Other that the odd moment when I want Biltong (Like right now) Not in the slightest, which is why TK has money jar for everytime I slag SA off or brag about how awesome it is here. Spooner calls me the most unpatriotic expat ever. If I could make a call now and get my Parents, 2 grand mothes, and brothers out of there I would never go back. For me SA was never "home" it was just the place I lived before I came home.
I have 20mb/s uncapped internet at home, the only reason its not the same as the 100mb line at work is the old building I live in. I barely watch tv since Netflix and Lovefilm are epic. I buy my groceries online and they carry it into my kitchen. I bought a R20K Macbook pro at the beginning of the year after saving for little over a month. I feel safe, I am not treated like a second class citizen, it hardly ever gets so hot that I want to kill my self. Public transport = win since I can get anywhere without needing a car. Generally my quality of life is heaps better than in SA. There I worked a murderous job as a Practice Manager where I got R7500 per month with no over time and a company that treated me like a slave. Here I get R4800 a week doing a job that is not only practically stress free but also for a company that treats me, a contract worker, like one of the team. My boss bought us tickets to the olympics for fucks sakes. My wife managed to do her Masters in Biotechnology, a degree she would never have been able to do in SA simply because living with just one of us working would have been impossible. I am doing a game design course.
In the end its not for everyone, and while it may often sound like I rag on people who choose to stay in the banana republic I feel that to each his own. I love it here and would never, willingly, go back.
FYI everyone else, that wasn't me bragging I was just bringing Sanity up to speed.
theres a word for all this... sheldon uses it in big bang theory to train penny.... /searches net
