Hi all,
I am EmilyLee's other half.
Thanks for those for the helpful and constructive advice - especially toMat, who is providing exactly the right 'glass half full' advice that is useful- really appreciate all the helpful comments considering its a daunting taskfor me, and even more so for Em.
Re: the digression, I won’t be 'straying' have never done, never will, neverintend to.... If Em and I were older then I would marry her anyways so talkingabout this does nothing for either of our confidences - hopefully we can closethis now.
Can anyone help me with OP & WC?
Kimwy66 & Megatronic - Em did a very technical Environmental Degree(thesis in Geoengineering) rather than fluffy tree hugging etc.... She has beentrying to find a role in the UK that could apply this knowledge but there arenot many opportunities - thanks for the heads up re: enviro/engineering consultancies,we'll deffo look into this and the LinkednIn idea is great!
Elegiaque & Watercooler - luckily for me Em doesn’t want me to fund herlife, fortunately she’s quite independent. I could support her if I wanted to,but it would be tight, but more to the point she doesn't want to come to HK andthen just mope about while I am at work, that would be depressing -constructive comments please
Mat - thanks for the positive comments. Re: real estate that is anothergreat idea that we'll look into and perhaps try to use the same LinkedInapproach to see what about.... Does anyone know of local Estate Agencyqualifications / are there any? In the UK, you can get a good estate agencyrole without needing any professional qualifications, hence why Em doesn't haveany above Degree level.
Claire ex-ax - Working Holiday scheme we have looked into - not verythoroughly I admit, but will do in advance of any decision making. Do you, oranyone else, know if this is something Em could apply for and if she hassubsequent luck in finding sponsors, she could apply for a working permit to supersedethe working holiday visa? Do immigration often 'upgrade' visa's or is each visapretty much independent of each other?
Thanks again to those for positive help and thanks to everyone for providing'reality experience', but would prefer something constructive going forward.Sorry if this sounds pushy - it’s just I enjoyed reading this thread with thehelpful comments until it went off on the bf/gd dumping-gate saga.
Thanks again,
Tom