KEY POINTS
- Cath Mendez is a wife, a mother, a content creator, entrepreneur, and a full-time graphic designer. Her content offers a genuine glimpse into life abroad highlighting not just the highs but also the struggles of starting over in a new country.
- Cath recalls the challenges of finding a rental home in Australia, and the difficulty of adjusting to their new environment was made even harder by the struggle to find employment.
- Her husband’s dream was to settle in Australia, so he pursued a bridging course to become a nurse on a student visa. The family initially settled in Queensland before eventually relocating to Melbourne. Cath, on the other hand, never planned to live in Australia. She was content with the typical OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) life in Dubai, where she envisioned working, investing, and retiring comfortably in the Philippines.
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From UAE to Australia: Family shares the unseen struggles of starting over in Australia
SBS Filipino
29/03/202532:13
From the very first month, it was incredibly difficult to find a place to live. Securing a rental in Australia is tough, especially if you don’t have a rental history. Eventually, we found a house, but the rent was extremely expensive. It took my husband seven months to secure a job, and during that time, we watched our savings slowly deplete, and that’s when we really started to question if we made the right decision.Cathleen Mendez
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