On this juncture of our lives, the family of BCDE is going to embark on to a new journey.
The company has decided to post Bruce to China - Shanghai to take up a new position. It is a journey to the unknown. Why is it unknown?
Bruce - How to make it work in a foreign land, with foreign work ethnics, and total new rules of the game. Whether he will succeed or fail, nobody knows.
Carol - New SAHMs to meet, new Ayis, new supermarkets, new ways of upkeeping the family in a foreign environment.
Dyllis & Evan - New weather, new clothes for the seasons, new education system, new english slangs at school.
The only thing that we know is that our written and spoken Chinese will definitely improve.
How long is this journey? Also...Unknown :(
Bruce has to sign 2 yearly contracts. But he has warned not to think short term. For him to make a break at work, 2 years may not be enough. So, we are armed with the mindset of a one-way ticket.
Isn't it scary? It definitely is for me !
Frankly, I've freaked out twice, and threatened to abort the mission. But hey, isn't "going global" the trendy slogan right now?
And what message am i sending to my children if i "chicken out"?
To think that I've always been telling them to try new adventures, not to be afraid of failures, etc etc.
Think on the bright side of it, we'll get to stay in a new house, an uncle to drive us around, lots of green area to play in the compound of our house, many public holidays, cheaper flight ticket to Hong Kong, maybe get to see snow, etc etc.
At the end of the day, after some pep talk from bruce, I've decided a definite YES to Shanghai !
So here I am, starting on the 1st step of the journey - planning the big move !
The company has decided to post Bruce to China - Shanghai to take up a new position. It is a journey to the unknown. Why is it unknown?
Bruce - How to make it work in a foreign land, with foreign work ethnics, and total new rules of the game. Whether he will succeed or fail, nobody knows.
Carol - New SAHMs to meet, new Ayis, new supermarkets, new ways of upkeeping the family in a foreign environment.
Dyllis & Evan - New weather, new clothes for the seasons, new education system, new english slangs at school.
The only thing that we know is that our written and spoken Chinese will definitely improve.
How long is this journey? Also...Unknown :(
Bruce has to sign 2 yearly contracts. But he has warned not to think short term. For him to make a break at work, 2 years may not be enough. So, we are armed with the mindset of a one-way ticket.
Isn't it scary? It definitely is for me !
Frankly, I've freaked out twice, and threatened to abort the mission. But hey, isn't "going global" the trendy slogan right now?
And what message am i sending to my children if i "chicken out"?
To think that I've always been telling them to try new adventures, not to be afraid of failures, etc etc.
Think on the bright side of it, we'll get to stay in a new house, an uncle to drive us around, lots of green area to play in the compound of our house, many public holidays, cheaper flight ticket to Hong Kong, maybe get to see snow, etc etc.
At the end of the day, after some pep talk from bruce, I've decided a definite YES to Shanghai !
So here I am, starting on the 1st step of the journey - planning the big move !
