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Skillshare: Food photography class
I had a great time with this class on Still Life Photography and actually learnt quite a few tips and tricks, and so grateful for the Tych plugin in photoshop that made collages so much easier since I...
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DIY your own body shape Mannequin
Since I started sewing classes, my subconscious draws me too things in the craft – seams, pockets, collars, zips, sewing machine parts and then…inspired by a Pinterest post, we decided to work on a...
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Travel: Bali, Ubud
This is a long overdue post from our March holidays and birthday gift to ourselves we stayed at the Four Seasons Sayan in Ubud – which as been on my bucket list for the last… 16 years? I have the...
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Housekeeping hacks: Gardening Edibles 1101
This year, one of the hobbies I took up was planting my own edibles and I have taken some online classes to better equip me on the subject. I cannot understand when people tell me life is boring when...
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Reading: The Shoemaker’s Wife
I forgot how much I missed fiction and how much fiction I was reading a decade ago before work took priorities, but it’s been really good picking up fiction books at the library again. You never...
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Reading: Sarah Dunant “In the Company of the Courtesan”
If I were to judge a book by its cover, I wouldn’t have picked it up. However,, the title and synopsis was interesting. This suspense novel is peppered with rich historical facts of 16th century...
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Reading: French Chic
Picked this book up out of curiosity thinking it’d be in the genre of chick lit, but French Chic was one snooze pill and I have to confess I didn’t finish it. Well, I am married to a French man and...
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Married to a chef: A journey
I am starting a series interviewing chef wives as part of my on-going series of #marriedtoachef to learn from and share how all these other amazing women from all over the world in similar situations...
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Reading: Débutante Divorcée by Plum Sykes
I read her first book Bergdorf Blondes over a decade ago when it was published in 2004, one of those mindless, funny chick lit books, entertaining and paints a funny and realistic socialite life given...
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Reading: Where’d you go Bernadette?
I’m reading alot more these days and trying to manage a book a week, back into the old bedtime habit of reading before sleep – which is another way to keep me off illuminated screens at bed time....
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Married to a chef: Q&A with Shanndelier
I’ve followed Shannon’s blog for over a year now and always inspired by her posts, keeping busy and plenty of the great outdoor photos. Head over to her blog to check out her posts and photos. :)...
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Reading: The boy who could see demons
Summer season and travelling means more time to finish books! I picked this up by chance at the library and really enjoyed it. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it gave such a real insight into...
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Recipe: Butter Chicken by @FoodTravellive
The butter chicken dish is one of the husband’s and my favourite dishes. I of course made the pilgrimage to Moti Mahal in New Dehli where it was created. And I was thrilled for Food Travel Live to...
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Reading: Time of my Life by Cecelia Ahern
I stayed up all night reading Time of my Life. It’s one of those chick lit books that keep flowing in a simple and easy narrative like your friend’s talking and it’s got all the juicy bits, so you...
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Reading: Brave Heart by Sarah Dunant
I was hooked on her other novel In the Company of The Courtesan set in the 14th century Italy with its plot unfolding mainly in Venezia, a place close to my heart having lived in the Veneto. However,...
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Married to a chef: Q&A with Emulsified Family
I found Jennifer through the hashtag #marriedtoachef over a year ago and have followed her journey of raising 3 kids and conquering it all like a pro. You can check out her blog and the chef wife...
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Reading: The palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland
This novel is truly a “jewel box of a novel”. The chapters are intersperse between the two main characters Abel who remembers nothing of his past and is invincible with no knife or cuts that can hurt...
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Living a Life of Less
Less is more, we hear it all the time from design aesthetics to presentation content. But the same applies to daily life necessities and I’ve been working hard to let go of stuff, feelings, people who...
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Reading: Landline by Rainbow Rowell
I picked up Rainbow Rowell’s book based on the review at the back of the book, but it was a pretty boring read and too literally about a landline that connected the protagonist between past and...
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Learning: Favourite Skillshare Classes
Ever since I won the mail chimp scholarship for a premium membership on Skillshare, I’ve been lots of classes here and working hard on food photography and styling. I had previously paid for a couple...
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