Saturday, December 06, 2008
Opportunities Exists
Met a new expat wife, L the other day through a friend. L has been in this country for one and a half years, and she absolutely HATES it here. She abhors the quality of life citing lack of nature activities, language differences etc. etc. Her distaste for the country has led to prolonged depression. According to my friend, L even contemplated of suicide. When talking to L, she mentioned that she felt "useless" as she missed "making money". I tried to counsel her, and told her that she could always start a home based business. here. It's not impossible, as proved by some expat wives. There are many niche markets in this city of over 10 million people, that one can tap into. All it takes is some creativity and a whole lot of hard work. It's just whether we want to be really committed to our home based business or not. Well, all our counselling did not help, as she has closed her mind to all but her decision to pack her bags and return to her home country....leaving her hubby alone here.
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What a pity, ya? I've met a few expat wives who just hate being here as well, even though they speak Chinese!
I find it kind of funny lor...
Too bad about L. If only she gave it a chance, it doesn't really matter where we are as long as we are with our family, that's what I think.
I agree with you - opportunities exist everywhere. We only need to look, plan and act on them :)
Kittycat - For L...I don't think she'll be happy anywhere other than her home, i.e. China. She said she'll be better in Belgium. I was like "huh? Do you speak French?" and She doesn't. What makes her think that life would be better/easier in her husband's home country??
I second the part where "as long as we are with our family"... AND HOME is actually where you make it to be, right?
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