4 kids, 20 suitcases and a beagle – by Kirsty Rice

We had one of those terrible wedding videos, we’re talking pre digital. Our VHS cassette tape arrived a few weeks after the wedding and was played as a source of entertainment for the first couple of years until it was packed away in the back of a cupboard...

I know I’ve told the story here before, maybe in a blog post? The story about the mate of mine who was telling me about a guy who he works with. Let’s call the guy Mo.
Every Thursday night Mo who has lived most of his life in the Middle East, gets together with a few of his mates with a really specific purpose. Mo is muslim, and he makes a point to get together with three of his mates who are all of a different religion...

*Today I’m speaking at The Hilton on Orchard Road in Singapore. It’s our very first big fat expat meetup. Here’s a copy of today’s talk.*
It’s after midnight and I’m sitting in a restaurant at the airport. I have all of my familiar airport paraphernalia with me: a neck pillow, a long scarf that will later serve as an additional blanket on the plane, my laptop, and a samsonite computer...

*I gave a talk yesterday at a Breast Cancer Awareness function in Doha. There were some great speakers from Hamad and the Cancer Centre – lots of great info and a great event to show women in Qatar that they are in good hands. I really want to say thank...