Perpetua MbaliMar 25, 20194 min readMonday ScribblesAdapting to life in Shanghai The day had arrived to leave my grandparents nest and join my parents in a new province. After having lived with gogo and thatha...
Perpetua MbaliMar 21, 20194 min readMonday ScribblesRemember why you carry onA few months before my 16th birthday I watched an episode on the Oprah Show that would plant a seed so deep in the ground of my soul,...
Perpetua MbaliMar 20, 20193 min readMonday ScribblesBeing African in ChinaSince relocating to China my eyes have been opened to a reality that I kind of knew existed but not quite to the extent that I’m...
Perpetua MbaliMar 18, 20194 min readMonday ScribblesSurgery in ChinaIt was a regular weekday evening and I’d finally plucked up the extra stamina to drag myself to the opposite side of town for my first...
Perpetua MbaliMar 11, 20194 min readMonday ScribblesHow I got brokeI didn’t grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth, maybe a bronze one which is good enough for me. We never went to bed hungry or to...