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[LENA]

My suggestion ?. Go to nightschool to get a useful qualification and then apply to emigrate to Australia - far more opportunities for you and the children.

Very nice advice!!! Any others left for me? Or any of your love and compassion?

Hey Radio, your bad experience... if you think it was...doesn't mean that its going to be like that for the rest of the human beings!!!

[Radio]

Lena,

This is nothing to do with bad experience or love and compassion; this is being realistic.

I would hate to see someone risk ruining their lives because they were not aware of the realities.

Looking through rose tinted spectacles and keeping your fingers crossed is no substitute for thorough research. The man is contemplating a major life change; he knows the plus points of living in Cyprus from numerous holidays, but he doesn't know - yet - the realities of living in a country where you don't speak the native language, and there is no generous welfare system to fall back on; which is why I and others on this thread have suggested that at the very least he should try it on his own at first.

Which points exactly would you disagree with ?.

[Johnson&Johnson]

Some excellent advice there from Radio about Australia. I read somewhere that a humble brickie can earn about 800 pounds sterling a week working there, and jobs are plentiful in many sectors. It seems like a much better option. Also the 50k will almost treble up once turned into ozzie dollars. Property is also cheaper there I believe.

I live in (and love) Cyprus, but I am a repatriated Cypriot who has been here for 10 years. And believe me, the first three years were bloody difficult.

[Niki]

Your wife could potentially market herself as a personal trainer especially with the nurtrition background and target the english speaking public. Retirees looking to have a healthier lifestyle may be a good target. I would certainly be interested in a personal trainer.

You have to try things for yourself no matter what people say and as you say you 'are' relocating to Cyprus you may have already arranged the move?

Jobs do seem hard to find - set up your own business - we are!! One thing though - £50k may not go far, our moving expenses alone never mind cars, rent etc are horrendous.

Niki

Niki

[Sotos]

In Cyprus you can thrive as an entrepreneur if you have the skills for that but as an employee you can never get too far.

[mountainman]

In Cyprus you can thrive as an entrepreneur if you have the skills for that but as an employee you can never get too far.

Absolutely correct Sotos

[LENA]

Which points exactly would you disagree with ?.

His wife has a really good degree and now in Cyprus things are changing…we have huge problems with overweighed people and lots of them are following diet consulting and sign in a gym…so she will be able to find a job in health centre, in gym…now most of them work with diet counsellors etc…

Why he will be able to find easier a job in Australia than in Cyprus?

I agree with you that his teenager child will need an English school because then he will have several problems…I agree that he will find lots of difficulties but I am GC and I speak Greek and I have a degree etc but it is not that easy for me either…I am not saying that I am in the same situation with him but we all face problems…we have to be more optimistic and be sure that we really want to change our lives. If we really want something and we have a little bit of patient and be little bit optimistic I think we can try. I know that the fact that he is not familiar with the Greek language, he doesn’t have a degree it will make his life more difficult.

I know that you wanted to give him the reality thing but it’s not always that bad you know. I have family friends who came to Cyprus lots of years ago…when things was even more difficult and they survive…they even bought a new house lately and they was able to send their children back to UK for studies. They came in Cyprus, they fight hard…I am not saying that it will be easy…but life it’s not easy nowhere…and they are just fine. Why he shouldn’t try if he really wants to? Why Australia will be better solution for him than Cyprus? I know lots of people who want to leave from Australia and come back to Cyprus…even in this Forum you can find that kind of person….

And one last thing…you are wrong that only older people want to move to Cyprus or they are already there. You are right that lots of them had already retired but not all of them…lots of people who are ex-pats are young or middle age couples with kids.

I just said that you describe him a really bad situation…nothing good…nothing optimistic…why is that? You don’t like Cyprus? In Cyprus live and work thousands of people…its not only tourists you know!

[Niki]

Which points exactly would you disagree with ?.

His wife has a really good degree and now in Cyprus things are changing…we have huge problems with overweighed people and lots of them are following diet consulting and sign in a gym…so she will be able to find a job in health centre, in gym…now most of them work with diet counsellors etc…

Why he will be able to find easier a job in Australia than in Cyprus?

I agree with you that his teenager child will need an English school because then he will have several problems…I agree that he will find lots of difficulties but I am GC and I speak Greek and I have a degree etc but it is not that easy for me either…I am not saying that I am in the same situation with him but we all face problems…we have to be more optimistic and be sure that we really want to change our lives. If we really want something and we have a little bit of patient and be little bit optimistic I think we can try. I know that the fact that he is not familiar with the Greek language, he doesn’t have a degree it will make his life more difficult.

I know that you wanted to give him the reality thing but it’s not always that bad you know. I have family friends who came to Cyprus lots of years ago…when things was even more difficult and they survive…they even bought a new house lately and they was able to send their children back to UK for studies. They came in Cyprus, they fight hard…I am not saying that it will be easy…but life it’s not easy nowhere…and they are just fine. Why he shouldn’t try if he really wants to? Why Australia will be better solution for him than Cyprus? I know lots of people who want to leave from Australia and come back to Cyprus…even in this Forum you can find that kind of person….

And one last thing…you are wrong that only older people want to move to Cyprus or they are already there. You are right that lots of them had already retired but not all of them…lots of people who are ex-pats are young or middle age couples with kids.

I just said that you describe him a really bad situation…nothing good…nothing optimistic…why is that? You don’t like Cyprus? In Cyprus live and work thousands of people…its not only tourists you know!

Well said Lena. Families like me and my family are becoming more and more common in Cyprus and we are the future employers.

[simonwjones]

In Cyprus you can thrive as an entrepreneur if you have the skills for that but as an employee you can never get too far.

So, tell me. What is missing then in Cyprus? Where is there a gap in the market? What would your town/area/country really benefit from?

[Niki]

In Cyprus you can thrive as an entrepreneur if you have the skills for that but as an employee you can never get too far.

So, tell me. What is missing then in Cyprus? Where is there a gap in the market? What would your town/area/country really benefit from?

Simon - that is what you have to research for yourself. I have a few ideas about services that seem difficult to find and as my job is marketing and creating designs for marketing I know how to promote. The gaps are there to discover.