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Squad Goals: Planning the Perfect Bridesmaids’ Getaway as an Expat
Getting married is probably the most important experience you will have in your entire life, and your bridesmaids are an integral part of this momentous day.
Part 3 of 3: Paris Fashion Week celebration of fashion, beauty and diversity
Paris Fashion Week, the last fashion week of the season includes designers from all over the world including the one and only Kenzo.
Chinese Woman In Her Thirties Takes First Gap Year
YanYan Yan, 34, was a Chinese expat in London until the day she decided needed a change. After moving to London when she was 24 for her second master’s degree in Economics and Business and then to Helsinki for a […]
How Expatriate Stephanie Ward became a “Meaningpreneur”
Stephanie Ward was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA to American parents from Oklahoma themselves. It may seem that she does not have a very diverse background with both her parents and the rest of her family being from the mid-western […]
The Hierarchy of expats: A lesson in tolerance
“These Turks in Germany, they’re not interested in getting integrated. They have their own shops and their own districts and they don’t even know German”- my German father-in-law says sometimes. I don’t want to argue with him. After a while, […]
The Expat Diaries Part I: Adapting to the Malaysian Hierarchy
Recently, a large compilation of e-mails have found their way into my possession. They are a collection of e-mails which my mother and grandmother exchanged while we lived overseas. I have affectionately come to call them The Expat Diaries. In […]
Expatriate Community Extinguished: Replaced with Nature Reserve
When I remember Piasau Camp I remember vibrant Friday nights. The Boat Club was filled with all of my schoolmates running barefoot on the beach and playing cops and robbers in the playground. All of the parents sat around eating […]
SERIES: Following Spouses On International Assignments Article 5 of 5
Missed the previous articles? Click on the numbers now! 1, 2, 3, 4. With the help of a good glass of wine, more and more people open up. We are all different, we are all the same. Looking to balance everyday our need of […]