We Went and Got Ourselves a Job

[…] gym, back to Coffee Monster to get some work done, and starting to make plans for where we will be spending the holidays..stay […]

Good for you guy’s gets you around S.E asia. About the bloke who complained to you about the Forza a bit harsh I think as I don$t think you are a mechanic? 7 months 3500km great bike for an old man like me. Keep on posting. Enjoyable, Ian

[…] you checked out our last post where we revealed our big news then you know we finally scored our first house sitting job. What we didn’t talk about though […]

Hey guys !!!!!

Great to hear the excellent news and now I’ll be expecting a thorough review from you both about Penang !!!

Sadly, the coin may be turning for us as I’ve just heard back from Joy-Stay, our MM2H visa and things are looking less and less favorable; they do not want to use investments as “cash in hand” any more and obviously no American in their right mind would keep over $100K USD in “fixed deposits” as they call it or a checking account that pays less than one tenth of one percent interest

First I was speculating but after Obama’s SE Asian visit it’s becoming clear that the government clearly would rather not have Americans on the program ,perhaps as some sort of stupid political retribution or maybe because the pro Muslim government wants to stay in power so badly they’re willing to take a stand against American interests.

Depending on what she says after we file and close escrow there’s a strong possibility we may wind up in Chaing Mai waiting out their decision and I guess we’ll stay if they reject an application with the insane notion that over $750K in liquid investments “doesn’t meet their financial requirements”.

Anyway, we very much hope you guys are still there in June and we may come knocking on your door for help in the beginning (but not too much).

Have a blast and enjoy the holidays

Rob and Diane

[…] but we were in a better place financially. In addition to that, we’ve been introduced to the wonderful world of house sitting and hoped to get some assignments through Europe that would allow us to save some money along the […]

[…] more items off our bucket list and visiting the S.E. Asia countries we missed, like Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. But for some reason, that crappy anxious feeling is taking over my body making leaving […]

Got to say, I LOVE how housesitting has opened up the world for us! We’ve just started, and already it’s been such a huge success, allowing us to travel slow where we want to, and stay in warm places during the winter. That’s so exciting that you’ll be in Asia for Christmas!
Well done, and go Trusted Housesitters!

Sounds like a fantastic opportunity. Can’t wait to hear how your first house-sit goes! 🙂

Congratulations on your house sit. We have been with Trusted housesitters for a couple of years now and have some great experiences, in between working full time. Look forward to reading about your house sitting experiences.

We are writing our House sitting profile today. It seems like there are great some opportunities on the website, so hopefully we will be lucky in finding one. We can’t wait to look after animals as we are slightly obsessed.