The expat journey begins...

So the journey begins and I have already used my most hated word - 'journey'. But having thought about it, this is like a journey that will most likely have a lot of bumps on the way - times of emotional hysteria, home sickness, anticipation but a lot of excitement.

So how have I got to this point? Having been with 'The Boy' for almost seven years and grown out off Newcastle upon Tyne, England, we have decided to take the leap, while we are still relatively young and child-free, to seek new adventures in a greener and hotter land - Hong Kong.

'The Boy' has got a teaching post at an International school in Kowloon and I will be leaving a career that I have worked hard to achieve to be jobless in Hong Kong. Daunting! My main priority: get a job!

As I write this blog, we have less than two months till the big move and a lot to do.

• Visa
• Book flights
• Pack up over six years of our life and put it into storage
• Decide what is going to be lucky enough to make it to Hong Kong with us
• Leave a flat that has become a part of us, our home
• Set up bank accounts
• Visit the doctor
• Visit the dentist
• Inform Inland Revenue
• Inform Student Loans Company
• Fly to Belfast to say a farewell to loved ones
• FIND A PR JOB IN HONG KONG

It is fare to say that at the minute, this is how I feel:

The Hong Kong attraction

I have always been attracted by the bright lights of a city and since visiting Hong Kong for the first time in 2006, I made it my mission to eventually end up living there.


Six years later and the mission has, thankfully, not been impossible and a dream is very quickly becoming reality. This blog is me sharing my fear and excitement of relocating to the other side of the world to live out what will hopefully be one of the best adventures of my life.


From relocation plans, new adventures, Hong Kong fashion and food, and my path into a PR career, I aim to record the next two years of my life to look back on when wrinkled and old (if computers still exist then).


I hope you enjoy joining me on a new chapter of my life and can learn some tips, whether it be good food establishments to try out or what it's like to be an expat in Hong Kong.


Enjoy!