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7 Things I Notice About Perthians

Moving to another English speaking country, which basically is an almost exact copy of United Kingdom, shouldn’t be too shocking for mr.mck and I. Especially since I have lived in Australia before, and mr.mck has had visited the country for many times in his life. Driving is an obvious example. Australians drive on the left [...]

March 19, 2010 Australia 20 Comments

Perth: Sunny Side Up!

Having read Ecky‘s post, I too have to reveal something that both mr.mck and I have found since the day we set our foot here in Perth. Everywhere we go, everybody who serves us, from the baker, the florist, the staffs at the shops and supermarkets, delivery people, guys at ticket box, the call centre [...]

February 18, 2010 Being Expat 6 Comments

Hard To Say Goodbye

….. To our mobile provider. I have been Mrs. Maciphone since last year, and having so much fun using it. The first time I had it I didn’t really like it because it failed on basic mobile phone function, namely texting. It didn’t have a function to forward the message, let alone to copy and [...]

December 21, 2009 Tech & Web 11 Comments

Hello From Down Under (3) – G'day!

Last Friday was the day of that marked our 2-week settlement in Perth. But we are still in the adjustment phase, where we compare everything here with what we used to have back home. From what I’ve learned in my settlement course 2 years a go when I moved to Scotland, normally the first phase [...]

December 16, 2009 Australia, Being Expat, Life & Style 2 Comments

Hello From Down Under (2) – The First Shocking Moments

Shocked after landed in Perth under its glorious sunshine at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, I quickly reminded myself that we are no longer in Aberdeen, where it gets dark before 4 PM, where it is cold, windy, and wet all day. We were discussing the best option to get into our temporary apartment (Emirates [...]

December 9, 2009 Australia, Being Expat, Life & Style 19 Comments

Hello From Down Under (1) – The Journey

The confirmation finally came when I was still enjoying my holiday in Indonesia. Yes, we’re moving to Perth, Australia (not Perth, near Glasgow!). The date was finally agreed. Yes, it’s 26 November. Lots of emails went back and forth about how we get there (they sent us a booking with Qantas, I wholeheartedly refused – [...]

December 7, 2009 Australia, Being Expat, Scotland, UK 8 Comments

Something Scottish For Today

You might not realise that Donald Trump is half Scottish. But it is the only reason why he insists on building the golf resort in Scotland, surrounding his mansion (which is called ‘The Donald’ by his ex wife Ivanka) in Balmedie, north of Aberdeen. Trump was reportedly considered more than 200 sites in Europe before [...]

November 26, 2008 Life & Style, Scotland, UK 13 Comments

(Old) Men's Preference?

The weather has been glorious since I landed back here two weeks a go. This afternoon, for the first time, I only carried my trench coat – in case the temperature dropped, but it didn’t – and had my see through top and jeans. It felt like I was in a tropical country; it was [...]

August 28, 2008 Scotland, UK 6 Comments

I Don't Understand…

… that football is such a big deal in UK, even the prime minister must get involved in it. You might have noticed that UK didn’t participate in football at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, because England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete in all other international competitions, including the World Cup and European Championships individually. [...]

August 27, 2008 UK 12 Comments

I'm Not An Indonesian, Not Yet A Scottish Lady

I think the combination of being in a holiday mood, having too many things to do/people to meet/parties to attend, and having crap internet connection at home, makes me abandoning my blog. It has been over a week and I haven’t been bothered to update it. So I arranged to meet up with Therry at [...]

June 24, 2008 Being Expat, Indonesia, Life & Style, UK 13 Comments