"For me it was meant to be just a short holiday. It never really occurred to me that I would be coming back to China on a long-term basis until I was exposed to the country’s fast-paced economic growth and immense beauty." Travel guide author Navjot Singh describes his own route towards becoming an expat - and falling in love with China.
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Category: Expat Asia
"What a wonderful contrast with our horrible experience at the Outback. The steak was cooked to perfection, and melted away in the mouth as you chewed it." After a disastrous steak meal at one KL restaurant, Kay and Dave take the "falling off a horse" approach at the San Francisco Steakhouse - and find it's second time lucky.
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"The meal didn’t look that great, to be honest. The 'Aussie chips' were bog-standard frozen fries, the grilled onions looked anaemic and the peppercorn sauce looked like a thin gravy, with no evidence of any peppercorns anywhere." Kay and Dave discover that the Outback Steakhouse in Bukit Bintang is not all it's cracked up to be.
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The Expat Expo is an essential event for anyone who's thinking about moving to Malaysia, or indeed for those expats already living there.
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A nice little bonus
A couple of months ago we decided to treat ourselves with a stay at one of Bangkok’s poshest hotels, the Lebua at State Tower. (We reviewed it at the time – you can read our review here.)
Having booked through the Agoda hotel booking and review website, we received an email a few days afterwards inviting us to write a review of the place for 2,500 reward points (worth $5 off a future booking). Dave wrote a brief summary of the
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