[Samnl06]

Hi all......first of all i cud like to say tht this is a very friendly forum...... everyone is soo helping...its cute!! LoL

anywho..... i have questions to ask.......

my family and i ....... (and by family i mean big family....... my mom, my dad, me, my bro, and my 4 younger sisters........ thts my family)........ used to live in the US..... we lived there for more than 12 yrs...... im 21 right now..... so basically my whole life...... as anyone would imagine... i got used to life there.... and i really loved it........it was amazing.... the life there its just something else............. b/c of personal probs my dad decided it be a better idea to go "back"........ which is in Oman.....thts where my mom is from originally............ anyway now we are here........ we all hate it a lot!!....... i mean the life here is sooo different.... the culture, the people, the traditions...... life is just nt easy..... the whole life in oman is based upon wht kind of connections u have..... if u know ppl then ur life will be easy.... if nt then u r basically screwed......so neither of my parents are working..... but we own a business.... and the business is going good... bt the profit margin is reallly reallly bad..... so money is an issue........ and everything is really expensive............just as an example......we are living in a really bad area.... its nt dangerous or anything but its nt a good family area........ and we live in a tiny apartment....tht has a bathroom, tiny kitchen (if u can even call it tht), 2 rooms.....thts it .....and it costs us 200 RO every month..... which the equivalent of 600 US dollars.......for here its really expensive and not worth it..................thts besides the point................... wht im trying to say is tht bc no one is comfortable we would like to go somewhere else.............. where ppl are more friendly, everything is easy-going.........and just different kinda like the US...... here we feel like we are living in Saudia for god's sakes..... we have to wear veils everywhere ...... otherwise everyone will look u up and down.......... its soo bad......... ........................
so my mom was thinking of NZ......... bt after reading posts on the forum....... i dont think its such a good idea......................or wht do u guys think??............ its just seems like its kinda like here..... u gotta have connections to make every move............


can anyone plz give us suggestions abt where u think it wud be easy for us to go.......and settle............


thanks in advance to all ........................


i know this whole post sounds really pathetic...... bt thts the truth..... and i think its better tht i take advice of ppl who are acutally living there and have experince in all this.......so hopefully u willl all be able to help me out!!!