muspus
May 25, 2011, 1:38pm
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Re: Girls abroad - Here comes another FOB!
Thank you so much for your replies girls. I was expecting to be made fun of but i am glad girls around here are so sweet. I can ask a few more dumb questions now.
I will be moving to West London. I seriously wonder how much of TV id be interested in.
One of you was asking me how qualified i am, I am a post graduate, Alh but my husband is not in favour of pursuing a career after marriage, he is okay with me taking up courses or diplomas or just other fun activities. I am pretty tired of studying, with almost 20 years of study, so i am not going to be doing any more courses. I want to try learning other fun things like:
interior decore courses
fashion design
jewellery making
photography
Make up courses
hairstyling
anything of the sorts
Are there any of those within range cost there?
Some more of the dumb questions:
9. How much of a cultural shock did you get? I mean even if we havent visited the exact places, we all know via books, internet and movies what kind of a culture there is. How do you manage your individuality of being a Pakistani and a muslim?
10. Which Pakistani communities can i join? I am a person who has never in my life lived alone for even a week. I am a social sort of person so how can i continue being that? Id love to have grocery or girlie shopping partners, people i can dine out with or just have a life away from going down my husband’s neck. I dont want to eat up all his space all the time because he would be the only person i know there.
11. How do you manage laundry?
12. How do you manage cleaning? every day mopping, dusting and blah blahs?
13. What other activities other than shopping, watching movies are there if ive already visited most of the famous places?
14. What about Eids and Independence days ? etc. days we celebrated in Pakistan with full enthusiasm.
I have a big fear of being lonely. I have never been and i hate being. I cant even eat alone; it just depresses me. I just want to keep myself so busy that i dont eat my husband’s brain and stay sane on my own as well. Plus, i want to show my family back home that i am happy and have a life other than my kitchen and the education they spent millions on is coming in use some where.
I think the best thing to do is to get your husband to take some time off work and show you the ropes- how to do stuff, where to buy all the essentials from, etc. He must also have a close set of friends who he can introduce you to and that’s how you’ll go on to meeting more people and creating a small community of your own. Also, as another Guppan said, there are lots of us from London, so once you’re here, arrange a small get together and we’ll do our best to make you feel at home, inshallah! X
