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Dohplaydat wrote:I sort of migrated for 3 years to the UK from 2015-2018. I was back and forth quite a bit. I lived in London, spent time in Manchester and some at Oxford.
The work was great, the people were friendly, but Habit7 is right about one thing, loneliness and homesickness kick in. Especially in the UK. Life is extremely different here, culture as well.
We have a lot more in common with Americans and the American way of a lifestyle than we do with Brits. My closest friends all ended up being Europeans and just one Brit (who was Indian but born in the UK). Trini personalities are oddly very similar to Spanish, Portuguese and Greeks. Their style of humor, laidback attitude, always ready to lime made me not miss friends at home as much.
I left the UK for what I thought was going to be a few months but ended up being 3 years now, when my dad got ill. I worked remotely but resigned eventually and took up contract work locally.
I can always return, I extended my work VISA to 2023 and can apply for ILR and permanent residence quite easily. That said, I don't think I'll be doing it.
I'm looking primarily at the US, Dubai, or NZ as my next option. I've been researching Brazil and Portugal and aside from the language barrier there is a huge demand for my field there and work visas are easy to get. Plus those women.....wow.
Canada isn't a bad option as well, but that winter not easy.
There are many things Trinis take for granted - we are truly a blessed land in terms of weather, food, people, music, and culture, before covid it was relatively easy to earn a decent living.
Things are bad now and I don't foresee it getting better. I won't recommend the UK to anyone unless you truly know what you're getting into.
ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:Redress10 wrote:ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:All this talk about how bad America is but you want to go there for a better life.
America is known for cold weather, racial discrimination, dead end jobs, loneliness? Which part of America? It is a VERY big country. Generalizing the entire country like that, I don't give Americans wrong. I wouldn't want you in my country either.
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Read through the posts, you will see why I reacted.
ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:Redress10 wrote:ScHoolboySoloQ wrote:All this talk about how bad America is but you want to go there for a better life.
America is known for cold weather, racial discrimination, dead end jobs, loneliness? Which part of America? It is a VERY big country. Generalizing the entire country like that, I don't give Americans wrong. I wouldn't want you in my country either.
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Read through the posts, you will see why I reacted.
Redress10 wrote:Dohplaydat wrote:I sort of migrated for 3 years to the UK from 2015-2018. I was back and forth quite a bit. I lived in London, spent time in Manchester and some at Oxford.
The work was great, the people were friendly, but Habit7 is right about one thing, loneliness and homesickness kick in. Especially in the UK. Life is extremely different here, culture as well.
We have a lot more in common with Americans and the American way of a lifestyle than we do with Brits. My closest friends all ended up being Europeans and just one Brit (who was Indian but born in the UK). Trini personalities are oddly very similar to Spanish, Portuguese and Greeks. Their style of humor, laidback attitude, always ready to lime made me not miss friends at home as much.
I left the UK for what I thought was going to be a few months but ended up being 3 years now, when my dad got ill. I worked remotely but resigned eventually and took up contract work locally.
I can always return, I extended my work VISA to 2023 and can apply for ILR and permanent residence quite easily. That said, I don't think I'll be doing it.
I'm looking primarily at the US, Dubai, or NZ as my next option. I've been researching Brazil and Portugal and aside from the language barrier there is a huge demand for my field there and work visas are easy to get. Plus those women.....wow.
Canada isn't a bad option as well, but that winter not easy.
There are many things Trinis take for granted - we are truly a blessed land in terms of weather, food, people, music, and culture, before covid it was relatively easy to earn a decent living.
Things are bad now and I don't foresee it getting better. I won't recommend the UK to anyone unless you truly know what you're getting into.
Funny how I aways thought that it was employers who needed to extend work permits for employees but I guess the rules are always different with you somehow.
Also Indefinite leave to remain and residency not as easy as you think. Seeing that you have been out of the country for 3+ years you may find it difficult to get. There are serving soldiers who are out of the country because of overseas tours who find it difficult to meet residency requirements because of their absence from the UK.
,SuperiorMan wrote:
What sort of work did you do?
No SirHabit7 wrote:I am not seeing anybody talking about the homesickness.
You can be the most successful immigrant ever, big house, nice car and best job. But when you remembering all your friends and family. Being around ppl who can relate to you. Having to worry about speaking clearly or adopting a fake accent. The food you are missing. How you took trini weather for granted. And many more.
Homesickness is real. Just because you spent a 2wks abroad before on holidays doesn't mean you know how months away from home feels. It can give you a bad depression. If you going anywhere, try to see if you can test it out for a few weeks or months first before you make the leap.
zoom rader wrote:No SirHabit7 wrote:I am not seeing anybody talking about the homesickness.
You can be the most successful immigrant ever, big house, nice car and best job. But when you remembering all your friends and family. Being around ppl who can relate to you. Having to worry about speaking clearly or adopting a fake accent. The food you are missing. How you took trini weather for granted. And many more.
Homesickness is real. Just because you spent a 2wks abroad before on holidays doesn't mean you know how months away from home feels. It can give you a bad depression. If you going anywhere, try to see if you can test it out for a few weeks or months first before you make the leap.
I have know folks that have left here and never looked back. The only time they came back is when their family members passed away. They were disgusted with Trinidad. Most inherited their family estates and sold it as soon as they could.
Redress10 wrote:SuperiorMan wrote:Even the best parts of UK can't hold up to California.
It's always filthy, dirty roads, has narrow roads with lots of traffic, polluted (air pollution), and the houses are nothing you could get like in the US for the price. Also, weather in California is much better.
I know bro plus that grey weather just isn't it anymore. Not to mention leaving the euro. The appeal is minimal at this point. Don't forget the food as well. Food in USA is diverse and actually taste good. There are so many options.
The lifestyle in LA is crazy. Place just looks and feels like paradise. I am seriously considering it.
Habit7 wrote:I am not seeing anybody talking about the homesickness.
You can be the most successful immigrant ever, big house, nice car and best job. But when you remembering all your friends and family. Being around ppl who can relate to you. Having to worry about speaking clearly or adopting a fake accent. The food you are missing. How you took trini weather for granted. And many more.
Homesickness is real. Just because you spent a 2wks abroad before on holidays doesn't mean you know how months away from home feels. It can give you a bad depression. If you going anywhere, try to see if you can test it out for a few weeks or months first before you make the leap.
Habit7 wrote:zoom rader wrote:No SirHabit7 wrote:I am not seeing anybody talking about the homesickness.
You can be the most successful immigrant ever, big house, nice car and best job. But when you remembering all your friends and family. Being around ppl who can relate to you. Having to worry about speaking clearly or adopting a fake accent. The food you are missing. How you took trini weather for granted. And many more.
Homesickness is real. Just because you spent a 2wks abroad before on holidays doesn't mean you know how months away from home feels. It can give you a bad depression. If you going anywhere, try to see if you can test it out for a few weeks or months first before you make the leap.
I have know folks that have left here and never looked back. The only time they came back is when their family members passed away. They were disgusted with Trinidad. Most inherited their family estates and sold it as soon as they could.
Good for you.
No Sir ,Habit7 wrote:zoom rader wrote:No SirHabit7 wrote:I am not seeing anybody talking about the homesickness.
You can be the most successful immigrant ever, big house, nice car and best job. But when you remembering all your friends and family. Being around ppl who can relate to you. Having to worry about speaking clearly or adopting a fake accent. The food you are missing. How you took trini weather for granted. And many more.
Homesickness is real. Just because you spent a 2wks abroad before on holidays doesn't mean you know how months away from home feels. It can give you a bad depression. If you going anywhere, try to see if you can test it out for a few weeks or months first before you make the leap.
I have know folks that have left here and never looked back. The only time they came back is when their family members passed away. They were disgusted with Trinidad. Most inherited their family estates and sold it as soon as they could.
Good for you.
CB Style wrote:Wait nah,
Even to prove people does get homesick the man copy and paste an article to prove that too?
Paidblogger7 you ent easy nah.
RedVEVO wrote:CB Style wrote:Wait nah,
Even to prove people does get homesick the man copy and paste an article to prove that too?
Paidblogger7 you ent easy nah.
This is hilarious
The example HaBiBi used was as follows :
" Eisenmenger said the Florida Tech student is dealing with mental health issues and is now on suicide watch at the Brevard County Jail in Florida. "
Habit7 wrote:RedVEVO wrote:CB Style wrote:Wait nah,
Even to prove people does get homesick the man copy and paste an article to prove that too?
Paidblogger7 you ent easy nah.
This is hilarious
The example HaBiBi used was as follows :
" Eisenmenger said the Florida Tech student is dealing with mental health issues and is now on suicide watch at the Brevard County Jail in Florida. "
Yes Einstein that was as a result of his actions. For him to be a student pilot would mean that he had undergone a psychological assessment before he could fly anywhere under FAA conditions. So up until that event, he was in good mental health. So learn something before you say it is hilarious.
The point is anybody can get homesick, there is no denying that. To say just because you or somebody you know, never got homesick means nobody gets homesick, is foolish. Young Sankat is an extreme example, but an example nonetheless.
Habit7 wrote:I think you all are too small-minded to know what homesickness is. For everybody it is not about leaving backward T&T to go to some first country where all your dreams would be realised so there will be no regret. Homesickness can occur when ppl move for college, go off to the military, move to another city or state, and that is all with Americans moving within America. Farless for us to move to a different country.
Anyway, to each his own.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/trini-s ... awyer-says
alfa wrote:Habit7 wrote:I think you all are too small-minded to know what homesickness is. For everybody it is not about leaving backward T&T to go to some first country where all your dreams would be realised so there will be no regret. Homesickness can occur when ppl move for college, go off to the military, move to another city or state, and that is all with Americans moving within America. Farless for us to move to a different country.
Anyway, to each his own.
https://tt.loopnews.com/content/trini-s ... awyer-says
I recall the story with the sankat kid who specifically said he tried to harm himself via the stolen place and inadvertently others as well. Strangely enough back in 2001 some dudes did steal a plane and kill 5000 people in the process labeling it as the worst incident or modern terrorism. One man's radical ideology is another man's homesickness. Carry on
timelapse wrote:I born and grow here.I am close to 40.Born to working class parents in La Romin, not the rich part, an area referred to as Lagoon.Moved to central when I wrote Common entrance.Where we moved to used to be a rice field.My parents built themselves up, and when I was old enough, so did I.
Difference between me and others is that i never got caught up in tv lifestyle and consumerism.Also I can differentiate between good products and the people providing services.Customer service doesn't bother me, people are all different.
I have traveled quite a lot in my earlier years, but I don't really see the appeal of the rat race lifestyle I saw abroad.
I am happy with my simple life
timelapse wrote:http://renewablewealth.com/the-parable-of-the-mexican-fisherman/
Too long to paste here.
Story of some of you guys
CB Style wrote:Wait nah,
Even to prove people does get homesick the man copy and paste an article to prove that too?
Paidblogger7 you ent easy nah.
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