The beginning to everything.

Every experience starts from somewhere. Even a baby goes through milestones before reaching toddler’s stage. Without that first bold move, there will be no moments to share, and no story to tell. According to Tom Stafford, humans are curious in…

Morning X.

Morning sun rises, with pride and confidence. Dawn chorus is heard, as Robins defend their territory. Sleepy snail grapples, for extra minutes. Dragging his muscular foot, to begin the day. Photo by chefswifediary

Reigniting cultural values.

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…

I forgot how it was like.

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…

The good old days.

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…

Cherishing rainbow after rain.

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…

Perseverance in us.

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…

Reflection of life.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard Photo by chefswifediary
Steve Allen, Chef

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.…
May

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…