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Jan 25, 2012 • Time flies when you are doing the things you love, it is almost 20:30pm, I haven’t finished my painting for today, but I did something yesterday. I will show you just now. I have been living in the Netherlands for almost 12 years, yes till 11 Feb, 2012, I am here for exactly 12 years....
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Jan 24, 2012 • image by ping he, silkscreen print on textile in Amsterdam I wish everyone a very good Chinese New Year, today is the second day of the dragon’s year. I am glad that I am in full speed of recovery. My friend Rainbow and her husband George came to pick me up with a group of...
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Jan 23, 2012 • image by ping he, silkscreen print on textile in Amsterdam Life sometimes hits you in a very unexpected way, sometime like a storm, sweep away all in a sudden, when you are not prepared for it. My life was suffered in such a storm since last June. Last November I lost my mum who was...
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Dec 31, 2011 • When I am writing this blog article, I heard outside my window in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid many big bangs from the firework for the New Year celebration. That’s it, the 2011 door is going to be closed and 2012 is going to be open. I love the time that I can sit quiet and do some...
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Dec 20, 2011 • I was not thinking much when I wrote this as today’s topic, “year 2011 review”, it sounds very difficult. As soon as I type these letter, I realize that I have much thinking going on. Time flies, another 11 days, 2012 will knock on our door. What I have been doing in 2011? I did...
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Dec 12, 2011 • Comments Closed image via wedding bee Pink flowers are not always my favorite ones. It changed a few years ago. You know why? I have a Western name called “Maggie” and I used it for my Dutch friends when I was studying in Hogeschool InHolland. When I moved to Rotterdam in 2004 for my study in Erasmus...
Floral painting by Ping It has been busy past two weeks, as the holiday season approaches here, we had many celebrations. Because Dutch has its own Sante Clause holiday besides Christmas, we often met the family and friends, I like the most about the season is that the family feeling, just like Chinese New Year...
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Nov 28, 2011 • Water color painting – I started to do some painting these days, it has been a long time that I did not write blog everyday. There are something tragic happened in the family, I did not prepare enough for it, and I feel lost myself for a long while. For a long time, I did...
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Nov 15, 2011 • image by ping he Tomato and egg soup Cook for 2 person ingredients: 3 climbing French beans 2 eggs 2 teaspoons salt 2 tsp grated ginger 1 stem of green onion 3 cups of water or chicken stock 2 medium sized tomato (cut into wedges) 2 garlic clove (cut into small pieces) 3 tbsp sunflower...
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Oct 26, 2011 • image via epicurious Hello everyone, this is Wednesday. I had a very busy day yesterday. Had a surprise visitor for my new fragrance. My friend Katharijne came to visit me and we spent quite a while to go through my newly made perfume. I also made some diffuser oils and some fabulous nature oils for...
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Oct 24, 2011 • I wrote this blog on 5 October on my way flying to Shanghai. I thought as soon as I arrived in the hotel room, it is not a big deal to upload the blog article on my website. It proved me wrong. The hotel blocked many western websites, I did not manage to upload at...
image by ping he It is October already, time really flies. Our trip to Shanghai is tomorrow. I can not believe that it is already tomorrow. Today when I tried to clean up our plants on our balcony, I felt a bit sad. The lavender, the rosemary and mint which used to be the prime...
