Tag: working abroad
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3 ways to make work in Dili easier
You’ve just arrived in Dili with a brand-new job contract, AVID assignment, research project or consultancy offer in hand, and you’re anxious to get started. But on day one, they forget you were meant to be starting now. Then, the power goes out and the internet’s off too. Your office doesn’t have a window and…
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Three things foreigners are good for
I’ve written here before about how I think good foreigners in Timor-Leste are the ones who cause little harm and make things about people other than themselves. While I concede that there are actually foreigners here working hard and doing great things, for the very most part, I think we’re generally awkward outsiders who don’t really…
Sophie Rai Liur 