Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
Nov 11th 2009, 10:43 am
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
The only opinions of any value in this thread are those of people that have been in Australia for many years or those who have returned to Britain and been there for many years. We know to disregard the opinions of those raving about how great Australia is when they are only on their second month, and equally those who have been back in Britain for just a few months should also be taken with a pinch of salt. Those that have been back years are really the only ones who can say which they prefer with any real authority. Everyone else is just in the honeymoon phase.
I take your point that the longer you spend somewhere the more thorough the knowledge of the place you tend to have but I do not think you can completely ''disregard'' someone's feelings towards a place just because, in your view, they have not been there long enough.
Nov 11th 2009, 12:17 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
Has it had a bad effect on my family, no...we certainly realise what is important to us and we have seen some wonderful places in Asia....but we will be just very,very glad to be home again (U.K) next year....
Nov 11th 2009, 12:32 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
Sorry to have been so flipant originally. Good luck with your move back to England.
Nov 11th 2009, 2:56 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
listening to endless adverts for erectile dysfunction on the radio, listening to radio presenters using the word w*nker, sh*gging, b*stard, c*ck, sp*rm at 830 in the morning whilst driving my children to school, hearing 'proper' news reporters say "in parliament this avro, Kevin Rudd blah blah".
I remember when we first moved Perth 10 years ago, watching some political programme on tv where two politicians were having a 'discussion' (can't remember who they were). It was getting more and more heated until one turned to the other and said, 'I'd rather swim up a river of s**t with my mouth wide open than sit here listen to any more than this.' Made us giggle at the time, but then our children weren't around to hear it.....
I remember when we first moved Perth 10 years ago, watching some political programme on tv where two politicians were having a 'discussion' (can't remember who they were). It was getting more and more heated until one turned to the other and said, 'I'd rather swim up a river of s**t with my mouth wide open than sit here listen to any more than this.' Made us giggle at the time, but then our children weren't around to hear it.....
Nov 11th 2009, 4:56 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
I do all of that and I realised the other day that is not living at all....why should I have to do that just to not listen to all the rot that is on the radio, t.v. after 11 years here I will never get use to the bad language used in the media. I rely on Fox/ABC for documentaries, world news and decent programmes, my neighbours are at last decent people, all a much older generation (which is unusual..lol) after years of having neighbours with either rubber burning kids in cars, druggies...oh yes we have had that as well...all in decent areas I might add.
Has it had a bad effect on my family, no...we certainly realise what is important to us and we have seen some wonderful places in Asia....but we will be just very,very glad to be home again (U.K) next year....
Has it had a bad effect on my family, no...we certainly realise what is important to us and we have seen some wonderful places in Asia....but we will be just very,very glad to be home again (U.K) next year....
I think a fair proportion of those that move here from the UK come here under the influence of that myth. I know I did.
Nov 11th 2009, 5:29 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
to be fair, we have been unlucky with this lot of neighbours - everyone else in the street is fine. and we've had reasonable neighbours before - although what is it with people letting their dogs bark all the time in the early hours of the morning - that seems to be an oz thing
- getting up at the crack of dawn even if you dont need to and letting the hounds out to bark.at the end of the day there's good and bad everywhere. there's lots i really like about perth but what if offers us is just not enough to put up with missing our nearest and dearest and we dont actually do anything here that we didnt do in england. we've had dodgy neighbours before in the UK too - not just here. its just that the last few months have been so flippin terrible that i am now really starting to hate it here - but that's not really a fair reflection on perth /australia generally.
Nov 11th 2009, 6:54 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
thanks for that - we are currently renting in ocean reef.
to be fair, we have been unlucky with this lot of neighbours - everyone else in the street is fine. and we've had reasonable neighbours before - although what is it with people letting their dogs bark all the time in the early hours of the morning - that seems to be an oz thing - getting up at the crack of dawn even if you dont need to and letting the hounds out to bark.
at the end of the day there's good and bad everywhere. there's lots i really like about perth but what if offers us is just not enough to put up with missing our nearest and dearest and we dont actually do anything here that we didnt do in england. we've had dodgy neighbours before in the UK too - not just here. its just that the last few months have been so flippin terrible that i am now really starting to hate it here - but that's not really a fair reflection on perth /australia generally.
to be fair, we have been unlucky with this lot of neighbours - everyone else in the street is fine. and we've had reasonable neighbours before - although what is it with people letting their dogs bark all the time in the early hours of the morning - that seems to be an oz thing
- getting up at the crack of dawn even if you dont need to and letting the hounds out to bark.at the end of the day there's good and bad everywhere. there's lots i really like about perth but what if offers us is just not enough to put up with missing our nearest and dearest and we dont actually do anything here that we didnt do in england. we've had dodgy neighbours before in the UK too - not just here. its just that the last few months have been so flippin terrible that i am now really starting to hate it here - but that's not really a fair reflection on perth /australia generally.
Nov 11th 2009, 11:31 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
I think you have to constantly remind yourself to only think positive thoughts, and not focus on things that seem to bother you, it just creates negative energy. I battle with this constantly. Not a day goes by where I don't have to force myself to follow my own advice. Here is an extract from my list: Huge 4WDs on the roads, automatic transmission and the driving style; the "sloppy" dress allmost all year long, men in over sized bermuda shorts and wearing caps and thongs/flip-flops (to see people walk barefeet in the street irritated me from day one); the provincial sounding ABC "fanfare" before the news, the accent in general and some expressions in particular, etc etc. It's all superficial stuff but it's the privilige of the "expat" to be in a position to see things from both home and away. Back "home" the list would probably be equally long but different.
Nov 11th 2009, 11:39 pm
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
I forgot to mention renting. Renting a house in Australia is a complete and utter nightmare. Inspections every three months! Incompetent property managers, like estate agents at their worst; it makes you go crazy to deal with them, especially if you used to live in your own house. Yes this does have a negative effect on me, absolutely, I hate it.
Nov 12th 2009, 6:02 am
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
The only opinions of any value in this thread are those of people that have been in Australia for many years or those who have returned to Britain and been there for many years. We know to disregard the opinions of those raving about how great Australia is when they are only on their second month, and equally those who have been back in Britain for just a few months should also be taken with a pinch of salt. Those that have been back years are really the only ones who can say which they prefer with any real authority. Everyone else is just in the honeymoon phase.
I realise that there are probably more people going to/coming back from Oz than other countries, but sometimes it seems like a lot of threads on the MBTTUK forum quickly turn into an anti-Oz-centric view of things.
Nov 12th 2009, 7:15 am
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
The only opinions of any value in this thread are those of people that have been in Australia for many years or those who have returned to Britain and been there for many years. We know to disregard the opinions of those raving about how great Australia is when they are only on their second month, and equally those who have been back in Britain for just a few months should also be taken with a pinch of salt. Those that have been back years are really the only ones who can say which they prefer with any real authority. Everyone else is just in the honeymoon phase.
Nov 12th 2009, 7:50 am
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
More drugs available in Oz than in the UK imo, and more kids use drugs in Oz, which aint as bad as some people think....vast majority suffer no harm from them at all.
Nov 12th 2009, 8:26 am
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
Just as I was beginning to suspect - the Moving back to the UK Forum has been changed to the Moving Back from Australia forum - the mods just forgot to change the name.
I realise that there are probably more people going to/coming back from Oz than other countries, but sometimes it seems like a lot of threads on the MBTTUK forum quickly turn into an anti-Oz-centric view of things.
I realise that there are probably more people going to/coming back from Oz than other countries, but sometimes it seems like a lot of threads on the MBTTUK forum quickly turn into an anti-Oz-centric view of things.
Nov 12th 2009, 8:39 am
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
initially no but increasingly yes. this is in part (probably the biggest part) due to my current unhappiness because of where we are staying and our drug dealing dead beat scumbag bogan scum of the earth dole claiming work shy classless very very noisy neighbours and their equally scummy acquaintances doing burn outs outside my garden all hours of the day and night.
listening to endless adverts for erectile dysfunction on the radio, listening to radio presenters using the word w*nker, sh*gging, b*stard, c*ck, sp*rm at 830 in the morning whilst driving my children to school, hearing 'proper' news reporters say "in parliament this avro, Kevin Rudd blah blah".
the heat is picking up, the flies are picking up, the wheely bin stinks to high heaven, there are maggots, ants and silverfish everywhere (including in the kids cornflakes box this morning
), half the day is spent applying sunscreen and aeroguard, its dark at 7pm even though its summer, my fingers are swollen, sweat is running down my back and worst of all - my hair is wilting in this fekin humidity!! but apart from that - I'm not negative at all 
listening to endless adverts for erectile dysfunction on the radio, listening to radio presenters using the word w*nker, sh*gging, b*stard, c*ck, sp*rm at 830 in the morning whilst driving my children to school, hearing 'proper' news reporters say "in parliament this avro, Kevin Rudd blah blah".
the heat is picking up, the flies are picking up, the wheely bin stinks to high heaven, there are maggots, ants and silverfish everywhere (including in the kids cornflakes box this morning
), half the day is spent applying sunscreen and aeroguard, its dark at 7pm even though its summer, my fingers are swollen, sweat is running down my back and worst of all - my hair is wilting in this fekin humidity!! but apart from that - I'm not negative at all 
Nov 12th 2009, 9:04 am
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Re: Did your time overseas have a negative affect on you?
Just as I was beginning to suspect - the Moving back to the UK Forum has been changed to the Moving Back from Australia forum - the mods just forgot to change the name.
I realise that there are probably more people going to/coming back from Oz than other countries, but sometimes it seems like a lot of threads on the MBTTUK forum quickly turn into an anti-Oz-centric view of things.
I realise that there are probably more people going to/coming back from Oz than other countries, but sometimes it seems like a lot of threads on the MBTTUK forum quickly turn into an anti-Oz-centric view of things.
