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My Aupair Journey (2)

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 Why i decided to terminated my contract with them?        Terminating a contract also wasn't an easy way that I had to think about, especially for trying to make sure the decision that I took does not a decision based on my emotional or ego side only. After 5 months of living with the same Host family. I decided to tell them that this was too much for me. I have had those decisions actually since the first month I live with them, but I was thinking like this is normal, especially during the probational period. Also, their previous Aupair told me that she has the same thought like me in the beginning and she convinced me it will be passed later. Then, I do agree with it. There are three main factors that were finally making my final decision. As a disclaimer, this is also not only their fault and I do have my fault also because I can't communicate my feeling, I don't have also an experience as a professional nanny and cleaning the house the way like what they ex...

My Aupair Journey (1)

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            I would like to start my journey from the very first time, especially when I have already known about what is Aupair since I was in High School around 2012. I really want to apply for it, but it was just my desire, and ended up forgetting about it because I was too focused on my examination and was busy getting to my dream university. Along the way in 2019, after I was graduated from my University, I was busy again with my life and completely forgot about Aupair. I was just focused on my life to earn money and be productive as a Set Movie Designer until, at the beginning of 2020, the whole globe event hit me, just like everyone also. I lose my job because I usually work in the Movie industry, which obligates me to work moving from one place to another place so often, and it has to stop all of sudden. I was facing there is no income that I can earn and also didn't know what should I have done at that time... Furthermore, after 3 months staye...

Adapting in Sweden

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The experience of arriving in a new country or a place always amazed me. Especially from trying to collect the details of information for your trips from scratch to prepare the stuff that you want to bring with you to that place. Definitely, you will prepare anything that you could think will help but sometimes we will miss other aspects. I was preparing myself to live in Sweden for three months before I went there but still after I took a look behind, I was still facing every seasonal obstacle to getting used to the new environment that I never even heard about it when I try to collect the information, so I will part my experience into four seasonal sections from the first time I arrive till I return home: 1. Spring           In spring 2021 I was facing getting illness in Sweden for the very first time. I didn't understand at first what cause me to be ill till I found out when my host parents in Sweden told me that they have pollen allergies. I started to ...

Sweden Bureaucracy

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The journey in Sweden could be worth a lifetime, especially for me. The main thing that you have to know is how the bureaucracy works in Sweden, whether from having a local bank, local phone number, and how to register and join many activities in Sweden. This aspect would affect how you do your daily activities because Sweden is a well-known country for its efficiency and integrated system with cashless transactions. So it is better to prepare yourself in involving how the bureaucracy work in Sweden to make your life more convenient during your period of stay...   So, here it is the steps that directly I have to tackle after I arrive in Sweden : 1. Swedish Identification Number Right after I arrived in Sweden, I already got busy registering myself to get The coordination number. Mostly everybody who will migrate permanently or Swedish citizens they have a Personal Number which is the type of their Identity number that will align with everything that you need to do while you ar...

How to get a friends in Sweden?

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  Arrive at a place that is completely strange and different from your home country might be raising concern about where will I get a friend to socialize in a new place?. This comes across to my mind at first, but after I figure out these tips below, I can make my weekly schedule so tight with any kind of socialize activities appointment to exploring a new country. So if you dare to explore a new location for the first time, maybe these tips will help you open up in a new environment and have a recent worldwide companion. 1.Online Dating You might be familiar with this first option, online dating was not only famous for having a romantic relationship but also works well to gather a new person as a friend. Most people around Sweden are used Tinder as a main or the common one online dating. However, instead of using Tinder while I was living there, I used to have OkCupid as another option. I met quite many people during my a year experience, and a few of them was ended up becoming my...

Preparation to go to SWEDEN

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          After passing such a long process to submitting your visa application, waiting for approximately 3 months with a lot of question will your visa get granted or not(?), and finally here comes the time when The migration officer send you the email and they said that YOUR VISA HAS BEEN GRANTED. waaaiiiiitttt whatttt? CONGRATULATION for you... and then what? haha. You will have to arrange an appointment for making a residence permit in Sweden embassy after you got your visa issued. The embassy will expect you to take biometric procedures such as having a photo shot and fingerprint with a few interview questions. Moreover, you have to wait around a week to take your Residence card permit that you can use as your identification card while you live in Sweden.   So here it is my sort of list about what you have to prepare so you don't miss anything from your a year packing preparation to live abroad :  Typical food from your home country (coffee...