When we first arrived in China, shopping for fruits was one of my priorities because my tot LOVED bananas then. We could find bananas (imported from Thailand), papaya (the Hawaiian type), oranges, grapes and apples (imported from the United States) watermelon and kiwi fruit (imported from Australia) in the supermarket.
But the real joy is finding [...]

One evening, Hubby came home and asked me, “Would you like to spend the weekend in Shanghai?” That’s my husband…he’ll surprise you with questions like this! Doing some quick mental planning, I asked how long we’d be there - about 5 days. I said, “Let’s go!”
Luckily, there are loads of cheap flights for domestic travel [...]

Known as “Lau Zhi Qing” among the Chinese or Cultural Revolution restaurant among the non-Chinese speaking, this franchise has to be one of the coolest themed restaurants I’ve ever been to.
The restaurant’s theme is based on the more positive aspect of the Cultural Revolution i.e. Mao Zedong’s decree for all youths (especially undergraduates) to be [...]

Life has been normal and busy lately that I’ve forgotten all about the typhoons (tai feng).
Until of course about 4.00 pm just now when the sky suddenly darkened and I had to turn on the hall lights. I was in the middle of research for my next article…
Instead, I quickly un-hooked all our clothes blowing [...]