Guess I need to check in here, as I'm an ex-pat with no real pat...
Dennison - surprised to hear that, given what I hear about Tokyo...
BillClarke - Wow! Rather surprised to hear this. (I guess it also depends on the definition of expat community). I've worked in the Mexican community of Los Angeles for a number of years and its humongous. To hear that there is one bigger than this...
Kaitlin - I guess the language you write in depends on what you're most comfortable with. German was my first language, but I left the country as soon as I was done with high school, so I suppose its become a bit frozen. I write in English and a couple of other languages. Writing in German is much harder for me. Btw., I'm a laowai now too.
Helsinki - I thought that with the EU visa regulations would not vary much among countries any more...
Dennison - surprised to hear that, given what I hear about Tokyo...
BillClarke - Wow! Rather surprised to hear this. (I guess it also depends on the definition of expat community). I've worked in the Mexican community of Los Angeles for a number of years and its humongous. To hear that there is one bigger than this...
Kaitlin - I guess the language you write in depends on what you're most comfortable with. German was my first language, but I left the country as soon as I was done with high school, so I suppose its become a bit frozen. I write in English and a couple of other languages. Writing in German is much harder for me. Btw., I'm a laowai now too.
Helsinki - I thought that with the EU visa regulations would not vary much among countries any more...