FollowAfter half a year of glorious break (with 2 months working as a temporary teacher), Alycia will be starting college in a week’s time. This week will be her last week enjoying her absolute freedom lollygagging at home. Do you remember the time when you had nothing to worry about, no worry of school, college,…
All posts in August 2021
Remedies for Your Baby’s Constipation
My eldest child was an easy ‘pooper’ when she was a baby. She would poop several times in a day and was never once constipated in her life. However, when my second baby was born, her ‘plumbing’ patterns were different. She would only poop once in a few days. Once when she was about 3…
Baby Development: Everything You Need to Know About Weaning
Weaning is a natural part of a baby’s development which involves gradually introducing foods into your baby’s milk-based diet. However, weaning can be a challenging process for both you and your baby. Some mothers are excited about their newfound independence, while others worry about their baby not taking to solid foods. Remember that whatever you…
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Another Covid case has been reported to our condo Management office yesterday ?. But thankfully the infected resident has only mild symptoms and is now isolating at home. The number of Covid cases in our country has been dipping for the past 3 days. However, the numbers are still very high at over 19,000 cases…
Lifestyle Tips For Doctors
Few careers are rewarding as being a doctor. You get to make a positive difference to people’s health and lives each day; the work is varied and interesting, and you can make a great living working as a doctor with multiple career progression opportunities. However, while there are many perks to being a doctor, many…
Top Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Workouts
Whether you are an athlete training for a particular sport or if you like to hit the gym regularly to help you maintain an active and healthy lifestyle, it is important to remember that working out routinely takes a toll on your body. The degree to which that toll negatively impacts things is dependent on…
Thursday, 19 August 2021
Sherilyn’s cooking and baking mode is switched on at full speed today. These are what she churned out today: Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi) fried rice with cheese, chicken chop and eggs for lunch. She made the radish kimchi a few days ago. Korean honey sesame fried chicken for dinner. These are way better than KyoChon…
Are You a New Mom? Your Mental Health is Important
Having a new baby is one huge emotional rollercoaster. You can experience joy, frustration, and worry in a matter of minutes, which is all part and parcel of the challenges of bringing new life into the world. However, it is also common to experience the likes of severe anxiety and postpartum depression following birth, which…
Monday, 16 August 2021
Today I finally got out of our condo after self-quarantining for 12 days. I had two reasons to self-quarantine at home: Firstly I took my 2nd dose of AZ on 4th August. It typically takes 2 weeks after vaccination for the body to build protection (immunity) against the virus that causes COVID-19. That means it…
5 Treatments for Aged or Damaged Skin
A natural part of the aging process is the sagging, wrinkling, and spotting of our skin, but for some people, the effects can be more severe. This is particularly true for people who have damaged their skin through sun exposure, i.e., photoaging. This leads to deeper wrinkles, coarse, leathery, or dry skin, discoloration, and freckling…
Thursday, 12 August 2021
Sunday, 8 August 2021 ~ Random Updates
Covid-19 Situation At Our Condo A day after Maria was tested positive for Covid, her supervisor was also tested positive. Our condo’s management office arranged for KKM health workers to be dispatched to our condo to perform RT-PCR swab test on all the office staffers, guards and general workers. And the result: 3 guards and…
2nd Dose AstraZeneca Vaccine – Wednesday, 4 August 2021
My 2nd dose of AstraZeneca vaccine is done and dusted today. My appointment was supposed to be at 5.30pm and MIL’s at 7.30pm today. A staff from UM has been calling MIL’s phone the past few days but she thought they were scam calls and ignored them. Today she passed the phone to me and…