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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
However aussies and kiwis have it great. We can go work in eachother's country at a moments notice
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How is that great for Aussies? 
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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i left because i liked the tropics - no where in australia was hot enough for me. kept moving north. after a couple of years in darwin, which i found too cold, i went to PNG. perfect climate - always hot, day and night.
the question is - why did i come here?!
btw when i left australia bob hawke was PM. but howard does indeed, as yu quaintly put it, "suck". |
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 12:10 am Post subject: |
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Because I haven't got time for it. I know that sounds arrogant. Maybe it is. I love the country. But... There just isn't enough opportunity there. I went home for a bit after my first jaunt overseas. Thought... OK. Time to get a job and settle in. Now I am not the one to believe that the best job in the world is just going to come and land in my lap.
So I am prepared to do a little bit of odd work to supplement myself. Hey. I like the food I put in my mouth to come from the hands that I work with.
But nope. Nothing. I have experience. I know that I have to work up and sometimes it wasn't the job that I wanted a life in but you know it's work. But every time I got to an interview I'd get.
"See you lived overseas for a while. What's wrong with Australia?"
"Are you staying?"
Well I would if I could get a job to hold me over... But alas no. The economy is too tight. Not putting anyone on. Looked for work in my field. And that is hard. Too. Journalism... Hmm. I know that. Wouldn't expect to get it immediately.
In short. I am not prepared to waste my life sitting on the dole as a poor man in a beautiful country.
Nope. Prefer anywhere else in the world. I had more opportunity in England which I grabbed at than I ever did at home.
Going home is not a mistake I am willing to make twice. My home now is anywhere but there.
Sorry to any patriots out there but I have no loyalty for a place that won't give me my bread. Korea has done more for me than that country ever did. |
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denz
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: soapland. alternatively - the school of rock!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| I would love to live in Aussie. |
modgirl,
under no circumstances can a person 'live in aussie'. one lives in oz/aus/aust or aussstraaayleeea. that kind of attitude will have your arse "living in kiwi" quicker than you can say 'me old china'.
got it, mayte? :) |
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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:12 am Post subject: |
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You forgot 'Straylia'.
"Where ya from mate?"
"Straylia" |
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camel96
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:16 am Post subject: |
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You forgot 'Straylia'.
"Where ya from mate?"
"Straylia" |
Actually it's Straya. No "L".
Denz and Clutch Cargo are fancy boys. |
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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Commoner!
Hrumph |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| denz wrote: |
| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| I would love to live in Aussie. |
modgirl,
under no circumstances can a person 'live in aussie'. one lives in oz/aus/aust or aussstraaayleeea. that kind of attitude will have your arse "living in kiwi" quicker than you can say 'me old china'.
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Aussie is an abrreviate for australia. And is used a lot with kiwis. ie. I'm going over to aussie for a holiday. As we have yet to become austaralian citizens we're allowed to use it.
However once get our australian passport we will of course start to add unessceary vowels into words. Whe-en en ro a me do as ro amannnnnssss.
CLG |
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hadeshorn
Joined: 30 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 7:56 am Post subject: |
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I am an Aussie with a computing degree. Now I was led to believe that when I left Uni, I would have a nice paying job and a good lifestyle. Thats when the IT crash kicked in and my dreams have gone elsewhere.
I suddenly woke up one saturday and saw an ad in the paper for teaching english in korea. All you needed was a uni degree. I was thinking of my friends that were teachers and were going over soon. I thought only teachers could do it. Anyway I rang up the ad and found out you had to hold a degree to be able to get an E2 visa.
I said sweet and proceeded to get jobs offered to me by this recruiter. She was offering crap jobs, and by this time my friend had situated a job in Seoul and I decided to talk to him and see if he could get me a job at his school. He said yep ok.. Not a problem.
So he hooked me up with a job and I left Australia behind.
But basically since I came to Korea I have resented my homeland somewhat.
I resent the higher taxes.
I resent the incompetent politicians.
I resent the overwhelming amount of laws governing personal safety (IF I WANT A FIRECRACKER! I WILL GO OUT AND BUY ONE AND IF I BLOW OFF MY HAND THEN ITS MY OWN FUCKING FAULT)
I resent the expensive lifestyle (Eg housing has gone thru the roof back home)
I resent the welfare society where if people dont want to work they dont have to do shit!
I resent our alliance with the US in the whole IRAQ debacle.
I resent that the government lied to us in regards to Asylum seekers
I resent how the education system is slowly being strangled back home
I resent how the private health insurance scheme is slowly getting more expensive as well.
I resent how the poor people back home on welfare are good for nothing thugs and try to compete in the world by being rough and then hiding behind the "I was abused as a child so its not my fault it just beat someone within an inch of their life"
I love how safe korea is. |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 8:11 am Post subject: |
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hadeshorn, you have pretty much hit the nail on the head.
The more I think about it, the more I feel like taking the plunge across to ESL, not just as a short term stop gap, but as a real career option.
Good on you for having the guts to do what you thought was best for you.
:)
jae. |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| hadeshorn wrote: |
I am an Aussie with a computing degree. Now I was led to believe that when I left Uni, I would have a nice paying job and a good lifestyle. Thats when the IT crash kicked in and my dreams have gone elsewhere.
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I have a computing degree too (graduated a couple of years ago).
I know there aren't anywhere near as many jobs as there were, but I thought that there would be work for me if I really wanted to work in IT (I don't particularly) Also I've never really looked seriously for work in Sydney or Melbourne & assumed it would be much easier to find work there. I'm not trying to contradict you at all, I'm just interested to here another view. |
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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I resent the overwhelming amount of laws governing personal safety (IF I WANT A FIRECRACKER! I WILL GO OUT AND BUY ONE AND IF I BLOW OFF MY HAND THEN ITS MY OWN *beep* FAULT)
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Yeah... This is one thing that really gets on my nerves.
Get this story. While I was home for a little bit a few years ago I lived near the waterfront in Wynnum, Brisbane. I know not the most exciting place in the world but it is relatively quiet and that is what I like. Anyhow.
There was an article in the local paper about an old couple who took a picnic lunch down to the long park that stretches right along the water. Lovely place for an afternoon walk, a bbq or a picnic.
So this old couple places out their blanket, the food and sits down to enjoy the sun and the food they've bought. Out comes a bottle of wine too. What picnic would be complete without a drink of wine?
Along comes a police officer who merrily in that arrogant I am so great and I've a uniform that only Queensland cops carry with them and charges them with drinking in a public place and confiscates their alcohol like they were a couple of fourteen year olds.
Oh come on. Give me a break. They're old for starters and it's not like they were going to have a rowdy party on the water front. Why should the state be so concerned about the activities of two of it's senior citizens?
I am still at a lose to find an answer. I do hate the amount of intrusion into your privacy that is Australian society. And the "I know better than you and you can't do this because it might harm you." Let me make my own decisions. |
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camel96
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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When did Philip Ruddock become Attorney-General...?
Am I that out of touch with Oz politics....? |
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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I know it is scary. Did you miss all that who harr with Peter Hollingworth who was appointed as Governor-General?
P.S. I love that Avatar Camel in a disturbing kinda of way. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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resent the higher taxes.
I resent the incompetent politicians.
I resent the overwhelming amount of laws governing personal safety (IF I WANT A FIRECRACKER! I WILL GO OUT AND BUY ONE AND IF I BLOW OFF MY HAND THEN ITS MY OWN *beep* FAULT)
I resent the expensive lifestyle (Eg housing has gone thru the roof back home)
I resent the welfare society where if people dont want to work they dont have to do *beep*!
I resent our alliance with the US in the whole IRAQ debacle.
I resent that the government lied to us in regards to Asylum seekers
I resent how the education system is slowly being strangled back home
I resent how the private health insurance scheme is slowly getting more expensive as well.
I resent how the poor people back home on welfare are good for nothing thugs and try to compete in the world by being rough and then hiding behind the "I was abused as a child so its not my fault it just beat someone within an inch of their life"
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Hadeshorn, that is pure genius. I agree one hundred percent. There are many positives about Aussie but the welfare system is a joke. i have an uncle who is collecting 3 pensions while I was slaving my ass off so I dobbed him in. he never found out who it was but all the sudden after 10 years of doing jack crap he had to work. He sat there moaning about how bad the government was taking away all his benefits, he is Australian, blah.blah... I said, the govenment was stupid for paying him in the first place, the only bad person is you. People like you bring this country down,etc.. Very satisfying.
Also, did anyone see the ho ha with the Chinese President. made sure all the greens were locked in the glass cage so the couldn't protest against him. i know how important China is for trade but what a joke. Australia just kisses everyones ass. The Us, China, England, japan, it doesn't matter. |
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