Costume Drama

In which my daughter asks me for weapons, my son asks me about drugs and I regret ever teaching them to read

It might be a shop-bought box, but points to this kid for choosing something so wildly unsuited to the weather

Being ‘International’ in both name and nature, my kids’ school has an abundance of options when it comes to choosing a global non-denominational occasion to celebrate.

They could join in with World Tennis Day on March 10th. Or what about World Kidney Day on the 12th? Personally, I’m not holding my breath.

Of course, the one they went big on is World Book Day (which I’m going to call WBD from now on, as it’s going to get a lot of mentions in this post).

Typical schools; always choosing books over kidneys.

Pay As You Go

A serious question for employees and expats alike: why are you still here? And how much would it take for you to go?

I’m surprised it took so long for my professional interest in employee engagement and my personal interest in all things expat to overlap.

Perfect fodder for your friendly neighbourhood customer service / employee engagement nerd

I think I was thrown off the scent by the fact that, as an expat, the first question you ask someone you meet isn’t “What do you do?”, it’s “Where are you from?”. That’s closely followed by “How long have you been here?” before sometime later you get into “So, what brought you here?” which is the expat’s roundabout way of asking what you do.

Far smarter minds than mine have probably grappled with this already, but my hunch is that there’s a strong correlation between expats and employees when it comes to moving on.