Are You An Expat Woman In Singapore? Andrea Martins at PrimeTime & CRCE Events Next Week

Hi Everyone!  If you are an expat woman living in Singapore, I invite you to join me next week at the following events hosted by two great local networks in Singapore:

Seminar Topic: Trailing Spouses: Be Inspired to Live Your Best Life In Singapore!
Host: Career Resource Center for Expats (CRCE), American Association of Singapore
Date: Wednesday 10 November
Time: 10am-12pm
Cost: $10 CRCE members, $20 non-CRCE members
Venue: American Association of Singapore
Address: 10 Claymore Hill, Singapore, 229573
Phone: 6733-4257 (online registration now full, so please phone to register instead, thanks)

"Come and enjoy a powerful presentation from visiting international guest speaker, Andrea Martins, co-founder of the ExpatWomen.com.  Andrea will share with us some of the wisdom she has gained from 3½ years of answering thousands of emails from expat women around the globe, plus inspirational stories of expatriate women that she has interviewed who have turned their lives and careers around abroad.  Learn how you can:  

• Feel that you are not alone in your feelings of ‘loss of identity’ 
• Overcome challenges as a trailing spouse
• Think more creatively about your career path abroad
• Focus on making your time in Singapore a positive life and career experience"

Seminar Topic: Inspiring Stories from International Women Around the World

Host: PrimeTime: Business and Professional Women's Association
Date: Thursday 11 November
Time: 6:30pm-10pm
Cost: $45 PrimeTime members (by 6 Nov), $50 PrimeTime members (post 6 Nov), $60 non-PrimeTime members (includes dinner)
Venue: Traders Hotel, Singapore
Address: 1A Cuscaden Road, Singapore
Phone: 6738-2222

 "We invite you to be inspired by Andrea Martins, co-founder and director of ExpatWomen.com, the world’s largest website dedicated to women living abroad.  From her many interviews, Andrea will share the stories of enterprising and successful expatriate women who have followed their passion and started new lives and new ventures from hotels to print media companies, foodie retreats, bikini boot camps and a Fiat touring club. Come and be inspired by women like you who are creating a new life abroad!"


If you are in Singapore and would like to come (or know someone who might), thank you in advance for your support - I look forward to meeting you there!

Warmest wishes, Andrea.

ps. My apologies for using my name in the blog title... I am told that it helps with SEO (search engine optimization), so I am testing if that is true. :-)

Expat Women June 2010 Home Page

Hi Everyone, We have just uploaded our Expat Women June 2010 Home Page. Please take a look, share it with your friends and tweet about it for us. Thank you!

Success Story
Wendy Wilson
Co-Founder and Editorial Director, AngloINFO
South African Wendy Wilson left the film industry to move with her British-born husband Mike Hardaker to the French Riviera to start AngloINFO.com in September 2000. Run as a franchise business, AngloINFO now has 50 local websites worldwide, serving over 50 million page views per month...
Read more...

Business Idea
Love Travel Guides
Fiona Caulfield
A self-confessed luxury vagabond, Fiona Caulfield is the creator of Love Travel guidebooks, designed for the discerning traveler. Already, Fiona has sold more than 15,000 books because unlike mass tourist books, her books are written like you are being chaperoned by a good friend...
Read more...

Repatriation
How To Overcome Expat Withdrawal
Heather Carreiro
After living abroad, moving back to your home country can be even more of a shock than learning to live in a new country and culture. So much of how we define ourselves while living and working overseas is wrapped up in being an expat. Our friends back ‘home’ think of us as "Mary in Japan" or "Susan in Dubai." In our host countries, we are always the foreigner – the one who is different. Even the very way we introduce ourselves and think of ourselves tends to be connected with this element of 'otherness'...
Read more...

Global Nomads & University
The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition
Tina Quick
We talk to Tina Quick about her new book for TCKs transitioning to university. Tina, mother of three college-aged daughters, is an adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) who, having made 18 moves, understands well the cycle of loss and grief involved in a cross–cultural lifestyle...
Read more...

Expat Confession
A Lonely Affair
Expat Women Girlfriend
My husband’s new role is very demanding and he is frequently travelling away from home. I am embarrassed to confess that my loneliness has led me to start an affair with my neighbor. I feel extremely guilty about what I am doing and know that this is not right. Ironically, I started the affair to ease my loneliness...
Read more...

Job-Seekers
Career Resource Center For Expatriates, Singapore
Alka Chandiramani
The Career Resource Center For Expatriates, Singapore (CRCE) is a unique, not-for-profit initiative run through the American Association of Singapore, offering invaluable services to expatriates seeking job local opportunities. We talked to Alka Chandiramani to learn more about this great concept...
Read more...

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Just a reminder that our blog is separate from our main site, so if you are reading this blog post online or you are only subscribed to our blog, you will not automatically receive our Expat Women monthly newsletters.

To receive our newsletter this month (which will hopefully be sent out this week) and to go in the running to win our monthly prize of a complete set of Explorer Publishing's Mini-Guides, please sign up today to our main site ExpatWomen.com, and also receive your link to our free e-book of Winning Stories!

Thank you very much and have a fantastic June! Andrea

Various Expat Women News Tidbits

Hi once more Everyone, Following on from my earlier post today about how easy it is to put tidbits of information on Twitter, here are some of the tidbits I have posted on Twitter recently that might interest you...

Seeking: American and British Expats in Singapore for a Research Project
"For Third Culture Kids Seeking: American and British Expats currently in Singapore to participate in a research project. Single recording session approx 2 hrs, reading English sentences. Monetary Token of appreciation will be given at the end of the session. Contact Nicole at dataproj.sg@gmail.com if interested."

Which Airport has been Voted Best in the World for the 5th Year in a Row?
You'd be surprised!

Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2010
Over 19,000 votes.

13 Mistakes For Americans to Avoid When Filing Taxes This Year
If you are American and needing to lodge a tax return in the United States this year, read on...

American Council on International Personnel's 36th Annual Symposium
June 7-10
Washington DC
Main topic: Immigration

Totally Expat Show for Global Mobility Industry Professionals
London 24 May 2010

Families in Global Transition Conference
March 4-6
Houston, Texas, United States
It's not too late!
I really wish I was going...

7 Reasons Not to Put All Your Eggs in the Twitter Basket
Interesting blog post on Social Examiner by Jay Baer, a social media strategist and coach.

Managing Home Leave
Recent article by Paragon Relocations:
"Is there a connection between Home Leave and employee attrition/retention? Home Leave was intended to help minimise the effects of the culture shock of an international assignment. It allows assignees to maintain family ties and stay current with home business contacts and associates; and keep connected with their community and culture. Still, attrition rates upon completion of assignments remain high. Is there a disconnect between the philosophy of the home leave provision and its actual impact to assignment satisfaction?"

Looking for Expat Experts to Contribute to Our ExpatArrivals Guides
If you are interested, read the short message.

Expat Coach Megan Fitzgerald in Top 10
Congratulations to previous Expat Women Business Idea interviewee and long-time ExpatWomen.com supporter, Megan Fitzgerald, who was recently named by The Undercover Recruiter in their top ten Facebook fan pages for job seekers and career-minded folk.

Authors Needed for Culture Smart Books
If you are interested, please contact Jo Parfitt, who will then link you to Culture Smart. Thanks.


To catch all of these updates as soon as I make them, I invite you to follow me on Twitter.

Thanks, Andrea.

Expat Women Working In Singapore: Opportunities And Challenges

Hi Everyone, If you are an expat woman working in (or interested in working in) Singapore, you might be interested in watching this short video from the Singapore International Foundation (SIF). The video was filmed at their recent inaugural dialogue meeting for expatriate women.

Great to see local foundations which actively support expatriates. Congrats SIF!

HSBC Survey Results: Pack Your Bag And Head To Singapore, the US or the UAE!

Hello Everyone, If you have not already seen the impressive array of news articles in the expat media in the past few days about the HSBC International Expat Explorer Survey results, released on 24 July, here are some of the highlights:

• 2,155 expatriates surveyed, over 4 continents;
• Singapore, US and the UAE were ranked as the best overall expat locations;
• 74% of expats living in Singapore said their quality of accommodation was better than back home;
• 58% of expats save and invest more than they did in their country of origin; Hong Kong-based expats (on the whole) have the highest salaries;
• In terms of longevity, The Netherlands rated the highest, with 82% of expats there already residing there for 3+ years; and
• The UK and France were among the lowest-rated destinations, scoring poorly on their levels of luxury and standards of accommodation.

However, unlike all of the other sites that we've seen, we can offer you the full PDF summary of the survey results (great for expat research, articles, HR strategy, or just plain curiosity), thanks to our good friends at HSBC Offshore (a valued Expat Women Gold Sponsor). Just Click Here. :-)