Hows your Day filled

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 10:42

For those of you that live in the TRNC - How do you fill your day? If you don't work, what do you do all day long?

tarry67


Joined: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1053

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 13:25

I have always said that for the majority of expats the biggest problem seems to be boredom. When in the uk most people didn't have a cleaner or a gardener or a bathroom in every room or a pool that is far to big for two people or five dogs instead of the two they had in the uk. So what seems to be the daily event in quite a few people is getting up, breakfast, dog walking, cup of tea, pub for lunch and a couple of pints, eventually talk to wife, back home, dog walking, cup of tea, pub for a few more beers, maybe dinner if the wife is not up for cooking, drive home over the limit because you can? have a nightcap on the terrace trying to think what the hell can we do tomorrow. I think more people should tackle their own garden and cleaning unless of course you are ill or working. So many people have spit up lately on the island which is sad and most of the time it is down to boredom or living in each others pockets 24/7. There I have said my piece now off for a pint before the wife hears

dozza67


Joined: 11/07/2008
Posts: 607

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 13:49

Well, we have been here for 4 years and can honestly say we have never been bored. We don't even know anyone who is bored. As for having cleaners, gardeners and a bathroom in every room - we wish!!!!.

We are genuinely thoroughly enjoying our retirement. We worked very hard to get here. What would we be doin gin the UK if retired? Sweet FA that's what. No money to do anything with. Certainly not lunching every day or spending our time in pubs drinking. We do almost everything together, ie, walk the dog, do the housework or gardening. We chose not to have a pool because of the upkeep and water wastage.

I don't know how many people you have met tarry67 but obviously they must be well off people with more money than sense. I cannot believe how you have lumped all ex-pats together to form your opinion of them but I can assure you that you are very wrong. We have a life here which we wouldn't have had in UK.

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 14:44

dozza67....totally agree.



Only been here 7 months....bored...what's that?

Need more hours in the day....6 month old puppy & gardening take up most of the day and that's without the other mundane chores to do.....cleaning, washing, cooking etc.



Boredom is for people who don't appreciate life and what it has to offer.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 14:52

We spend our time learning Turkish, working to raise funds for charity, shopping for and preparing meals made with fresh ingredients for our family of four...



We don't cleaners or gardeners either.... don't know anyone who does - we are obviously mixing in the wrong circles... err or not.



We must live in a bubble as we don't engage in the activities mentioned in Tarry's post



Don't have time to be bored... if we've got a spare moment then we have plenty of books.... all those books and only one lifetime...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 15:10

...........drive home over the limit because you can...................



Can you? I was'nt aware of any new laws brought in to say you can now drink and drive!

mitsi


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 345

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 16:03

No time to be bored. Days fly by here so fast I just can't work it out. Still get up around 6am as if going to work and always doing something. Miss my job as a nurse in the prison but love not HAVING to go in and working 12 hour shifts 5 days a week. Used to be detained on duty whenever there was a problem or riot or hostage crisis. Pain in the ass. Would like to work 2 or 3 days a week but unable to get work here. Anyone needing a nurse for their elderly parent, Granny etc; Give me a call. Mitsi.

lesleyb


Joined: 27/02/2008
Posts: 126

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 17:54

We have been here almost a year and it has gone by quickly, the first few months was like an extended holiday spending too much time drinking and eating out, then reality set in and we became sensible! never get up much before 9 o`clock leisurely breakfast, do any chores, gardening etc., spend some time on the computer, go swimming, walking, out for a ride, loads of reading and doing crosswords checking on friends properties, meeting up with Cyprus44 members for coffee (as we did today), I think the winter months can be the worst, especially the evenings, so we do intend to go out a bit more then for a drink/meal. If I was in the U.K. I would be watching Emmerdale/Coronation Street and loads of daytime T.V. now that is sad! Life over here is so much better, and I refuse to get bored.



Lesleyb

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 17:56

wake up have wash , make love , have gin and tonic have wash do garden have shoer make love , go to shop have wash make love , go on tinternet have lunch make love.









WAKE UP









LOL

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 18:00

glad you have a wash first nige. now we know why Cyprus is so short of water

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 18:42

nige dont the mrs mind you making love to all these women lmao, because she told me in lemar she is not getting it lol only joking

no1doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
21/10/2008 20:44

Nige, do you get tired?

flowerfairy


Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 1277

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 00:48

and then he woke up..............it was only a dream...........lol

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 10:33

Is there any voluntary work available in NC? For example teaching local children English or perhaps taking someone who is ill to hospital.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 10:45

Nige never said his love-making involved anybody else.....

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
22/10/2008 10:51

Thats Handy!

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
23/10/2008 10:50

no1doyen

i haven't had a spare minute since moving here!

house renovations. dog kennels. own dogs. cypriot friends insisting on outings, weddings and sunits.

i need a holiday!!!!!!!!!!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
23/10/2008 11:37

Good for you fire starter. Being busy keeps you sane.

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
23/10/2008 18:34

Hi All..read all your posts with interest.I have been retired now 3yrs in the UK and I dont have a massive pension but the wife and I manage very well.Stillmanage anice meal out once aweek and I now play alot more golf than I ever did,and now petrol and food prices are dropping couldbe even better shortly,evev talk about bringing down energy prices whoopee !!!!!!