Ah, summer. I have a love-hate relationship with summer. I love summer because I can wear dresses with Havaianas without (much) fear of freezing (I live in Melbourne after all). I don't like summer so much when it's 41 degrees out and I feel like a helpless piece of poultry in a fan-forced oven. But …
The years go by… A retrospective look at 2012.
"I'm not the same person I was at the start of this year." The above conclusion came up in a conversation I was having with a friend on Whatsapp a couple of weeks ago, while we were looking back at the events of the year. For one brief moment, I panicked. We often say "people …
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What it means to be “excellent”.
Since I've been on the jobhunt for awhile, I've realised one of the requirements for every job description I've read is to be "excellent". Excellent computer skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent and confident telephone manner It's hard to define excellence, though. What is excellent to me could be terrible to another person. …
Thanksgiving.
"It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season — like all the other seasons — …
If you really knew me…
(This post was inspired by a friend's blog entry, and she was in turn inspired by Running on Happiness.) If you really knew me... You'd know that I'm an absolute klutz. You'd know that I love to sleep, but totally abhor actually going to sleep. Hence, I'm a certified (not really) night owl. You'd know …
taste of melbourne 2012
you know something's going to taste good when you can smell it from really far away, and it looks equally as tantalising up close. that's what i took away from this year's taste of melbourne. my three favourite dishes? 1. movida's chargrilled moorish lamb skewers. admittedly, this was the last dish my friends and i …
upon the completion of another qualification…
some people say graduation is a once-in-a-lifetime affair, and i have had the privilege of doing so twice. a little more than eighteen months ago, i was a fresh bachelor of arts (media and communications) graduate from the university of melbourne, sitting in her first official masters of journalism class at monash university. at the …
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the wonderful story of cliff and wai jia.
just like any girl out there, i am a sucker for love stories. growing up, i was never exposed to disney movies. the first disney movie i watched was mulan, at age 9. and while i knew my friends were in love with the lion king, beauty and the beast and the little mermaid, i …
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a lesson in humility.
in life, we all struggle with the question of significance. why am i here? what is my purpose in life? as someone who believes in God and the saving grace of Jesus Christ, the typical response i would give is: to bring glory to His name. but recently, i can't help but feel that the …
kitchen adventures in port douglas: seafood aglio olio
i'm a pasta kind of girl. as far as i can remember, i've always loved pasta. bolognese, squid ink, tossed in pesto. spaghetti and pesto was my take on the humble instant noodle in my final year of university. it took awhile for me to like carbonara because as a child i was served a …
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Diane Leow 