Author: Shireen

I’m a 50+ mum of three grown daughters, now back in my beautiful hometown of Ipoh and slowly rebuilding a quieter, gentler life. After years between Ipoh and KL, I’ve returned to my roots to spend time with my parents in their 80s, my soul-healing cat, and the simple things that matter most. I blog and vlog about family life, home cooking, Ipoh food finds, and everyday moments that make this season of life meaningful. I do product reviews and accept sponsored posts on my blogs. I hope you'll enjoy reading my blog as much as I enjoy sharing my day-to-day adventures and mostly boring ranting :P Thanks for being here. 💛

It’s Getting Real

Posted on May 29, 2017May 29, 2017 by Shireen

Two more hours to go and I’ll be wheeled to the OT. As the time is approaching, my heart beats faster and faster! The rumblings of my tummy to retaliate hunger compound matters. I only had 3 slices of white bread with strawberry jam, 2 packets of Izumio and 1 cup of Milo at 6:30…

Pre-Admission In Hospital – 28 May 2017

Posted on May 28, 2017May 28, 2017 by Shireen

I was up at 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning today. I have been overwhelmed by anxiousness since yesterday as today is my pre-admission to the hospital for a laproscopic myomectomy surgery scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. The reason why I needed to be at the hospital so early is to do a blood test. Should…

TGIF

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Shireen

As I got into the elevator just a moment ago, I greeted a young mum with 2 young daughters. They live on a few floors above me. We always bump into each other but never had the chance to chat. Today I commented how pretty her little girl’s princess gown was. She then opened up….

Healthy Meals Before Surgery

Posted on May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 by Shireen

Four more days to go before the long awaited day! Bring it on! These days, I am very careful with what I put into my mouth. I make sure that what goes into my body is not ‘tuk‘ (poisonous in Cantonese) and is low in sugar. I try to eat more iron-rich foods, more fruits…

My Tuesday – 23 May 2017

Posted on May 23, 2017May 24, 2017 by Shireen

Five more days to go before I go under the knife. The clock is ticking away…. This will be my fourth surgery, of which three were C-section deliveries and one was a laproscopic ovarian drilling. The laproscopic myomectomy surgery that I am scheduled to go through will be performed at the same hospital that I…

Sports Day Saturday – 20 May 2017

Posted on May 20, 2017May 20, 2017 by Shireen

I was up by 5 a.m. on a glorious Saturday morning today. It was raining and chilly. I was dying to hop back onto my glorious and inviting bed and sleep till the sun comes out but hard luck. I had to get the laundry done, wake the girls up, put some food on the…

Down Memory Lane

Posted on May 17, 2017May 18, 2017 by Shireen

When my brothers and I were small, our favorite past time activities were playing badminton, climbing guava trees, catching tadpoles in rain water filled drains, cycling for miles everyday, playing card games with our neighborhood kids, flying kites, playing marbles, ‘congkak’ and much, much more. I remember plucking flowers grown at the compound of some random houses…

Mother’s Day – 14 May 2017

Posted on May 16, 2017May 18, 2017 by Shireen

On our Mother’s Day Sunday, hubs dropped Drama Queen and me at UTC Pudu to collect our ICs. I had brought Drama Queen to UTC the day before to have her IC done while I had mine changed with a new address. I thought that I had to wait at least half an hour, considering…

Our Saturday Spent At JPN @ UTC Pudu For IC Application

Posted on May 14, 2017May 15, 2017 by Shireen

Today I decided to bring Drama Queen to UTC Pudu to get her IC done. It’s been almost 3 months since her 12th birthday and both hubs and I have been too caught up with work respectively that we could not squeeze out some time to bring the girl to get her IC done. Plus…

Cheddar Cheese On Toast

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Shireen

Today’s lunch for Drama Queen and Cass was takeout Mee Siam from our favorite cafe. Cass was super hungry today. When she alighted from the school van, she grumbled “mum, I am SO hungry. My stomach is SO pain and growling. I am going to die from hunger!” The moment she got into the house,…

Our Saturday – 6 May 2017

Posted on May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 by Shireen

I spent half my Saturday shopping with my baby girl, just her and me. Both Alycia and Drama Queen were in school. The mil was in Ipoh and the hubs had to work. Before we left for Mid Valley Megamall, we had breakkie at a neighborhood cafe, tucking into our favorite best-in-the-world Mee Siam and…

Random Matters – 5 May 2017

Posted on May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 by Shireen

Today marks the 8th anniversary of my 3-week nightmarish stay at GMC Penang with Cass. She went in for a Uretheral Reimplantation surgery on 5 May 20o9. Something awfully awry happened during the surgery. There was a complication and she was operated on 2 weeks later, after many X-rays, ultrasound scans, a CT-Scan and a…

Bonding With My Eldest

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Shireen

Every Friday, I have a one-to-one little jaunt with my eldest daughter. After Math tuition, I would drive her to the night market. She loves walking the night market to grab her favorite snacks. We would munch on snacks whilst strolling the road and stop by her favorite stalls which is a very delightful past…

Our Sunday – 30 April 2017

Posted on April 30, 2017April 30, 2017 by Shireen

The girls got up very early today to soak in some glorious morning sun and sweat it out at the park this morning. Lately, Cass and I are into sun gazing. I actually feel much more energetic after gazing briefly at the morning sun and soaking in the sun’s energy every morning. Go Google sun…

Random Matters

Posted on April 28, 2017April 29, 2017 by Shireen

A big thank you to all those who messaged me privately and to Chris for letting me know that you can view the latest picture in my blog. You girls rock!? ? I’m hoping that the pictures uploaded on Imgur will appear in my blogs permanently. The problem with pictures uploaded on Facebook is that they…

Testing Image Post

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Shireen

Can you view this pic? I am trying out a new platform called Imgur to upload my pix as Facebook is totally unreliable. All my pix uploaded on Facebook from 2015 through Feb 2017 are not appearing in all my blogs 🙁 Let me know if you can view this pic. Thanks peeps! No. of…

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