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feisty, whimsical, makeup enthusiast, mobile phone photographer, learning to live life to the fullest
Tag: lifestyle
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In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: “Paint.” Background I am picking up painting with watercolours again after some twenty years. I will post more photos of my atttempts at art than of real-life scenes for a while because I have been spending my cocoa evenings with watercolour. For my readers who are here…
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In response to The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: “Shine.” “Has the sunshine or any other light source caused you to stop because it’s highlighting something you didn’t notice before?” Nancy Thanki asked on The Daily Post. Indeed, I turned back and made a detour when I caught a glimpse of the water reflecting the…
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In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 26: DOF. Depth-of-focus (DOF) is a part of photography that marks the limitations of man-made lenses in capturing light or nature. Many people have learned to turn DOF into his/her advantage. Directors often use DOF to dramatize plots in movies and TV serials. Photographers also used DOF to emphasise…
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Passport, travel insurance, and foreign currency? Checked. Medication, hygiene essentials, and perhaps makeup? Checked. Camera, handphone, and chargers? Checked. Undergarments and enough change of clothes? Checked. Have I missed out anything? Maybe? Yes! I have the habit of doing the following five key things before I wheel my suitcase out of the house: Cut my…
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In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 25: Macro. Beautiful food will bring a curious hungry person closer. Let the yolk flow! Perfectly poached eggs top with shimmering hollandaise sauce is mouth-watering anytime. Complete the meal with over-the-top Antoinette (earl grey tea) cake, macarons, and tea from a European style tea set. Sweet macarons make a…
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In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 22: Transparency. Not much beats enjoying wine from a crystal glass in a pool. Who would have thought that the geometry of the wine glass could be stable enough for it to balance perfectly in water? I also enjoy gazing through the water waves and noting how different square…
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In response to lifehack.org – 31 Things You Can Do Instead Of Spending Money. I wish to try out the suggestions by lifehack.org and review if they indeed could replace the tendency or urge to spend money. You could join me! Copy and paste the list below into a blog/ Facebook post, and link back…
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In response to Cee’s Photography Share Your World tag. I love reading other people’s responses to such questions and understanding their lives more. Of course, I also like answering such questions. Don’t you? What is your favorite month of the year? June, because it is my birthday month, and it is during the summer holidays, so…
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In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Habit.” Habit. The stuff of the everyday — places we go, things we do, people we see. We don’t often think of… Habit includes the things I do that I do not often think of… Until now. Now, I become aware of what I automatically do, such as…
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So what’s your muse — what subject do you turn to frequently, more inspired each time? Sunsets. My adoration for sunsets likely comes as no surprise to you, my dear reader, for my blog is titled Cocoa Evenings. Since evenings only come around when the sun sets, I have dedicated this blog to sunsets as much as I…
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