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Thanksgiving Abroad
For myself and a lot of Americans, Thanksgiving is a much bigger family holiday than Christmas. This sentiment was not noticed until I started living in England where there is obviously no real...
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Some Things To Know When Relocating To Singapore Part 1
So you’ve arrived in Singapore and you’ve done a bit of homework. You may know a few of the areas around town, that drugs are punishable by death (don’t do drugs, kids), what a hawker market is and...
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Sign of the times
I was in the US recently taking on some new work. Two things really struck me about being back in the US. The first was ERMAHGAWD, WINTER. Apparently I forgot what that felt like. The second thing was...
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Aw, shucks.
The wonderful people at Internations got in contact with me a few weeks ago to let me know that they would like to feature Texas On Thames as a Singapore Recommended Expat Blog. If you aren’t familiar...
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The Post Where I Interview My Husband About Mandarin Lessons
If you’ve been keeping track, you might remember that I spent the last few months in the midst of learning Mandarin alongside my husband. One evening, I interrupted his after work TV time to ask him...
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Perceptions
“Oh my god, Laura. How are you going to speak over there?” said my manager at one of the gyms I taught at in London when I told her I was moving to Singapore. I gently explained to her that in...
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