About

I believe that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise. ~Margaret Atwood

I am Heather, an American expat currently living in Beijing, China. I sometimes use the pseudonym Global Gal/globalgal online. I am married to Ivan, a Spanish expat (known as DH on the blog) and together we have lived in the US, Costa Rica, Spain, Canada and three places in China. I (without the DH) have also lived in various places in the US and attended high school in Kuwait. The DH is a corporate pilot for a business aviation company and I am between jobs, studying Mandarin and looking for work in a library or as an editor/writer.

This blog explores what it is like to live in China, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. As a global nomad and an expat, I often find I am living on the fringes of normal society. I’m very introverted person and also pretty shy (they’re not the same thing!) so at times expat life can be challenging for me. I’d like to use this space to show strategies for living a successful expat life as an introvert.

Read a more in-depth about me page here.

See the evolution of this blog here.

Elsewhere

• Ni Howdy – Chinese for Texans – Last year I wrote about life in China from the Texas perspective. Published on my hometown newspaper’s website, The Victoria Advocate. In the future, I plan to include Ni Howdy days here on the blog.

• Expat Interviews – I answered a few questions on expat life in Linyi, China.

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Contact

You can email me at: imaglobalgal at gmail dot com

En Español:

La vida da muchas vueltas

Soy Americana y vivo en Pekin, China. En el mundo del Internet uso el nombre Global Gal (chica del mundo). Estoy casada con un español (DH) y hemos vivdo en los EEUU, Costa Rica, España, Canadá, y tres ciudades en China. También vivía (sin el DH) en Kuwait. El DH trabaja como piloto corporotivo para una companía de aviones privadas. Yo estoy estudiando Mandarin y buscando curro en una biblioteca o como editora/escritora.

En éste blog escribo sobre la vida en China, viajar y todos las cosas interesantes que veo, leo, y oigo. Como una nomada y una expatriada, estoy vivendo en la franja de la sociedad normal. Aqui estoy a gusto!

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