{"id":4465,"date":"2014-05-16T00:04:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T00:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2022-09-21T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:25:26","slug":"week-expat-problems-week-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/week-expat-problems-week-11\/","title":{"rendered":"A week of expat problems – Week 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to week eleven 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
\"V-Camarista\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

V. Camarista\u200f – @Camaristaesque<\/h4>\n

In unrelated news, I’ve lived in #melbourne for more than a year and I just realized textas are markers #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
\"Alex-bint-Eisa\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

Alex bint Eisa\u200f – @AlexbintEisa<\/h4>\n

It’s so hot that if I leave the toilet seat cover down the seat gets covered in condensation #expatproblems #summer #khaleejistyle<\/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
\"Kate-Ousley\"<\/td>\n\n

Kate Ousley\u200f – @katetravels2<\/h4>\n

I woke up in a real bed this morning and didn’t have to get dressed to hike to the bathroom #itsthelittlethings #4040 #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
\"Khyati-Mehta\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

Khyati Mehta\u200f – @KhyatiMehta<\/h4>\n

You know you’re an outsider when you have to Google official greetings for public holidays and still get it wrong #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
\"Eric-Zahn\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

Eric Zahn\u200f – @Ericez74<\/h4>\n

Just finished the annual hour-long phone call to delta to reserve our summer trip home. 4 different reservations needed. #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
\"Enida-Wang\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

Enida Wang\u200f – @EnidaWang<\/h4>\n

I just want to be able to say ‘sies’ without having to explain what it means or send people the Urban Dictionary link. #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
\"Tamara-Kohl\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

Tamara Kohl\u200f – @tk2307<\/h4>\n

that awkward moment when you have to write a two-pager in your native tongue and your head is just like “duh?!” #expatproblems #weirdo<\/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
\"Amanda-Brock\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

Amanda Brock\u200f – @amandabecton<\/h4>\n

today i drove behind a guy who was using his hazards as his blinkers. umm…which way ya turning bud?! #confusing #expatproblems #tia<\/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
\"David-Moss\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

David Moss\u200f – @gottagoplaces<\/h4>\n

Literally filling every nook and cranny of your bags, and going over the weight limit because of 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
\"Lucy-Gossip\u200f\"<\/td>\n\n

Lucy Gossip\u200f – @lucygossip<\/h4>\n

Why do all the best people have to be miles and miles away? #travellerproblems #expatproblems #billynomates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/boxed_content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to week eleven 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 the world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4480,"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\/4465"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4465"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4507,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4465\/revisions\/4507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}