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Monthly Archives: December 2018
Finding Yourself on a Gap Year
Should I take a gap year? I wonder sometimes whether I should have just gone for it, grown out a beard, bought a beanie and a necklace with a bone charm or something (see picture). ‘A world of opportunity’! Maybe it’s out there, and all I needed to do was take a gap year to […]
3 Christmas Traditions to Start in 2018
Do you enjoy all of your end of year traditions? If you do, then why not have even more traditions, to have even more enjoyment? If you don’t, then you should probably ditch the ones you’ve currently got and try something new. In any case, here are three new Christmas traditions that you could try […]
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Common Chinese Seasonings
If you ever go to a Chinese restaurant, you’ll find some very different seasonings on the plate.
Capsule Wardrobes: Part 1
Are you guilty of owning too many clothes, but still never having anything to wear? Maybe you need to consider building (and sticking to) a capsule wardrobe. But how, you ask despairingly, standing in the centre of your clothes-scattered bedroom floor, dressed only in a towel. Here are several things you should keep in mind:
A Girl to An Empress Dowager – The Legend of Zhen Huan: Part 5
The secret goes on, but the other concubines have always suspected that the baby is not the Emperors. They find some clue and decided to announce that the baby is W’s (the royal doctor). Because they went in the wrong direction, the accusation is not successful. Z gains more credit from the Emperor. However, she […]
Pets and the Holidays
Your dog or cat roams freely around the house, and usually it’s no trouble. They know the rules and routines of house living. But around Christmas time, everything shifts. A big tree is erected in the living room (trees? Trees are for the outdoors, the puzzled animal protests). Brightly colored boxes are placed beneath, and […]
A Girl to An Empress Dowager – The Legend of Zhen Huan: Part 4
Z becomes pregnant again and is thus promoted once again.
Voices Never Share, And No One Dared
If someone asked me if I was fluent in English I’d say yes, but that seems a bit difficult to justify the more I think about it. People are supposed to be “conversational” in a language before they’re fluent, and so much of the time I feel completely unable to reach out to people and […]
My Brain Implodes Over Christmas
I’ve previously said I’m no Grinch (which is probably what a Grinch says), but holy moly! People get so stressed at Christmas—and honestly, some of the best Christmases I’ve had were minimal and with friends.
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5 Tips to Deal With Stressed Family
OH BOY. Family is a doozy at Christmas time—I feel like no matter who I ask or how well their family work together, that wonderful combination of holiday stress and a lot of people just makes things hard to manage. Read on for tips to deal with THE INTENSITY.
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