Expats in Malaysia
Well, firstly - I am NOT an expat.
Expat means a person, who gets to travell to another country on business and lives there for some period of time. They get allowances and high salary. Higher then locals of course. And then, they can afford stuff..
I couldnt help but wonder, how is the life of these people....
Since I have been living here I came across many people of this kind. They usually have big and luxurious appartments, fancy cars! What a life :) And all I came across were nice people!
In Malaysia, the good thing is that this country is very multicultural and expants (or foreginers generally) are treated nicely.
I am also wondering till which extent foreigners get into deep understanding of Malaysian culture mix and the whole backround of governmental censorship and simmilar intriques... At this point it is always important to have a close local friends to get you into the picture. The other day, my friend Alan was telling me about the elections here and generally about the "backround".¨I was grateful to him for opening my eyes in that field. Because foreigners normally DONT KNOW.
But back to Expats. Im glad that there is such a vast infrastructure build for expats. For example there are supermarkets focused on "Westerners", as well as shops full of fashion clothes, expat focused furniture... and of couse many Western food oriented restaurants. (which are also pricy).
Nevertheless, I have to say that life here for an expat must be quite easy going, not much stress (as I was talking the other day with one of my friends, she plans to stay in Malaysia - on of the advantages for her is exactly this "easygoingness"). People are respecting you as a foreigner and the economic growth here so far has been powerfull, environment is nice, flourishing nature...
On the other hand, I couldnt stay several things (especially above mentioned, the heat, no parks to stroll in and sometimes too easy approach to things. Finally, I am an European and i am structured.
To close up, I am glad to have the opportunity of living in this country for about a year now and I am gratefull for realizing all the things about "foreigner living abroad". Now I can say, I value my own culture a lot, my country. I was also happy to see other countries in Southeast Asia and my thumbs up goes to Malaysia for such a quick growth in past few years! (heya oil and petrol lah :p) And who would think like me one year and half ago that Malaysia is worse than 3rd world, I have to tell them, that it is not true :)
Expat means a person, who gets to travell to another country on business and lives there for some period of time. They get allowances and high salary. Higher then locals of course. And then, they can afford stuff..
I couldnt help but wonder, how is the life of these people....
Since I have been living here I came across many people of this kind. They usually have big and luxurious appartments, fancy cars! What a life :) And all I came across were nice people!
In Malaysia, the good thing is that this country is very multicultural and expants (or foreginers generally) are treated nicely.
I am also wondering till which extent foreigners get into deep understanding of Malaysian culture mix and the whole backround of governmental censorship and simmilar intriques... At this point it is always important to have a close local friends to get you into the picture. The other day, my friend Alan was telling me about the elections here and generally about the "backround".¨I was grateful to him for opening my eyes in that field. Because foreigners normally DONT KNOW.
But back to Expats. Im glad that there is such a vast infrastructure build for expats. For example there are supermarkets focused on "Westerners", as well as shops full of fashion clothes, expat focused furniture... and of couse many Western food oriented restaurants. (which are also pricy).
Nevertheless, I have to say that life here for an expat must be quite easy going, not much stress (as I was talking the other day with one of my friends, she plans to stay in Malaysia - on of the advantages for her is exactly this "easygoingness"). People are respecting you as a foreigner and the economic growth here so far has been powerfull, environment is nice, flourishing nature...
On the other hand, I couldnt stay several things (especially above mentioned, the heat, no parks to stroll in and sometimes too easy approach to things. Finally, I am an European and i am structured.
To close up, I am glad to have the opportunity of living in this country for about a year now and I am gratefull for realizing all the things about "foreigner living abroad". Now I can say, I value my own culture a lot, my country. I was also happy to see other countries in Southeast Asia and my thumbs up goes to Malaysia for such a quick growth in past few years! (heya oil and petrol lah :p) And who would think like me one year and half ago that Malaysia is worse than 3rd world, I have to tell them, that it is not true :)
posted by Paja @ 1:27 PM
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