I am just there to work, get paid and then go home
A lot of us will remember the days when a morning shopping at Esco and the veg market, straight into a lunchtime session at "Aunties" followed by an afternoon sailing or windsurfing or waterskiing at the Bredero Price Beach then evening out at the Jade Garden eating excellent chinese food washed down with copious quantities of Gilbeys & freshly squoze OJ helped 8:4 seem much more bearable.
Even in much more recent history, the ability to visit other bases "Fish & Chip Nights" or Bridge or Poker evenings made for a much healthier attitude than the one expressed in the quote above.
Tell me I'm wrong!
p.s. For Reverend
Work visa is not really relevant to you.
Whichever Company you join has an Expatriate Visa Quota and they take care of all the paperwork for you - you work in the meantime. NCAA Licence formalities can be the real p.i.a. with you kicking your heels in lagos waiting for Air Law results etc.