
Originally Posted by Japsara:
Hi Everyone,
Thanks again for all your replies!
I think we are going to be coming over early June for 5 days to give us a feel for the place so that will be good.
With regards to my asthma, I’ve had it since I was 5 so it’s very well controlled and ironically it was when I went to live in Devon that it got worse (attributed to the pollen), and I was just recently in Paris when their pollution was at an all-time high and didn’t really experience any negative breathing issues so fingers crossed I will be fine – anyway, I can always wear one of those rather attractive face masks when it gets really bad, even if it will make me look like someone from Star Wars!
Weather – I think we’ll be good. We go to Orlando a lot and have been at many different times and I heard that the humidity is similar to that in Hong Kong (forgive me if that’s not true…). My asthma actually gets bad in the winter here due to the cold and always improves over there. I really hate the cold so am quite looking forward to some heat!
We like being so close to the city centre here, we can be in Leicester Square in 20 mins by tube. My husband gets the bus to work as it’s much cheaper but this results in it taking 1 ½ hr each way (sometimes 2 during rush hour!), more than anything we want to cut this down. Particularly because he currently works either 5am – 5 pm or 7am to 7pm but he will be working later over there so we would want to be able to spend some time together, even if it will be quite late!
He’s nervous about pushing the company for too much money as he wants to have a good working relationship with them once he gets over there. I think he’s concerned that the wage they are offering him is quite good for the restaurant industry. Over here he is already on a very good wage, more so because of who he works for and it already works out a better wage in Hong Kong as he won’t have to pay the 40% tax he pays here. But at the same time we realise that we don’t want to get into financial difficulties because we didn’t have the right package…
We won’t want a car as we really like the convenience of public transport, we like to go out and be close to amenities and things to do but certainly wouldn’t want to live around loads of drunk people, so I’m thinking places like Kennedy Town or some of the places mentioned in Kowloon might be a good fit. I want to have about 6 areas to look at when we pop over to get an idea what feels right.
I did like the look online at properties in Discovery Bay but just feel that transport is limited and a boat ride plus MTR will just be too long.
As I’m new to this whole posting thing… if I have some questions about teaching do I start a new thread? I’ve looked on other forums before and seen people told off for either not starting a new thread or posting in the same thread when they shouldn’t… I’m not too clued up on forum etiquette!
Thanks again for all your help; it’s going to make a huge difference to us when we get over there
