“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard Photo by chefswifediary
Author: chefswifediary
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.
Never settle.
Time is precious. The hour that we spend on something is the hour that we’ve chosen to forgo other priorities. Often we hear, “Oh, time flies. She is growing up too fast.” Not to mention about the current pandemic period when many children are missing out hours of learnings from schools. Maybe parents have been…
Landscape Capture
I’m always trying to find the beauty within each capture. Photo by chefswifediary
Confession of a chef’s wife.
Rewinding back to 7 years ago today when I first met my husband, didn’t I forecasted that our first date would transformed into an ‘happily-ever-after’ tag. He wasn’t a chef by profession back then. Well, he was before we met. Not until in 2016 when we tied the knot and immediately our lives took a…
Say what you mean.
One week into Psychology course conducted by Yale University via Coursera , I was particularly intrigued by Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory whereby he spelled truth that some may find uncomfortable to hear. He shared that our actions are coached by unconscious motivation, reasons, and dynamics. Admittedly, it’s quite common to feel indecisive of important calls…
1st of May
Spring came and soon to go. 1st of May it is today tweet reminds so. Perhaps labour day, perhaps a new day. Perhaps a new chapter, for us to create. . . We’ve lost count on numbers of days. We’ve mistaken Monday for Sunday. Fifth month of the year, fifth day of the week, Make…
10 reasons to feel grateful.
While life seems mundane or less adventurous at this current period, there are many reasons that are worth for us to feel grateful for. . Beautiful morning awaiting to get us going, how wonderful? Waking up next to loved one, how fortunate? Best homemade coffee and toasts ever served, no queue. Catching up with latest news…
Chasing the soaring waves.
I could still remember the fresh air that breezley touched my face. It was one of the ten days escapade that my partner and I impromptuly decided to venture. We were not supposed to be here; it was supposed to be up north that we had planned for six months. Not that we’re fickled, it…
Old is the new new.
Radio, typewriter, cassettes, rotary dial phone – What do they remind you of? Overwhelmed by digitization, how about taking a few moment to reflect the previous world we used to live in? Go back to the era when they all first started, bring back these memories, and share your knowledge and experience of these used-to-be…
I can go a distance.
Just a couple of hours ago, The Independent UK published that Captain Tom Moore has raised more than £21M in donations for NHS – how extraordinary! For his 100th birthday, the Second World War veteran pledged to complete 100 lengths of walk in his garden, and he accomplished it. Initially aimed at only a thousand…