Don’t call me an expat, I’m an immigrant
Re: Don’t call me an expat, I’m an immigrant
attention seeker using semantics as a crutch
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Re: Don’t call me an expat, I’m an immigrant
she wants attention by any means
so she creates this 'problem'over the definition of expat vs. immigrant, its like seinfeld, her show is about nothing
scroll on by = ignore her
sorry if it wasnt clearer
so she creates this 'problem'over the definition of expat vs. immigrant, its like seinfeld, her show is about nothing
scroll on by = ignore her
sorry if it wasnt clearer
- SternAAlbifrons
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Re: Don’t call me an expat, I’m an immigrant
Note to self (and a few other posters)
"I am not an expert, I am just an expat"
"I am not an expert, I am just an expat"
Re: Don’t call me an expat, I’m an immigrant
I feel sorry for her tbh. As she says herself,
"My Hong Kong baby group was held at the Matilda Hospital, a building built in 1907 by a banker from Hampshire. Here western mums chatted school back-handers and spa membership over MingCha while their Filipino ‘Ah Mahs’ waited outside to be handed crying babies. In Dubai, our marina apartment came with a concierge who called me madam while barking at my driver to pull closer to the door and at the builders to make themselves scarce. Both the driver and builders were from the Indian subcontinent."
To go through all that for years and years, and to then get back to the UK and THEN realise she'd been prejudiced by having been given this expat label. That must really suck.
"My Hong Kong baby group was held at the Matilda Hospital, a building built in 1907 by a banker from Hampshire. Here western mums chatted school back-handers and spa membership over MingCha while their Filipino ‘Ah Mahs’ waited outside to be handed crying babies. In Dubai, our marina apartment came with a concierge who called me madam while barking at my driver to pull closer to the door and at the builders to make themselves scarce. Both the driver and builders were from the Indian subcontinent."
To go through all that for years and years, and to then get back to the UK and THEN realise she'd been prejudiced by having been given this expat label. That must really suck.
- Alexandra Shenea
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Re: Don’t call me an expat, I’m an immigrant
Come again???
Living ON & OFF from Asia (Dubai, Hong Kong), Italy & Australia... You’ve searched for the correct definition of “immigrant” & even defined “expat”..... But you never give yourself a chance to look and understand the meaning of “permanent/permanently”...
Anyway, goodnight everyone...
Living ON & OFF from Asia (Dubai, Hong Kong), Italy & Australia... You’ve searched for the correct definition of “immigrant” & even defined “expat”..... But you never give yourself a chance to look and understand the meaning of “permanent/permanently”...
Anyway, goodnight everyone...
Re: Don’t call me an expat, I’m an immigrant
An "Expat" is what you call yourself when you are having a better life living in a foreign country.
An "Immigrant" is a foreigner having a better life living in your country.
An "Immigrant" is a foreigner having a better life living in your country.
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