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5 Great Ways Trailing Spouses Can Earn Their Keep

There’s no end of coverage on trailing spouse syndrome and the potentially damaging emotional effects that can occur when an individual relocates to new country so that their partner can pursue their own career and interests. However, a life damned...

Happy Christmas From The Expat Info Desk

It’s that time of year again, my how time flies! As expatriates all over the world prepare to fly home for a Christmas reunion with their loved ones, or sample the delights of a local Christmas in their host country, we would like to take this oppo...

7 Fantastic Reasons Why You Should Pack up and Relocate Overseas

If you are considering international relocation but seem to be able to formulate more reasons why you should stay at home than why you should move overseas, then let us step in and provide you with some reasons why moving abroad may be the best thi...

Special Report: International Cost of Living Comparisons Explained

One major concern of many expats when they are planning a move overseas is international cost of living, and how the costs they can expect to face in their host destination will differ from those they currently experience in their home country. In th...

Eternal migration of a spotless housewife: Glossary of expat names

Glossary of expat names : An expat by any other name? This week I was called an “Ang Mo” by one of my Singaporean friends: “Hey Ang Mo, your husband always late lah?” Ang Moh is a Hokkien word that literal translates as “red hair” and ap...

Expat Research Survey : HSBC needs YOU!

HSBC are yet again sponsoring the world's largest expatriate survey and this year they're aiming to include even more expats from all over the world. This is where you come in. HSBC are seeking your valuable views and insights into life as an exp...

Eternal Migration of a Spotless Housewife : Expat Child Syndrome

Forget trailing spouse syndrome, there’s a new paradoxical psychological phenomenon that I have been hearing a lot about recently. It’s called expat child syndrome. “What is this abnormality and how can I identify the clinical features associat...

Special Report: What is it really like as a modern-day expatriate? Part 2

What is it really like as a modern-day expatriate? Benefits, holiday allowances and quality of life A life abroad is more accessible than it has ever been and increasing numbers of people choose to leave behind their home to experience life in a new...

The Hunt for the Perfect Singapore Apartment

For the majority of expatriates & global nomads the first thing on their list of things to do when they finally arrive in their host country is to find somewhere to live. My husband and I are no exception to this, and pretty much as soon as we ar...

Adventures of a Tai Tai: Lessons I have learned

Adventures of a Tai Tai : Lessons I have learned So life is pretty much back to normal here in Singapore. My husband has started his new job and I am fully back into my usual routine. I had a slight case of trailing spouse syndrome (my husband cal...