On the move again
Our time in Bangkok is coming to a rapid conclusion, with a speed I feel I can’t control. We will be saying goodbye shortly to our life overseas. Each of us has a story to tell and most of my story involves expat life, at least my married life. The other day my husband and […]
Mind/body healing – what’s it all about?
I have been struggling with different aspects of my health now for quite some time and the answers from Western medicine; when they have the answer or a type of answer, is usually medication. Lately I have been questioning all this medication because it seems to me that I am on much too much. Plus […]
Destination wedding
The title has several connotations depending on how you say it but needless to say it involved a wedding and not just any wedding,the wedding of my only daughter. This was a much anticipated event; in fact she made a vow that if her husband had not asked her to marry him by the time […]
The winds of change
by Barbara Lewis Do you ever look around you and know that you are the ‘foreigner’ the different one in the room? Do you ever wake up and wonder where you are or it takes a few moments for you to orient yourself to where exactly you are in the world at that particular moment? […]
Christmas is about Giving: Find Purpose, Passion and give to your Community Through Charity
Often as expatriate trailing spouses we leave our jobs behind to follow our husbands to their jobs overseas and we don’t necessarily get the opportunity to work in our chosen field. If as an expat trailing spouse you have extra time on your hands you can always volunteer in your community. Thankfully in Thailand we […]
Osteoporosis – a Silent Insidious Disease that Sneaks up on You
My mother and I were always the same height; five foot four and half inches, not tall of course, but sort of average height. I thought it was amazing we were the same height. My daughter is much taller; she is about five foot ten, and got her height from my dad and her father. […]
Finding the Perfect Retirement Spot: Perusing Penang
The search is on for our retirement haven. As we draw closer and closer to the age of retirement we as Canadians who have been non-residents for many, many years need to find somewhere that we can create a similar financial and tax situation that allows us to be residents. Malaysia fits the bill. We […]
Podcasts Provide Endless Entertainment
I love holding a physical book in my hand and although Kindle and all ebooks are much more convenient somehow I just don’t like them and I return to the paper version. Some people say in the future there will be no paper version of anything and I think that would be a shame. There […]
Wine(ing) our way through New Zealand’s South Island
Thirty five years ago just after my husband graduated as a graduation trip he spent three months with a friend touring around on ten speed bicycles the islands of New Zealand while I worked and planned our wedding. This year for three weeks around our 35th wedding anniversary he took me to the south island […]
Hunting for a Retirement Haven
“Any place we retire requires a number of different elements and as time goes on with talking to different friends and family we are finding out how to prioritise these requirements. The number one element we feel is the place must give us a sense of community.” We are Canadian and have been overseas for almost […]