• 2026 – Setting Your Mind on Heaven

    Happy New Year dear friends. I hope you also had a blessed and joyful Christmas with your loved ones. Christmas day was a really joyful one. We went to church and noticed how…

  • Napping at Work in China

    Have you ever come back to the office after a good lunch break eating a delicious meal, and just want to nap?! I’m guessing many of you resort to drinking lots of coffee in…

  • 19th Century Shamian Island, Guangzhou

    Happy Chinese New Year to you all! 春节快乐！ We have 5 days public holiday to celebrate the Spring Festival season and I took a trip to the beautiful Shamian Island here in Guangzhou….

  • 5 great tools for learning Mandarin Chinese

    Hello and thanks for stopping by! In this article I want to share with you 5 tools that have helped me to improve my Mandarin; in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Although I…

  • I made a cake!!

    So my time so far in Guangzhou has been very eventful and my aunty has put in a lot of effort to plan “programs” as she calls it for me to do during…

  • Happy Chinese New Year!

                      Today is the 31st of January 2014 and that means it’s the start of the new year as celebrated here in China. As stated…

  • Pearl River Strolls

                      Today I went for a stroll. I needed to have some time to myself and just wander around for a bit without any constrictions…

  • Xikou trip!

    Hi everyone, hope you are all well. It’s exam season, and I have had no time whatsoever to do me. So I apologise for my tardiness when it comes to updating my blog,…

  • Christianity in China

    Today I want to write about how awesome God has been since my arrival to China. Before travelling to China I had so many pre-conceived thoughts about how China was going to be….

  • Ladies, You Have Freedom to Beautify Yourself

    I’m a very observant person. I notice things. I appreciate the little things – especially within God’s creation; like the butterflies in the summer or the falling leaves in autumn – they’re all…

  • Don’t Be Afraid to Dress Better

    Hello ladies, it’s nearing to the end of the year and I have been doing a lot of reflections and thinking about my life and the future for my family. It’s not easy…

  • New Series! Do not speak unkindly about anyone

    Hello ladies! I’m quite excited because I want to start a series where I share a lot of encouraging words from my readings. As well as sharing down my own thoughts, many of…

  • What is Etiquette and why is it important?

    The older generation always say “The children of today have no manners” and perhaps they’re right. As time goes on, the newer generations tend to look at the past ways of doing things…

  • How to be a sweet and kind girl

    Ladies, this is a dear reminder for us to strive to be sweet. A sweet and kind girl or woman radiates beauty around her. She shines bright, because deep within her soul she…

  • How to Dress Well in University – Feminine Style

    School’s back and it’s time to put on your thinking hat regarding your studies and also your wardrobe. I always shout this from the mountains, but how you dress is important and I…

  • Advice for young black girls

    If you know me, I’m passionate about a number of topics relating to women. There’s a lot of advice given to young women, but not enough for young girls and black girls in…

  • Advice For young Girls

    I recently made a video, where I shared a message; advice for young girls that the Lord laid on my heart to share. One word of advice that I’m trying to put into…

  • 7 Wonderful Things women Should Do To Relieve Stress

    Life can be overwhelming at times, it can be hard and stressful! But know that there are so many things you can consciously decide to do to relieve stress. Don’t stress ladies, because…

  • My Advice For Teenage Girls and Young Women Today

    So much has changed in our society over the past decades that I think the great majority of our ancestors would be both shocked and amazed at what they saw going on today…

  • How to Remove Slime From Microfibre Cloths

    Lately each one of my microfibre cloths have felt slimy after just over a week of usage. Very annoying and because soap wasn’t getting the slime off, I would just chuck it in…

  • What exactly is immodest dressing? A list

    Dear girls, The first thing people see when they meet us for the first time is our face and then a quick glance of our outfit. A picture paints a thousand words. It’s…

  • A look at Natural Fibres vs Synthetic fibres

    As I take my family on a journey to a more natural and low-toxic way of living, I’ve been doing a little of reading on natural fibres vs synthetic fibres. Up until the…

  • Don’t Help the Devil By Dressing Immodestly

    Ladies, I’m sure that many of you, like me, find that hearing the truth can be incredibly liberating – especially in areas where our conscience has been wrestling upon it for some time….

  • Wearing weaves no more?

    This blog post is going to ruffle some feathers but my thoughts on this issue needs to be expressed so please keep reading on.