Thanks to Sheridan Pidcock, a dear woman I met years ago in India. Her travels as an expat have led her to experience ‘longterm expatedness’ which she tells us about today. Staying somewhere for a longer-than-usual period of time has its advantages… I have been an expat for the last 30 years. I married a [...]
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Expat or Local… I am so confused!
Posted in Amazing people on November 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Another amazing expat…
Posted in Amazing people on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I consider myself very lucky to meet the people that I do in my line of work. I want to take a brief break from ‘Relationship Rescuers’ this week, to introduce you to an amazing expat whose positive attitude and wonderful sense of self touched me so much that I asked her to write for [...]
Expats at war
Posted in Amazing people on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every time I think I have heard every expat story there is, I am surprised by a new one. I have heard many about families becoming expats to escape a country torn by war – but never one where families go to war together. Today I want to take a break from expat myths – [...]
Robin Pascoe’s last Blog…
Posted in Amazing people on April 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have highlighted Robin Pascoe, prolific Expat Expert writer, in a few of my blogs and she is indeed one of the people I look up to the most in the expat field of work. Her personal understanding of what we sometimes go through is unique yet familiar. Her honesty and unashamed ability to say [...]
Houston heroine
Posted in Amazing people on January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My last heroine for the week is a local gem. Norma is the local coordinator of the Schlumberger Spouses Association and is a shining light in Houston. I first met her about 5 or 6 years ago when she was coordinating activities and wasn’t sure she was ready to be the coordinator of the largest [...]
Loyalty, light and lightness
Posted in Amazing people on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mayur was our driver when we lived in Mumbai. For 2 years he smiled his way through the horrific Mumbai traffic (where we commuted with about 20 million people on a daily basis) and carefully wove his way around every pothole on the road just so we wouldn’t get jolted about. I have always been [...]
Maternal love for a nephew
Posted in Amazing people on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sue was a wonderful woman whose love for her nephew gave her a purpose in life. Someone who could have done a much more challenging job chose to clean mine and other’s homes just to put her nephew through university. I want to write about hiring help later in the year but for now, know [...]
Hardship Junkie
Posted in Amazing people on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My celebrated hero today is a self-confessed ‘Hardship Junkie’. In expat terms, that means she is happiest living in countries and locations that the rest of us might struggle to live in. She has lived in different parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and now lives in the Russian portion of Sakhalin Island as an ‘accompanying [...]
Not another NGO
Posted in Amazing people on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whilst living in Mumbai I met an inspiring woman whose husband worked with mine. She wanted to start an informal organization utilizing expat women (and their money) to help children and families in India. Like many countries, the bureaucracy was crazy for Non-Government Organizations so Sally started ‘Not Another NGO’ or NANGO for short. During [...]
Play me another one Mr Piano Man…
Posted in Amazing people on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So my Houston hero – or one of them – is called Don. Now Don is my piano teacher and he teaches people how to play the piano by ear. None of this fussing about with music exams and playing scales so hard you hear them in your sleep. His main passion in life is [...]
