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Continue reading →: Mother’s Day (and its unintended challenges)I don’t quite know how to feel about Mother’s Day. On the one hand, I love being acknowledged …
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Continue reading →: The Allure of Jade for my Chinese RelativesThe yearning to better understand my cultural roots has taken me down the rabbit hole of learning about Jade, and its allure for the Chinese people. Confucious said there are 11 De (virtues) represented in Jade: benevolence, justice, propriety, truth, credibility, music, loyalty, heaven, earth, morality, and intelligence. In true…
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Continue reading →: Value-Hunting vs Bargain-HuntingI really love a good value-hunt. Notice I didn’t say bargain-hunt … the difference is subtle but impactful. An understanding of cost and value is helpful to understanding the difference.
Hello,
I’m Viv
I blog about my value-laiden travel adventures (different to budget travels) I seek ways to capitalise the disconnect between price and value: to experience things that are of great value to me for relatively low prices.
I was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Australia and am the Mum of two Chinese-Filipino-Australian girls living in Melbourne. I also blog about cross-cultural parenting and also how I’m reconnecting with my own cultural heritage.
Chinese-Aussie Mum 