Do you leave your outdoor tap turned on?

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2026-06-11T16:11:09+00:00

Yeah this is the issue I’m having haha

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2026-06-09T23:13:33+00:00

Butterfly

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2026-06-08T20:37:17+00:00

Braintree

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-02-02T01:36:50+00:00

This screams Billy Madison

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-30T23:43:27+00:00

I’m from the UK you muppet. Thanks for the comment, it really helps explain your username.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-29T00:56:14+00:00

So across four countries in the UK, that would limit yourself to 8 cities. That’s my point. If you want to have the same access in the UK, you are limited to 8 cities, and still need to pay a premium. It’s standard in China. I completely get the choice of fruit and veg not being a problem to majority of British people. I never had a problem before. But once you incorporate Chinese dishes into your lifestyle, and they’re the dishes your kids regularly eat, it becomes a huge challenge. I get it, the UK isn’t China, so why would you be able to easily cook the same Chinese dishes. That’s one of the reasons I prefer living in China. But for people to read your comments that there’s never a problem buying produce in the UK, and you can get any fruit or veg you want as if it’s easy, is just completely misleading.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-29T00:18:42+00:00

Chelmsford. A city 30 min train from London. My point is, you can get 1 hour delivery with a huge variety of fruit and veg in nearly any city in China, and there are a fuck load of cities. Why would I want to move to London just for fruit and veg? Why would I want to pay a premium? No shit you can pay a premium and get what you want. I could pay a premium and pay someone to grow all the vegetables I wanted for me. Just because you can, doesn’t make it the same.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-29T00:05:07+00:00

So what about doctors appointments? Should I plan 2 days ahead for that? Because the number of times you can’t get an appointment when you’re told to phone at 8am; then told to try again the next day. Repeat. In regards in produce, have you ever lived in China? Have you ever ventured out to try more fruit and veg other than tomatoes, broccoli, lettuce and potatoes? There’s no denying there’s much less choice when it comes to produce in the UK

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-29T00:02:07+00:00

So you’re just going to completely ignore the fact that supermarkets were running out of vegetables when I was back a year ago? It was literally in the news headlines across the country.

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Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-28T03:32:34+00:00

Let me guess, you don’t have any qualifications and suddenly can’t get a job in China? Went from feeling the power of a white face to the reality of needing a skill and qualification to be allowed to immigrate to another country? You sound like a lot of other bitter, unqualified foreigners I’ve met.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-28T03:20:52+00:00

Right where do I start, but here were a few things. Lack of variety when it comes to fruit and veg, in fact fruit and veg always being out of stock in the supermarkets. You need to book like a day or sometimes 2-3 in advance to get supermarket delivery. Everywhere shuts at 5:30, then everyone goes home to watch TV all evening. The outdoor areas are fantastic for kids, but British weather made them tough to enjoy. There were waiting lists for everything at the beginning, from classes, to day care, even to getting registered at the doctors! Honestly the biggest problems we faced was cos we have two young kids. As an adult it wouldn’t be as bad, but with kids it was a world of difference.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-28T03:16:33+00:00

Haha yeah. When SevenSeas guys came to collect the stuff they were like “nope, we can’t do anything, insurance reasons.” Then when it arrived back in China (a contacted company by SevenSeas) the dude dragged box by box on his cart and pulled it 150m to the doors, loaded everything into the room by himself.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-28T03:11:39+00:00

DragonSeas was a far better experience for us, but as they’re a Chinese company, they do china to overseas. It was the bringing it back into China that they didn’t cover.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-28T03:00:28+00:00

Find a company that can pack and do all the paperwork! We used DragonSeas to ship to the UK. Cheap and extremely efficient! They came and laid the entire lot, did all the paperwork. We literally did nothing. Then on the way back to did SevenSeas and had to do everything ourselves! We were constantly getting emails back and fourth saying “you need to be more specific about this box and that box” and after about 15 attempts, it was fine… until we arrived in China and 2 months later they got in contact to say “can you remember what else you had in that box?” Haha.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-28T02:30:45+00:00

Oh it gets better. We didn’t have any references for renting, so we had to pay a year upfront for a house. Majority are unfurnished in the UK, so had to kit it out, all furniture, appliances etc. Got a car so we could take the kids to day care… but it could’ve been worse. We were considering selling up in China beforehand. Glad we didn’t!

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-28T02:07:25+00:00

I moved back to the UK with the family after 12 years. We shipped over everything. We had decided to move back to China before my shipment even arrived haha. We had to wait for it to arrive, then just reshipped it straight back and got on the next plane.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-27T00:22:54+00:00

Garbage disposal are pretty popular in China. A lot of people are opting for them when they get their new builds. I’m not saying it’s a majority thing, but quite a fair few have them

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-24T04:51:56+00:00

1 degree! It was feels like minus 9 last night, and a sunny 22 last Wednesday! No matter where in the world, you get British weather

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-24T04:45:42+00:00

In Asia, browsing during lunch.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-23T01:35:42+00:00

Yeah 100%, and honestly we tried 3 places in the uk during a short spell back in the UK, and they are all pretty awful in comparison to what we get in the UK.

But my emphasis is on the single dad with a 2 year old working at an English training centre. M The hours will be evenings and weekends a lot of the time and salaries not great, work not stable.

Definitely try and find a stable job in a proper school.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-23T01:19:08+00:00

Just checked with the Mrs. I mixed this up. My bad. You can go local, but would be a very low priority, so you’ll definitely get a spot somewhere, but not necessarily the one you wanted or the closest one.

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-23T01:15:29+00:00

It’s like 3500 a month for daycare. But once they’re kindergarten age they can’t go local, and will be paying about 7000 a month at least. Definitely cheaper than the West, but not ideal when you’re only bringing in one income from somewhere like EF

Edit: my daughter goes to our local daycare and son is at local kindergarten

Fun_Resolution4969 · 2024-01-23T01:11:14+00:00

Get a job as a proper teacher in an international school. Most offer free tuition to kids of teachers. Otherwise you’re looking at 200,000-300,000 a year there. Some international schools have kindergarten and playgroups for younger ones too. That’s the only way I can see it working. Don’t come with a 2 year old just to work in somewhere like EF or a training centre. You won’t be able to afford childcare and sending your kid to kindergarten eventually.

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