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. 💛

Ham Yoke Joong from New Shanghai Restaurant @ Pavillion KL

Posted on June 9, 2012June 10, 2012 by Shireen

This is by far the most expensive ham yoke joong aka bak chang (glutinous rice dumpling) that I have ever bought and it cost a whopping RM25 each, exclusive of service tax! I bought 2 pieces – 1 for Paik Ling who was visiting me and 1 for us to try. While it tasted pretty…

Koncis Garlic Press from Ikea

Posted on June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 by Shireen

In my forthcoming shopping trip to Ikea, one of the items that is on my shopping list is a stainless steel Koncis Garlic Press. I love cooking but one of the things that turns me off big time is peeling and chopping garlic as I abhor the lingering pungent smell of garlic on my fingers! …

Thistle Port Dickson (2 – 4 June 2012)

Posted on June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 by Shireen

The weather was kind to the kids, in fact it was way too kind, showering us with a scorching sun and zero rain throughout our 3 days in Port Dickson. It was super hot (temp shot up to above 40 degrees Celsius for the past few days), humid and dry. The kids had way too…

Off To Port Dickson…

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Shireen

We are off today, to Port Dickson for a few days. There will be a huge entourage in this trip. 9 people will be seated in hubs’ 9-seater MPV. There are also 2 more families (our friends) in the entourage. We had wanted to go to Bangkok this school holidays but I told hubs I…

13th Anniversary of our ROM

Posted on May 30, 2012May 30, 2012 by Shireen

Hubs and I registered our marriage on 9 September 1999. 8 months later on 27 May 2000 we held the customary Chinese wedding ceremony and dinner. 12 years on, we celebrated our big day with 3 angels. I did not expect this forgetful man of mine to even remember the big day, let alone surprise…

Snap Pictures Your Way To Win A Free Swede Cooking Class by IKEA!

Posted on May 28, 2012May 28, 2012 by Shireen

I am super duper, uber excited! I have just been invited by Ikea to attend a free cooking class conducted by a Swedish team next week! That will be my very first cooking class and it came timely coz my mil will be leaving us again for Hong Kong for a month very soon. Without…

Hilarious Kids’ Talk – Plucking Mummy’s Armpit Hair

Posted on May 28, 2012May 28, 2012 by Shireen

This morning, my eldest begged me to allow her to help me put on nail polish on my toe nails. It was a bottle of new nail polish in marine aqua color, which I bought from Pavillion yesterday 😀 Alycia – mummy, can you give me RM1 after I have helped you put on the…

Nail Art… Mothers, Do You Have It?

Posted on May 27, 2012May 28, 2012 by Shireen

I am so, so, so tempted to have my nails manicured with personalized nail art BUT… 1) I prepare food for my kids everyday, 3x a day. What if the nail paint drops out bit by bit into the food? Imagine peeling an orange, cutting a slice of cake or spreading jam on a slice…

Our Teachers’ Day Gifts

Posted on May 25, 2012May 25, 2012 by Shireen

Years ago, I only needed to buy 1 gift during Teachers’ Day and it was only for Alycia’s teacher. Then when Sherilyn went to pre-school, I had to buy 2. Now that they are in primary school where Teachers’ Day is celebrated on a grander scale with a party and all that jazz, my 2…

Che Che Bit Me!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Shireen

Just a moment ago I heard a loud yell from Cass and then she started to bawl very loudly. I dashed into the bedroom and Cass was pointing her finger at Alycia. Cass – che che bit me!! Me – che che beat you or bit you? Cass – she bit me on my cheek…

Fetish On Erasers

Posted on May 22, 2012May 22, 2012 by Shireen

Guess whose work of art and creativity this was from…. I was fuming mad when I saw the vandalized eraser, with staple bullets all over it. All 3 rascals were highly suspicious but the person who did it was the least in my suspicion list. 2 weeks later, I saw another eraser with the same…

Our Sunday – 20 May 2012

Posted on May 20, 2012May 20, 2012 by Shireen

Though Alycia still has 2 more papers to sit for tomorrow, I nevertheless wanted her to enjoy her weekend after a stressful week-long of exam. We all woke up early and spent over an hour sweating it out at the park while getting our neglected dose of Vitamin D from the glorious morning sun. After…

My Little Social Butterfly’s Saturday

Posted on May 19, 2012May 19, 2012 by Shireen

As I am typing this, the clock shows 5 minutes to 10pm and my 7-YO daughter is still out having fun without her daddy and mummy. In fact, this girl has been out the whole afternoon and evening. She went for ballet class in the afternoon and now she is having a whale of a…

Exam’s Over, Welcome Holiday!

Posted on May 18, 2012May 19, 2012 by Shireen

Alycia and Sherilyn’s mid-term exam is finally over today! But for Alycia, she still has to sit for the Science and Math test papers in English language on Monday. I find this a tad ridiculous. The students have to study in dual language for Math and Science and sit for the exam twice (first in…

Throes of Motherhood… Bad Day (Part 2)

Posted on May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 by Shireen

The adage “when it rains it pours” holds so true. Yesterday was indeed bad all the way to way past mid night!! It felt like a big patch of dark cloud was hanging on us, with looming danger inside the patch of dark cloud, waiting to unleash onto us bit by bit. At about 8pm…

Throes of Motherhood… Bad Day

Posted on May 16, 2012May 16, 2012 by Shireen

First I received an email from my local supplier breaking the most dreaded news to me – that 10 lots of her kids clothes stock are not in the consignment. Either the overseas supplier had left them out or they were stolen. The consignment of stock has been delayed for 3 weeks now due to…

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