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. 💛

Early Shopping For Cass

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Shireen

Yesterday we went to Mid Valley Megamall for dinner and then brought Cass to shop for her school uniform and school shoes! Yup I know I am a tad early but if I do not shop for the new school stuff now, I am afraid that we won’t have much time. At the start of…

HFM Resuscitated and Alive Again!

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Shireen

I hope you are just as happy and thrilled as I am that you can finally see white and not red in this blog! Finally…. after 3 days! Though it is only 3 days, it felt like 3 months to me! I was on tenterhooks for the period my blogs were dead, feeling…

HFM’s Back But Still Not Out Of The Woods Yet!

Posted on November 13, 2014November 14, 2014 by Shireen

Hey peeps, Health Freak Mommy is back after being in the pits for 2 days! But she is not 100% out of the woods yet. My domain host has already cleaned my blogs of virus. So the blogs are safe to visit now. However, my site is still flagged by Google as my host…

Chilli Espresso At Nexus, Bangsar South

Posted on November 10, 2014November 11, 2014 by Shireen

The foodie hubs brought us to Nexus @ Bangsar South to hunt for something new and nice for lunch yesterday. It was our first time at Nexus. We walked up and down Nexus to see what would excite the man’s taste bud. Finally he settled for Chilli Espresso for some local delights. He scored again…

Mousse Treat From My Celebrity Chef Wannabe

Posted on November 8, 2014November 8, 2014 by Shireen

My drama queen, also the celebrity chef wannabe fixed me something cool on a wet and cool morning today! When you see posts like this one, you’ll know that only the drama queen will fix me a meal. I can never expect this to come from the older girl but can expect something like this…

Nuts Over Coconut Milk And Everything Coconut

Posted on November 7, 2014November 7, 2014 by Shireen

Did I mention before that I have this craze over santan (coconut milk) and everything coconut? I love to eat santan in all forms. I drink it neat, as in how I would drink regular cow’s milk. I love to add santan into our rice. I love it in tong sui (sweet soup) and absolutely…

Cakes vs Biscuits

Posted on November 6, 2014November 7, 2014 by Shireen

Swiss roll cake vs chocolate chip walnut cookies. Which one is more of the junkie, in your opinion? To my soon-to-be 11-year old, she tells me that cake is not categorized as junk food but cookies and biscuits are. Apparently, her teacher told the class that cakes can be brought to the children’s day party…

Manic Monday – 3 November 2014

Posted on November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 by Shireen

My Monday today started off really really bad in the morning. I almost burnt down the kitchen while reheating some pizzas for the drama queen in the toaster, I kid you not!! It was the first time that I saw a mini inferno in the kitchen!! I shall write about this in my other blog…

FrogAsia – A one-stop shop for all your educational needs

Posted on November 3, 2014November 3, 2014 by Shireen

Hear ye hear ye everyone with primary and secondary school kids in Malaysia’s public schools! Your kid(s) may have already told you about this educational website but if they or you have not already known yet, let me introduce you to FrogAsia. FrogAsia, a YTL company, is the first company in the world to connect…

Cute Wooden Animal Alphabets

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Shireen

Another surprise parcel awaited Cass when she got home from school yesterday! When she ripped the parcel bag apart, she found three stacks of wooden alphabets. I helped her to unwrap the stacks of alphabets. While doing it, we were both guessing wildly what to do with the wooden alphabets. They are similar to…

Breaded Grilled Boneless Chicken Thighs

Posted on October 31, 2014November 1, 2014 by Shireen

I have been wanting to try grilling breaded boneless chicken thighs for the longest time and finally tried them last week. I googled around to get an idea of how to prepare this dish and then adapted the recipes that I found online to my kids’ liking and to the availability of my ingredients. For…

Halloween-ify Your Photos

Posted on October 30, 2014October 30, 2014 by Shireen

Just want to share with you a new photo function launched by Google Plus a few days ago. Halloween is coming up and you might not feel up to slathering your face with makeup, fake blood, and whatever else comes with Halloween costumes these days. Now you don’t have to because Google has a new…

Cheat Pizza With Wendy’s Fried Chicken

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Shireen

Hubs bought a box of Wendy’s fried chicken home on Sunday night. The RM10.99 for 6 pieces fried chicken is an on-going promotion at Wendy’s. But the girls and I had already eaten our dinner. So I refrigerated the fried chicken. The next day, I gave the fried chicken a make-over and dished up a…

Happening Weekend – Cousin’s Wedding & Parents’ Wedding Anniversary

Posted on October 27, 2014October 27, 2014 by Shireen

Our weekend was one of happening, spent with my family. My parents came from Ipoh on Friday. My eldest brother and his family came from Singapore the next day. The purpose of this grand reunion of sort was to celebrate my cousin, Nic’s wedding. The Yong family had not had a wedding for yonks already. …

First ABL Match For The Girls

Posted on October 25, 2014October 26, 2014 by Shireen

After dinner with my parents last night, the hubby dragged everyone along to the MABA stadium to watch an ABL (Asean Basketball League) match between Malaysia Dragons and Vietnam. It was the girls and my parents’ first time watching a life basketball match. The hubs had on hand some VIP tickets, thus dragged everyone along….

Crispy Beef Taco

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Shireen

Alycia had been bugging me to get some taco shells ever since she saw a taco recipe at her daddy’s Flavors magazine. Taco shells are not as common as pasta, spaghetti or tortilla chips where you can easily get them from mini marts and supermarkets. They can only be found at places like Jaya Grocer…

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