Expat Life

the irony of expat home leave

Thomas Wolfe wrote that you can’t go home again. Dorothy Gale, on the other hand, swore there was no place like home.

a week in the life: november 27, 2017

In this Sunday series, I write down a little snippet of what I’ve been doing during the past…

a week in the life: november 20, 2017

In this Sunday series, I write down a little snippet of what I’ve been doing during the past…

a week in the life: november 13, 2017

In this Sunday series, I write down a little snippet of what I’ve been doing during the past…

a week in the life: november 6, 2017

In this Sunday series, I write down a little snippet of what I’ve been doing during the past…

a week in the life: october 30, 2017

In this Sunday series, I write down a little snippet of what I’ve been doing during the past week (with lots of pictures at the end). I also put down some goals and plans for the upcoming week as well. My hope is to share a bit of what my life as an expat is like…

a week in the life: october 23, 2017

In this series, I write down a little snippet of what I’ve been doing during the past week…

a week in the life: october 16, 2017

In this series, I’ll write down a little snippet of what I’ve been doing during the past week…

language limbo

She’s waiting, staring at me questioningly. I can sense the growing combination of mild frustration sprinkled with a dash of embarrassment and a hint of pity.

She’s a customer service representative at IKEA in Tokyo, and I know she just wants to do her job and provide me with…

add one cup of Google Translate and stir

A little unanticipated snaggle in my expat life: cooking from packages.