Originally posted by walesrob@Sep 26 2005, 10:34 AM
Thanks Pete good information there!

Hows Gina adjusting to life in sunny England?

Hello Rob,

Well where can i start, Gina likes UK, and is happy, however there are marked differences between her life in Philippines and her life so far here.

Gina notices the difference in support networks, for example, to date she has not seen a Fellow Filipino, apart from having a visit from our freinds in Scotland last weekend, we had a great night together on Friday, cooking Filipino Food and Banggus, Steve my mate and I had Chiken Tikka Massala good old British Food, the girls, thats my wife and his, had Filipino Food, and yes Elsa, they did eat the rice with their fingers, we had a couple bottles of wine, and the next morning we went to London and had a whole day at the London Eye, and toured the city, the Girls loved it.

But apart from that, Gina finds it highly noticable that their is a distinct lack of support network for her, however she is communicating with her family and freinds back home in Bacolod City fairly well and on a daily basis.

She finds the cost of goods expensive, and she doenst like wasting money on some of the things we would buy, she is very thrifty with money.

She has had periods of slight homesickness, which is to be expected, but they have been mild, and so far I am proud of what she has achieved, she is currently looking for work and has a temporary National Insurance Number, however at present, we appear to have hit a few hiccups in that she cant work in her chosen profession, without a conversion course, this isnt until next year, so that represents some waiting.

She has applied for 1 care assistant Job, but we are awaiting a reply on that, so its slow progress, but to be expected.

Apart from that Rob, it seems kind of strange, that she is here now, and when I look back, it does seem to be as you said, a blip on your life, the Embassy process and visa's seems so far away now, you know what I mean by that Rob, funny, at the time it was a National Crisis for me, I will keep updating this thread with more news soon.