Category Archive:   Such Life


I do love dahlias, though for many years, I love all the dahlia-liked patterns without knowing what their names are. I suppose in my mind, in a not very conscious way, I always want to plant two kinds of flowers in my garden, one would be Hydrangea, and another, of course dahlia. They would both [...]

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Do you play tricks with your children to make them believe that the world is in their control rather than others? It’s like a lie with good intention. My husband is a master of this. The very recent trick that my husband is playing with Vivian is to make her believe that she can put [...]

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If autumn comes, can winter be far behind? I love every single element of this beautiful season. It is so colourful but indicating the fading of the life (or the beginning of a new cycle)…. Sadness, but with the hope for tomorrow, to come.

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I am sorry that this question recently came across my mind recently so much that I have to vent it out. For many of you, Ikea probably is not a biggie at all. Like one of my colleagues who is actually a regular of Op shops, she said she doesn’t mind IKEA, but she would [...]

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I have a good reason to believe that our grapes made me very popular in the office, at least today:-) Due to the harvest of our grape vines, I had to share our fruit with others. David picked a whole basket of them yesterday, and according to him, this was only one tenth. I brought [...]

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We were having a lot worries about Vivian’s preference towards her food. At some stage we even had thought that this girl was going to be a vegetarian, as she has no interests in meat at all. Then one day evening when we were having dinner, something weird happened. She suddenly decided to eat pork mince, [...]

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