{"id":3968,"date":"2014-02-26T15:26:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T15:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/MCTwordpress\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2022-09-21T13:27:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:27:28","slug":"week-expat-problems-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/week-expat-problems-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A week of expat problems – Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the very first week of #expatproblems<\/strong>. Each week, we’ll scour the twittersphere to uncover the Top 10 linguistic hurdles, communication nightmares and cross-cultural faux pas that make expat life so wonderful! Expat life has it’s ups and downs, filled with weird, whacky and surprising experiences. Our weekly #expatproblems<\/strong> series will give you a glimpse of expat life across the world.<\/p>\n

This is a series for expats, written by expats. Above all, we hear you!<\/p>\n[blank_spacer height=”30px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Charlotte BC. – \u200f@Cha_deBerry<\/h4>\n

#ThoughtOfTheDay Every single time, I have to wonder if my tweet will be better in French or in English. #Expatproblem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Genn McMenemy – \u200f@GennMcMenemy<\/h4>\n

Realized that when I see the date (month\/date\/year) the American way I get completely confused and I try to correct it. #expatproblems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Sharonne Seitz\u200f – @Tutu775<\/h4>\n

Day 2 on my quest for ricotta cheese! Grocery shopping should not be this hard #expatproblems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Expat Problems\u200f – @ExpatProblems_<\/h4>\n

Evolution of your views on local styles. 1st Day = Ewwww that’s ugly 10th week = I can see how “they” like it 2nd year = This looks GOOD!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Meg – \u200f@twentyawesome<\/h4>\n

Living 10 hours apart puts me one day ahead! #timezone #expatproblem pic.twitter.com\/7c4J7YaId8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Natasja Giezen-Smith – \u200f@divinemissn<\/h4>\n

#expatproblem not knowing what the song is that your toddler has learned at nursery and is desperate for you to sing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Jordan Nadler – \u200f@Nadleresque<\/h4>\n

I would do unspeakable things for access to Girl Scout Cookies right now. #ExPatProblems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Joy\u200f – @JoyDabbles<\/h4>\n

@CBCAlerts Sadly, we expats can’t watch CBC Olympic coverage. #expatproblems #Sochi2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Expat Problems\u200f – @ExpatProblems_<\/h4>\n

I sound like such a snob whenever I tell a story that involves another country. And this sounds like a humble brag. #expatproblems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content] [blank_spacer height=”15px” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [boxed_content type=”whitestroke” pb_margin_bottom=”no” el_class=”.frc” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n\n\n\n
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Melissa – @moyamuhle<\/h4>\n

@La__Cuen Mouth now watering over here and it’s not yet 10 o’clock! #thanksfornuthin \ud83d\ude09 what I wouldn’t do for a decent corn tortilla!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the very first week of #expatproblems. Each week, we’ll scour the twittersphere to uncover the Top 10 linguistic hurdles, communication nightmares and cross-cultural faux pas that make expat life so wonderful! Expat life has it’s ups and downs, filled with weird, whacky and surprising experiences. Our weekly #expatproblems series will give you a glimpse of expat life across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[141],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3968"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}