Surreal nature of it all

Having spent six years abroad in Australia I returned with my family in tow to restart my life in my land of birth. Let me state at the outset that this was a spur of the moment decision to return to the country and had emotion not got the better of me I would probably still be living down under.

So here I am now following the age old adage of if life gives you lemons you might as well make lemonade. I am not letting things get me down but here in short what has hit us since returning in 2006:

1. Inflation (what a pain that is - Can't keep up with average trolley price anymore as it is too depressing)
2. Interest rates (I am no economist but surely we can't sustain this upward trend for much longer - working with some of the banks it is quite clear that bad debts are surging)
3. Crime (Fortunately not directly - but having spent 6 years virtually isolated from violent gun crime it took about a year to desensitise to the level of violence in our society)
4. Brain drain (Having been a part of the brain drain and now suffering at the hands of it with severe shortages of skills)
5. People asking me why did I come back (as if South Africa has nothing to offer - and believe me this comes from all race groups)

So I continue and move forward hopefully things will get better if I persevere.

Let me know your thoughts?