Once, I went with a friend to help pick up a passport from a guy who needed a visa. The guy was super nervous handing his passport and money to a stranger, and being told that […]

As a kid, I often felt shy. I learned how to become talkative and throughout the process, I discovered that we can also become too talkative to the point where it doesn’t benefit us anymore. It’s […]

It can be hard to describe exactly what low energy people are but it’s often easy for us to feel. Do you know that feeling when we meet someone at a party and it feels like […]

Long-distance friendships are friendships between two people that live far away from each other, often in different countries. One of the best things about having friends that live all over the world is that when we […]

There are a few traditional industries that tend to offer in-demand jobs abroad depending on where we go, like humanitarian work in Africa, but what if our background and experience don’t fit that or it simply […]

The demand for expat jobs in Southeast Asia has been on the rise. Some expats come for holidays first and decide to come back for work. Others work at a company at home and are offered […]

An expat contract is a binding contract between the company wanting an employee to work abroad in a foreign country and the employee who chooses to do so. Expat contracts are wildly different from how they […]

I remember the first time I moved across the globe, wondering how to make friends in a new city, if that stuff would work the same way it did at home, and if I could even […]

I’ll never forget the first time we went to see an apartment in KL and asked the guard if the dirt road through the jungle was a good shortcut. ‘Sure’, he said.. ‘But there are snakes!’ […]

Having good friends abroad is one of the most important things about expat life. Some of my best friends are people that I met abroad, and they come from different cultures and countries but we’ve somehow […]

I’ve tried both moving to a new country alone and with other people. While it is definitely easier with friends at first, I find that we’ll be happier with the accomplishment if we do it on […]

I’m sure you’ve heard of the amazing, old school, Asia expat jobs with a high salary, low tax, benefits like free international schooling for the kids, a private driver and a huge house. But the internet […]

Expat life is something special and I’ll never forget my first move almost happening by accident. I was terrified yet excited about the whole idea of living in a foreign country and settling into a new […]

Back in the day, a career overseas was reserved for the lucky few who dared to take the leap of faith and worked in the few jobs that paid well and came with amazing privileges.  That […]

Jetlagged and tired from the long flight, I showed the address to my taxi driver. It was early evening and the hot, humid air hit me like a wall of bricks as I left the airport. […]

The number one thing I notice people talking about when moving abroad is how to make friends in a foreign country and not feeling lonely. I’m sure that’s why there are so many networking- and meet […]

Many of us have heard the good old stories of the best expat jobs-expats on crazy compensation packages working abroad and exploring the world. It sounds attractive because the alternative is to choose between exploring the […]

I didn’t realize that I hate talking about myself until I met this one guy who I noticed do conversations in a style similar to my own. He was more interested in others and asking questions […]

The first time I was moving away from my family, my mom threw me a surprise party with the entire family just before I left. It totally took me by surprise even though I’m not fond […]

Most of us know the TV show Friends whether we are hardcore fans or just casual viewers. During the recent Friends 2021 reunion episode it occurred to me how many of us have been lonely and […]

Do you know the feeling of saying something and later kicking yourself thinking “I shouldn’t have said that… why didn’t I say … instead!?” Look at this comment I found And this one I’ve felt that […]

I was terrified.  It turned out that I hadn’t been accepted into my university major although my grades should be way above the minimum requirement during that intake. For the first time in forever that particular […]

Before moving abroad for the first time my biggest concern was not the new country, culture, religion or even the university I had to study at. Nor was it the fact that it was halfway across […]

You might’ve just moved and are wondering how to make friends in a new country, or maybe you’ve been here for a while and just want to build your network without machine-gunning business cards everywhere. It’s […]