1Feb 26, 2015
Originally from California, Suzanne has been living in China for the past nine years. She is a preschool teacher at SMIC Private Kindergarten and she is joined by her husband, Jeff, and their two young daughters. In this episode, Suzanne shares insight into what it’s like working at a Chinese private school as an international […]
2Feb 25, 2015
Originally from the UK, Thomas has been in Shanghai for over 6 years and just recently had a baby girl with his wife, Jules. As a keen sportsman who has enjoyed many years as a competitive cyclist and endurance athlete, Thomas’ position as the Director of Sport for the British International School Shanghai Puxi campus […]
3Feb 24, 2015
Erin is a wife, mother, teacher and learner. She works as an Instructional Coach at Concordia International School Shanghai, supporting elementary teachers in implementing best-practice reading and writing strategies in classrooms. She and her husband, Nicholas, have been in China for nine years and have a young daughter. This is a school that brings in […]
4Feb 23, 2015
Cathal is one of the many thousands of people who left Ireland shortly after the economic downturn in 2008. He has since lived in Canada, where he met his wife, and England before embarking on his journey to China two years ago. He is a Year 5 International Co-Teacher at Yew Chung International School in […]
5Feb 20, 2015
It’s Ron’s turn to divulge what it’s really like being married to yours truly – an excitable entrepreneur working her tail off to drive this start-up toward success and maximize its impact in people’s lives around the world. It’s not always pretty. In fact, the ‘ugly’ rears its head many times in a week, if […]
6Feb 19, 2015
Today starts the Year of the Sheep and whether you are one who particular subscribes to the predictions of the year ahead or not, I find them quite interesting to learn about and it definitely gives us ‘laowai’ some insight into the superstitions of the land. In today’s show, I share the culminated findings of […]
7Feb 18, 2015
If you’ve spent time in China or in Chinese communities over Spring Festival then you’ll know – it’s undeniably a time filled with tradition and the excitement and anticipation of visits home and time spent with relatives is almost tangible. For years, I never knew what all the hubbub was about. I didn’t have any […]
8Feb 17, 2015
It’s no secret: gifts make China go ’round. As ‘laowai’, we can choose to play by the cultural norms of the land, or choose to dig our heels in and, well, not! There’s loads of grace to go around for the unknowing foreigner, but why choose to be that laowai if we don’t have to […]
9Feb 16, 2015
It’s Chinese New Year week – get your red out and pick up some fireworks at the roadside stands! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for some quality family time and for the hustle and bustle of China to go quiet for a few days. (Well, minus the fireworks of course!) Why cover […]
10Feb 13, 2015
As a start-up, time is your most valuable asset. I know that, but I’ve not been doing a great job safeguarding my time as that one thing that could make or break this project. And of course, this week, we had an odd family milestone that shook my foundation of the true meaning and impact […]