Tag: UK

Are foreigners really taking our jobs or are we taking theirs?

Post author By Bossy Flossie
Post date March 24, 2018
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Today it seems the ever popular mantra is foreigners are taking our jobs. It is heard in every first world city and news headline and this fear has helped bring about historical events such as Brexit in the UK and the election of Trump in the US. However since I have moved to Singapore and started travelling the region, I have been surprised by the number of white people working in low end jobs in southeast Asia. Whilst we let the first world governments stir up emotions and convince us that foreigners are bad, it seems we also feel entitled to exploit the cheap prices and available opportunities of the very countries whose nationals we want to kick out. But is it really bad to steal jobs, or is the movement of people better for everyone?

Tags Brexit, East End, foreign workers, foreigners, immigration, Ipoh, laos, london, luang prabang, Malaysia, Singapore, UK

Opinion

Remembering my trip to Brighton Beach with a Troubled Friend

Post author By Bossy Flossie
Post date March 11, 2018
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I was browsing through some old photos recently when I came across an album from when I visited Brighton beach with my friend a few years ago. My friend was an alcoholic and sadly has passed away now, but I had fond memories of her and our trip. We spent a weekend together hanging around the Brighton boardwalk and soaking in the local culture. It was our last good time together.

Tags alcohol, alcoholic, brighton, brighton beach, brighton boardwalk, cirrhosis, drinking alcoholism, london, low self esteem, oesophagus, self destruction, troubled friend, UK, yulia

Opinion

An Ordinary Life After Breaking my L1 Bone

Post author By Bossy Flossie
Post date February 26, 2018
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It took many years for me to achieve an ordinary and pain free life after breaking my L1 bone. I had broken my back after falling two stories from the roof of a building in London. In hospital just days after the fall, the surgeon and spinal specialist Dr Arun Ranganathan asked me to make a choice, to undergo spinal surgery or stay bed bound and let the injury heal naturally. It was a difficult decision, but one thing I remember clearly was when Dr Ranganathan said a broken back would affect me for the rest of my life.

Tags broken back, broken L1 bone, controlled schedule 3 drug, Dr Ranganathan, gain weight, immediate release, L-tyrosine, nerve pain, spinal surgery, surgery, surviving broken back, Tramadol, UK, vitamin B, whitechapel holiday

Travel

TFL Capital Ring Walk: Beckton, Woolwich & Falconwood

Post author By Bossy Flossie
Post date January 18, 2018
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I began working my way through the TFL Capital Ring Walk, a series of 15 walks designed by Transport for London. It covers 78 miles of open space and natural reserves circling central London. Section 15-1 of the TFL Capital Ring Walk starts at Beckton and goes through Woolwich, ending in Falconwood. During the walk we saw city buildings, stunning Thames views, industrial sites and beautiful woodland.

Tags beckton, falconwood, falconwood park, Gallion's Way, london, Oxleas Wood, Thames Barrier, UK, walking, woolwich