Kim http://expatworld.wordpress.com/about/#comment-150 Linda Kim Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:52:13 +0000 #comment-150 Hi there, I have 4 schooling kids. where can i find a min 4 bedrooms apartment and near to the American Int'l School. What kind of rental for a furnished unit. Pls assist me . Thank you. LK from Malaysia/ Hi there, I have 4 schooling kids. where can i find a min 4 bedrooms apartment and near to the American Int’l School. What kind of rental for a furnished unit.
Pls assist me . Thank you.

LK from Malaysia/

]]> Comment on View of a Hong Kong Apartment by Fiona http://expatworld.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/view-of-a-hong-kong-apartment/#comment-145 Fiona Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:31:55 +0000 http://expatworld.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-145 Actually the small size apartment is not true in all of Asia. In malaysia and surprisingly Singapore, another small country suffering from lack of land resourc, has bigger apartments. I have a malaysian friend who complained that in her first few months in her hk apartment, she had bruises on her elbows as she keeps bumping walls when she's on the phone, turning and bumping into walls!!! She wailed! It's true that Hkongers prefer to spend time outside their home coz they don't have much space to call their home! Actually the small size apartment is not true in all of Asia. In malaysia and surprisingly Singapore, another small country suffering from lack of land resourc, has bigger apartments.
I have a malaysian friend who complained that in her first few months in her hk apartment, she had bruises on her elbows as she keeps bumping walls when she’s on the phone, turning and bumping into walls!!! She wailed!
It’s true that Hkongers prefer to spend time outside their home coz they don’t have much space to call their home!

]]> Comment on About Us by shintia http://expatworld.wordpress.com/about/#comment-143 shintia Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:51:30 +0000 #comment-143 hi i am planning to move to kowloon and c if there r any opportunity. my uncle told me to try and do some business over there. can u please give me some advise. thanks hi i am planning to move to kowloon and c if there r any opportunity. my uncle told me to try and do some business over there. can u please give me some advise. thanks

]]> Comment on Wedding Disaster! by Greg du Pille http://expatworld.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/wedding-disaster/#comment-126 Greg du Pille Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:44:44 +0000 http://expatworld.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-126 You can't beat a good wedding disaster story, can you? And this one certainly is a good one, with deep uncertainty of any real committment at the heart of it. My own disaster was somewhat more prosaic, as we loved each other deeply. That didn't stop whatever wedding gods there might be from raining on our parade. It's too long a cringeingly embarrassing story to post as a comment here, but is detailed on http://warzytopia.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-not-to-run-wedding.html if you want to see the gruesome details. You can’t beat a good wedding disaster story, can you? And this one certainly is a good one, with deep uncertainty of any real committment at the heart of it.

My own disaster was somewhat more prosaic, as we loved each other deeply. That didn’t stop whatever wedding gods there might be from raining on our parade.

It’s too long a cringeingly embarrassing story to post as a comment here, but is detailed on http://warzytopia.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-not-to-run-wedding.html if you want to see the gruesome details.

]]> Comment on Missing Hong Kong after 6 years by LepLayenna http://expatworld.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/missing-hong-kong-after-6-years/#comment-120 LepLayenna Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:21:15 +0000 http://expatworld.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-120 thank you, dude thank you, dude

]]> Comment on Little Old Ladies by Saskia Vanderwal http://expatworld.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/little-old-ladies/#comment-93 Saskia Vanderwal Tue, 13 May 2008 04:11:05 +0000 http://expatworld.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-93 I too have been to Hong Kong, as you say Sas, it is the New York of Asia. The only thing closer to it, is on Mainland China... Shanghai. Both are beautiful, wonderful, and an exciting place to experience. Both, I would enjoy to return. If you want to go back in time then go to Cheung Chow and the Yellow Mountains. It would be very interesting to revisit Macau as well. Macau should be the next up and coming Las Vegas of the Asias. Many of the major gaming corportations in Las Vegas, NV area investing and building casinos in Macau. I would like to re-visit Macau in a few years. China, after the 2008 Olympics would be interesting to revisit. The country is very quite and conservative. After seeing the spending of the tourists worldwide may change the business of China within. The people appear to be suppressed from the outside world and influence. I too have been to Hong Kong, as you say Sas, it is the New York of Asia. The only thing closer to it, is on Mainland China… Shanghai. Both are beautiful, wonderful, and an exciting place to experience. Both, I would enjoy to return. If you want to go back in time then go to Cheung Chow and the Yellow Mountains. It would be very interesting to revisit Macau as well. Macau should be the next up and coming Las Vegas of the Asias. Many of the major gaming corportations in Las Vegas, NV area investing and building casinos in Macau. I would like to re-visit Macau in a few years. China, after the 2008 Olympics would be interesting to revisit. The country is very quite and conservative. After seeing the spending of the tourists worldwide may change the business of China within. The people appear to be suppressed from the outside world and influence.

]]> Comment on Loco Expat by Lee http://expatworld.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/loco-expat/#comment-10 Lee Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:47:30 +0000 http://expatworld.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-10 Use the local healthcare system for their ailments? A good expatriate healthcare plan is essential for anyone living outside of their country of nationality. The cost of treatment isn’t that cheap in the first place and medical inflation is expected to grow this by over 7.7% in 2008 (CNNMoney.com). Many people still believe that they can rely on reciprocal arrangements between the country of residence and their adopted country, but if you’re not working (and paying into a government scheme) there’s every chance that you don’t have any protection at all. In your country of nationality there is most likely a requirement of residency to allow treatment to be received in a public health facility (as there is in the UK). This was recently highlighted by the French government, who recently decided that any new people moving to their country must prove that they are financially prepared so not to be a burden on the State which now includes proving that appropriate healthcare insurance is in place. Similar rules apply in much of Europe. Purchasing appropriate cover that looks after you in your adopted country and your country of nationality (plus the rest of the world, if available) is paramount for anybody considering moving abroad, even if it’s a basic In-patient/Day-patient policy with evacuation, such as Expatriate Healthcare’s Primary plan www.expatriatehealthcare.com. If you go abroad and ‘go commando’ your are putting the dream of a long happy life with financial security in jeopardy. Use the local healthcare system for their ailments?

A good expatriate healthcare plan is essential for anyone living outside of their country of nationality. The cost of treatment isn’t that cheap in the first place and medical inflation is expected to grow this by over 7.7% in 2008 (CNNMoney.com).

Many people still believe that they can rely on reciprocal arrangements between the country of residence and their adopted country, but if you’re not working (and paying into a government scheme) there’s every chance that you don’t have any protection at all. In your country of nationality there is most likely a requirement of residency to allow treatment to be received in a public health facility (as there is in the UK).

This was recently highlighted by the French government, who recently decided that any new people moving to their country must prove that they are financially prepared so not to be a burden on the State which now includes proving that appropriate healthcare insurance is in place. Similar rules apply in much of Europe.

Purchasing appropriate cover that looks after you in your adopted country and your country of nationality (plus the rest of the world, if available) is paramount for anybody considering moving abroad, even if it’s a basic In-patient/Day-patient policy with evacuation, such as Expatriate Healthcare’s Primary plan http://www.expatriatehealthcare.com.

If you go abroad and ‘go commando’ your are putting the dream of a long happy life with financial security in jeopardy.

]]> Comment on Xtraordinary Expat by FP Miller http://expatworld.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/xtraordinary-expat/#comment-2 FP Miller Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:31:07 +0000 http://expatworld.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-2 Nice blog. At this point I'd settle for a used car sans driver and be happy as could be. Off to read some of your other posts. Nice blog. At this point I’d settle for a used car sans driver and be happy as could be.

Off to read some of your other posts.

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