FollowThe littlest girl at home can be as stubborn as a mule when it comes to eating her leafy greens. There are only a handful of green leafy vegetables that this little girl would eat – spinach (cooked till really soft), Romaine lettuce, mustard green (sawi) and cabbage. Other non-leafy ones like broccoli, leek flower,…
All posts in September 2017
Lantern Party – 23 Sept 2017
Cass and I attended a pot-luck lantern party to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival organized by her class teacher on this lovely Saturday evening. It was held at one of the classmate’s abode at Sunway Vivaldi, Mont Kiara. Thankfully the rain didn’t rain on our parade tonight (literally) and the kids could play outdoors and walk around…
Easy Chocolate Brownies
Today Drama Queen embarked on her first post-UPSR baking. It’s chocolate brownies using Kris Jenner’s (Kim Kardashian’s mother) recipe. She Googled for the recipe, watched it briefly on You Tube and then darted to the kitchen to start work. This time, mess was minimal. After baking, she washed all the gadgets and even mopped the…
DIY Art Glass Paperweight
The hubs brought back a transparent rectangular shaped water bottle that a friend gave to him. While I really like the shape of the bottle, which is pretty unique for a water tumbler, it is not practical to use it on a daily basis as cleaning it is a torture. Note the small opening and…
4 Ways to Stay Motivated When It’s Cold Outside
On the approach to summer, you diet and exercise in an attempt to achieve the ever sought after, perfect beach body. Then, summer arrives. You look great. You feel confident, and it’s warm, so you keep it up. You go to the gym or out for runs in the sunshine. You eat salads and drink…
Friday – 15 September 2017
Wednesday – 13 Sept 2017
Today is day 3 of Drama Queen’s UPSR exam. Subject tested today is Math. Tomorrow will be Science, followed by a no-exam day on Friday and finally the last paper will be Chinese on Monday. On Monday, I can expect the house to be back to ‘normal’ with pandemonium and silly guffaw with Drama Queen…
Our Saturday – 9 Sept 2017
Breakfast this morning was with Cass alone again. The mil was feeling a tad dizzy, thus stayed home. The hubs left for work at the client’s function early in the morning. The 2 older girls just wanted to stay longer in bed as it’s been months since they last got their Saturday off from school.…
Walk Faster!
I was flipping through The Sun papers today and saw this very interesting article. My habitual way of walking fast involuntarily is beneficial to my heart and can be life-saving! Read the article: So it’s proven. Research studies have confirmed that people who walk faster have healthier hearts than their slow-walking counterparts. I also observe…
How To Become A More Beautiful Mom
Oftentimes, mothers get so caught up in the hard work of raising children that they neglect their physical appearance. This is a dangerous road to go down because it can compromise self-esteem. To get your beauty back so that you can maintain the level of confidence necessary to enjoy life fully, use some or all…
Selecting the Medical Options that Align with Your Healthcare Needs
Your healthcare needs may change as you get older. When you are younger, you may only need to undergo a routine physical and blood work every year. As you get older, however, you might need to start seeing specialists who can treat conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. When you have moved…
My Wednesday – 6 Sept 2017
After a good 40-minute brisk walking and jogging this morning, I ‘worked out’ for another 2.5 hours at Mid Valley Megamall. That’s another 200+ calories burned, indulging in my favorite past time. I could have burned more calories as I have a habit of walking briskly whenever I go shopping. In fact, brisk walking is…
Deodorizing A Stinky Oven With Used Tea Leaves
I learnt a trick from the mil on how to deodorize the oven in the cheapest, fastest and efficient way. She used to put a halved used (squeezed) lemon into the oven and turn on oven at low heat for about 15 minutes to deodorize the oven after baking fish. Now she has switched from…
Food Pictures During The Holidays
On Wednesday, we waited for almost half an hour to get a table and then sweated buckets under the hot noon sun at the O&S Restaurant @ Paramount Garden, PJ (hawkers’ centre): Perpetual long queue at the chee cheong fun and yong tau foo stall… Assam laksa with extra fish… Famous yong tau foo with prawn…