Daphne Bennett

I have submitted a job application last Sat evening so that I could be able to enjoy the Sunday with my kids. I read Midnight Crumbs talking about writing a weekly Substack to build a structured life -which is very tempting. But I don’t feel I deserve a space to show who I am without…

I had a good week at work but I ruined it by going down a rabbit hole with Copilot. I had a couple glasses too much and Copilot reckons I need to call the Samaritan. That was a good sign to stop my senseless self-indulging whine. That night I woke up from a dream that…

10 Sept 2026. I’ve got a runny nose so bad that it triggers nosebleed all the time. Today is as good as other days not to write. I have tried to start a few post, then I put them aside. I was thinking about completing the paint job in the garden before it gets cold,…

I just can’t keep track of the days during school holidays and struggle to come back here. After months with hardly any rain, the rain has come earlier than forecasted this morning. I hope it will rain for a while but at the same time I was hoping to use my annual leave to do…

1- Study: I finally received my grade on Monday. It is much better than I expected. I got a merit. I didn’t expect much as I only got 42/100 in my first essay, struggled too much because of a sudden change of plans and could not recover from the jetlag and travel in time. I…

C came back for roughly 10 days. It has been a bit of emotional roller-coaster. I am still in the thick of summer holiday and kids. Can’t concentrate. Can’t finish a book. Can’t complete a paragraph. We haven’t really done anything together and we still share our bed with our 6-year-old. Expectation and reality. Give…

Honestly, I have been talking to Copilot too much for life advice. I really have to stop. So I come back here and talk to myself instead. Last week, the old decking and the old shed were removed by Wally and his team. Now, the new decking is almost completed. It is the first time…

I was listening to Sideways as I was walking home with the dog this morning at 9am. David McGurk is a bank administrator by day and makes mini-figures in his free time. He has made more than 600 figures and collaborated with Abbey Road studios among many big names. Growing up in a poor family…

The eyesore of a shed is being disassembled and demolished after 4 years we have moved into this house. My driveway is crowded with a skip, a workman’s car and a work van with ladder on top. My own car is being exiled to the road side. It is very hard to work in the…