Many new mothers feel pressure to be SuperWomen, handling home and work life with equal ease. Not so in China where women are encouraged to enjoy the transition into motherhood with a month's bed rest known as "Sitting the Month."
"Mumia is an adroit interpreter of the signs of the times and even in his extremely vulnerable position has never hesitated to speak truth to power." Carolina Saldana
Only in Asia could you find a home away from home within the Chinese 24 hour spa. A place you'll be pampered into totally chilled ease with massages, saunas, delectable food and wi-fi of course!
According to my students, the ideal woman is tall and thin with long hair, pale skin, and may have had cosmetic surgery. She's also likely to be from Russia or Korea and is probably an entertainer.
Shenzhen, in South China, has a growing reputation as a reading city. Explore the stunning bookstores and the central library which support and encourage reading among all ages.
Not just for juicing, summer holidays, or picnic baskets, Chinese fruits come in a variety of exotic and unusual tastes, colours, shapes, and scents!
With a mountain or two in the middle of the city, beautiful beaches, a sub-tropical climate, and a cosmopolitan atmosphere, there are plenty of fun things to do in Shenzhen.
Thinking about teaching English in the culture rich environment of fast developing China but confused about where to start? Here's seven ways you can live and work abroad as an ESL teacher.
Some people may see a two hundred mile drive as being too much for a couple in their seventies but my favourite aunty was happy to make the trip. On a rainy summer day true love guided her and her fiance to a chapel in Gretna Green where they said 'I do' and they've never been happier.
Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Courttia Newland, Andrea Levy, Walter Mosley, Terry McMillan and more. Wise quotes and what they mean to me.