Try banning people who:sundaymorningstaple wrote:
How are you going to filter out "non" expats? :
i never did. & i still havent adapted to singlish. still dont get those people at work. WTF is.."Aye sorry ah, i being rude..(& then go on to insult you or your country)" like they'r taking my permission to insult me.sundaymorningstaple wrote: OH! Astr, it's nice to see you starting to use all the keyboard now. You don't type like a "local" now!
joski wrote:Hey Gilly,
I think ur idea is great. I'm an Aussie who has just moved from the UK where I have been living and one of my big things I know i"m going to miss is my social network.
I have a handful of wonderful singaporean friends here and I love them to bits but moving to a place that is different does require a little bit of a local expat network.
You do need to vent, share experiences and have people tell you it will be ok.
When my fiance passed away last year I spent a lot of time on a widows forum- not because my friends were amazing support but just becuause there were things they couldn't relate to...
I'm only 2 days into my time in Singapore but have had tears both nights and while i know this is an amazing place with so much to offer catching up with some other expats and having a few drinks/ dinner / what ever and sharing the eperience would also be amazing!
Essentially this is an epat forum where newbies like me can come along and find the support that moving to a new city might need!
Ha Ha the other 16 are wonder which one of them are lemonsnotwavingdrowning wrote: out of the 20 I have met thru 2 different groups I can call 4 of them friends..developing into good friends...
Ah what a shame I wont be able to join as my Wife and I enjoy going out togetherGilly wrote:I think we should take SMS's advice. A separate area would be good but it would take a lot of moderating. It has been done sms, I know of an expat forum that does work, but the country doesn't have so many desperate locals to try and keep out.
So we could use this thread as our base? Until it gets too big )
So let's start a monthly meet-up. EXPATS ONLY.
Sorry local folk, it's not about racism? religion? favouritism? or anything like that, it's just a supportive group for like minded people, everyone has them...women, mothers, widows, AA's.
This one is for expats.
Shall we have our first meet-up this weekend?
Unless the majority suggests otherwise let's start mid afternoon (3pm) and carry on into evening. People can come and go all day/night - whatever time suits. Die hards can go on all day/night if they want.
I'm happy to do the early shift, the welcome party so to speak!
Let's see who's up for that, then we can arrange a venue depending on numbers.
Looking forward to it!!
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Okay wise crackSaint wrote:Ah what a shame I wont be able to join as my Wife and I enjoy going out togetherGilly wrote:I think we should take SMS's advice. A separate area would be good but it would take a lot of moderating. It has been done sms, I know of an expat forum that does work, but the country doesn't have so many desperate locals to try and keep out.
So we could use this thread as our base? Until it gets too big )
So let's start a monthly meet-up. EXPATS ONLY.
Sorry local folk, it's not about racism? religion? favouritism? or anything like that, it's just a supportive group for like minded people, everyone has them...women, mothers, widows, AA's.
This one is for expats.
Shall we have our first meet-up this weekend?
Unless the majority suggests otherwise let's start mid afternoon (3pm) and carry on into evening. People can come and go all day/night - whatever time suits. Die hards can go on all day/night if they want.
I'm happy to do the early shift, the welcome party so to speak!
Let's see who's up for that, then we can arrange a venue depending on numbers.
Looking forward to it!!
So please add your names in a reply.
Please state name and country of origin.
Sorry Gilly, couldn't resistGilly wrote:
Okay wise crack
What would you do if your wife went on a girls night? Would make the same comment?
Saint, we wouldn't want to split up a couple, if one's an expat and the partner wanted to join....of course you could both join, but going by your sarkie comment you probably wouldn't want to.
But please don't get all destructive. All we're trying to do is build up a supportive group of expats, who have the same experiences. It happens well in other countries, I hope we're mature enough to set something up similar here!
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