Tuesday 4 August 2009

Exodus - movement of Jah people (or "how I became a re-expat")



Yes, the FOARP has given up all hope of getting a job back in the UK in the current climate and is back in the far east. When people of my acquaintance including a former KPMG accountant, a senior city programmer and a former Guardian journalist cannot find jobs in the UK, thinking that I can get a job there seems more than a bit foolish. Yes, I know this makes me the classic expat stereotype of someone going overseas because he couldn't make it back home, but I'd sooner be that than on the dole trying to wait out what, if we are not yet allowed to call it a depression, is certainly the worst recession since the war. My destination right now is Taiwan, but I'm going there by a somewhat circuitous route - more on that later . . . .

3 comments:

justrecently said...

Living in a globalized economy has its disadvantages and its advantages. It would be foolish not to use its advantages. I wish you success and happiness in the Far East, and a happy return to the U.K.

Anonymous said...

Good luck mate. If worse comes to worse, and you've exhausted all your options, there's always Dezan Shira!

Dan said...

Good luck. Keep us all posted!