Expat Life
Travel, Soul Mates and a Book about Mormons
I just finished reading Elna Baker‘s memoir, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. In it, she recounts the struggles she faced as a 26-year-old Mormon virgin looking for true love in New York city. She’s a funny writer and her insight into the Mormon faith was interesting and informative. Now 30, Elna is no longer … Continue reading
The World According to Hollywood
I was researching cultural stereotypes for one of the ESL classes I teach when I came across a video clip from the 80′s film Sixteen Candles. The clip shows a Chinese exchange student, Long Duck Dong, drunk and making a fool of himself in heavily-accented, incoherent English. Ironically enough, the actor who played Dong isn’t … Continue reading
Which Country Best Matches Your Personality?
Since the beginning of mankind, people have packed up and moved to avoid famine, warfare, religious persecution or (these days anyway) tanking housing markets. But when considering places to relocate, most people don’t think beyond the borders of their own country. When looking for a retirement destination, for instance, most people think Florida and rarely do they ever consider Lithuainia. But perhaps they’d be better suited … Continue reading
Dating When You’re A Broad: It Ain’t Easy!
I don’t write about my dating life on this blog much (or at all, really). When you write about your life on the Internet, you gotta draw the line somewhere and I guess that line for me is discussing details of Relationships Past, Present or Future. I think it’s important to respect people’s privacy, which … Continue reading
Would you ever relinquish your citizenship?
Miss Move Abroad first posed this question in response to a New York Times article, entitled “More American Expatriates Give Up Citizenship”. According to the article, 743 Americans traded in their citizenship for permanent lives abroad in 2009. And although that’s a minuscule amount compared to the 5.2 million Americans estimated to be living outside … Continue reading
