The sky was grey with looming rain and the air was thick and humid. It took us two hour-long subway journeys and a bus ride but we had made it: Guangzhou Sunflower Gardens. Aka the most whimsical place I’ve ever […]
A lot of people have asked me how I, a shy little eighteen-year-old Aussie, ended up teaching English in a foreign country. Well, let me tell you, it has been a wild ride. So, there I was – serving customers, […]
It’s 04:45 in the morning, the 19th of February. I just endured my first international flight – 10.5 hours direct from Australia to Beijing. I’m exhausted, hungry, but most importantly, extremely excited. My first adventure is about to begin. ~this […]
Picture this: people swarming around like ants in the rain. Their nest – Canton Tower – a magnificent glowing building, piercing the sky and flooding the area with flashing neon lights. At night, the tower is the hub of attention. […]
We had been teaching for about a month when we were informed of an upcoming holiday. The Qingming Festival, otherwise known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is a festival dedicated to honouring ancestors, cleaning grave sites, and paying respect through ritual offerings. […]
It was the third night in Beijing. A group of us headed out to explore the night markets hidden within a lively main street. The street was alive with vividly coloured fluorescent lights, bustling people, and dance groups. People stopped […]
In 2017, I was studying to become a secondary English teacher. In 2018, I dropped out of university and moved to China to teach English to kindergarteners. Why? I wanted to add a bit of excitement and spontaneity to my […]
High school was a stressful time. I had teachers breathing down the back of my neck, life-determining exams, and I was failing maths. To top it all off, I was expected to decide on my future career path within a […]
During my eighth week of teaching kindergarten, a tragedy occurred within my family back in Australia. It hit me hard and I took the day off from school. When I came into school the next day, my kids were ECSTATIC […]
When I was seventeen years old, I was exhausted. Exhausted from what, you ask? I had just started my first year of university and was constantly being called in to work my casual retail job. Catching a bus to university […]