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| Jessica is an aspiring writer who moved to Hong Kong in February 2006. She works as an engineer and project manager during the day so she can earn enough money to fund her global travels. Maotai, Mooncakes and Monks, her first book, was released in 2009 by Tamco Publishing. Jessica Bellas records the most humorous moments of her first thirty months living as an expatriate in Hong Kong, from the media circus resulting from the dramatic rescue of her dog by the Hong Kong Fire Services Department to out-drinking Communist party officials in China to dodging confetti cannons. She also examines more poignant issues such as discrimination, racism and culture shock. Maotai, Mooncakes & Monks is a memoir, culture shock guide, travelogue, political commentary and adventure rolled into one. Nury Vittachi, founding editor of the Asia Literary Review, was also captured by Jessica’s storytelling when she enrolled in his “Professional Writers’ Masterclass.” He agreed to serve as a mentor during the book's development and ultimately wrote the foreword for the book. Vittachi wrote, “But while Jessica makes no claim to be any sort of expert on Chinese culture, her access to information was bolstered by one remarkable skill she had that won her enormous respect from officials, factory bosses and academics alike: she could out-drink most of the men at social occasions, even when the drink being served was the infamously powerful Maotai rice liquor.” |
| Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 at 7 PM The speaker was Jessica Bellas, author of "Maotai, Mooncakes & Monks: Misadventures in Hong Kong & China" |
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