Lifestyle

This weekend, both of my children are out with their friends and I had time on my own. This is quite unusual for me as I am normally very busy with one of my children on the weekend. When there is spare time, someone like me has a strange feeling. Why do I feel guilty about this?  I assume this kind of spare time will be appearing more and more as our children grow up. With having spare time, I should not feel guilty and should be excited about spending time for myself. So I thought I will do some painting this weekend....

The price of vegetables and fruits have been expensive recently, it makes me choose carefully what food to consume these days.In our busy society, there are so many choices of food, we often don't think too much about selecting food because of it's ease or convenience.I recently met my good friend's son, Issa who is only 18 years old and who is really conscious of the ingredients he chooses to cook.For his age, he surprised me with the amount of food knowledge he has and the way he styles food is quite amazing. Issa makes many kinds of food. Here...

The Japanese Kimono has been worn for around 3000 years since the Jomon and Yayoi era. It used to be a very simple cloth with holes for the head and hands.The style of kimonos have evolved since. Very specific social status was displayed by the type and colour of kimono one would wear. The number of layers was also a symbol of importance.They started to distinguish the class and hierarchy by wearing different styles and types of kimonos during the Asuka and Nara era, which is about 1300 years ago.   Compared to the women in high class with layers...

HAND STITCHINGWhen I see beautiful hand stitching, I just get so excited and the right side of my brain goes crazy. Tamara, from our creative team created this beautiful hand stitching work. She spent two hours hand stitching with this and I fell in love with it straight away. I just love HAND STITCH WORK.I can imagine so many things incorporating this intricate work. What can you imagine in this stitch work? 

I hope you had a nice relaxing weekend! My weekend was pretty good. Between my work and family I was able to go to a pottery class. It's been a few weeks since my dear friend Paola and I joined the class. I have sometimes need to challenge myself to commit time towards the pottery class, because I have been so busy in my life trying to balance work and my family. How about you? How do you balance your time between your personal life and work? Once I get there, I really enjoy the atmosphere and the relaxed air...