Do I stay or do I go?
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- philbravery
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As many of you may know I was appliying for a Job in Inner Mongolia.
The good news is they want me and it's a good pay check.
the Bad news is its in Mongolia not Inner Mongolia.
A few years ago I would be on the plane without a second thought.
But now I have a young family to think about and the eviroment (weather) is better in Australia also not much in the way of Chinese.
However one year there is alot of money to be made.
did any of you have to make a simular choice?
and any advice
and this is what happens when I drink
Re: Do I stay or do I go?
Wow, Mongolia? I saw a travel show on that before, and it seems like the cities and towns are much smaller and further apart. Wikipedia says their biggest city has less than 2 million people. They don't speak Chinese. Ok, well some might, but certainly not the majority. It will get pretty cold there. I'm sure the food is different as well. There are so many things to consider, especially if you're going to bring your family. If it's only for a year, maybe it won't be so bad. What I think you should really do is research, lots of research, rather than asking us.
Re: Do I stay or do I go?
if it is ulaanbaatar definitely go,
WELCOME TO THE TWILIGHT ZONE! vote buddy roemer
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>crimochina wrote:
yeah it is
But the wife welshed on the agreement and won't go due to not being Inner Mongolia.
I want to go as it gets me further up the food chain and from down here at the bottom it is a hard climb.
my biggest problem is I love being with my family even if they do drive me nuts.
if they modify the position to Fly in Fly out it would be a hell of alot easyer to decide.
now were is that coin?
by the way what is so great about UB from a married mans point of view?
and this is what happens when I drink
Re: Do I stay or do I go?
>crimochina wrote:
yeah it is
But the wife welshed on the agreement and won't go due to not being Inner Mongolia.
I want to go as it gets me further up the food chain and from down here at the bottom it is a hard climb.
my biggest problem is I love being with my family even if they do drive me nuts.
if they modify the position to Fly in Fly out it would be a hell of alot easyer to decide.
now were is that coin?
by the way what is so great about UB from a married mans point of view?
and this is what happens when I drink
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is it just me or is mongolia in between russia and china how cold can it be. your kids sound young enough that this would be great for them as a learning experience. now as for you wife tell her that it will only be for a year, and that you can probable get a really nice place real cheap to stay at. also she can be the fancy mom from china and new zealand , and you will send her back to spend time with her friends and faintly when she gets real stir crazy. but it sounds like if you do this you will be able to move up in the world. but how will you be moving up in the world, you might just make your self more impressive as the transfer guy rather than stay and get promoted guy. so keep this in mind when you are making your choice, but remember your choice stopped mattering when you decided to get married.
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>Jíliú.hé wrote:
is it just me or is mongolia in between russia and china how cold can it be.your kids sound young enough that this would be great for them as a learning experience.now as for you wife tell her that it will only be for a year, and that you can probable get a really nice place real cheap to stay at. also she can be the fancy mom from china and new zealand , and you will send her back to spend time with her friends and faintly when she gets real stir crazy.but it sounds like if you do this you will be able to move up in the world. but how will you be moving up in the world, you might just make your self more impressive as the transfer guy rather than stay and get promoted guy. so keep this in mind when you are making your choice,but remember your choice stopped mattering when you decided to get married.
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You only live life once! If you have the motivation to go just go! I'm sure there are many people that would want your opportunity. If you know it's not a scam then you should go. I once got an offer to go to Nigeria to make 10k per month and live in this doctors second floor home, but I wasn't sure if it was real or not. The money was there and the guy sent me his passport and family photo to assure me it wasn't a hoax.
But seriously, I didn't want to go to Nigeria I rather wanted to come to China. So that's where I came. It was an opportunity squandered but for me I didn't want to go to Nigeria. So if you want to go to Mongolia and they are offering you a nice deal and your comfortable about it all I would tell you to go!
Leo
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after a lot of thought and threats from my wife I decided not to go
Its a shame in some ways however I just could not leave my family for that long.
and the environment is a lot better for them in Australia
so now Im looking at other options both in Australia and in China
Maybe I will give English teaching a go (just Kidding)
and this is what happens when I drink