When’s the last time you saw a knob? Think about it. On a TV. On a car radio. These days it’s all touch, click, swipe. Not even doors or drawers have them… unless you’re the vintage type or your house hasn’t been upgraded in say… a hundred years.
Getting social
17/11/2015 by 2 Comments
When you move from one country to another without knowing a single soul, you have to make an effort to make new friends. It’s much easier for the working expat and your children as they immediately get colleagues and class mates.
The linguistic je ne sais quoi
10/11/2015 by 1 Comment
There are so many things the French do better…isn’t it…? Perhaps not as many as they seemingly like to think… or as we seem to think that they like to think (well… one of the two). But sometimes yes, they do do things better. I won’t get into neither haute couture nor haute culture nor haute […]
(No longer) The Good Wife
27/10/2015 by Leave a Comment
The Desperate Expat Wife has succumbed. Once an addict always an addict. She has been so good, trying hard for years – granted with the occasional relapse. She has tried for the sake of her family, for the sake of her own health, to prove to herself that she could – but hélas, in the end she […]
Hello from the outside
27/10/2015 by Leave a Comment
Adele’s latest music video Hello smashed records at the entertainment platform Vevo.com, delivering more than 25 million views on the day of its release. The extremely talented artist certainly does not fit into the typical pattern of a pop star ( ..wonder if she still secretly smokes). There aren’t many divas out there who can […]
The college vibe
20/10/2015 by Leave a Comment
There’s something missing in most colleges around the world and it doesn’t take long to realize what it is: vibrant campus life. Aside from the US, plus a small handful of schools in Canada, Europe and beyond, most colleges are strewn across sections of cities here and there without much of a central meeting grounds: […]
Moving is just going from one place to the next
22/09/2015 by Leave a Comment
So you’re moving. No need to overstress. It’s a move; not life or death. You’re only going from one place to the next. Perhaps you’ve been relocated or your spouse has found a new job. Maybe you’ve already moved and now want to move back to where you came from. Then again, maybe you’ve never […]
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