Suggestions for good blogs, resources for moving overseas?

astarte · Post by **astarte** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:07 pm

Being able to lurk on this board and have my occasional questions answered has made this process so much easier.

I was just wondering if people had any suggestions of blogs or resources that they read or read about the experience of relocating overseas. We are potentially moving with 2 small children to Asia and it would be great to read about other people's experiences. I am a firm believer in learning from other people's mistakes :D .

Also, is it normal to wake up the morning after signing a contract absolutely panicked and wondering if you are crazy to relocate and move away from stability and everything you know. This wasn't a hurried decision we have been in the process for a year and I am still excited but it all seems really overwhelming right now. It doesn't help that we are in the middle of trying to sell our stuff, figure out what is going into storage and decided what we need to live with my mum before we leave in August in the next 2 weeks.

Thanks in advance.

psychris · Post by **psychris** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:27 pm

www.teachtraveltaste.com is pretty good.

My blog is in the works; I'll post it on here when it gets better than it currently is.

eion_padraig · Post by **eion_padraig** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:11 pm

Someone else had recommended this at one point. It could be worthwhile.

http://www.talesmag.com/

abarisme · Post by **abarisme** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:52 pm

Hi-

My husband and I are going through the same thing except that we don't have kiddos. We are in the process of selling our house and it's just so much work and preparation to get done before our big move.

We know that it will be an experience of a lifetime, and we will have no regrets. Material stuff we can come back to like car, house, etc, but it is those memories and adventures that will live with us forever and will be able to share with our kiddos when we are much older.

However, it is overwhelming and it hasn't really hit me because we're so busy with the house. I know once I'm on that plane, I will be in complete SHOCK! HA!

Where in Asia?

PsyGuy · Post by **PsyGuy** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:29 pm

Yes it's normal, and it goes away. I'd just google the city and expat, and you will find lots of blogs and forum sites.

nikkor · Post by **nikkor** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:21 am

An international teacher I know has a nice blog. It's more focused on travel and photography than moving overseas. Patricklovephotography.com/blog

BocaJrs · Post by **BocaJrs** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:14 pm

@ astarte:
I subscribe to several blogs by international teachers through my RSS feed and I can say that many have proved to be very informative. I have learned a lot regarding the city/country's general living conditions and sometimes also about the school. I can't recommend it enough. As an added bonus some blogs are quite entertaining as well as useful.
If you don't mind posting more specifically where you are headed in Asia I might have some country specific ones for you.

@nikkor:
I stopped by the blog you posted and the photos are just breathtaking. Please send my congratulations to your friend and thanks for sharing.

psychris · Post by **psychris** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:57 am

www.themiddlekingdom.org is a good Beijing blog.

lightstays · Post by **lightstays** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:59 pm

+ 1 for talesmag.com It's for the dip community but that's basically you at this point. They have sections both on i-schools and life at posts.

astarte · Post by **astarte** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:12 pm

Thanks for all the responses. This is our first time overseas and I am trying not to panic. We are moving to Macau.The issue we are having with Macau is that there doesn't seem to be as much info about it as other places. We are hoping the salary is going to be enough :wink: . We had a couple of offers but both my husband and I were drawn to the school, Macau and the people that we were interviewed by. I am hoping that our guts aren't going to lead us astray.

To make things a little easier in the summer, we are moving into my parents' house first.

It is a little overwhelming, especially trying to figure out what we want to put in storage and what we want to get rid of.

BocaJrs · Post by **BocaJrs** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:33 pm

Here are a couple of blogs of teachers in Macau:

http://kiatsinmacau.blogspot.com/
http://cheryl-setchell.blogspot.com/
http://10monthsinmacau.blogspot.com/

A family in Macau
http://www.wanderingmacau.com/

Kinda, sorta relevant: These are a couple of blogs from teachers that used to be in Shekou, China (QSI school). You'll need to go to the beginning of the blogs.

http://therundells.blogspot.com/
http://ericandjamiebrown.blogspot.com/

astarte · Post by **astarte** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:20 pm

BocaJrs that is awesome, I don't know how you did it but I really appreciate the blogs.

psychris · Post by **psychris** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:11 pm

Alright, my blog is up and running:

http://chrischowfun.wordpress.com/

It's more about me than anything else, but I try really, really hard to make it a worthwhile read.

hawkeye · Post by **hawkeye** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:45 pm

Excellent blog psychris!

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