Christmas is usually associated with coziness, family gatherings, and lots of gifts… unless you’re spending it solo in a cold country far from home.

As the year comes to an end, Mi Xue reflects on the little tricks that carried her through tough times, plus a few proud highlights from her year.

We can probably all agree: of everything we miss from home, it’s the food that hits hardest. The world eats so differently — and while trying new things is exciting, not eating the way you’re used to every day is a whole different challenge.

Will we adapt, or will we stubbornly keep our old ways?

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Some of us cross continents searching for belonging. Some hold on to it in the deepest jungles their ancestors called home.

Join us for a fireside chat with Yi Ke, a freelance writer and photojournalist shining a light on the forgotten people: the indigenous tribes of Peninsular Malaysia.

Follow her work on Instagram @photokepher_404 and blog Echoes from the Forest

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All we do is werk werk werk… so might as well choose to work where we can be happy, right? Money, autonomy, personal time, camaraderie, etc etc. Where can you have it all?

Here’s a glimpse into what it was like working at both sides of the world - from the notoriously work-life balanced Europeans to the ritual-loving, secretly slacking Japanese?!

(Moral of the story: no one is really working)

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Ever rehearse a line in your head for way too long, then decide silence is safer than social exile? Same.

In this episode, we dive into the quirks of the foreign languages we’ve learned — and the hilarious fails that came with them.

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It hits you all at once: which neighborhood should I move into? Which bank should I use? What’s this piece of paper in the post and what happens if I ignore it?!

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So you find yourself landed in a foreign place staring down the abyss of a new life. Exciting.

In this first episode, we share what it was like right at the beginning of our lives away from home. From being robbed at first sight to staying sane in our tiny apartments, we remember it all just like yesterday.

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Starting a new life in a new place, or thinking about taking the leap? Struggling to fit in but don't want to lose the old(real) you? Maybe you've just hit podcast jackpot.

First episode coming out next Friday, October 10!

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