"I realized I didn't really know anybody. I'd moved around so much by then, and the longest I'd ever stayed in one place was two or three months."
"It came to the point where I thought, OK, I need to do something more. I ended up joining an English society, but the problem with that was I'd be surrounded by other English people."
"Although I had been to a few networking events, they were all really professional. You'd go there, and then you'd come home with 10 property agent business cards and five health insurance pamphlets."
"I fell in love with the country, the lifestyle, everything. It felt calmer and less chaotic than other parts of Southeast Asia that I'd seen."
Joshua Webley moved from the UK to Kuala Lumpur after living as a digital nomad for seven years. He fell in love with Malaysia's lifestyle, which felt calmer than other Southeast Asian countries. After receiving a job offer in wealth management, he settled in Kuala Lumpur but realized he lacked social connections. Despite attending networking events and joining an English society, he wanted to meet a diverse range of people. To rectify his isolation, he initiated a Facebook post to reach out to other expats and build connections.
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