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Nicole Webb
- Why Every Expat Needs A Blind DateThose dam butterflies in my stomach… they're persistent buggers! I try to catch my breath, inhaling, deeply… as our car crawls slowly in and out of lanes, jammed with thick…Read more
- Four Good Reasons Why You Need To Put China On Your Bucket List!If you've never been to China (and maybe you never want to) I'm here to convince you to give it a shot, to put it on the bucket list! I'm…Read more
- The Christmas Spirit In Xi’an, China“He’s checking his list, he’s checking it twice, he’s going to find out who’s naughty or nice….."Sing it with me! "….Santa Claus is coming to tooooown!!” No pretending you don't…Read more
- Expat in a New Country? My Top Ten Survival TipsI've been living in the middle of China for almost a month now. It's my second expat posting, so while I'm not a newbie to "expat life", having bandied about…Read more
- The Expat Club: The Membership That’s For LifeI now know my departure from Hong Kong is (sob) imminent. After calling this foreign frenzy of bright lights, burgeoning buildings and bustling bodies my ‘home away from home’ for…Read more
- Red Taxis, Chopsticks And Chinglish: 10 Things That Make Me A Happy Gweilo In Hong Kong!I know eventually there will come a time when I am (through no fault of my own) forced to (with a very heavy heart) pack up my chopsticks (just kidding…Read more
- Help! I’m Moving to Hong Kong – What to ExpectAs an expat blogger in Hong Kong, I get all sorts of weird and wonderful requests to collaborate. Everything from joining a 'baby formula selling' business in South Africa to…Read more
- I Come From A Land Down Under…G'day, If you're a regular reader of my ramblings, you probably know I've spent a fair bit of my writing time, wearing expat shoes and being quite vocal about the…Read more
- The Expat View: Why Traveling Will Never Be The Same“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis StevensonAs an expat, my arrival in any country (these days) brings with it, the…Read more
- Moving To Hong Kong? 10 Things You Can’t Leave Home Without!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 heading into…Read more