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Why Contentment Will Not Make Us Happy

January 25, 2019 / BY Shannel Lee
They said that "contentment and contentment alone is the only thing that truly brings you joy in life." So why is it that we spend almost a lifetime grasping for more things, more of everything and yet we never realized that the joy we are after can only by quench with loving what we already have. And if we haven't noticed already, we are being plagued with people "influencers" who constantly reminds us that all the...

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Blog 2018: I am Finally Back

January 30, 2018 / BY Shannel Lee
My first decent painting.  Girl in the Rain inspired by theartsherpa Last year seemed to be an utterly uneventful year for me blogwise and after taking some time to rest, figure things out and getting things done, I am finally back blogging again. Well, 2017 was actually quite a tough year for me. I was mostly doing school and work stuff and was just getting by  trying to  keep my sanity for what seemed to be one...

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Blogmas Day 6: Currently Reading

December 06, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
The Winter Pitiful old Winter has return, Limping up and down our roads, Spreading his white blanket of snow While the Cers wind cries in the branches of the pine trees. Tradition Occitan Song Good morning beautiful people! yup the weather is getting cold and yes if you are in southeast asia you would definitely understand the sentiment. But really today is such a beautiful day and and and it's Blogmas day 6! So yesterday...

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November Book Haul

December 01, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Hey beautiful people! Happy Thursday! And yes, I can feel the cool gentle breeze of December already. Well,  I gave birth to new books last month :) and today I decided to write a little book haul.  I haven't read most of it yet except first chapter of  the 'Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini. I love his other two books 'And the Mountains Echo' and 'Thousand Splendid Suns' so I am very excited to get...

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Stop and Smell the Flowers

November 28, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Good morning beaugorgeous! Happy Monday! Today on my way to work I decided to stop and smell the flowers or more like photograph them :) and I realized that I haven't done something like this for a longggggg time. I felt that I have been too occupied with getting things done in my to do list that I forgot to slow down. So I took a deep breath and take in the simple gift of...

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Currently Reading and Me Vs. Tree

November 27, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Hey beaugorgeous! Happy Sunday! I am having a low key Sunday at home which basically translates to doing a ton of reading. And because I am bored I decided  to share my current Weekend read which is  Deborah Harkness' All Souls Trilogy  A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life. I got the complete set from my latest scavenging at the flea market and got it at a very, very, surprisingly...

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Weekend Treat and The Spirit of the Tree

November 26, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Hey beaugorgeous! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Mine is a little uneventful. Well besides doing the usual house chores and trying to be productive I am a little bit undecided whether to put up a... our christmas tree this year. I know, how can I even be so undecided about it. right? what a grinch. LOL! its just that a lot of things are going on this year and I have been...

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The Childfree Tag Part I - Choice, Ambivalence, Acceptance

November 25, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Hey beaugorgeous people! I know I have been MIA the past few months and yes throwback blogs doesn't count as a comeback either. LOL! but excuses granted, I have been so busy with beating deadlines, making a living and getting responsibilities done. Yeah, its called being an adult (duh) and it can get very exhausting. Anyways today I decided to do the childfree tag. And yes there is such a thing as a childfree tag...

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Chemo Brain Alert So I am Doing a Little Weekend Throw Back

November 18, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
I've been dying to blog these past few days. But it seems like I have nothing to say. And I don't know if this is still the effect of chemo brain or I was just too caught up with "adulting" and doing things which needs to be prioritize :) and hands up those who think that being childfree gives us all the time we need that we end up bored most of the time? Nope,...

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You and Me and a Puppy - Just Us Three

November 18, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
My Ryan and I, although we are always together at school and basically anywhere we go, we see to it that we spend time together (not doing work). Family time is very important to us specially spending time, undivided time with our little dog Kodi. So, weekends are always spent with just the three of us. Whether it is going out to a low key brunch our just spending time at home reading and cooking...

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How We Spend Our (typical) Weekend No Children Required

November 17, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
My Ryan and I have always been home buddies ;) we hate going out and both of us believe that books are the cheapest way to travel besides the fact that we both also believe that thrift deals and clearance sales are mana from heaven LOL! obviously our weekend leisure involves things we can find and we can do within the neighborhood. So Saturdays and Sundays are  best spent at the tennis court and the...

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