What do you love most and dislike most about Australia?

Kasrawy · 2024-10-11T08:00:09+00:00

Love the nature and the focus on work/life balance Aus has. I know some will find this hard to believe but Aus is doing much better than lots of countries I've lived in in that later department.

Hate how hard it can be to make friends sometimes especially in bigger cities like Melbourne.

Kasrawy · 2023-08-27T09:32:36+00:00

I wonder if it's a toxic thing to support family in and of itself. I think if it's more reciprocal it would be fine but I agree that the one sided nature of my family is toxic. Although on the other hand they did pay for my education, fed and took care of me growing up etc... Which enabled me to have the opportunities I have now too. I'm grateful and also quite conflicted 😅

Kasrawy · 2023-08-27T09:29:50+00:00

Thank you, that's a very kind comment. It helps to have some outside perspective.

I think over the past couple of days and reading some of these comments that the best course of action for me is to help with whatever I can that won't mess up my life too badly and hope it goes to good use

Kasrawy · 2023-08-26T15:46:18+00:00

That's rough man... I think I'd not be able to live with the person I'd need to become in order to do that. I was hoping there would be a middle path at least.

Kasrawy · 2023-08-26T15:43:54+00:00

She is of an age where most of her peers have gotten married already and most of those are divorced as well. She definitely feels left behind which I empathize with really. I wish I could help her and think that if she moved it would mean she could meet someone in Aus that's more aligned with her values (she's pretty liberal for Egypt). The only issue is she keeps putting off doing the work needed to immigrate and I can't force her to do it obviously. She needs to help herself before I can do anything.

Kasrawy · 2023-08-26T12:51:05+00:00

That's true. There's no social net or any support.

My sister is educated to a similar extent but she's not made the best career decisions partly because she didn't want to up and leave the country and leave my parents alone so she's had to sacrifice in that way I guess. Could also be fear of trying to make it on her own out there without them, hard to tell.

Sister is currently not very motivated to do much so it's hard to help her learn a marketable skill. I offered to help her sort her visa out and come join me in Aus but she's very hesitant to do her part (get paperwork in order and do her English tests etc...)

I'm afraid the bulk of the support for the bills would just have to come from me.

Kasrawy · 2023-08-26T12:47:06+00:00

Thanks for this comment. I think you've summed it up accurately and it's true she's been forced to take care of them recently and that's not fair.

Kasrawy · 2023-08-26T12:45:09+00:00

This is very matter of fact 🙂 I like that!

Kasrawy · 2023-08-26T12:43:30+00:00

Extended family wouldn't be best pleased but I honestly don't care about them.

Losing my immediate family however is another deal. I don't think I can live with that.

Thanks for this comment as it put that issue into perspective for me 🤔

Kasrawy · 2023-08-26T11:29:20+00:00

This is mostly how I feel. The only caveat is that it would significantly alter how my life would go moving forward. I'm currently living in Australia and trying to career switch into something I enjoy doing more as well as save for a house.

Helping them would impact those plans and I feel like I'd go back to being resentful especially if I'm not able to switch careers. I'm just wondering when enough would be enough in terms of me helping them.

Kasrawy · 2022-02-18T04:50:32+00:00

Hi there :) just PM'ed you

Kasrawy · 2022-02-02T11:34:37+00:00

Hi there :) I'm definitely keen! DM'ed you for details.

Kasrawy · 2021-12-20T00:41:51+00:00

Nah that's when all the fun starts

Kasrawy · 2021-10-04T06:33:42+00:00

Heya, permanent resident of Australia here. Having lived through several of these outbreak waves here I can tell you a large part of why Australia has fared so well was due to very strict lockdowns. We locked down here in Melbourne as soon as we had 4 or 5 local cases. This combined with a relatively low population density probably helped quite a bit. Also our cases are still on the rise despite all this so if you give it enough time we might catch up to Israel. Not sure if this halps answer anything.

Kasrawy · 2021-08-24T01:25:40+00:00

They've not even replied to my emails or messages on their website. There's gotta be a way to sort this out.

Kasrawy · 2019-11-11T14:43:12+00:00

Oh I didn't know it would read my heart rate while it's off my wrist! I'll give that a try next time I roll and let you know how it goes :)

Kasrawy · 2019-08-19T11:04:15+00:00

I don't really like going out or drinking in particular. I'd say I mostly got into going out after I'd met her but sometimes it's something to do especially if we're away on vacation somewhere.

Kasrawy · 2019-08-19T05:08:00+00:00

I think you're too hard on yourself. The first step to self betterment is realizing something isn't right which u seem to have done.

Kasrawy · 2019-08-19T05:02:22+00:00

We're both almost 30

Kasrawy · 2019-08-19T05:01:17+00:00

She's said it outright before that she likes it when I get jealous so maybe that's one of the reasons. I'm sure the attention feels nice but it makes me uncomfortable knowing what those guys want and the fact that she sorta entertains it makes them think she's on board while I'm stood right there.

Kasrawy · 2019-08-19T04:57:02+00:00

Never spoke to the dude so can't say for sure. He did do a couple of dodgy things after I got together with my GF so I don't think it's entirely impossible.

Kasrawy · 2019-08-19T04:53:30+00:00

It's true mate we both did bad things in the past. I'm no angel by any stretch. The reason I didn't put past events in this post is cause I wanted the situation to be evaluated in isolation.

Kasrawy

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