I'm so tired of living in 'Home of the slave'

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Aug 28th 2008, 4:06 pm

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Re: I'm so tired of living in 'Home of the slave'

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Originally Posted by Tootsie Frickensprinkles

I worked a short contract at a Japanese Pharma type company a couple of years back and I have to say, within six weeks I quickly concluded there's no way I would live and work in Japan. Atttitudes towards the women both in the workplace and as wives was a real eye opener.

I must say this does reflect what I heard from other friends who have visited. They spoke of the whole prostitution culture, and the male dominated workplace.

OK, so that rules out Japan from his list! I have friends who lived in Sweden for a year (thanks to some ABB -Asea Brown Boveri - projects) and said that, while 'nice' and 'interesting', was incredibly dull and uninspiring (with brutal long winters). As I said, he can keep his utopian existence and I'll stick to Silicon Valley ... maybe retire to Spain or Italy where the people have 'spirit' ...

Aug 28th 2008, 7:31 pm

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Tootsie Frickensprinkles

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Re: I'm so tired of living in 'Home of the slave'

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Oh I quite agree, nowhere is utopia, it's all about what you personally want and where your opportunities are. Japan's off my list too though

We were flat sharing in the ME with a great guy from Oslo, they've moved back there now and his GF, a Scot/American seems to be adapting okay. It's beautiful, their summer house is fantastic aswell but I couldn't hack that weather or light.

I'm hoping we might get to visit for a holiday soon