AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
How to organize your life chinese book2/19/2023 ![]() “Tai duo le”, she would sniff, over and over. I will never forget the incessant muttering from my ayi (maid, cook, child-minder) as I hauled out yet another fandangled kitchen gadget and stuffed it into the drawers of our high rise Beijing apartment. For us – it was books, underwear big enough to encase my gigantic (size 10 – 12) backside, and kitchenware. ![]() Another family used up eighty-per cent of their space allowance on toys. One family I know brought four tea chests packed with Weetbix to Beijing. This is because necessities differ from person to person, family to family. The thing about moving from a Western country to an Eastern country is that no one can ever fully prepare you for ‘what you will need to take’. Let’s just say China is a place where DISorganisation is the norm. So whist moving to China did, of course, require a large measure of personal organisation, it wasn’t the mega debacle I had feared it would be. And I kept my sanity (that is, until we arrived). Thankfully, we were very fortunate when we moved to Beijing – we had that government department. Moving to China with two kids under five requires a government department if you want to keep your sanity. Moving inter- or intrastate requires even more organisation. Moving within your own town requires organisation. ![]() Has it given me a permanent facial tic? Oh, yes. Has this frequent moving made me more organised? Yes. I’ve moved, at last count, 68 times in my lifetime. Beijing Tai Tai ($24.99) is available from You can read more about Tania at the end of this post, in which she shares how organisation and routine fitted in to her expat life! Is a collection of shrewdly observed, heartfelt and humorous insights into Beijing expatriate life. Today’s post is from the wonderful author Tania McCartney.
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |