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. 💛

Final Exams Are Over!

Posted on October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 by Shireen

FINALLY the day that all the exams for year 2016 are over and done with is here today. For all 3 girls. Can you feel my relief? Can you? 😀 😀 If you are a parent with school-going kids, I am sure you’ll feel me deeply. I have not planned out what to do with…

Stroke and Heart Attack

Posted on October 20, 2016June 7, 2017 by Shireen

I get heart flutters or heart palpitations whenever I get very angry. My heart flutters also increase in frequency if I do not get enough sleep and have been stressed out. I always tell my kids not to irate me too much, lest they see me collapse right in front of their eyes due to…

Award-Winning Dawdler

Posted on October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 by Shireen

Someone just spoilt my afternoon and I am still burning with anger! Just a moment ago, I received a call from a sales staff from a bank trying to sell a product to me. I wasn’t interested and I told him straight. Then he said that he won’t take long and just wanted to give…

Random Matters (Exam Week)

Posted on October 19, 2016October 21, 2016 by Shireen

Yours truly has been as busy as a worker bee the past one week. I’ve been busy with work, busy with revising with Cass the dawdler and busy with whipping up wholesome dishes for the girls in their exam week to tank up their bodies with nutrients to help them fight well in the battlefield….

Exam Fever

Posted on October 15, 2016October 16, 2016 by Shireen

Today is finally the end of Alycia’s final exam. It has been a tough one week for her with lots of last minute revising and only getting 4 hours of sleep each night. My constant nagging to the girls to revise daily has fallen on deaf ears and she prefers to do an eleventh hour…

Exercise And Eating Clean

Posted on October 13, 2016October 21, 2016 by Shireen

Before I share what I cooked again, I’d like to share with you some of my many accounts in my Journey To Fitness. Just in case my posts on food and nothing-to-shout-about dishes bore you to brink of death 😀 All food and no exercise spells trouble for your body and I kid you not. Exercise…

Monday Dinner – 10 Oct 2016

Posted on October 10, 2016October 11, 2016 by Shireen

Dishes on Mondays are normally kept simple and sweat-free. I keep them simple as I know I will most likely be bogged down with work after the weekend and Monday Blues. Today’s dinner consists of grilled chicken and grilled salmon head. I cranked up the oven and in went the 2 trays of meat. While…

Our Sunday – 9 Oct 2016

Posted on October 9, 2016October 9, 2016 by Shireen

Today is the eve of the big princess’ final exam whereas next Sunday will be Drama Queen and Cass’ turn. The heat of the exam fever is burning in the house! Hubs was still in Ipoh for a gathering with his former classmates, leaving just us girls at home on a Sunday. Just before we…

Curry Minced Pork And Baked Garoupa With Wholemeal Bread Crumbs

Posted on October 7, 2016October 19, 2017 by Shireen

Here’s the home-cooked dinner dished out with lotsa love from me for the girls yesterday 🙂 Kids-friendly curry minced pork with potatoes, tomatoes, coriander, onions and lots of curry leaves and kafir lime leaves. It is kids-friendly as the spiciness level is very mild. And it is free from bones. Pork used is Berkcious pork,…

ServisHero Your Online Service Hero

Posted on October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 by Shireen

So let’s say your air con breaks down. Who do you go to? In situations like this most of us usually turn to family and friends for help. I recently stumbled across a company that is trying to make this process more convenient. This company is called ServisHero. They call themselves a services marketplace. Basically…

No More Excuses! Get Fit Without Joining A Gym!

Posted on October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 by Shireen

Many of us think that fitness depends on our ability to own a gym membership. If you don’t join a gym, you can’t get fit, right? Wrong, there are so many ways to get fit without joining a gym. And, I’ve listed some of the most genius ideas down below: Start Running Running is an…

Smart TV Lessons From Drama Queen

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Shireen

Can you believe that ever since the hubs replaced our old TV with a WiFi-enabled smart TV one year ago, I still do not know how to turn it on? HA HA HA! Unbelievable right? Truth is, I have NO TIME to watch the TV. Am I the only work-from-home-mum of 3 kids who is…

Awal Muharram Holiday – 3 Oct 2016

Posted on October 4, 2016September 18, 2017 by Shireen

One of the best things to happen on a weekday is to have Monday off – off goes all our Monday blues 🙂 And we had just that yesterday. It was such a LUXURY to sleep in on a Monday morning of a school-going week. Total bliss. We spent our holiday at Avenue K. It’s…

My Sunday – 2 Oct 2016 (Stung By Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen Song!)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Shireen

Hubs had worked late the previous night, thus wasn’t in the bubbly mood to bring us out of the neighborhood to join him in his Sunday “jalan-jalan cari makan” spin. Instead, we had Japanese at the restaurant at our condo. After lunch, we dropped off the big girl at the hair salon for…

Bribing My Kids

Posted on October 1, 2016October 1, 2016 by Shireen

Today I bribed the small brat. Cute as a button and can melt my heart when she is in her angelic mode, this brat can be a little monster when she is switched to devilish mode, spewing out the molten lava from my within through my nose, mouth, ears and all outlets in my body. Though…

My Healthy Colorful Dishes

Posted on September 30, 2016October 19, 2017 by Shireen

I love colors – bright, neon and happy colors. They make me happy. Naturally, I love colorful food too, natural colors that is. Most of my dishes are colorful, consisting of red, orange, green and yellow. I love adding tomatoes, carrots, sweet corn kernel, scallions, kafir lime leaves and loads of garlic and onions into my…

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