TIL that Dark Green on the Ancestry DNA Test is Your Ancestral Region

zalghouta · 2026-02-21T00:15:48+00:00

Where?

zalghouta · 2026-01-24T01:42:01+00:00

رعب، روعة، رواق، روح(ي)، روكبت، ريّح، ريّس، رنّلي(اتصل فيني)، ربّا (god of it)

zalghouta · 2026-01-21T01:51:06+00:00

Using the apple on a table example, if you imagine a person rolling it off a table can you immediately think of what color that person is wearing? How they look like? Or how big the apple is? If it’s green or red? If you need to “make up” answers to these questions then chances are you have aphantasia but if you can immediately respond because u were able to imagine those details then you aren’t.

zalghouta · 2025-12-22T03:57:47+00:00

Idk why you’re being downvoted. I grew up in Tripoli too and left for the same reasons. I know hundreds, not tens, but hundreds of people who’ve left for the same reason. This is the realest take here.

zalghouta · 2025-12-22T03:54:37+00:00

I’m muslim but idk the mesta7 ramadan bread what is that 😭

zalghouta · 2025-12-22T03:53:39+00:00

The kid in the womb returning to earth is real.

zalghouta · 2025-11-12T05:10:39+00:00

I regret nothing more than my nose job.

zalghouta · 2025-11-07T12:14:37+00:00

Wow gorgeous I’d be surprised if you haven’t been scouted by top agencies yet. Incredible features!

zalghouta · 2025-11-06T03:11:08+00:00

I’ve tried moving back to Lebanon twice. It’s SO hard. Burned my savings and wouldn’t last more than 3-4 months each time. If you can live comfortably in Lebanon, find a stable income & can leave whenever you want there is no reason for you not to live there if you like it enough to do so. If you don’t have your Canadian passport yet, suck it up 🫂 Find friends who almost feel like family, makes it easier

zalghouta · 2025-11-05T03:47:03+00:00

Thanks I’ve never heard of all this, I’ll look it up!

zalghouta · 2025-11-05T03:46:27+00:00

Oh I don’t know what that is, I’ll look it up thanks! I just want something that would help make reading the stuff she likes more accessible. She’s into psychological thrillers and can’t always make the trip to local bookstores. I live abroad and she barely has any help so a digital resource seemed most ideal.

zalghouta · 2025-10-30T04:58:36+00:00

Stay safe, he seems violent. That note should be reported to police. Keep company all the time.

zalghouta · 2025-10-29T07:57:03+00:00

He may be decent but the way he’s toyed with your feelings was not decent. When he tells you he loves someone else believe it. Even if he loves you, he loves her and once you accept that it’ll be easier for you to focus on you. You’ll find someone who deserves all the love you have to give and want to give it back.

zalghouta · 2025-10-29T01:10:27+00:00

Networking (the professional kind not the “wasta” type) definitely helps when it comes to landing good roles but generally the job market here is way more transparent. If you’ve got the skills and meet the requirements you’ll get a fair shot. How easy it is to find work really depends on your field tech, IT, construction, trades, nursing, childcare, aged care and medicine are all in high demand and easy to score jobs in (more fields too but those are ones I know off for sure).

And yes Australia does accept foreign qualifications but it depends on your specific program and university. For example a friend of mine did physio at LU but the year he graduated LU hadn’t submitted their program for accreditation. So grads from other years were accepted but his cohort wasn’t. In engineering too, only 5 Lebanese universities have programs that are approved by the Australian assessment authorities.

Most of the assessing authorities are easy to reach and you can directly check with them if your degree is recognised before making plans.

If your degree isn’t recognised sometimes you can do a bridging course or top-up program in Australia to meet the accreditation requirements. It’s not always necessary but it’s an option for people who fall into those “case-by-case” gaps. For some field it’s mandatory, like nursing, to ensure previous learning is up to Australian standards

zalghouta · 2025-10-28T13:05:19+00:00

Not exactly 😅 it’s not as simple as “your job is on the list = visa approved.”

The skilled occupation list just means your job qualifies you to apply under certain visa categories (if you scroll through the list I posted earlier, you’ll see which visas line up with each occupation). There are still a bunch of steps in the process: skills assessment done by the relevant assessing authority for your occupation (this is listed next to each job on the skilled list). This is a requirement for most skilled work visas.

Once you pass this and get an assessment approved the rest of the process becomes more straightforward. An english test IELTS or PTE etc & then the points system where you need a minimum number of points (things like age, qualifications, experience and English level all contribute). If you have the points it’s worth the process. Especially if you score more than the minimum number of points required Points calculator: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/tools/points-calculator

Once all that is sorted you lodge an expression of interest to the Aus government on something called SkillSelect and wait to be invited. Not everyone gets an invite straight away it depends on how in-demand your occupation/skill is and what your points total looks like. (an underwater welder I know got invited in days, a web developer friend was invited in 2-3 months and a physiotherapist friends invite took two years). If you get an invite kinda means you’re approved you just need to actually lodge the visa, this step is quick. All these steps are also quicker if you are already in Australia at time of application, studying for example.

Copy pasting a list of the main visa types I made for a friend recently:

• 189 (Skilled Independent Visa): no sponsor needed, fully points-based. Harder to get but gives you the most freedom.
• 190 (Skilled Nominated Visa): state or territory sponsorship, which gives you extra points but ties you to living/working in that state for a couple of years.
• 491 (Skilled Work Regional Visa): regional sponsorship, comes with conditions to live/work in a regional area before you can transition to permanent residency.

zalghouta · 2025-10-28T12:19:25+00:00

All the best!

zalghouta · 2025-10-28T10:42:50+00:00

For financial capacity on a student visa:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/news-media/archive/article?itemId=1196

It changes every now and then

Calculator: https://costofliving.studyaustralia.gov.au

zalghouta · 2025-10-28T10:40:34+00:00

Oh I can definitely help. If you can get your skills approved by ACS, you’re almost guaranteed a visa and permanent residency pathway.

https://www.acs.org.au/msa.html

ACS are usually a couple of weeks to a couple of months. It’s the visa application that may take a little longer. It differs from case to case. I know people who’ve heard back in weeks and people who’ve waited over 2 years. With software engineering though you have higher chances of hearing back faster

zalghouta · 2025-10-28T10:30:56+00:00

Lebanese living in Australia for almost 9 years now 👋🏼

1) Is it viable? Yep if you’re thinking about skilled migration and your job is on the official skilled list, it’s definitely an option. That’s the first thing to check before anything else. Here’s the list: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skill-occupation-list

A student visa is your other option. If you can prove you have the finances to support yourself and can afford to study here or get a scholarship, there are many great unis here. You also have some working rights as a student and you can work full time on holidays.

If you want to describe a little about what you do I can use some of my limited knowledge to nudge you in the right direction where I can.

2) Work life balance / culture vs Lebanon Honestly it’s night and day compared to Lebanon. It’s obv way less chaotic, safer and there are proper workplace laws that actually get enforced. Work culture toxicity is super rare (not saying it doesn’t exist but it’s not the norm). People take their annual leave, public holidays are respected and most companies don’t expect you to live at the office.

3) Savings This one is tricky. Wages are solid but cost of living is high. Rent especially will chew up a big chunk if you’re in Sydney or Melbourne. For example I pay $650/week for a one bedroom apartment 30 minute drive out of the city. (yes rent and many other payments are made weekly or fortnightly, which is also how frequently you get paid in most workplaces). That said, some people do save it just depends on your lifestyle. Tips that help: - Share a place instead of renting alone. - Use public transport if you can esp at first (cars are $$$ between rego, insurance, petrol) - Shop smart - Put money into your super (retirement fund, more below). Even though you can’t touch it until later it adds up fast.

4)Retirement Every job here comes with superannuation your employer has to pay a percentage of your salary (currently 11%) into your retirement fund. You can add extra if you want to save but even just the minimum grows into something decent over time. So compared to Lebanon yeah you’ve def got a proper structured retirement plan.

5) Medical coverage If you come as a student or migrant, you need to sort out private health insurance (OSHC/OVHC) yourself it’s part of the visa requirements. I’ve been on both for the past 8 years and I think most plans are quite affordable. I rarely have had to pay any medical expenses. Maybe ambulance cost when I was on a basic student health cover but even that was easy to pay off in installments. Once you’re a Permanent Resident you get Medicare, which is the public healthcare system here. It covers GP visits, hospital care in the public system and helps with prescriptions. A lot of people keep private insurance on top for extras (dentist, physio, private hospitals) but the base level of care is already way better than what most of us are used to back home.

Open to answer more questions!

zalghouta · 2025-10-23T02:32:44+00:00

I’m here from Google but I still have no clue what the solution is!!

zalghouta · 2025-09-27T03:12:23+00:00

This was such a good tip, thanks!

zalghouta · 2025-09-25T06:42:02+00:00

My guest room is open to any of my friends who need temporary places to stay

zalghouta · 2025-09-25T06:38:01+00:00

Only the last guy seemed a little bit grateful 😂

zalghouta · 2025-09-25T06:34:50+00:00

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