Posts under ‘Reflections’

Expatriation is not what it used to be.
Internationalisation has attacked even this bastion of privileges, and it now is difficult outline what defines being an expatriates clearly; Most consider a foreign national working in an exotic country to be an expatriate; the reality is more complex. Expatriates now are splintered across different group or coterie, [...]

The Expat Explorer Survey 2009 from HSBC is out. Its scope is quite limited – 2,000 participant only, spread across many different countries -but its conclusions ring true to a degree.
The report shows that the US, Thailand and South Africa are the expat locations which suffered most from the crisis so far. To the point [...]

Obama rose up to the challenge and delivered a great speech to defend his agenda this morning. One that is at the same time a vibrant manifesto for healthcare reforms, an inspiration for his party to push forward, and a hand extended to the opposition. The mood was set very early on, thanks to powerful [...]

KL will host the Standard Chartered Maraton on June 28th. Many people are exited about this run and the buzz is slowly building. The Early Bird booking finishes end of the week so I decided to dig a little deeper yesterday evening and see whether I was going to run this event or not.
First surprise, [...]

I am happy to report that Lighthouse, the company I work for, just entered the blogosphere. Our blog name is not the most creative, but it is dead simple to remember: Lighthouse Blog.  A quick teaser:
We provide totally independent and unbiased advice and representation to expatriates around the world. As we love nothing more than [...]