2020 has been a year for me, just as it's been a year for everyone else. I had a lot of high expectations for 2020. It was my first full year in the UK with my husband, with lots of plans of where we were going to travel in the European and Northern African region.... Continue Reading →
Alisha Explores Amsterdam
Fiance and I took a quick weekend trip to Amsterdam. It was a nice quick getaway, that also had...."fun" weather. Haha. There was a storm that came from the Atlantic that rocked London and Amsterdam pretty bad the entire weekend. There were moments were we just went inside a store just to be out of... Continue Reading →
Alisha Moves to London
I wrote this on July 10, the day I moved from Shanghai to London. Due to some complexities, I was unable to be public about this move till now And this time to London --- Again, this has been something I know coming for awhile. I was asked if I would move to London by... Continue Reading →
Alisha Explores Luzern and Zurich
Switzerland An expensive place But a beautiful place I went to Switzerland for work, as half of my team is based out of the city of Luzern (or Lucerne depending on what map you look at). I took advantage of my weeklong trip to Luzern by going early and staying late. I arrived in Zurich... Continue Reading →
Alisha Gets Married
I didn't know when I was going to post this. I wrote this in January 2020 after missing my Husband. We both agreed to not tell our parents until we had our first kid...Then 2020 happened. So. That plan went down the drain We were both so awake. I had flown in the day before... Continue Reading →
Alisha Explores Vientiane
This month, Fiance and I went to a new country and new city: Vientiane, Laos. Why Laos? Why Vientiane? Well, pretty easy answer. We had gone to most of South East Asia and wanted to go somewhere new. So Laos seemed like something good. As well, Vientiane was a very short and cheap flight from... Continue Reading →
Alisha Explores Singapore
The Merlion City Fiance and I decided to head out to Singapore for a short weekend trip. It's one of those places that both of us have wanted to go to, but it's one of those places where there's not much to do to really validate a long vacation there (think Dubai). We took a... Continue Reading →
Alisha Explores Abu Dhabi and Dubai
I have traveled more in this job than I have ever (even when working as a Management Consultant). This time, my work took me to Abu Dhabi for a week-long work trip. It was a for an internal sales conference, where I was scheduled to speak on the 2nd day of the event. For a... Continue Reading →
Alisha Explores Rome
and gets engaged!!! Life has been a bit crazy. In July, I traveled back to the states and spent time with Boyfriend and my family. August was so packed with work, that Boyfriend and I opted to not travel in August. So in September for the CN holiday, Boyfriend and I went to Rome for... Continue Reading →
Alisha Explores Hong Kong (again)
And I got out just in time. Boyfriend and I went to Hong Kong for Dragonboat Festival weekend. I had assumed we'd be able to watch the dragonboat races in the Hong Kong harbor. Turns out that the races were actually the week after. We got in at night and flew over the bay. It... Continue Reading →