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• One Man’s Junk is Another Man’s Treasure…..長洲

  

  Hong Kong loves a good shindig! That’s a given.In the last couple of months there’ve been at least half a dozen festivals around town, including one of the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• 12 Reasons You Know You’ve Been EXPATIFIED in Hong Kong…

  

  If there was a definition for EXPATIFY (which there’s not) I’m pretty sure it would go something like this: Acceptance of the alien nature of an environment,... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• A Motherless Country….

  

  Today my heart aches.Not for me…not for my family.But for someone else’s family.Someone who doesn’t have the luxury like I do, of having her little girl under... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Milking Hong Kong for All It’s Worth…

  

  For the last few months here in Hong Kong, if nothing else, my eyebrows have had a good workout, raising frenziedly with headlines like this leaping out at me... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Close Encounters of the Inflatable Kind…..

  

  Look what I found in my backyard…… Yes! Watch your step – this is a giant pile of p*#!!Or perhaps better known as a ‘Complex Pile’ by Paul McCarthy (USA) It’s 1... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Close Encounters of the Inflatable Kind…..

  

  Look what I found in my backyard…… Yes! Watch your step – this is a giant pile of p*#!! Or perhaps better known as a ‘Complex Pile’ by Paul McCarthy (USA) ... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• All Work and No Play…

  

  Image credit: kudryashka / 123RF Stock Photo“How did the interview go?” It’s a question that peppers conversations daily across the island and beyond, here in... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• All Work and No Play…

  

  Image credit: kudryashka / 123RF Stock Photo “How did the interview go?” It’s a question that peppers conversations daily across the island and beyond, here... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• My Neighbour’s Got the Flu: Bird Flu

  

  Image Source: ReutersJust up the road, China’s ducking for cover with a nasty dose of the flu.Down south, Hong Kong’s going out of its way to avoid catching... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 EXPAT, HEALTH, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Do All Roads Lead to China?

  

  When you’re living the ‘enviable’ expat life, it is for the most part, just that. But looming amongst the five star shindigs, endless shopping extravaganzas... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• A High Price to Pay…

  

  There was a chill in the air at our house last week.40 floors up, we were enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon – while two towers along, a woman murdered her... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Design of the Times…

  

  Image source: irealtytimes.comIf you’re partial to the odd spot of retail therapy like myself (I tell my husband it’s hereditary) you’ll appreciate my... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Homeland…

  

  Being an expat is the easy part, being good at it – not so ‘all in your stride’ straightforward.I’ve just arrived back in Hong Kong, bleary-eyed from an... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Out with the Old, in with the New…

  

  “Kung Hei Fat Choi!” Roughly translated, that’s “Best wishes and congratulations. Have a prosperous and good year.”It’s the Year of the Snake and the party’s... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Like a Bull in a China Shop….

  

  My latest piece as Columnist for Expat Focus If you have a tendency to feel a little on the claustrophobic side, there’s every chance you’ll find the pulsating... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Not Made in China

  

  So I’ve noticed there’s a steady rumbling going on amongst the masses here in Hoong Kong and every now and then it threatens to errupt into a mighty roar! The... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 DEBATE, EXPAT, POLITICS, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Living the Dream….

  

  My latest piece as a columnist for Expat FocusSawadika!Checking in from the land of smiley, happy faces…. One of the undeniably pleasant perks of being an... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Deck the Halls…..

  

  In a culture where the ‘big guy in red’ doesn’t rank so highly on the list of legendary figures, it’d be remiss of me not to point out that Hong Kong is well an... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2012 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• A Date with Destiny….

  

  Since moving to Asia I’ve had many a ‘chopstick moment’ (and probably many times before if the truth be known.)These ‘moments’ are when I fumble awkwardly with... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Fool’s Paradise….

  

  “The great advantage of a hotel is that it’s a refuge from home life.” Great Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw wasn’t far off the truth with this pearl of... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL