To Shanghai Pudong Please
April 7, 2008 by Vienna
We might be moving to Shanghai.
It’s not yet sure but there is a 20% chance that Marcus will get a contract to work there. I know I will break my mother-in-law’s heart by saying that I am looking forward to moving in Shanghai more than moving back to Austria.
I truly like Austria and I my in-laws are such wonderful folks but I don’t know if I am ready to live there. I don’t know if I will be able to cope with the stressful life in a country where you have to always work really HARD to survive (this is where I appreciate Asia). I am sure that we have to do so many things upon arrival there like looking for a place to live, organizing that place, learning how to drive, learning how to speak and write in German, looking for a real job, and working on a real job. I am sure that Marcus will work thrice as hard compared to how he is working here. He will leave the house earlier, come home later, he’ll have fewer holidays, etc.
I am sure that things will be much much more demanding and that scares me a little bit.
I do hope that the Shanghai thing will work out.
Quick Note : WordPress.com is now using the new WordPress 2.5. Cool!
[...] be really nice if we can live there this year. It is also just one plane ride to Vienna or Manila. I really want to move to Shanghai because as I have expressed before, I am anxious about living in [...]
[...] Marcus already ordered boxes so we can start packing our things. There is still the possibility of living in Shanghai for a couple of years but that seems to fade each day so we might as well give up on that and [...]
[...] 22, 2008 by Vienna Until now we are not sure about our destination. Will it be Shanghai or Austria? The uncertainty is killing me but anyway, I was thinking that in case we move to [...]
[...] 29, 2008 by Vienna Oh my, it looks like the chance of Marcus getting a job in Shanghai is not so slim like we thought it [...]
[...] Marcus has 3 days free (unfortunately, he has to work on Sunday) and we decided to spend these three days here in Changchun. Most of the foreigners we know went somewhere like Shanghai, Dalian or Beijing but we agreed to stay in Changchun and help each other pack our things for the big move. [...]