{"id":7141,"date":"2026-03-20T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/?page_id=7141"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:59:00","slug":"d-in-nz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/d-in-nz\/","title":{"rendered":"D in Wonderland"},"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-7223 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-d-in-wonderland tag-christchurch tag-daily-life tag-essay tag-korean tag-life tag-madam-d tag-new-zealand\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/are-houses-in-new-zealand-made-of-paper\/\" target=\"_self\" >Are houses in New Zealand made of paper?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/are-houses-in-new-zealand-made-of-paper\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/02-1-825x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Are houses in New Zealand made of paper?\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Before moving to Christchurch, I once lived in Blenheim with my friend J. It\u2019s a small town about six hours north of Christchurch. We spent a winter there, working the most mind-numbingly boring job in the world\u2014opening mussels. The house we lived in had been built relatively recently, but it was unbearably cold. Even indoors,&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=\"2026-03-27T18:51:36+13:00\">March 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7219 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-d-in-wonderland tag-christchurch tag-daily-life tag-essay tag-korean tag-life tag-madam-d tag-moving tag-new-zealand\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/too-hard-to-moving\/\" target=\"_self\" >Too hard to moving!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/too-hard-to-moving\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01-1-825x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Too hard to moving!\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I moved recently. It took a full two weeks to unpack everything and get life back into some kind of rhythm. Of course, it\u2019s not completely over yet. Now that we\u2019re in the new place, there\u2019s an endless list of things that still need fixing. Even so, just knowing I no longer have to worry&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=\"2026-03-27T18:44:17+13:00\">March 27, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7216 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-d-in-wonderland tag-christchurch tag-daily-life tag-essay tag-korean tag-korean-living-in-new-zealnad tag-life tag-new-zealand\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/d-in-wonderland-introduction\/\" target=\"_self\" >D in Wonderland \/ Introduction<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/d-in-wonderland-introduction\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover-1-825x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"D in Wonderland \/ Introduction\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I came to New Zealand in 2019. At the time, I was on a working holiday in Australia when my closest friend, J, suggested I come over. I applied for a working holiday visa just before turning thirty, and fortunately, it was approved. That\u2019s how my New Zealand journey began. But as it overlapped with&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=\"2026-03-27T18:22:38+13:00\">March 27, 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><\/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-7141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7141","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=7141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7228,"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7141\/revisions\/7228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madame-dee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}