An Introduction To Diverse Chinese Culture Living for just shy of a decade in one of the world’s biggest countries can have its effects on people. For me, it opened my eyes to how diversity is such a beautiful and important thing. Especially the diverse Chinese culture. Born in the same continent as China, one […]
Author: Hina Butt
Hina has spent a huge chunk of her life in China and considers it as her second home. She's a mommy of two perfect kids and now lives in Oman after moving in with her husband.
Before she started writing blog posts for SesameDisk, she got a graduate degree in Medicine(M.B.B.S) from Southeast University, Nanjing, China. During that time, just to shake things up, she went to Language school at the Shandong University in Jinan and ended up passing HSK Level 6 with flying colors.
She then worked as a GP and did a handful of practices, taught English in Chinese schools and later got into beauty blogging with some really important people who are way too dignified to be named here!
She now writes full-time.
Chinese Dumplings – A Delicious Introduction Dumplings hold a very prominent cultural significance in China. I will come out and say it: Chinese dumplings are my favorite part of pan-Asian cuisine. They are small and bite-sized, so they are easy to eat. There is an endless selection to stuff yourself. Flavors, meat, and vegetables, you […]
An Introduction: Why The Beijing Winter Olympics Felt Weird The Beijing Winter Olympics felt a bit strange – that is an understatement. Why? The answer is simple. I’ll have you picture a vast stadium. A massive structure that appears from miles away. Moreover, the design resembles a vast nest with steel and metal beams crisscrossing […]
China. The country of great mythical magic, legends, and tradition. As a result, the Chinese Zodiac Calendar is unique and fascinating. It is widely used all across Asia. Again, it is trendy amongst people who believe in it. After reading this article, you’ll have the entire knowledge about the Chinese Zodiac Calendar in just a few […]
A Glance At The Toxic Work Culture in China China, we say that no economy of any country can ever hope to survive without the efforts of its employees and labor staff. The very essence is vital for life to function properly within its borders. In layman’s terms: no employees/laborers equal to no solid economic […]
Crazy Rich Asians IRL When thinking of the extravagant lives of the rich of China China, many things come to my mind. Communism low-wage sweatshops, to name a few things. But what many people don’t notice is that China is one of the biggest economies of the modern world. Businesses and companies worldwide use materials […]
Outlawed Foot Binding Practice in China: The Subjectivity of Beauty Before we get into the Outlawed foot binding practice in China (you may also have seen it as feet binding), I would like to explore the concept of beauty– an entirely subjective idea. As former colonies of Europe and European powers, one might describe beauty […]
Finding The Perfect Spouse in China: An Introduction Finding The Perfect Spouse in China can be a bit of a handful! This ‘marketplace’ is not just a metaphor. This marketplace of potential brides and grooms is simply a reality for most people looking for partners. These partners are either for themselves and/or their sons and […]
