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Expat Sacrifice
Photo by Dannyluo Expat life, Expat Living, although full of fun, adventure, love and maybe even money, comes with sacrifice. Once living and working abroad, you will have friends and family congratulating you on your move and even some who will be more focused on the crazy money you must be earning. Isn’t it funny how the apparent crazy money is why third-world immigrants flock to the shores of…
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#Adjusting to a New Country#Cross-Cultural Relationships#Cultural Adaptation#darren walley#Education for Expats#Expat Challenges#Expat Community#Expat Families#Expat Life#Expatriate Lifestyle#Filipina magic#Finding Accommodation#Healthcare Abroad#Homesickness#International Relocation#Language Learning#Living Overseas#Local Cuisine#Moving Abroad#Travel Tips#Visa and Immigration#Working Abroad
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🌟 COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!! more information can be found here! i’ve been very on and off this blog unfortunately, finishing up uni and finally graduating. i’m currently looking for a job and i need money inbetween work to be able to help out my family and apply for visas, so if you can comm me, tip me on ko-fi, or just rb this post, that would be amazing! you can find more examples of my art under the tag my art ! :’)
#why did i get an art degree. no money no job no bitches!!!!!!#ANYWAYS . IN ACTUAL SERIOUSNESS. visa and other costs are ramping up this year and i'd like to be able to take some pressure off my family#please help if you can !! i have been meaning to keep up with so much new content ........#i mean. as soon as i get this stuff sorted LOL eg. helping my family move to a new country and more...#YES. THANK U . HOPEFULLY I GET A JOB SO I CAN STOP BEGGING FOR COMMS!!!!#art commissions#commission post#commission sheet#artists on tumblr#commissions#commissions open#oc commission#edit sorry lads i hit post and realised one thing was off. i just adjusted background prices to be more spenny this year. sorry
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omg congrats on starting your phd!! :3
thank you rowan!!!!
#hehehe always appreciate the support:))#it's fun so far i think:000#still adjusting to a new country tho..#flusterasks
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Checked my old med records re: transition dates bc today's Pl/Pa appt is probably going to be a fucking doozy where I anticipate being quizzed on my transition thus far and future goals for it
And double checked the year to find out A. my memory is shit and I was off a year but also B:
Next year will be my 5 year anniversary on T!!
#text post#getting ready ahead of time for the appt rn and am just a bit stoned to make sure the anxiety doesn't annihilate me lmao#I'm so glad Housemate is coming with to help me out as needed during the appt#like. if they drop me as a patient after this at least I'll have a witness to how they've been acting/the results of it#bc I've never once been believed at the start abt issues I have w/medical providers#only after it's gotten worse#and I'll have someone to help me navigate both hitting the grocery store after the appt w/out breaking down & also in plans#to call the new office and explain what happened (if it does tho i'm hoping they'll just wait it out w/me until Oct for my new clinic appt)#and hope they can help keep me on T and my lamotrigine until my first visit w/them (tho I'm already on their waitlist too)#I still have so much admiration for PlPa but my god. this has been a fucking nightmare in the end for me#and has heightened parts of my dysphoria and made me more anxious and frustrated at being misgendered#which still happens unfortunately often but like. no one is gonna apologise so I just roll with it#and I really didn't need that on top of adjusting to a move across the country#but it's whatever bc i'll get thru this appt see the new doc eventually and things will be more stable w/my care#and in the meantime I can think abt anniversary celebration ideas for next year
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Sister coming back to this side of the Atlantic fr three weeks near the end of this month all i can say is lol eww omg ewwww and also booo tomatoees
#i do not trust her and her motives and do not like the thought of her being back in the country and w my mom like. at all.#shes a manipulator. shes selfish. but also if my mom wants to invite her in thats a decision i cant forbid her from making.#i do not like this but also can not allow myself to be bothered by it. thank fuck itll only be three weeks#kinda sucks a lil bc i had planned a week off work AGES ago and was so happy id get to spend time w my mom then to celebrate#her own mom died of cancer aged 59 so the fact that shes beating that illness and making it to 60. idk. i wanted to celebrate w her.#but now my sister is like I WANNA BE THERE MY LIFE OVER HERE SUCKS IM COMING OVER so we all have to Adjust for that 🙄#like whatever....she can have three weeks and then fuck off again even mom said she doesnt want her back permanently she can have this much#ive lived through the highs and lows w my mom in the past several years and will have the following time after.#i am welcome here always. i will have plenty of time to share this momentous birthday christmas new year and all those moments in between.#obv i talk big now but know the nightmares will come soon enough. and that one week off work w no opportunity to come back home.....#idk might fuck off and book a holiday out of the country or smth. autumn cabin retreat. museum tour. wellness thing. any recommends fr nov?#like what places or activities would you recommend but also @other belgians welke middelen om last minute te boeken en er te geraken. idk!!
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i know my neighbors are tired of my apt sounding like a barbershop every night
#that’s the long distance marriage living alone chronicles ladies and baybees#this and a blunt ! except i don’t do drugs so the blunt has been rolled w cookie crumbs#things are going well. the first 2 months (july n august) of this moving cross country journey were the most stressful of my life to the#point where i discovered one white hair each in july and august when i can count on one hand the amount of white hairs i’ve had in my life#things are beginning to turn around. ish. i think. i hope! it’s mostly money stress bc i went from living w family and not paying rent#or bills (ya ya sorry) to the complete opposite. and my salary is pretty good but it’s such an adjustment when i’ve been sheltered for so#long in that way. on top of that paying outstanding medical bills so the past 2 months have been inch resting! i still am adjusting but i#see a light at the end of the tunnel. i miss my husband :( if he was here everything would be perfect#when my shits paid off and my apartment is furnished i’m going ham on some new bags#going to eat a lil cookie and watch a lil true crime on yt. gnight tumbly friends#mine
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Tbh I am mentally building my American 1883 equivalent set of men for Oscar.
#I actually don’t think we need to adjust for class I think he needs to meet one normal person#I genuinely think that could fix him.#new York in the 1880s is such an opportunity#to say nothing of. the entire rest of the country.#where is my cowboy from the middle west.
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omg.... my new nearest audiology department actually has an EMAIL TO CONTACT!!!!!!! we're so fucking back baby
#looking to register bc i havent had a hearing checkup in like. 4-5 years lol#im supposed to have repeats every 2-3 years but my old audio dept is on the other side of the country....#and my hearing loss has been stable since i was 2 yrs old so its not super urgent to keep track of..#but ive had my current hearing aids for over 6 years now i think which is the average lifespan. and they still work fine#but i really should be taking them in to adjust every six months n get new moulds fitted regularly....... oops#i do replace the tubing but yeah im way behind on maintenance#and considering i wear them like 50 hours a week n im kinda dependent on them at work i need to keep on top of it more#ALSO what i reaaaaally want is ones that have bluetooth connectivity bc when i last got mine that tech wasnt widely available#but now i think theyre nhs standard. so fingers crossed i can upgrade plsss i wanna be able to use them for phone calls n music!!!#i can make a good case for it if needed cuz i need to use headphones at work sometimes#actually might be able to get an access to work grant for bonus hearing aid equipment..... i should look into that#i was skeptical for ages bc i had a VERY old roger mic as a kid which was effectively a box on a lanyard i had to give to ppl#it was clunky as shit and had awful sound quality i gave up using it after a year or two#but now they have very sleek n subtle ones n the tech has improved so much like it filters bg noise n can connect to tvs n shit#so would be really useful in meetings or when im like. at a restaurant or somewhere w a lot of bg noise....#ahhhh itll take time to get everything sorted tho. need to start w just getting this audiology referral in place#ill swing by the gp practice after work tmr and ask for an appointment for that#need to get dressed and leave the flat.... but i dont want to 😔#in a bit....#.diaries
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hello rae!!!! how are you!!!! how's life!!!! did moving work out the way you wanted? how are you adjusting? sending u all the good vibes 💕
hi!! i'm good life has been. very busy but in fun ways mostly so!! moving did in fact work out the way i wanted--the first leg of the trip getting back 2 the u.s. was hell but actually moving from my hometown 2 the city where i'm living now went v smoothly bc i had a lot of help from family <3 & i am obsessed w my new apt quite frankly...actually got 2 decorate it the way i want it looks soooo good i got all my trinkets back & put so much art on the walls etc...also living in the same city as my sisters now which is GREAT i'm over at their place like every night using their kitchen eating their snacks watching scary movies together...things are finally settling enough now that i'm starting 2 feel a little homesick tho which </3 part of the experience of moving anywhere new but bittersweet all the same...
#also this homesickness is different bc like. i'm back in the country where i grew up etc...#which makes the adjustment way easier#also have just been too busy 2 be sad!!! have had 2 travel back 2 my hometown every single weekend 4 various events...#this upcoming weekend will be the first full weekend i have in my new city and then. traveling again every weekend in october lol#ask
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actually my new year’s resolutions are
get better at geography
more consistently take my irish and spanish lessons
do more traditional art
learn embroidery
get a jean jacket to add patches and embroidery to
make at least one shirt from scratch
#tá brón ó chroí orm nana 😭#but seriously i want to be able to look at any given point on a map and be able to name every country#customizing clothes in general is also basically on this list. i routinely fix hems on stuff which is super nice#but i wanna do better alterations overall alongside adding things like patches and embroidery to everything#getting a sewing machine instead of having to do everything by hand would also be nice but. space and money LOL#with traditional art i wanna bust out my inks graphite charcoal and paint again. colored pencils. markers.#i used to do a lot of “draw in sharpie to force yourself to not constantly adjust stuff and just embrace messiness” practice i want to do#that again too. ya boy Needs to fill up some sketchbooks!! i will have fun and try new things! i will!!
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the way this man is only willing to consider staying in France or going back to Barcelona is making me scream, my guy my dude wouldn't you like a shot a the premier?? Pep and Juli are there?? Just for a year??? Please???
I live in delusion and I would really like for this to happen
we really are being selfish atp tbh but the frustration is so real sjskdjsk LIKE. i understand he doesn't want to move his family to a completely new country considering how many years of his professional career he has left (said while coughing blood) but holy hell i am so tired of watching him waste his skills away at pissg. every time i see his stats and how he's still dominating in all those "most [insert achievement here] in top 5 european leagues" lists i just stare at my phone in abject misery bc my god, all this for pee es gee??
and his only other option barça is so fucking risky rn 💀 more than anything i want him to get the goodbye he deserves, surrounded by the adoring fans of camp nou, but i don't trust the barça board not to fuck this up somehow, not to mention what may come afterwards if messi, by some miracle, does return (slander from true coolers, him being made the scapegoat for the rest of the team fucking up, and god forbid: the barça induced jinx of him not winning international trophies rearing its ugly head again). i stress about his future so much i should become his agent atp 😭
#no bc i've seen another reason some want him to stay at psg is bc he can focus on the nt while he stays there#but i don't doubt it would've been the same way if he'd been under pep back in 2020/21 like god intended#like this was the same man who fought with the barça board so that messi could participate in the olympics#bc the board didn't want to let him go as the CL was coming up#anyways this grandpa ain't moving frustrating as it is and as much as it makes me want to tear my hair out#it is what is it rip#ppl have moved countries and adjusted to new environments for much less and with more at risk but im not lionel messi so what would i know#beggars can't be choosers so all we can do is hope he gets the hell outta paris there's nothing more we can ask for atp#asks
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Expat Life
Photo by Kranich17 I decided to write this article on Expat Life because it has and still is a crucial part of my life. Although I cannot even determine a time when I got the bug and desire to have such a lifestyle. I was born outside of the UK as my father was in the British Army. We moved back to the UK when I was 11, and at 17, my parents dropped me off at Edinburgh train station and off I…
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#Adjusting to a New Country#Cross-Cultural Relationships#Cultural Adaptation#darren walley#Education for Expats#Expat Challenges#Expat Community#Expat Families#Expat Life#Expatriate Lifestyle#Filipina magic#Finding Accommodation#Healthcare Abroad#Homesickness#International Relocation#Language Learning#Living Overseas#Local Cuisine#Moving Abroad#Travel Tips#Visa and Immigration#Working Abroad
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This feels like a disconnect between the USA and the UK, but I don’t think you guys realise just how dense and old this country is. When millions of people have lived stably on the same island for a thousand years (the last successful invasion was literally that long ago from memory), it tends to have a mild impact on the environment
It doesn’t even have to be intentional - when the choice is between getting killed or kill, people choose the latter, and when you have so many packed into such a small space those situations will happen a lot more. It’s really just a numbers game - there was no way any predator was surviving on this small island very long if it was at least a mild threat to people, and being an island means that there’s no way for new predators to replace them
Size is also why so much of our land, especially in England (which is where I’m from, so my understanding is likely biased that way), is used, we also happen to have quite a good environment for farming, so it’s almost a given that we’d expand over it
Maybe it is weird to outsiders, but growing up here it’s just a given that you don’t think about threats when in forests and such. It’s been like that for so long no one questions it, and you just accept that all the land here is used for something. Is that a good thing? Probably not. But we didn’t really choose to do this, this is just how it’s been for a few hundred years now
Actually your society is the freaks for shooting everything that moves and burning half your "nature reserves" every year so that upperclass dandies can eat leaded pheasant. North Americans are the well adjusted ones here, your country has become a desolate suburban lawn in island form
#if I’ve misunderstood the op please forgive#I’m not well versed in online discourse#I do like living here#it’s a nice place#and the nhs is brilliant#why do you think there was such a rush to grab land from us tho lol#being such an old country does have issues tho#our government system is archaic#and classism is just embedded into our way of life#which isn’t a good thing#but it is what it is#we’ll try to fix it hopefully#also ‘north Americans are well adjusted’?#really? I’ve seen the news#I know that’s no entirely true
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Help save Bilal's family!
i want to talk about my friend Bilal @bilal-salah0. for over a year now, Bilal has been living in germany, trying to adjust to his new living situation in a foreign country, learning a new language and working full time.
when the war started, he was far away from home and his family and has been living in daily fear for their lives ever since.
being forced to work long hours and promoting his family’s fundraiser at the same time, he has taken on more responsibility than anyone ever should. still, he managed to raise money for their evacuation fund and helped take care of his family’s daily needs with the money he was making while working.
in a cruel twist of fate, all of this got taken away in an instant. he lost his job and his apartment and even his residence permit. which means he is at danger of deportation from germany that could happen as soon as next week!
i have been in daily contact with Bilal for a while now and connected him with some of my friends in germany. together, we are trying our utmost to make sure he can stay in the country. anyone who knows german bureaucracy knows what kind of hell it is. but we won't give up.
without his job, he was forced to dip into the money of his family’s evacuation fund to cover their daily expenses like food and shelter. this meant he had to raise his goal from €70,000 to €100,000. this was not an easy decision for him to make, he even asked for my advice on whether or not to do it, because he did not want anyone to think he was scamming people.
even in such a desperate situation, Bilal does not want to be seen as someone who would ever take advantage of people's generosity
his family is comprised of 18 members, 10 of them are adults and 8 are children under 16 years old, some of them newborns who were born amidst the chaos of war and displacement.
currently, he is sitting at:
€71,817 / €100,000
donations have been slowing down ever since he reached his original goal. i cannot stress how important it is that they pick back up!
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! HE NEEDS TO REACH HIS GOAL BY AUGUST 15TH!
THAT MEANS HE HAS TO RAISE NEARLY 30K IN THE NEXT TEN DAYS. THIS CANT WAIT.
his campaign has been verified and can be found on @/el-shab-hussein’s and @/nabulsi’s list of vetted fundraisers here (#132, line 136) so PLEASE don't hesitate to share and donate.
With such a tight deadline, i cant do this on my own. So i implore you to PLEASE share this wherever you can– on your whatsapp groups, on your discord servers, please share his story on other platforms wherever you have reach! Please share his story wherever you can, so that we can ease this burden from his shoulders.
[ID: a gfm link with a picture of two small children sitting in the sand in front of a cooking pot. they are looking up a the camera, eyes half-closed. the title reads "Donate to Help Evacuate My Family from Gaza to Safety, organized by Bilal salah" End ID]
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would literally rather eat my fingers off my hand one by one than go back to my doctor tmr after the last apt im still pissed. the first apt went so well just to have that disaster follow. & i was candid abt having medical trauma, too.
im so exhausted being disabled is so tiring i don't wanna be a person tmr she lost any slight trust i had for her by fearmongering my mom abt a non-issue that has MULTIPLE reasons for happening.
im literally stressed enough constantly just fucking living in this stupid ass house again can u fucking lay off my back i haven't even seen u for half a yr lady
#mine#& also throwing me around to other doctors like. I HAVE MEDICAL TRAUMA BRUH#i can only handle ONE new doctor at a time unless i wanna be fucking hospitalized from the stress strain#& u fucking reset my comfort w u so who knows when ill feel adjusted enough to see doctors for other shit#im too disabled for this shit bro I DONT WANNA GO IM SICK OF SEEING DOCTORS I HATE THIS STUPID COUNTRY
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Oh right, the problem with living out in the middle of nowhere... getting TO a job...
At least it's all plain two lane country roads to get to either part of town not requiring a single highway. But ya know. All 60+mph. And like 25 minute drives in good traffic.
#taks speaks#i just reapplied to my old job so here's to hoping they have an opening#BUT i have been told that costco is hiring at like $22 an hour here and uh hello#BUT that's in an area of town that's relatively new (i never been and it was kinda built while i was out of town)#and an extra 5-10 minutes up said country roads#but you know. gotta get money to help support my partner who likely can't work an in person job due to a disability#as well as a cat and a high maintenance elderly dog who i need to take to the vet at some point#i gotta get REALLY used to driving on my own and maybe get back into screaming along to emo music as i do to keep myself sane#i'm the type to yell at other drivers on the road to my music#current favorite is adjusting the lyrics of green day songs. specifically basket case and american idiot#those two songs work VERY well for that#even if it doesn't fit (ex: maybe i'm the faggot america. because i use my fucking BLINKER)#I'm gonna need to break back in my old work boots and compression socks and get more tylenol for my bag#...so much more tylenol judging by recent back pain issues#i need to get that checked out so HOPEFULLY one of these jobs has fucking medical coverage
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