Hello! I'm Rae

I was a teacher in primary schools for over seventeen years; the first seven in the UK, nine years in Shenzhen, China, at an international school, and one at an international school in Myanmar (but online from the UK). In 2020, due to the pandemic, I had to come back to the UK and my life completely changed. You can read about some of my pandemic adventures here and here.

I now have my own copywriting and editing business, CopywriteRight, and I also give motivational talks about my experiences living abroad, working as a teacher, and what I learnt during the pandemic.

In my spare time (which I have much more of now I have my own business), I love to travel, read, write and hang out with my friends.

This blog is mostly for writing about the amazing places I’ve been to since living in Asia (various places in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Myanmar, Hawaii, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, New Zealand, Mexico, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, France, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Spain, and Kazakhstan) as well as what it is actually like to live in China, possibly with a few other things thrown in now and then as I think of them.

Feel free to ask me any questions – about life in China, particular places I’ve been or anything else you feel like!