Hello, everyone good Tuesday, again to the Yishen < Australia front line >. Last week, I talked about my little roommate, and I mentioned that I recently moved to my home. Because of my work, I have come into contact with more and more Chinese people since I moved home. Because I am very close to Melbourne, there are a lot of Chinese here. It also gave me a flash of doubt: was I right to come to Australia? Why is this how people live here?
Easy Sauce: Joyce's little roommate couldn't stand Australia for a strange reason and left after five days!
I used to work in northern Kunzhou, where there are few Chinese, and I work with local people in Australia every day, so I don't know much about the life of Australian immigrants, and now I'm near Melbourne. Contact with more and more local Chinese, also began to learn about the life of these Australian immigrants.
To live a Chinese life in a different place.
Among the Australians I come into contact with, they are all older, and only a few stay in Australia after studying abroad. Most of these are middle-aged or old-age early immigrants.
Once, my friend and I walked home, actually passed a house decorated with Chinese paper-cut and red lanterns, my friend and I looked at each other, saying that this must be a Chinese house.
Maybe because the city in Australia is really too small, then we met an aunt when we visited the drugstore, because she could not speak English, so she came to us for help, and then I knew that the house full of Chinese style was her home.
The aunt came to Australia early, but she couldn't read English. She wanted to buy her grandson a bottle of probiotics but didn't know how to choose. She was in her 60s, mainly living on vegetable sales and government subsidies at home. She was mentioned because once she wanted to go to the airport, but she could not communicate with the taxi and bus drivers, so the aunt was very angry and asked, why are all foreigners doing these? Where's the Chinese? At that time I was weak in the heart answer: because this is Australia ah.
The early immigrants here rarely work in companies or elsewhere, mostly in their own business, such as Chinese food, express delivery, Asian Super League. Wait, you can say living here, what you can think of, what you need, there are compatriots doing it.
Most people live a Chinese-style life, both in food and habits, and most importantly in interpersonal communication, unless the job has to interact with the locals very little. As the aunt mentioned above, every time what is needed, the first thought is to find a solution.
In fact, I understand very well, because, seriously, cultural differences can sometimes be very disruptive. For example, on the point of cooking, my Australian friend cannot understand why I should fry cucumbers and broccoli and so on. And I can't understand why I spend an hour cooking, instead of mixing vegetables and eating a sandwich for ten minutes, It seems to them that spending an hour or even two hours cooking is a waste of electricity and electricity.
It is very comfortable to be with the Chinese people, first of all in the language communication, but is this really good? Maybe everyone has their answers and choices.
Recently, many of my friends who studied abroad from Eashen.com said that I was applying for immigration. I couldn't help but wonder if they would lead such a life after that. Some questions I would like to consult.
I can't say anything about the terrible way of emigration.
When it comes to why immigrants, everyone may have something in common and different, for example, for the environment, for the children's education, for the sake of easier life, and so on. And everyone emigrates in different ways. Some are investments, some are employer-sponsored, some are independent technology. There is, of course, a more frightening one: commercial marriage. And this is actually a large proportion of immigrants.
Also here met an aunt, in his forties, married to a 50-60-year-old local Australian grandfather. This aunt can only speak one sentence in English: honey.
Her husband can't speak a word in Chinese, and the two get married quickly through the intermediary. When he first met this Australian grandfather, he talked to me about the process and way of their marriage. At first, he just said a few words, then realized what, and asked me if I knew English. After I nodded, he began to gush. And I was embarrassed.
And every time this aunt sees a girl of my age, she always advises us to marry an Australian, so scared that I can't talk to her again.
What are the graduates doing?
I mentioned earlier that too many early immigrant aunts and uncles, some of the friends may feel very far away from you, then those graduated students are doing what?
In fact, I have to say that choice is very important for the major, those who do not choose professional partners naturally do everything, such as Chinese restaurants, such as purchasing agents, not that these are not good, but not their own major. And those who choose the right professional partners are not only learning to use, but also enjoy an enviable high salary.
For example, one of the boys in the house I'm renting now is a very cold sports-related major. Now I have graduated for more than a year. Not only do I have a high salary, I am happy to work every day, but also get the employer's guarantee every minute. It is really enviable ~
There are not only a few such students, they can not only get together with their compatriots, they are also very good with the local people in Australia, both neighbors and colleagues are very fond of them ~ I often envy their unhindered chat with the locals. Of course, more envy they can do what they like to do, get a very considerable salary.