Hating a country.
Oct 9th 2012, 5:11 am
#31
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Re: Hating a country.
I hated living in australia. It wasnt my thang at all..
Oct 9th 2012, 2:23 pm
#33
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Re: Hating a country.
My "hate" or whatever we're going to call it in my case has stemmed from living in a crappy part of the city and struggling to find work and living in a council estate with filthy cretins who refuse to EVER take off their pyjamas. It's half a world away from how i WANT to live, yet with no job or savings etc. moving is impossible. The immigration rules have now changed as many of us know so my husband cant renew his visa. I hate that they have done that. I know its for a reason, but it doesnt make me feel better about it. Not that i particularly want to stay any more but because we no longer have options. I cant afford a car and i hate dragging home my shopping with a screaming toddler in tow in the rain.
There are many personal reasons which also make me want to not stay in this country. In that case its more people that i hate than the country but add it all together and i hate the life im living right now. And i will never ever live this way again.
I cant guarantee i will like it in the US better. But there is a job waiting over there and a house.
I love the fact that i have had an experience that was less than preferable for me so that i am able to appreciate things more in the future. But i hate how hard it has been for these last few years.
There are many personal reasons which also make me want to not stay in this country. In that case its more people that i hate than the country but add it all together and i hate the life im living right now. And i will never ever live this way again.
I cant guarantee i will like it in the US better. But there is a job waiting over there and a house.
I love the fact that i have had an experience that was less than preferable for me so that i am able to appreciate things more in the future. But i hate how hard it has been for these last few years.
Having lived here a long time I somehow doubt it, your swapping one crap weather for another and your antisocial neighbors for other problems. At least you will have tried it.
As for hate, I can say I don't hate this country, I do however hate the summer weather. it goes on and on and the Electric bills keep climbing.
Oct 9th 2012, 2:31 pm
#34
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Re: Hating a country.
I have this really weird conundrum - living in Brisbane, over half the year either such low humidity that you feel the moisture being sucked out of your skin, or so high that you drip with sweat after 10 minutes of walking. Temps over 25 degrees for much of the year into the bargain, and over 30 not unusual - you know what its like 
Yet I make my living from the very weather I loathe
Cyclones, floods, bushfires, thunderstorms - they pay my rent and pay for my trips home. If I moved home, although the weather would be more tolerable - I would lose my livelihood 
Yet I make my living from the very weather I loathe
Cyclones, floods, bushfires, thunderstorms - they pay my rent and pay for my trips home. If I moved home, although the weather would be more tolerable - I would lose my livelihood
Oct 9th 2012, 4:19 pm
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Re: Hating a country.
I have had a few people here, not as many as I thought, ask me if Imiss the weather and how could I prefer this weather ? The problem is that many people just hear 'warm' or 'hot' and assume it must be better. I would walk into my workshop at home in Brisbane and within 5 minutes I would be soaked to the skin, same story if I tried to work outside. How can that be better ? I am currently working on building my new workshop and after 5 minutes I am nicely warmed up and can get on with stuff. No contest. 
Oct 9th 2012, 5:36 pm
#36
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Re: Hating a country.
I have this really weird conundrum - living in Brisbane, over half the year either such low humidity that you feel the moisture being sucked out of your skin, or so high that you drip with sweat after 10 minutes of walking. Temps over 25 degrees for much of the year into the bargain, and over 30 not unusual - you know what its like
Yet I make my living from the very weather I loathe Cyclones, floods, bushfires, thunderstorms - they pay my rent and pay for my trips home. If I moved home, although the weather would be more tolerable - I would lose my livelihood
Yet I make my living from the very weather I loathe
Cyclones, floods, bushfires, thunderstorms - they pay my rent and pay for my trips home. If I moved home, although the weather would be more tolerable - I would lose my livelihood
Oct 9th 2012, 5:40 pm
#37
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Re: Hating a country.
Good luck I hope it is better for you in the US.
Having lived here a long time I somehow doubt it, your swapping one crap weather for another and your antisocial neighbors for other problems. At least you will have tried it.
As for hate, I can say I don't hate this country, I do however hate the summer weather. it goes on and on and the Electric bills keep climbing.
Having lived here a long time I somehow doubt it, your swapping one crap weather for another and your antisocial neighbors for other problems. At least you will have tried it.
As for hate, I can say I don't hate this country, I do however hate the summer weather. it goes on and on and the Electric bills keep climbing.
For the downer just before i go 
My problems here stretch waaay further than my neighbours. I will make the best of it whatever happens.
Oct 9th 2012, 6:24 pm
#38
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Re: Hating a country.
Socialising in peoples back gardens and parks
Crap pubs
Brown nose/back stabbing work ethic
Driving
No feel of community
emptiness
tall poppy syndrome
women shopping in pyjamas with wet hair
slovenly dress sense
singlets and stubby shorts
thongs (flip flops)
The overwhelming smell of BO in taxis
There's more but that'll do for now.
Crap pubs
Brown nose/back stabbing work ethic
Driving
No feel of community
emptiness
tall poppy syndrome
women shopping in pyjamas with wet hair
slovenly dress sense
singlets and stubby shorts
thongs (flip flops)
The overwhelming smell of BO in taxis
There's more but that'll do for now.
Oct 9th 2012, 6:50 pm
#39
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Re: Hating a country.
Although I dont see much evidence of it I do occassionally see someone say how they hate a particular country. I have seen a few times someone will say how they cant wait to get out of this shithole (UK), what makes someone see a country in a way that very few others seem to ? I understand if someone lives in a particularly bad area and has a crap job etc but would that poison your mind to the extent if totally clouds your view ?
I feel I am lucky to be able to live in 2 countries both of which I love for different reasons. I just find it hard to imagine what someones life must be like to make them actually hate a country.
I feel I am lucky to be able to live in 2 countries both of which I love for different reasons. I just find it hard to imagine what someones life must be like to make them actually hate a country.
for you.
Oct 10th 2012, 4:18 am
#41
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Re: Hating a country.
Socialising in peoples back gardens and parks
Crap pubs
Brown nose/back stabbing work ethic
Driving
No feel of community
emptiness
tall poppy syndrome
women shopping in pyjamas with wet hair
slovenly dress sense
singlets and stubby shorts
thongs (flip flops)
The overwhelming smell of BO in taxis
There's more but that'll do for now.
Crap pubs
Brown nose/back stabbing work ethic
Driving
No feel of community
emptiness
tall poppy syndrome
women shopping in pyjamas with wet hair
slovenly dress sense
singlets and stubby shorts
thongs (flip flops)
The overwhelming smell of BO in taxis
There's more but that'll do for now.
Too real.
Great place but...
Oct 10th 2012, 4:56 am
#42
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Re: Hating a country.
but... you cant take the kids over the park without being attacked by birds (feathered) that want to peck your childrens eyes out.
you cant lay on the grass without bull ants biting you (fk me does that hurt!!)
Bull sharks in the river!
the sun wants to kill you
the spiders want to kill you
the snakes want to kill you
the sharks want to kill you
the birds want to kill you
the ants want to kill you
the truckers want to kill you
the drunks on the late trains want to kill you..
I was one of the lucky ones that got out alive.
........... and if none of the above get you the place will bore you to death!!
Oct 10th 2012, 5:47 am
#43
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Re: Hating a country.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1111116830154
Its a 24/7 watch desk, now staffed by two or three of us per shift, monitoring SES call outs, Queensland, national and international disasters and emergencies, weather and warnings throughout the State, all that kind of thing. We broadcast the cyclone, storm and flood warnings issued by the Bureau of Met, and we issue the Emergency Alert calls for Queensland. In between that lot we are involved in training staff so that we can manage larger events - like the flooding of 2010-11 which required a staffing level of around 20-30 per shift instead of the one person we had 24/7 at the time! We also work on local disaster plans, tsunami evacuation planning, all that sort of thing.
More reading here to give you an idea how wide ranging the job is - http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/Disas...s/Reports.html
Oct 10th 2012, 6:47 am
#44
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Re: Hating a country.
Random thoughts so don't shoot me. I think 'hating' certain aspects and chunks of life or certain people around you can all too often overshadow the good bits. Being jobless, hating your boss, living in a crappy cold house or shitty neighbourhood, having problem neighbours, having no hope or a job you hate can be all consuming and turn you mind against all manner of other things. When you emigrate to whatever place in the world, you throw all the dice up in the air and there's every likelihood they will land on one, some or all of the above undesirable situations.
Not feeling sorry for myself or anything but after first emigrating I went through a long spell of unemployment, a winter of discontent in a cold horrid rental, having no money and then eventually finding a job that I absolutely loathed, the boss was a bully, reduced me to tears most days and the rest of the staff weren't exactly a barrel of laughs. Welcome to New Zealand! Yes, you're welcome to New Zealand.
Fast forward a few years, it has taken a long time and life is better with various things improved or aspects slotted together better. I have had a few more jobs, a few more struggles and various battles with daily life since but still my reputation goes before me and people assume I hate New Zealand because I say 'unkind' things about some aspects of life here.
I neither loved or hated living in the UK, I neither love or hate living in NZ - so maybe this thread isn't for me either.
It seems largely that if you find faults and don't follow the sheep that are writing glowing lovely positive things about their own chosen expat patch of dirt then by default then you must hate the place. There are many, many shades of grey in that spectrum between love and hate.
Not feeling sorry for myself or anything but after first emigrating I went through a long spell of unemployment, a winter of discontent in a cold horrid rental, having no money and then eventually finding a job that I absolutely loathed, the boss was a bully, reduced me to tears most days and the rest of the staff weren't exactly a barrel of laughs. Welcome to New Zealand! Yes, you're welcome to New Zealand.
Fast forward a few years, it has taken a long time and life is better with various things improved or aspects slotted together better. I have had a few more jobs, a few more struggles and various battles with daily life since but still my reputation goes before me and people assume I hate New Zealand because I say 'unkind' things about some aspects of life here.
I neither loved or hated living in the UK, I neither love or hate living in NZ - so maybe this thread isn't for me either.
It seems largely that if you find faults and don't follow the sheep that are writing glowing lovely positive things about their own chosen expat patch of dirt then by default then you must hate the place. There are many, many shades of grey in that spectrum between love and hate.
Oct 10th 2012, 6:48 am
#45
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Re: Hating a country.
Nothing as glamorous I'm afraid!
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1111116830154
Its a 24/7 watch desk, now staffed by two or three of us per shift, monitoring SES call outs, Queensland, national and international disasters and emergencies, weather and warnings throughout the State, all that kind of thing. We broadcast the cyclone, storm and flood warnings issued by the Bureau of Met, and we issue the Emergency Alert calls for Queensland. In between that lot we are involved in training staff so that we can manage larger events - like the flooding of 2010-11 which required a staffing level of around 20-30 per shift instead of the one person we had 24/7 at the time! We also work on local disaster plans, tsunami evacuation planning, all that sort of thing.
More reading here to give you an idea how wide ranging the job is - http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/Disas...s/Reports.html
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...-1111116830154
Its a 24/7 watch desk, now staffed by two or three of us per shift, monitoring SES call outs, Queensland, national and international disasters and emergencies, weather and warnings throughout the State, all that kind of thing. We broadcast the cyclone, storm and flood warnings issued by the Bureau of Met, and we issue the Emergency Alert calls for Queensland. In between that lot we are involved in training staff so that we can manage larger events - like the flooding of 2010-11 which required a staffing level of around 20-30 per shift instead of the one person we had 24/7 at the time! We also work on local disaster plans, tsunami evacuation planning, all that sort of thing.
More reading here to give you an idea how wide ranging the job is - http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/Disas...s/Reports.html
Just wondering, do you know could a tsunami ever impact Brisbane (and/or suburbs) to any great extent? Or would it only be coastal?