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Corporate servant at day, blogger at night, mommy every day, chef's wife for life. A self-taught artist, I reflect and write about my life experiences and explore art inspired by nature.

Reigniting cultural values.

Posted on July 20, 2020November 20, 2021 by chefswifediary

Three months prior to landing on a far-away foreign soil, I was talked into revisiting Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory, a framework for cross-cultural communication developed by Geert Hofstede. Being a pragmatic person, I’ve long cold-stored learning from University days. Not out of disrespecting theories founded by masterly professor, more because I failed in connecting theories…

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I forgot how it was like.

Posted on July 12, 2020July 11, 2024 by chefswifediary

182 days has passed. I forgot how it was like. Waking up in a concrete world, when peeping on neighbour was just a window away. I forgot how it was like. Living on a land that was expensively scarce, when walking shoulder to shoulder was inevitable. I forgot how it was like. Walking alongside digital-addict…

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The good old days.

Posted on July 1, 2020July 11, 2024 by chefswifediary

A kite made of plastic bag. Its shape was nothing like a kite. It was just a plastic bag tied to a long raffia string. It didn’t consume much effort and wide space to fly it. In an instance, it was up in the sky. My brothers and I were content. As long as it…

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Landscape Capture

Posted on June 23, 2020July 10, 2024 by chefswifediary

“Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” – Roman Payne Photo by chefswifediary

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The wildflowers.

Posted on June 20, 2020July 11, 2024 by chefswifediary

Puffy clouds vaguely gather above horizon, hinder roaring sun from reaching ground. Wildflowers spread out in bouquet across meadow, proudly stand out against the gloom. Photo by chefswifediary

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Cherishing rainbow after rain.

Posted on June 11, 2020July 11, 2024 by chefswifediary

Since February, we were put into the unknown. For the very first time, we discussed about back-up plans for “what if…” with loved ones. Uncertainty, anxiety, and concerns were easily spelled on faces. Paranoid over worst case scenarios we could possibly imagined, staying positive and strong required a huge amount of effort. Well, that lasted…

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Simple buckwheat loaf.

Posted on June 10, 2020 by chefswifediary

Joint collaboration with Mr. Chef Mr. Chef has been making bread at home since February and he is determined not to stop just because of a diet mission.  We enjoy bread very much for breakfast. I like it with jam spread and he prefers it with peanut butter spread. The thought of giving it up was…

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Bitter chocolate sirt-tart.

Posted on June 9, 2020 by chefswifediary

Joint collaboration with Mr. Chef Mr. Chef and I love sweet things. By treating ourselves with dessert everyday, it feels like we are not on a diet. We had 2 weeks of sirt-chocolate cake, a change is like a welcome treat! This sirt-tart which Mr. Chef is about to share is very rich but comes with…

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Perseverance in us.

Posted on June 5, 2020July 11, 2024 by chefswifediary

Perseverance, it is in us. I wasn’t a fan of basketball until the recent release of “The Last Dance” by Netflix. If you have not seen it, please make it your priority. As legendary Michael Jordan slam-dunked his way in style for Chicago Bulls since 1984, his high self-esteem rose alongside from game to game…

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Sirtfood chicken pie.

Posted on June 3, 2020 by chefswifediary

Joint collaboration with Mr. Chef The goal of this diet is not to really go on a diet. Instead, we aim to change our eating habits and lose weight at the same time without cutting out food that we love. Eating salads everyday and in small portions can be quite boring and demoralising. We are more…

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