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Roboseyo
Roboseyo posted a blog entry
Back-Home Familoseyo, and Gord.
Gord Sellar completed his trilogy on "Who's Complaining in Korea" and the shocks of speedy modernity here, with a science...
2 days ago Roboseyo | Topics: canada, pictures, family, expat life
 
LauriePike
LauriePike posted a blog entry
Why Paris (Part II of III)
(continued from Part One; still responding to the Wall St Journal article “Why the Expats Left Paris”) Part Three:...
6 days ago The Paris Blog | Topics: Expat Life
 
GZExpat
GZExpat posted a tweet
My expat life may have taken a turn today...decisions...decisions...
 
LauriePike
LauriePike posted a blog entry
Why Paris: Continued
I am mildly embarrassed to have let my feathers ruffle so because of a puff piece in the Wall Street Journal called “Why...
14 days ago The Paris Blog | Topics: Media, The City, Expat Life
 
Megan Fitzgerald
Megan Fitzgerald posted a tweet
#Expat Blog - Shanghai Expat Life -Chinese Australian 'lady rat' reporting on life in Shanghai - http://snipurl.com/2w6qm
 
LauriePike
LauriePike posted a blog entry
Why Paris? (Part 2)
I’ve just returned from a holiday spent cycling through the Haut-Médoc - a peninsula that produces Pauillac wines, a...
15 days ago The Paris Blog | Topics: Expat Life
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Home and Away
Flights, hotels and rental carsare booked,  beds with friends and familyare reserved, cat and house sitters arranged –...
16 days ago Cheese Web II | Topics: Expat Life, belgium, brussels, expat
 
Norrad
Norrad posted a blog entry
Tongue Tied Farangs
I was reading Werewolf’s post about being tongue-tied and I thought it fit in somewhat nicely with my other post about the...
 
barb92
barb92 posted a blog entry
Rubbing elbows with talented people
Since my last post, the rising temperatures in Paris have kept me at home with my everyday activities and without blogging.Not...
 
Norrad
Norrad posted a blog entry
Speaking (barely) enough Thai
I speak Thai.Well, sort of. I have studied Thai language for several months, and because I live in Thailand I have plenty of...
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Garden Design
I had a really relaxed weekend after a bit of an annoying week. You see; I have been trying to get some sample urls from a...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Cleaning House
As of yesterday at noon, I hadfour less keys on my key ring. The Everberg house is finally not our problemanymore and I feel...
30 days ago Cheese Web II | Topics: Expat Life, everberg, expat, landlords
 
Norrad
Norrad posted a blog entry
The Sports Academy
I visited the Sports Academy last night and it was great. I went because my friend Jack called me and invited me to meet him...
31 days ago Bangkok Diaries | Topics: Expat Life, General, Asok, Bangkok
 
Norrad
Norrad posted a blog entry
Paradise and Hell
I once heard a description of Heaven and Hell. In the description, Heaven was described as being like a big banquet with all...
 
Guera
Guera posted a blog entry
¡Adios Pre-escolar!
Copyright © 2008 guera. Visit the original article at http://roamingaussiemum.com/2008/06/20/adios-pre-escolar/.Today was...
34 days ago A Roaming Aussie Mum | Topics: Expat Life
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Sentuh Hatiku
Matters from the heart today...I received a lovely email last night from a sweet and very talented fellow blogger and friend:...
35 days ago A Zestful Quest | Topics: Asian, Expat Life, Friends, asian
 
Finally Woken
Finally Woken posted a blog entry
Rapid Cost of Living - What Can We Do?
The recent hike in fuel prices has undoubtedly increase the cost of living. Maybe not as much as what they are experiencing at...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
A Clue! or A Day in the Life of a Belgian Commune
After three years of dealing withBelgian bureaucracy, the uninitiated might think that things would get a littleeasier. They...
 
LauriePike
LauriePike posted a blog entry
But Why?
When I first moved to Paris I met a man that told me that this was a city of lessons. I immediately tuned him out, these...
38 days ago The Paris Blog | Topics: The City, Expat Life
 
MotherJungle
MotherJungle posted a blog entry
Costa Rica plus kids equals a whole new way to see life
Costa Rica put me on this one journey. When I moved here, I realized I was starting life over in so many way. Then, I had these...
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Different Approach
I have been in deep thinkers mode lately; just too many questions in my head. A letter came in this morning from the Lowlands...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Jack O'Shea's
I can hardly believe we’ve been inour new flat for almost a month. Where has the time gone? (And where the heckis my...
 
<em>mscofino</em>
mscofino posted a blog entry
Hello Summer!
As you might have guessed, one of the absolute best things about being a teacher is having the summers off. Now, we work mighty...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Discovering the 'Hood
It’s been a few weeks now, sincewe’ve moved into La Loft, and already so much has happened. This week alone, I’vehad:...
48 days ago Cheese Web II | Topics: Expat Life, brussels, expat, life
 
LauriePike
LauriePike posted a blog entry
Smile, You’re in Paris
As I was listening to a song on the radio the other day whose refrain went “I don’t like going to sleep at night because...
50 days ago The Paris Blog | Topics: Quiet Time, Expat Life
 
LauriePike
LauriePike posted a blog entry
Return of the Expat
I’m going to my little corner of the Midwest for two weeks. I’m guessing that I won’t be blogging. But I can give you...
54 days ago The Paris Blog | Topics: Expat Life
 
mathias
mathias posted a blog entry
Work your way around the world. WWOOF
Woofing stands for worldwide opportunities on organic farms (for short term). Travelling, Working at the same time and eat...
55 days ago Photo2math | Topics: Ex-pat life, Travel, travel, work
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
No More
I've been a bit out of balance lately but I guess that's just a nice way of saying that I've been slightly pissed off with...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Happy Birthday Pookie!
He cooks...He irons...He dances...He... er... drinks......and he's all mine :) Happy birthday baby!
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Perfume Tag
I guess it was bound to happen one day... I'm tagged by my friend Wen, a fellow blogger and expat living in beautiful Malta. I...
59 days ago A Zestful Quest | Topics: Expat Life, Web Design, blog, book
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
La Loft
As promised, I have some more photos of the loft. You still can't see the dining room because it's full of boxes. If they...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
La Living
Many of you have asked for some "sneak peak" pics of La Loft. The only room so far that is presentable is the living room....
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
The Good, The Bad, and the... Bloody?
Only a week has passed and yet, insome ways, it seems like months. I can hardly even believe that I am sittinghere, in my...
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
My Manawee
I've had many encounters with Bluebeard-like energies only to learn each time that I could not live up to their expectations,...
 
<em>mscofino</em>
mscofino posted a blog entry
Delivery 2.0
Apologies for those of you that don’t follow the wonderful world of web 2.0 (and the annoying habit of all those who do...
 
SJB
SJB posted a blog entry
I come from a land Dow Nunda
My identity crisis continues. This afternoon, as a small scale social experiment, I decided to speak in my native dialect. I...
70 days ago I Say Tom-Ah-To | Topics: identity..., expat life
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Eternity
There's a distance of 6100+ kilometres between our two worlds and on a good day like today there is no such thing as time,...
 
Finally Woken
Finally Woken posted a blog entry
“What-if” Syndrome of Expat Life
It is finally coming. I will be getting my spouse visa by the end of the week. I will need to get my one way ticket to the...
 
<em>mscofino</em>
mscofino posted a blog entry
Moving On Up
To the penthouse, baby!Alex and I have finally moved into our fabulous new apartment in the absolute center of the city (if...
76 days ago Follow That Elephant! | Topics: expat life
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Networking Images
I've met up with my friend Karin yesterday. We've known each other for quite some time but while I was still living in the...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
The Expat Arc - Book Review and Author Interview
It’s no secret that I’m just a tiny bit obsessed with India.Just ask my Indian friends whom I’ve pestered with endless...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Swing Low...
Almost as if to prove that expatlife can swing from one extreme to the other in merely a day, Andrew had theafternoon from...
76 days ago Cheese Web II | Topics: Expat Life, belgium, brussels, life
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Nature's Wonders
If you wonder where I've been... Well besides being busy I had to come to terms with a few issues so I needed time to reflect....
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Coming Soon to a CheeseWeb Near You...
A few months ago I joined a newonline community for expats around the world, called Internations. I primarilyjoined to see...
79 days ago Cheese Web II | Topics: Book Review, Expat Life, book, expat
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
The Looooong Weekend
Right now my normally laid-back,not-much-going-on, day-to-day Belgian life is in hyper-drive. I apologise inadvance for the...
 
hsienlei
hsienlei posted a blog entry
Sunday Salon: The Amazon Kindle Electronic Reader
My reading life is about to change.* I will soon be the owner of an Amazon Kindle electronic reader!They came back in stock...
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Music to my Ears
Andrew has informed me that my blog is becoming a music and video blog. That hasn't really been my intention. I know that's...
90 days ago Cheese Web II | Topics: Expat Life, expat, life, me
 
magentamongoose94
magentamongoose94 posted a blog entry
Every Three Years.
Sorry I haven't been updating regularly. I've been consumed with pre-move stress. Two things sum up the past week: Packing...
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Home And Not
I'm off to the Lowlands for a few days, hopefully I will get to ride my bicycle across town on Saturday, they better keep me...
 
Tess
Tess posted a blog entry
Chaotic Time
I'm gonna be busy this week so no post probably [but you never know]... Had a busy Friday yesterday: visit to the hospital and...
 
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