{"id":7140,"date":"2026-03-20T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/?page_id=7140"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:01:06","slug":"sum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/sum\/","title":{"rendered":"SUM:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7309 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sum tag-china tag-essay tag-find-myself tag-journal tag-life tag-madam-d tag-travel tag-traveljournal tag-xian-2\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/the-terracotta-army-pits-on-the-legacy-of-a-life\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Terracotta Army Pits \/ On the Legacy of a Life<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/the-terracotta-army-pits-on-the-legacy-of-a-life\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01-1-5-825x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Terracotta Army Pits \/ On the Legacy of a Life\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A Korean proverb says that a tiger leaves its skin when it dies, whilst a person leaves their name. However, Qin Shi Huang left behind much more than just the title of the first emperor to unify the Chinese mainland. One of these legacies is the Terracotta Army. Although this was my first time in&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-29T14:47:53+13:00\">April 29, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7212 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sum tag-china tag-essay tag-find-myself tag-journal tag-madam-d tag-travel\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-xian-muslim-street\/\" target=\"_self\" >Muslim Street, Birth of a family<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-xian-muslim-street\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01-1-4-825x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Muslim Street, Birth of a family\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Xi&#8217;an, All things start The loud voices of street vendors rang in my ears.Before me stretched another world entirely. The scent of spices stung my nose. The sweet-tart taste of pomegranate juice\u2014my first\u2014lingered on my tongue. In the Muslim Quarter of Xi\u2019an, I surrendered myself to these unfamiliar sensations. The gloom from a failure to&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T18:05:12+13:00\">March 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7209 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sum tag-china tag-essay tag-find-myself tag-journal tag-madam-d tag-travel\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-xian-bell-tower\/\" target=\"_self\" >BELL TOWER, Adapting to unfamiliar things<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-xian-bell-tower\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01-1-825x510.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"BELL TOWER, Adapting to unfamiliar things\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Xi&#8217;an, All things start I&#8217;m pretty much fucked. For a moment, the first line of The Martian came to mind. \u201cExcuse me, I want to buy a ticket to the city centre. Would you mind explaining how to get here?\u201d The clerk at the bus counter smiled brightly when I pointed at the address saved&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T17:37:53+13:00\">March 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7206 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sum tag-essay tag-find-myself tag-journal tag-madam-d tag-travel\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-xian-at-the-incheon-airport\/\" target=\"_self\" >At the Incheon Airport<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-xian-at-the-incheon-airport\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/00-prologue-825x510.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"At the Incheon Airport\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Xi&#8217;an, All things start Life had grown dull, so I decided to ruin it beautifully.(From an Instagram post, October 14, 2017) The dry sandwich had no taste. My eyes, still heavy with sleep, ached as I stared blankly out the window. Outside, a plane cut through the air with a low whirr. The sky was&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T16:52:47+13:00\">March 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7201 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sum tag-essay tag-find-myself tag-journal tag-madam-d tag-travel\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-prologue\/\" target=\"_self\" >SUM: Prologue<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/sum-prologue\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/00-1-825x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"SUM: Prologue\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I\u2019m going to climb that mountain. I will see the lake at its summit. That was the resolve I set out with. From the very beginning, sleet began to fall. Before long, it turned into a raging snowstorm. Everything before my eyes became a white hell. Meltwater streamed beneath my feet. The wind lashed against&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T16:30:54+13:00\">March 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7140","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7230,"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7140\/revisions\/7230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}