About Us
This is a blog of three women juggling their roles as a new mum, a wife, a career woman, and as a migrant in a country not so familiar to them. They will share with you their adventures, happiness, and mishaps as they travel this new path.
Lei is a new migrant ”Downunder” as a Business Analyst. Within a year of migrating, she got married and had a beautiful son Kimi, nicknamed after the 2007 Formula 1 Champ. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions and adjustment with her new life and a complicated but blessed family situation. She is a regular passenger of Jetstar as she shuttles between Melbourne and Sydney to visit her husband and her son under the care of her mother-in-law. She looks forward to the time they will all be together as a family once she gets her permanent residency by the end of 2009.
Lec is a permanent resident in Singapore who moved to the ‘Little Red Dot’ in 2004 joining her husband as soon as they got married. She was an expat’s housewife & a tai-tai for a year and a half hoping to get pregnant right after the wedding. Though they tried very hard, it took them 15 months to get pregnant but fate would have it, miscarried at 12 weeks. This prompted her to get back to work again to avoid getting depressed. She was blessed with a charming & jolly daughter, Chelsea who was named after a football club, 2 years later. She has almost perfected the art (or science) of time management and multi-tasking since her job as a Market Researcher demands her to travel around the region extensively. If there is any opportunity, she brings Chelsea to her trips so she can still spend quality time with her.
Roch, who moved to Dubai with her husband when they were newly married, is a Communications Specialist. She had her share of difficulties in living in a country with a culture very different from hers. Even with a substantial experience and excellent qualifications, it took her months before she landed a fantastic job. She had to travel long hours just to get to and from work as there is no efficient public transport system yet. They had to bring her mother-in-law on a visiting visa to have someone look after her son JR during the first 9 months. However, with a life-changing situation that had just happened, she and her husband have to contemplate on how they will be able to look after their son on their own.
“We wish you will laugh with us, learn with us, and share with us as we unravel the mysteries of motherhood and life in a foreign land.”
- MigrantMums
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