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I am woman, hear me roar… 24 Hours in the Philippines

by Nicole Webb

Hosting an awards night in Manila

  Last week I went to the Philippines for 24 hours. You can do that kind of thing around these parts. For me, it's a bit like taking a domestic flight in Australia but hey presto, blink twice and I'm in another country. Another world! Yep! just me, myself and I. As any mother knows, as much as we would go to the end of the earth for our beloved babes, sometimes there are only so many play-dough pussy cats one can make. There are definitely only so many dirty nappies one can change before you need to down tools and take a well-earned sanity break. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asian Adventures, Expat Encounters, Media Matters, Mint Mocha Musings, Motherhood Moments Tagged With: Asia, Domestic helpers, economic, Filipino, Hong Kong, Maids, Master of Ceremonies, Mint Mocha Musings, motherhood, Mum, Philippines, Philippines' economy, stay at home mum, travel, woman hear me roar, working mum

….all the tea in China

by Nicole Webb

Two years ago today, my life did what you might call a 180 degree turn! At 38 years old I went from being a News Reader with national 24 hour news channel Sky News Australia, where I'd worked happily (mostly) for the best part of a decade, to being an unemployed housewife, smack bang in the middle of one of the world's most populated cities. Until then I had been living in a fairly comfortable apartment in Sydney's not so shabby Neutral Bay with my not so shabby hotelier husband. My close-knit family was just a hop, skip and a jump up the road in Queensland and the tight-knit sisterhood of friendships built on a lifetime of shared experiences, all within 'wine-quaffing' distance.  So what happened? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asian Adventures, Expat Encounters, Hotel Confessions, Media Matters, Mint Mocha Musings, Motherhood Moments Tagged With: Chinese, Expat, Hong Kong, Hotels, Mint Mocha Musings, Mum, News Reader, Sky News, television

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