LIFESTYLE

Once upon a time, in a quaint city known as the Culinary Paradise, there lived a chef. While the townspeople relished international cuisines, local ingredients remained underappreciated, with few taking pride in their regional produce. This chef pondered, “How can I arrange my work freely and connect genuinely with food?” She firmly believed in a lifestyle perfectly suited to her. Meet Chef Ling (Ng Suet Ling), born into a family of Chinese culinary heritage. Her father, a master of wonton and beef brisket noodles, watched as his daughter gravitated towards Western cuisine. Self-taught in baking, Ling first worked in a patisserie before apprenticing in Western cuisine, handling everything from starters and salads to desserts. Describing herself as a 'hybrid' chef, she ventured to the U...

Marriage begins with hope, an ideal, aiming for lifelong joy. But sometimes, divorce emerges as a necessary path to happiness in its own right. In a society where the sanctity of marriage faces the reality of frequent divorces, it's the exceptional marriages that make headlines. However, divorce has shed much of its stigma, viewed less as a failure and more as a redirection towards a better life. Today, we’re joined by Sia Cooper. The dynamo behind “Diary of a Fit Mommy” and a personal fitness coach known as the “Bad Mom”, not for neglect but for bucking traditional parenting norms. She’s faced her fair share of criticism online, jokingly saying, “If I got a dollar every time I was called a ‘bad mom,’ I’d be very rich by now!”  Her million-plus followers know her for in...

“Hot take for the week, my inner girl boss is dead and my ‘snail girl’ era has begun.” One day, Sienna Ludbey shared this revelation with her friend Beci. The term “snail girl” was coined by Sienna Ludbey in an Australian fashion magazine, Fashion Journal. It refers to a cadre of young women who pace themselves, retreat when necessary, and advance in life at their own rhythm. Sienna, a Melbourne native, launched her boutique brand Hello Sisi in 2019. Her affection for Hello Kitty and her nickname, Sisi, inspired the brand's name. At that time, she was working at a coffee shop. Each day after work, she would craft handbags from household items like candy wrappers and old shoe boxes, even creating a bag from an old Nike box which she carried daily. One fortuitous day, she walked i...

More and more people around the world are developing a habit of practicing yoga, but most Asians have misconceptions about yoga - they think it's just a form of exercise, not suitable for people who are not flexible enough, and only for women to participate in... Yoga is popular because many people believe it is a form of exercise, and some are attracted to it because it presents an opportunity to "check-in" and show off their perfect body shape. If you really think that's all there is to it, then you've missed out on a lot of the beauty that yoga can offer you. In fact, people who practice yoga include both men and women, young and old. Of course, there are more women who practice regularly. Why do women practice yoga more persistently? If you have a healthy lifestyle, yo...

The female mind is particularly complex, often wandering from one thing to another. When our thoughts are not clear, it can be easy to get stuck in a dead end and suffer mentally and physically. Why not make good use of our "seemingly useless but actually very useful" characteristics and explore ourselves internally? Let's start with meditation! You may have tried meditation before, but you may not be sure if you actually entered a meditative state. Or maybe you find it difficult to sit still and feel uncomfortable during meditation, and your thoughts wander everywhere, so you give up and never try again. All of the above situations are normal because we city dwellers are used to being "active," and sitting still and emptying our minds is a difficult task. In fact, meditation...

The classic American TV series of the 90s, Friends, may not be from your generation, but I guarantee you've heard of it, and you might have even watched it multiple times on Netflix. It became one of the most popular TV shows of all time for a reason. The show revolves around the lives of six main characters, Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler, and Joey, who live in Manhattan, New York. Their lives mainly revolve around relationships, work, daily life, and living together in a shared apartment. The interactions among the six friends are both complex and humorous, and each character is portrayed with a unique and realistic personality, making it easy for viewers to relate to them. As an editor and a passionate fan of Friends, I especially identify with Phoebe's bold and quir...

Recently, the weather has been rainy and gloomy, and emotions seem to be affected, becoming dull and lethargic, and even experiencing body aches. The editors are also a group that is extremely affected by the weather, so they searched online to see if there is any scientific explanation to give them some comfort. The result was that they found "weather sickness"! According to research in Japan, women are particularly susceptible to this illness, just like menstrual discomfort. But optimistically speaking, we now have the right to feel irritated during bad weather, and our partners should understand that! What is weather sickness? Weather sickness is actually an illness that has been recognized in Japan in recent years. Research shows that weather sickness is more likely to oc...

Vegetarianism has its roots in ancient India, where it was first practiced as a religious tradition. In China, the custom of abstaining from meat on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month was also prevalent. This led to vegetarianism being regarded as a manifestation of religious faith. However, in modern times, vegetarians often face stigmas such as being associated with malnutrition. They may also be viewed as difficult to dine with, and even labeled as weak, as seen in the popular Chinese internet slang "I'm not a vegetarian." Moreover, studies have found that women are more likely to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle than men, which further reinforces gender stereotypes associated with the term "vegetarian “Only women will like veggie food, real men will eat meat.” When ...