Comments on: 8 rules for your first expat year http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/ expat life in buenos aires Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:26:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: exnat http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-396 exnat Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:27:14 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-396 Thanks brian, Let me just reiterate that while Spanish classes are good for learning the language, they rarely carry the benefits that you described. Thanks brian,

Let me just reiterate that while Spanish classes are good for learning the language, they rarely carry the benefits that you described.

]]> By: Brian from Argentina'sTravel http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-394 Brian from Argentina'sTravel Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:44:33 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-394 From all the tips you've gave the best is taking classes. You will be in a room with ohter people, native or foreign, interchanging thoughts an opinion, soon you will be forming study groups and in a couple of weeks you'll be out with them every week end. It is also a good way to meet a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Plus Argentinians are very outgoing which make things much more easy, a lot easier than in other countries. From all the tips you’ve gave the best is taking classes. You will be in a room with ohter people, native or foreign, interchanging thoughts an opinion, soon you will be forming study groups and in a couple of weeks you’ll be out with them every week end. It is also a good way to meet a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Plus Argentinians are very outgoing which make things much more easy, a lot easier than in other countries.

]]> By: exnat http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-327 exnat Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:44:22 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-327 Thanks Kristie. I only have my stereotypes to go by but have you considered crosscountry skiing or snowshoeing? Besos, Nathan Thanks Kristie. I only have my stereotypes to go by but have you considered crosscountry skiing or snowshoeing?

Besos,
Nathan

]]> By: Kristie http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-326 Kristie Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:17:01 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-326 I just found you blog by accident and I love your article. I am a new expat to Norway and am having a really hard time finding a good way to exercise. Im from Southern California and have had a gym membership since I can remeber! I will be bookmarking this blog, love it. I just found you blog by accident and I love your article. I am a new expat to Norway and am having a really hard time finding a good way to exercise. Im from Southern California and have had a gym membership since I can remeber! I will be bookmarking this blog, love it.

]]> By: exnat http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-325 exnat Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:05:18 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-325 Carito, Incredibly true... Carito,

Incredibly true…

]]> By: Carito http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-324 Carito Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:13:25 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-324 The best piece of advice I got when I left my home country six years ago was, "Don't expect things to be the same as in your country. If something is not happening the way you expect, it's not them, it's you." I used it as a mantra for six years in four different cities and it definitely worked. It's true that I've been pissed off at how things are sometimes, but hey, for most of us it was a personal decision to come and stay, so we better suck it up. The best piece of advice I got when I left my home country six years ago was, “Don’t expect things to be the same as in your country. If something is not happening the way you expect, it’s not them, it’s you.” I used it as a mantra for six years in four different cities and it definitely worked. It’s true that I’ve been pissed off at how things are sometimes, but hey, for most of us it was a personal decision to come and stay, so we better suck it up.

]]> By: exnat http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-328 exnat Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:49:46 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-328 Good luck in Cordoba, Coog. Womaninmotion, I completely agree. It's just a fact that living away from home can make you feel nuts in the beginning. Some people want to go nuts or be needy. It takes all sorts... Good luck in Cordoba, Coog.

Womaninmotion,
I completely agree. It’s just a fact that living away from home can make you feel nuts in the beginning. Some people want to go nuts or be needy. It takes all sorts…

]]> By: womaninmotion http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-322 womaninmotion Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:50:52 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-322 I think the needy expat thing is debatable and circumstantial. I met my yoga teacher in Shanghai, who was definitely a needy expat, and she was a hugely positive influence on my life. I hope that in turn, I was a good influence on hers. Besides, people need different things in their lives at different times, and everyone is human, we are not programmed to turn off needs. I think the needy expat thing is debatable and circumstantial. I met my yoga teacher in Shanghai, who was definitely a needy expat, and she was a hugely positive influence on my life. I hope that in turn, I was a good influence on hers. Besides, people need different things in their lives at different times, and everyone is human, we are not programmed to turn off needs.

]]> By: Coogie http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-321 Coogie Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:42:08 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-321 You do raise some good points there. Although, the part about exercising; I LOVE running, but c'mon, it's damn hot here! And so much easier to hang out in the park instead of running around it in circles;) I guess although I don't really mix with many other expats in my everyday life, I'm still constantly somewhere in between - not having been here long and working as an English teacher (language - aaargh!). The greatest challenge is yet to come, when moving to Córdoba and in with a full blooded Argentine family, their neighbours, partners and friends (cause they are always somewhere near), of whom not a single one speaks anything but Cordobes Castellano. If that doesn't get me into Argentina - nothing ever will! Saludos, Coog You do raise some good points there.
Although, the part about exercising; I LOVE running, but c’mon, it’s damn hot here! And so much easier to hang out in the park instead of running around it in circles ;)
I guess although I don’t really mix with many other expats in my everyday life, I’m still constantly somewhere in between - not having been here long and working as an English teacher (language - aaargh!).
The greatest challenge is yet to come, when moving to Córdoba and in with a full blooded Argentine family, their neighbours, partners and friends (cause they are always somewhere near), of whom not a single one speaks anything but Cordobes Castellano. If that doesn’t get me into Argentina - nothing ever will!
Saludos, Coog

]]> By: Diva http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-320 Diva Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:35:03 +0000 http://exnat.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/8-rules-for-your-first-expat-year/#comment-320 Buenisimo.Every expat in Buenos Aires should have a copy! Buenisimo.Every expat in Buenos Aires should have a copy!

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