FollowIt certainly doesn’t feel like Mother’s Day today. Ever since I became a mother 17 years ago, Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May revolved around going to some fancy restaurants or hotels for a luxurious Mother’s Day lunch, complete with cakes and gifts. Every single year, except in the year 2009. That was…
All posts in May 2020
MCO Day 53 ~ 9 May 2020 (Saturday)
My day didn’t start off too smoothly today. I’m utterly disappointed with someone but I shall not talk about the specifics here. The person may be reading this post or someone known to this person may be reading it and this post may get to this particular person somehow. The internet can be agathokakological – it…
MCO Day 51 ~ 7 May 2020 (Thursday)
Today is Wesak Day but Buddhists in our country and in most parts of the world have to celebrate quietly while sheltering at home. The photo below was taken on Wesak Day 11 years ago from the 5th floor of our hospital room in Penang. Cass, my helper and I were still camping at Gleneagles…
MCO Day 49 ~ 5 May 2020
Why Women Love Fake Eye Lashes
According to a study conducted by a psychologist at University of Winchester in New Hampshire in 2017, it was revealed that both the genders view the eyes as the most important facial feature. Gorgeous hair and lips are also important factors in the beauty stakes, while the nose was reported as one of the least…
MCO Day 47 ~ 3 May 2020 (Sunday)
I sacrificed my morning workout today to go groceries shopping with hubs. It’s a relief that the Government now allows two people from the same household to go shopping together. When we buy groceries, we buy a lot, enough to last us for several days. And that’s a heavy load to carry to the car, unload…
MCO Meals & Nasi Briyani From Catermate
Friday, 1 May 2020 Our Labor’s Day lunch, prepped by Sherilyn – stir-fried assortment of homemade pastas that she hand-made a few days ago with olive oil, garlic, fresh button mushrooms, bacon, lemon zest, lemon juice and black pepper. Dinner: oven-grilled salmon, sauteed organic long beans with minced meat and organic miso, steamed egg with…
MCO Day 45 & 46 ~ 1 & 2 May 2020 (Friday & Saturday)
Friday, 1 May 2020 I didn’t realize that today is Labor’s Day until I woke Alycia up at 7:30 a.m. as usual for her Monday – Friday online classes conducted by her high school teachers and she told me groggily that today is a public holiday. Oh well, it makes no difference whether it’s a…