Exploring the world, one blog post at a time
and does nothing For New Years this year, Boyfriend and I went to Kuala Lumpur. Last year, we spent into together in Shanghai and it was borrrrriiinnnggg. Nothing happens in Shanghai for New Years We had a flight out of Shanghai at 6 am, meaning we had to leave our home at 3 am to... Continue Reading →
Work style. This post will be short, as the trip was mostly work Last week, my company had our FY19 kick-off in Macau. Every year, every department in my company flies all of it's employees somewhere for a week-long conference. This year, our China Central Operations + my department (the tech department) all went to... Continue Reading →
Somehow, it always rains wherever Boyfriend and I go; Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Nanjing, Suzhou. So naturally, it rained on our long weekend in Vietnam We left early from Shanghai, catching a Didi (chinese version of Uber) at 4 am to catch our 6:45 am flight. It was pouring rain in Shanghai, so I was... Continue Reading →
This past weekend, I celebrated my anniversary with Boyfriend on a return trip to Guilin. It's my 2nd time in Guilin, so I feel like I can properly write a Travel Guide on things to do and things to see, but before then, let me tell what we did 🙂 We flew out Friday night... Continue Reading →
And it was hot...So freaking hot Last weekend, Boyfriend and I got out of Shanghai to explore the neighboring cities of Nanjing and Suzhou. Nanjing is about a 1.5 hour train ride north west of Shanghai while Suzhou is 30 mins west. We left Shanghai at 8 am and got into Nanjing early in the... Continue Reading →
This past weekend was my team's offsite to the city of Haining. Haining is about 2 hour drive southwest of Shanghai, and a 2 hour drive northeast of Hangzhou (another big city in this area). The big thing to see in this city is the Qiantang River Tidal Bore, the biggest tidal bore in the... Continue Reading →
This past weekend was the Labor Day holiday here in China and Boyfriend's sister and brother-in-law were in town. After a few days exploring Shanghai, we decided to go to Hangzhou to see the West Lake. -- Hangzhou is a large city about 105 miles from Shanghai, and ~56 mins away by train. It's the... Continue Reading →
Some days, I forget that I'm living in a foreign country where I don't know the language and I don't know the city. Some days, I feel like I've been smacked in the face with China telling me "YOU ARE A FOREIGNER. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE" And most of the days, I somehow get... Continue Reading →
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover” – H. Jackson Brown Jr’s mother quoted in P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always... Continue Reading →
