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. 💛

English For Standard 1

Posted on February 14, 2012March 30, 2012 by Shireen

I got a shock when I saw Sherilyn’s English homework from the Chinese primary school that she goes to. What has happened to the standard of English? How can it be so simple? I could not believe what I had seen. She had done all these when she was in her first two years of…

Giving Her The Benefit Of Doubt

Posted on February 13, 2012February 13, 2012 by Shireen

During the short CNY holiday, I bought new water tumblers for the girls. I change their water tumblers once every 2 months or whenever I see too many scratches or stains on the bottle. When I bought them, Alycia and Sherilyn were not together with me. They were at the book store with their daddy….

Alycia and Sherilyn’s First UCMAS Class In School

Posted on February 10, 2012February 10, 2012 by Shireen

I was waiting rather anxiously the whole of yesterday for their return from school. I could not wait to hear from them what they did in their first UCMAS class, how they liked the UCMAS teacher, did Alycia loose the money that I gave her for her to pass to the teacher and what they…

Never-ending List of Worries

Posted on February 9, 2012February 9, 2012 by Shireen

Yesterday was the first day that Alycia had to stay back after school for compulsory extra curricular activities. Ever since the incident last year where the van driver left her out in school and told me that she did not know where she was upon reaching our condo (GOSH, I almost fainted!!), I have this…

Casting A Spell On Her Che Che!

Posted on February 7, 2012February 7, 2012 by Shireen

Baby was bickering with her eldest che che over some trivial matters. When the squabble got out of hand, Baby took out her toy magic wand and ‘casted a spell’ on her che che like a witch… “Magic wand, TURN HER INTO A FROG NOW, TING!” and chanted this ‘spell’ several times until I burst…

To Have Or Not To Have A Maid?

Posted on February 5, 2012February 6, 2012 by Shireen

Our helper has followed my mil to the market early this morning. Over breakfast just now, I roped the 2 older girls to help out after breakfast. They helped to put back the jam and butter into the fridge, bring the dishes and cups to the sink to wash, wipe the table, sweep the floor…

Alycia’s Newest Obsession – One Piece!

Posted on February 1, 2012February 2, 2012 by Shireen

A few nights ago, my eldest was so happy that she could not sleep. Daddy came home and told her that he had gotten her a surprise, which is something that she likes very much. Today he gave the bag of surprise to Alycia, which is a bag of One Piece figurines bought from China…

Chinese New Year 2012

Posted on January 30, 2012January 30, 2012 by Shireen

It was yet another simple, uneventful yet happy CNY for us. Thankful for that. I have been reading a lot about freak accidents that happened during the CNY. It’s pretty depressing to read such news on a happy occasion. As long as my family is safe and everyone does not have any major health issues,…

Don’t Be A Lazy Bum!

Posted on January 28, 2012January 31, 2012 by Shireen

On normal days, I hardly have the time to sit in front of the TV or have the time to eat leisurely or do I have the time to do the things that I really like to do. Life for me is extremely hectic on normal days. My day starts at 5:45am and I can…

My January Shopping Spree at Ikea

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Shireen

My driver finally had the time to bring me to Ikea to claim my January cash reward last week, just 2 days before it expired. Making a trip to Ikea will now be a monthly affair for the next 11 months and I am loving it as I will get to add a new piece…

Our Eve of The New Water Dragon Year

Posted on January 23, 2012January 25, 2012 by Shireen

It was a breeze driving into Mid Valley City and it only took us under 5 minutes to get a nice parking space yesterday… for once! Many KL-ites had already left the city for their hometowns to celebrate CNY. This year we are staying put in KL again. We waited for almost 40 minutes just…

Throes of Motherhood…and stumped!

Posted on January 20, 2012January 20, 2012 by Shireen

A few days ago, I was stumped when Alycia said this to me the moment she sat down at the dining table to start eating her lunch. “mummy, can you please not say anything and let me eat in peace? Don’t say anything from now until after my nap ok?“ I asked her if I…

Mad Rush Over :)

Posted on January 18, 2012January 18, 2012 by Shireen

The past 1 month high business volume and mad rush to send out my customers’ orders have ended today eeeeeyay!! Today I finally have the time to sit with my baby girl and teach her how to make paper stars origami. You see, I have a glass jar of colorful paper stars origami which I…

Without Solid Food For Over 17 Hours!

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Shireen

On the 2nd day of school last week, I gave Alycia a few Ringgit for her to buy food from the canteen. But she left her purse in her bag inside the classroom after she left the classroom during recess. Her teacher had warned the pupils not to enter the classroom during recess time, so…

The ‘Dilly Dalliest’ Girl Ever!

Posted on January 12, 2012January 12, 2012 by Shireen

And the award has to go to my #2. I thought she would turn over a new leaf once she starts P1 this year but NO NO NO! On day 1 – 4 Jan 2012 she was fast. She jumped out from bed and finished everything quickly and was ready by 6:30am. After a few…

Ochada @ Tokyo Street, Pavillion KL

Posted on January 8, 2012January 8, 2012 by Shireen

I love milk tea, minus the pearls. Well actually I like to chew on the pearls, which are made of tapioca powder, which is nothing but carbs, which means it is a no-no for my waist line. I still go swimming with the girls in my tight fitting 2-pc swim wear so starchy pearls are…

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