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A catch up podcast for the New Year. Both Kirsty and Nikki’s youngest expat/repat children have now graduated from school and are on their way to university/gap year. We talk film, books and television. Kirsty: Disclaimer – Apple TV The Season – Helen Garner Apple Cider Vinegar – Apple TV Nikki: Zero Day – Netflix Paradise – Hulu Black Doves – Netflix The post Expat Kids on Tour first appeared on .…
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Starting a chat with someone new can be a little scarier when you’ve lost that expat hook. You know the chat – so how long have you lived here? Where are you from? Where did you live before you moved here? Nikki talks about her new intro chats as a repat and how she’s coping with conversations that seem to go nowhere. When were you your most confident as an expat? Was it pre/post expat? Nikki and Kirsty discuss when they were at their most confident and why. Our favourite things Kirsty: Life After Life The Bear The Big Swing – Season Two Angela Hicks on Instagram Nikki: The Three Body Problem (Netflix) Lie to Me Nikki has given birth to a poet See you in the first week of August. The post I’ve lost my hook first appeared on .…
This week we discuss Expats the television series based in Hong Kong. The series is adapted from the novel The Expatriates written by Janice Y.K. Lee. Nikki is 6 months in with her repatriation and has a very honest chat about being friendless and miserable. Our favourite things: Tiny Beautiful Things American Fiction Past Lives Taylor Swift The Eras Tour One Day Expats The post Expats – The Series first appeared on .…
What is a good salary in Doha? London? Jakarta? We’ve all seen the questions based on how much money you need to make to survive, today we have a new question. What’s been the biggest cost you didn’t foresee when you moved? What did you forget to factor in? We also talk about the grieving expat. Going through grief when no-one understands the enormity of your loss. How do we cope with losing expat friends when we’ve moved on to a new location? Favourite things: Kirsty: We talk Robbie Williams, Last Stop Larrimah, and Glen Maxwell’s iconic cricket innings. Nikki: Bosch Legacy – Season 2, Hard Fork (podcast), and a little story about lost in translation What are you watching and listening to? How’s life where you are this week? Link in the comments. The post How much money will I need? first appeared on .…
The Trailing Spouse is dead – this week on the podcast we talk about why the “Accompanying Spouse” has arrived. I mean the Accompanying Spouse was always a better term wasn’t it? We all walk side by side don’t we? Sidenote – the term Trailing Spouse will no longer be used in the Two Fat Expats Facebook Group with Accompanying Spouse being the preferred term. We’re also talking Posh and Becks and how no matter how much money you have or how many football teams you own you’re still going to lay awake at night thinking of schools, finding a hairdresser, finding new friends and feeling like a fish out of water. We also discuss dealing with strong opinions on your host country from people who’ve never lived there. Has social media made it worse? Kirsty’s three favourite things: Somewhere in Queens (Movie) Blackberry (Movie – Amazon Prime) The Morning Wars/The Morning Show – Season 3 Nikki’s three favourite things: Nikki also loved Beckham Silo (television – apple tv) Getting a giggle from the silent walking trend aka walking The post The Trailing Spouse is Dead first appeared on .…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedWhat are some of the unique challenges long term expats face? Savings and superannuation, self care and medical issues? Heart breaking friend break ups? Property ownership and all the tax implications that come with it? We ran through a few. We shared food discoveries from the Fatterati, what can’t you now live without? Kirsty’s three things: The Fablemans, Chris Rock, Benjamin Law article on Survivor experience Nikki’s three things: The witch trials of JK Rowling, Pokerface, MH 370 the plane that disappeared. The post Want to know the truth? Here’s some long term expat challenges you may not have thought about. Food discoveries from the Fatterati. first appeared on .…
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