So me and my husband started a YouTube channel!
We started a YouTube channel called Guangzhou Expat! Never did I know that I would be saying or writing those words down for real! But that’s what happened, me and my Guangzhou hubby started a channel and are now learning how to make videos. Really a learn as you go process! So everything started when we decided to give up our shares of the gym my husband was working hard on the past two years. The situation due to pandemic was just getting so bad, that we wanted to cut our losses and give up the shares. Then my husband jus blurted out the idea that we should start making…
In times like these, we need to spread some love! 80+ residents saying I Love Guangzhou
In times of pandemic, it’s not only the virus that spreads, it’s also the fear. Fear can sometimes bring out the worst in us, hate. What can we do when people are afraid and when it comes out as hate towards the other? We can spread more love! I’ve been living in Guangzhou for 10 years, probably will stay here for the next 10 years as well. I feel this is my city, this is the place where I feel like home. So when fear and hate spreads faster than the virus, I feel responsible for doing something about it. I decided to sprinkle some love! And not just me,…
Back home – expats share their journey of returning to Guangzhou during pandemic
When the epidemic started in China, many foreigners living in Guangzhou were on holidays or went back in their home country. Now they are returning to their life and work, perhaps for their pets! I interviewed three foreigners on their experience of returning to Guangzhou, what happened at the airport and how they feel being in home or hotel quarantine. Fabiola from Canada Fabiola has been living and working in Guangzhou for 8 years, most of the expat community knows her as one of the co-founders of Global Friendship. She and her husband had flown to Canada for Christmas, then traveled in Mexico. After the holiday and realizing the situation…
Day 29 of mostly staying at home due to outbreak
We aren’t under quarantine, our city is not under lockdown, but it’s been 29 days since there was any type of normalcy in our lives here in Guangzhou, China. Now finally we are starting to take steps back into our everyday lives. But first lets take a loot what precautions we have taken during these weeks. Wearing masks whenever we go outside, if we are somewhere alone we take the masks on and put back on if someone comes. It’s not that we are worried them infecting us, it’s a sign of “I care about you, so I’m going to protect you and me by putting my mask on”. We…
