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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.

Past to present.

Posted on November 7, 2019 by chefswifediary

“Looking back, I have a lot of good memories to cherish.” – Frames of Life Blog Photo by @framesoflifeblog

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Courage is in us.

Posted on November 2, 2019 by chefswifediary

The life we see of others, are they real? More often than not, there is tendency in us to worship others, for others own what we don’t. Silently, we whisper in our mind, “If only I have it too.” But we hardly ask ourselves, “Is this what I always wanted? If yes, then what am…

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Shore Capture

Posted on October 26, 2019July 12, 2024 by chefswifediary

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”― Ronald E. Osborn Photo by chefswifediary

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then and now

Then and now.

Posted on October 25, 2019November 20, 2021 by chefswifediary

It was just by luck I randomly picked up a drama series advertised on television and instantly got hooked. I started searching on the line of casts when I came across a short interesting video. It was a short clip of an actor’s sharing about his five-years career milestone since he started in Shanghai Theatre…

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Lake Capture

Posted on October 22, 2019July 10, 2024 by chefswifediary

“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?” – Charles Bukowski Photo by: chefswifediary

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Expect nothing.

Posted on October 13, 2019 by chefswifediary

It is quite common to easily sucked into realm of negativity just by one bad experience. Perhaps the second experience was not as bad, but subconsciously we find all reasons to justify how bad it was. Then comes the third, fourth, and so on. Before we knew it, we’re caught in a world of “doomsday”…

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sea quote

Ocean Capture

Posted on October 6, 2019July 12, 2024 by chefswifediary

“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.” – Aristotle Onassis Photo by chefswifediary

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smile

Portrait Capture

Posted on October 1, 2019July 12, 2024 by chefswifediary

Smile, because it is contagious. Photo by chefswifediary

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impossible

Making the impossible possible.

Posted on September 30, 2019November 20, 2021 by chefswifediary

The constant bickering about what’s right and wrong, I no longer bother. I said it a hundred times, but yet it still matters. Why countless time was spent justifying decisions we’ve made? After all our instinct tells us to “just go ahead“. A light of thought, carried off by doubts. Excitement or anxiety? There is no…

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NYC

City Capture

Posted on September 27, 2019July 12, 2024 by chefswifediary

New York City, the most densely populated major city in the United States. I am amazed by how the city is formed. The composition of uneven building architectures, long stretched roads coupled with open sky and peaceful sea have made this city highly addictive! Photo by chefswifediary

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