Losing your job while living abroad
Losing your job is always traumatic no matter where you are; but losing your job abroad is somewhat more perplexing…
Tag: expat teacher
The unglamorous life of an Expat Blogger
Whenever people hear that I have a blog (a piece of information usually revealed by someone in my company and…
Inside the classroom of a public school teacher in the UAE
I’ve been at school for the past 4 weeks and since I began teaching, my most requested topic has become,…
How I ended up having high tea on top of Abu Dhabi!
As I ease into my new life here in Abu Dhabi, I’m slowly getting out and about to begin exploring….
Abu Dhabi Life: Fireworks on a fiery night
There are hordes of articles online about how to make friends when you move to a new country. Its a…
Expat Panda turns 1!
Last year on this date I publicly launched this blog. Can you believe its only been a year? I really…
Touchdown in Abu Dhabi (the 1st few days of an ADEC teacher)
For those of my readers who have been living under the proverbial rock, I left Kuwait amidst a flurry of…
The Expat Life: Conversations with people “back home”
I don’t know about you, but I am so tired of hearing the same boring statements from people we left…
What is ‘home’? A panda’s perspective.
You cannot tell where my home is by looking at me. It isn’t reflected in my language, my accent, my…
Teaching abroad: Is it really what you think it is?
Whenever I tell people that I teach abroad, they look at me like I’ve struck gold. And in some ways…
