Fake Handbags, Frozen Margaritas and More than 50 Shades of Grey: My China Tribe!
My heart was broken. For a moment, it felt like I’d travelled back in time to those heady teenage years when breaking up with a boyfriend turned you into a dramatic, sobbing, pathetic mess, convinced you’d never get over him. But I’m not a teenager and this wasn’t a boyfriend, rather two female friends, who […]
Having a Baby in China…the Good, the Bad, the Ugly!
Written By Chao Huang & Nicole Webb, Edited by Nicole Webb One of the first stories about giving birth I heard in China was from Chao.. it was our first meeting, in a cafe that is probably about as westernised as you can get in Xi’an. They serve coffee, no skim milk mind you and […]
A Tale of Three Cities: What do Hong Kong, Bangkok and Manila have in common?
In the space of a week, I found myself immersed in (and as always) eagerly trying to absorb the cultures of three very different Asian cities….Hong Kong, Bangkok and Manila. I … [Read More...]
The Expat View: Why Traveling will Never be the Same.
Latest column for Expat Focus “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson As an expat, my arrival in any country … [Read More...]
Why Hong Kong’s Outliving the Rest of the World!
A couple of years ago, Hong Kong's life expectancy was the highest in the world!! Yep! The highest in the world! On average, a dim-sum-dining local was … [Read More...]
Moving to Hong Kong – 10 things you shouldn’t leave home without!
Latest column for Expat Focus When you get the call to uproot your life and relocate to a new, foreign country, the shellshock of packing up your ‘life as you know it’ and … [Read More...]
Is Online Shopping the New Black?
We're among friends right? Depending on how well you know me, you may or may not know, that I'm partial to a good shopping spree. (Runs in the family!) In … [Read More...]
