FollowMy parents were in KL over the weekend. My 75-year old papa drove from Ipoh. Praise Lord again for bringing them safely to KL and back to Ipoh. They were here for a double celebration: my cousin’s baby girl’s full moon party on Saturday and their 48th wedding anniversary celebration on Sunday. Mum received several…
All posts in October 2018
Getting Your Kids Excited About Sleep
Meet Up With Old Classmates
Sherilyn’s Get The Beat Regional Tour Dance Competition (Sunday, 21 Oct 2018)
My dancing queen and I spent the entire day at the dance competition on our Sunday yesterday. On the day of my dancing queen’s first solo dance competition, she started to have the sniffles. So did I. We both got bitten by Cass’ bugs which she picked up from school last week. Bummer! But she…
Saturday, 20 October 2018
Busy Evenings
The past three evenings have been super duper hectic for me. I’ve been training new part-time maids in between chauffeuring Alycia and Sherilyn back from school, to and fro tuition and dance classes, on top of revising with Cass who is sitting for her final exam this week. Dinners are normally at my work desk,…
Pre-Final Exam Weekend
On Friday, the mil cooked a big pot of pumpkin chicken porridge and a big pot of ‘tau kok lup’ (a dish consisting of long beans, carrots, pork, prawns, preserved radish; all diced) to go with the porridge before leaving KL for Ipoh to attend a wedding dinner. The hubs drove back to Ipoh the…
Cooking Is Her Passion
My #2 really loves baking and cooking. I can see it’s in her blood. It’s in the blood of the Yaps. Her dad, grandma (paternal and maternal), maternal grandfather, aunts, grand aunts and grand uncles (all from her dad’s side) love cooking and eating. Her grand uncle who is an accomplished heart surgeon in the UK…
The Diamond Earring
Cass has a tendency to stumble upon money and jewelry whenever we go out. Maybe she’s overly observant. Or maybe she naturally attracts wealth. *HOPEFULLY* 😉 A few years ago she found a RM50 note when we were at the BSC Shopping Centre car park. Months later, she found RM50 in school and gave the…
Tuesday Eats
My breakkie this morning was something pretty healthy ~ high in protein, high in fiber and almost zilch carbs. Leftover dinner from last night, eaten cold: organic long beans omelette, organic broccoli and red + yellow bell peppers. I only remembered to snap this photo half way through eating, thus what you see here is…