The "fat cheques" come with free, furnished accommodation, school fees paid by the employer, choice of one's car etc. --- things many cannot dream of even in the west. Of course, many need to sacrifice some of their "freedoms" such as that of drinking openly, having sex freely, wearing see-through clothes at public places etc. Possibly, you are missing all this freedom and I suggest you return home before you get saturated to the point when you can take it no more and then go about looking for a camel in the desert.