Back Home?
 

I just wondered what folks on here think of as "home".

I had some friends over for lunch yesterday, all expats, and we got talking about whether we would stay in Penang or not. One lady said Oh no, I will eventually go "back home" :confused:

But, that's the thing.... she still thinks UK is "home". I think Penang is Home and no plans to move currently, and sure wouldn't wish to go back and live in my country of birth (England).

How about you?

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I still refer to Scotland as home. Even though we have no plans of going back either. I think I started saying it as I didn't want to upset my parents when we moved here at first. I also wanted the kids to know Scotland was their home.

However, 5 years on I refer to both here and Scotland as home so my kids are probably as confused as I am!!

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Penang will always be home to me... No place else has fantastic Asam Laksa...

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Different for us because we are not retirees, but Australia is still and always will be, home.

At the moment, I couldn't imagine spending the rest of my days in Malaysia :unsure:

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"Home" for me, colloquially, is currently my apartment in Japan (living and working) but permanently is a small estate outside KK where my wife lives and son and his family live nearby. The view is not bad either. UK is a closed chapter.

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This is KK? not Japan I take it. Looks nice.

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Hi bakedbean, yes it's KK, well a few miles outside to be exact.

The view in Japan is not so nice, but Japan is a nice place and so are the people. "Back home" is definitely Sabah for me.

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Gosh, I'm surprised at all the overhead power lines... just like Phuket, Thailand :D

We did a View from my Balcony or Front Door thread a little while back. You can see my views on there. Link below.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=779686

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Hi bakedbean, sorry for late reply. Yes I did see that thread - photos were interesting, but did not have time to add my own post. KK will be home for me once I have saved up a pension working here in Japan

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Home is where I will hope to be retiring which is in the house we built in NE Thailand . Got a lot of land with the option to buy more and I've done a lot of work creating a garden . So by the time I retire I should have my own private jungle !!

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We've been expating for 13 years and I still think of England as home.

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and presumably miss the Adnams :D

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Have been in M'sia for three months now.

At first England was definitely still home...now a little time has passed, uk not quite so much as home.definitely not missing English weather