I noticed that many people on here can be a little coy about themselves, so i have decided to start a simple thread so that those who want to share a little more about themselves can do so. So some simple questions for those who want to answer them. feel free to leave some out if you wish.

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
2. Place where you live in switzerland
3. How long you have been here
4. Occupation
5. Do you intend to stay here.
6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.

i hope a few people reply so we can get a better feeling about the people frequenting this forum.

thanks

ok, since i asked the questions, guess i should go first!

1. English
2. Zurich
3. 5 years
4. I am a derivatives trader... trading options, futures, and pan european stocks. I am working in Zug.
5. Yes, for the time being at least.
6. I love films, gadgets, books, and sport ... doing rather than watching.
7. The lovely experience of seeing things done differently, and different cultures up close, when i first came out here.

there ya go!

1. English, but moved here after a five year stint in Frankfurt
2. Männedorf, Kanton Zürich
3. 15 months
4. Director of a French bank
5. Possibly, who knows
6. Skiing. Sailing, Films, Gadgets, Guinness!

1. Australia
2. St.Gallen
3. 4.5 years
4. Soon to be unemployed
5. Yes, for a few years anyway
6. cycling, cycling, and well...cycling.
7. Clean, precise, honest, unwelcoming, unemotional, humourless.

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
England

2. Place where you live in switzerland
Züri

3. How long you have been here
Seven interesting years

4. Occupation
um, project manager in international business development for an IT firm. Boring question! Boring answer!

5. Do you intend to stay here.
Yes, at least until a more interesting place presents itself

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
like to meet people and find new activities to enjoy

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
of the many places I've seen, it's my favourite place to be

=DM=

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
(In chronological order) South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, England, Germany

2. Place where you live in switzerland
Zollikon (right next to Zurich, in fact I consider it part of Zurich)

3. How long you have been here
Six years

4. Occupation
Network design specialist (Cisco). Like Diem said - Boring question! Boring answer!

5. Do you intend to stay here.
No. There are many fascinating places with high standards of living in this world - this isn't the only one :-)

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
Active scuba diving instructor. I also dabble in graphic design as a hobby as well as maintaining various websites, webservers etc. Keen skier.

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
Punctual, reliable, honest. Outdated, slow, political nightmare. Discriminatory, inward-looking, arrogant.

[Moderator note - since this is to do with introductions I'm moving this thread out of General into Introductions]

Just another point everyone - this information requested (and given here) is pretty much identical to that in your profile. Why not simply read a member's profile, and if you have answered the thread in here but haven't put the information into your profile - why not?

Mark

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
South Africa/England/Sweden

2. Place where you live in switzerland
Zurich

3. How long you have been here
4 months

4. Occupation
Developer/Business Intelligence Solutions

5. Do you intend to stay here.
Nomadic by nature, do I intend to get old and die here... Unlikely. I quite fancy farming black pigs in Spain, and then eating them.

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
Tech, films, books, photography, holidaying, cats

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
First world, clean, neurocratic (I meant beurocratic but I'll leave, perhaps a fine mix of that and neurotic)

1. England (Eng-er-land)
2. Steuerparadies Schwyz
3. 11 long, long years (it's actually flown by)
4. IT Monkey
5. If I don't get permission from the wife to leave, yes
6. Footy, tech stuff, boring the arse off people, beer
7. Do I speak Swedish?

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
USA, Germany (with half a year in the sands of Saudi), Switzerland

2. Place where you live in switzerland
Buchs, Rheintal, St. Gallen (stones throw from Liechtenstein)

3. How long you have been here
In Europe since 1984, Switzerland since 1993

4. Occupation
Self-employed:
A. Photographer (schmithdigital.ch)
B. Webshop with digital photography products (ch-foto.com)
C. Large-Format-Print-Service (xxlprint.ch)
... but pay my bills with:
D. Technical Training - Consulting, Development & Performing

5. Do you intend to stay here.
Forever and a day

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
Self-employment does not allow for hobbies or free time

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
"Wouldn't want to trade places with anybody in the world"
"Not the cheapest corner of the world"
"Swiss Mafia = Insurance companies of Switzerland"

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
Southern California, USA

2. Place where you live in switzerland
Fribourg

3. How long you have been here
7 years in July

4. Occupation
It's all about to change!

5. Do you intend to stay here.
Probably

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
I like writing, crossing lines, cooking, actively carving myself a niche into Swiss life

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
I've grown my wings here, so it'll always have its place in my heart. The road to integration here has been a bumpy one, but I've learned a lot about myself!

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
Switzerland, New Zealand, Switzerland
2. Place where you live in switzerland
Berner Oberland (Between Thun-Interlaken)
3. How long you have been here
Ages
4. Occupation
Apprenticeship as an IT
5. Do you intend to stay here
Don't know yet
6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things
"Hobbuchäs" old swiss cheese, skiing, reading
7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind
Mountains...lovely snowy mountains

Hi
As a new on this forum - nice to see such a group.
Would like to say, that I am a women, because my nick can be misleading.

Directly answering the list:

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
Netherlands
2. Place where you live in switzerland
Lausanne
3. How long you have been here
Little more then 2 years
4. Occupation
Marketing in Medical Devices
5. Do you intend to stay here.
Not if it depends on me
6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
History, music, horse back riding
7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
RULES; RULES, RULES

M.

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland

UK

2. Place where you live in switzerland

Kempraten, Jona, SG

3. How long you have been here

4 years

4. Occupation

Compters, don't ask

5. Do you intend to stay here.

Yes

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.

Hiking, beer, wine, curries

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.

Expensive.

I think I managed to answer that while still maintaining a decent coy level.

1. UK - West Yorkshire
2. Versoix - Geneva.
3. ...over 3 years
4. Graphic designer
5. If I can cope with my finances...
6. Spending my spare time with family in Valais! Computers and cars when I have a spare moment!
7. Crazy Genevois driving and general lack of a free health care! (why can't they have an NHS!)

I actually forgot to fill this after I first saw it

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland

Italy but I lived 3 and a half years in UK (Sheffield) and in soooo many places around the world in my life

2. Place where you live in switzerland

Zurich

3. How long you have been here

Erm... 2 months 10 days

4. Occupation

Researcher at the ETH in physics (and with this I lost 90% of the possibilities of making friends )

5. Do you intend to stay here.

Well, at least 2 years, possibly 4, after that, who knows?

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.

Hobbies: Photography, music (rock (classic, pop, hard, any!), folk, blues... listening and playing), cinema, reading, walking, scuba diving, rock climbing.
Wishes: I wish I had time to do on a regular basis all the things I just mentioned

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.

Uhm... I still have to start learning German or whatever language they speak over here

HI everyone,

I am new here so I thought I would do answer the questions as well.

1. Northeast USA
2. Currently live in Olten moving to Oerlikon in October 2006
3. 19 (yes i am serious) years
4. English teacher for Adults in Schaffhausen and Winterthur and a freelance German-English translator
5. I am a lifer
6. I love being out in Nature (except in hayfever season) love reading, music
7. Once a foreigner always a foreigner even if you are a dual citizen (Swiss + ?)

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
England

2. Place where you live in switzerland
Seebach

3. How long you have been here
5 months

4. Occupation
Freelance Graphic Designer

5. Do you intend to stay here.
That would depend on my other halfs job - but hope so at least for 5 years

6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
Football (watching not playing) reading, holidays.......

7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
Expensive, fantastic public transport (I was a pub transport snob in the UK), chocolate, outdoors, not being able to hoover on sundays!! probably is more but only been here 5 months...

greetings, i just discovered the forum. look forward to meeting some of you.

1. Bulgaria, USA
2. Zurich, Kreis 4
3. 6 months
4. financial analyst
5. if i can integrate i'll stay for a few years
6. painting, fiction, skiing, tennis, cycling, yoga
7. it's difficult to befriend the locals

Hi All!
I have joint the English Forum last week and am still discovering the site. So I came accross this questionnaire.


1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland:
Originally from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), USA, UK, Germany, Hungary, Brazil, Switzerland;
2. Place where you live in switzerland:
Zürich, Kreis 4, close to the Forum Bar, facing the KPMG buildings.
3. How long you have been here:
5.5 lovely years;
4. Occupation:
System Engineer (IT);
5. Do you intend to stay here:
yes, unless a better opportunity or a leap of fate happens;
6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things:
photography, gymming, hiking, painting, music (going to concerts, rock and classical), cooking, reading, traveling; favourite things: sunsets, dogs, cats sleeping, nature.
7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind:
beautiful montains and snow, crispy sunny mornings...

Howdy all,

Just stumbled across this forum after doing a Google search on the Brazil vs New Zealand football match (1-0 so far, I thought these Brazilian's were supposed to be good at football? )

Anyhoo, here's my info:

1. Country of origin / before coming to switzerland
New Zealand, England
2. Place where you live in switzerland
Above the Ferrari garage in Zug, Zug.
3. How long you have been here
4 Months
4. Occupation
YAITA (Yet Another IT Administrator)
5. Do you intend to stay here.
I'm giving it a year, then reevaluate from there.
6. Any other comments you wish to make. eg hobbies, favourite things.
The three minute walk to work rocks! Loving the fresh air, plan to do lots of mountain biking and snowboarding
7. Think of your time in switzerland. tell us the first thing that comes to mind.
Bloody clock chimes at the local church wakes me up at 6am every morning, and then the bells go mental for 10 mins at about 9am most days, INCLUDING THE WEEKEND! ARRRRRGHHHH! Where's the Noise Police eh? (Actually they just started up once again as I write this, 6.45pm on a Sunday, v annoying!)

Right, off to read some more posts.