Expat Exposed

iNZeption

andykelly1 — Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:24 pm

Author: andykelly1

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:24 pm

thought so, fair enough. OK what line of engineering is it that you are involved in?

A Happy Couple From The UK

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:38 pm

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:38 pm

rollo wrote:

Quote:whose ancestors 120 years ago were lured here by the Brits with a **** of false promises of a land of milk and honey.

No, I dont believe everything I read

Neither do I !

Calls for calf killing practice to be banned

MOZART — Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:42 pm

Author: MOZART

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:42 pm

I just saw this in the news.
Did not know any of that. I was rather shocked.
I am wondering if this is known in Europe?
I wonder what harm this practice could do if it were known in Europe/US?

Jobseeker 'told to dumb down CV'

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:59 pm

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:59 pm

bobby80 wrote:I'm the lucky one who got the job because of the high qualification, even though people at work they like to pretend that "experience is more important than qualification" and use that as an excuse to feel they are superior.

In general they do like a reason to treat foreigners like crap. One day a dumb NZ cow was joking with the other people about me not understanding rugby (actually I do, it's not rocket science like these kiwis think it is). When they have lower qualification and less language ability, and by law they cannot be openly racist, this is what they resort to.

NZ: puny country, but full of bitches.

Yeah, they stick by the law usually, but you wouldn't believe what I've been called over the years and how nasty these sheeple can become when intoxicated or in a frenzy. They resort to much worse things than calling somebody a "know nothing" about rugby, even so in their mind that might be the worst one can be called. I've been even physically attacked several times, never in a fair one to one, allways by several others of these nastys!
Lucky I can take an give a punch and I'm ususlaly pretty confident and staunch, without that these bitches surely would have dealt to me allready and I would have left this country for good, perhaps in a box. In situations at work, they can be especially nasty when it comes to protect their zone or status quo due to justified criticism towards them and their performance. They don't like anything foreign, thats what I know after 20 years ! At the very best, they are just curious about it to find out if it suits them in a positive way, they are sniffing it out and analyze it before they decide to dump it anyway. A very ancient and instinctive way of dealing with new and strange things that can still be observed by anthropologists in remote and unexplored parts of the world during encounters with the natives. Said and done !!!

Shortfall in migrants could cost NZ economy 'over $1b'

aklgap — Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:44 pm

Author: aklgap

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:44 pm

Hey thanks, Pluto. I kind of freaked out when I realized that you have actually read my posts. I have given it a shot and I have just realized that I don't know the right people in NZ and I have learned over the years that I never will. I am not running back to the US and probably never will, but I am moving on to a place where my experience and education is recognized a bit more objectively. I am not grandiose and I am not "up myself." I am just filling a gap that exists that will allow me to improve my circumstances and hopefully that of another human being.

I thought I was doing the same here in NZ; however, I have been repeatedly told directly -- and indirectly -- that I don't know my place. Given the place awarded me is that of a pig who walks on two legs (or thereabouts) I am just not happy to live in a country where my grunts will never be heard.

Renting houses in NZ - a manual.

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:22 pm

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:22 pm

If our accommodation, service, food and drinks aren't up to your standarts, please lower your standarts !

Another Kiwi phrase seen at a famous hotel in NZ !

News: How safe is your city? Chch and Ack NZ's Most Violent

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:49 pm

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:49 pm

Rebel wrote:Here's one way they're creating create Uptopia

www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=18600

Old Kiwi proverb: "What you don't know doesn't bother you !"
What else can we expect from these unqualified backward morons who try to run this country !?

Does your native home country.....

Dálvvadis — Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:32 pm

Author: Dálvvadis

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:32 pm

Ja...aber...

I can see politics being discussed more in germany.
NZ is probably more about false PR and that we can not leave that easily.

WT: Using the RWC to Your Advantage

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:56 pm

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:56 pm

RWC !? Big Deal ! Rugby World Cup ! Who gives a flying fuck anyway ! It's not the world who plays Rugby and it's not the world either that comes here to watch ! They make such a fuzz out of this antiquated backward and unsophisticated bloodsport and call soccer (real football) players poofters, sissys and whimps who are too weak to play rugby.
Who is coming here to play? Australia, South Africa, Argentina, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland !
The French will be very cautious and might not qualify because they might never get out of here alive! A highlight in the monotonous life in the South Pacific, nothing of any significance for me!

The Myth of 93% Satisfaction

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:37 pm

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:37 pm

chknwing wrote:I once read that 72.58% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Never trust a percentage from someone trying to sell you something, be it product or idea.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

New NZ expat forum

Joomla — Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:28 pm

Author: Joomla

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:28 pm

Well it's not gonna take Eistein to work out who admins the site... If the site takes off, I might move it to a seperate domain...

Here is my press release

http://www.seymouronrails.c...zealand-migrants/

I am an IT Contractor, and I've now branched out into website design...ok, let's get that elephant out of the room.

However, I am not here just to build my empire, I am interested in the expat experience, and have a lot of interesting experiences to share...

Experts: NZ has "huge problem" with alcohol

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:21 pm

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:21 pm

will wrote:Actually kids here grow up faster thye drink much younger,have sexual encounters younger,drive younger
well compared to where i come from anyway.

Too true my friend, too true ! The nly thing that doesn't grow is the brain !

NZ Statistics..............a Fairy Tale?????

MOZART — Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:22 pm

Author: MOZART

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:22 pm

I learned yesterday from a reliable source that income statistics in NZ are not what they appear to be. He has been a statistician that worked with income data in a government department. He collected, analysed and passed on the analysis to senior official’s. There was always a mismatch of what he worked out and what was officially published. My source has a math major in statistics. So he is competent to comment on it.
BTW, he had to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
The official ones were always quite a bit higher than the stats he worked out!!

Cracking Cheese Grommit

gurm — Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:07 am

Author: gurm

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:07 am

Advantage of these cheeses is that you can wash your clothes with them, they're like a block of soap !
Anything that is slightly better costs an arm and a leg ! This place is wrong, badly wrong ! One of the reasons is greed of the local and international multis(goes for any product, beer, cheese, bread etc.) and the shopping habits of the public.
Kiwis go for quantity, not quality ! And their tastebuds are definitely different as a matter of fact ! They don't like blue vein, it stinks, they don't like camenbert, it stinks and runs, and they don't like parmesan, it really stinks and runs and how do you slice it on your cracker, anyway!?
Culinary vandalism which is expressed by the usual tucker-fucker attitude in this country is a national tradition, if not religion! They have the unique and outstanding talent to be able to grow and breed some of the best products in the world but completely and utterly ruin these by their way of processing and preparation. Well, most of them(us) never get to see these superb products in the first place since all of the good stuff gets exported and they(we) get the scrapings from the bottom of the barrell !
Perfectly suited people to be cheated by their own government and businesses because they been born and breed into frugalism and with their calvinistic heritage believe it's just the way god want's it to be !

Article: 100 per cent Pure rip-off

Rebel — Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:18 am

Author: Rebel

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:18 am

You're asking 'us' the immigrants that were brought over to make the improvements and were then ignored and marginalised because we didn't have Kiwi experience, whanau or qualifications?

In some ways it's good to know that New Zealanders are as flumoxed by it as much as we are. Some things simply cannot be fixed. Once you realise there is no solution, other than to get the hell out of dodge, it becomes a whole lot simpler.