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. 💛

My 3YO Samseng

Posted on September 12, 2011September 12, 2011 by Shireen

Funny conversations with Cassandra: I like to carry Baby, though she is already 3years 5 months. As I lifted her and carried her on my hip yesterday….. Me – baby, I love to carry you. You are so skinny and I can still carry you like a little puppy. Next year when you are 4…

Restaurant Pin Xiang Seafood, Chicken Rice & Noodle House @ Aman Suria

Posted on September 11, 2011September 11, 2011 by Shireen

Last Saturday, my good blogger pals, their families and my family had dinner at my good friend, Alan Yun’s restaurant at Aman Suria. Alan Yun is a local celebrity. He started off as a humble model, and is now an actor, restaurateur and entrepreneur. And he still is humble and a very nice guy! We…

You Burp Like A Pig!

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Shireen

Another post to pen down in this eJournal for my girls. Last night after a dinner of pork chops, I let out a satisfied burp and had forgotten to say “excuse me”. After the burp, I knew I was in for trouble. I knew that criticisms will be flying from all directions of the dining…

Homemade Golden Fried Drummets

Posted on September 8, 2011September 8, 2011 by Shireen

My girls love fried drummets, nuggets and fried chicken. While shopping for groceries at Bangsar Village, I saw some raw chicken drummets at the frozen meat section. I hardly see raw chicken drummets at the frozen meat section at the supermarkets that I normally frequent, so I was really excited and got 2 packs. But…

More Angry Birds Loot

Posted on September 6, 2011September 6, 2011 by Shireen

One reason why I don’t like to go to the Pasar Malam with my hubs or to any shopping mall for that matter is because the 2 older girls will take advantage of their daddy’s softie heart. They would surely ask him to buy them stuff – just about any stuff and the ever yes-man…

Tokyo Street @ Pavillion, KL

Posted on September 3, 2011September 2, 2011 by Shireen

We spent the day at Pavillion KL yesterday. After lunch at Duck King Pavillion (I find the food there very pricey, albeit tasty), we spent a couple of hours shopping at Daiso and buying Japanese snacks like Japanese Nama Roll (owned by The Loaf) and Kindori Japanese ice cream. My 3 angels – look lovely…

Environmentally Conscious 3YO Girl

Posted on September 2, 2011September 15, 2011 by Shireen

My 3YO daughter who makes me proud. She never fails to leave empty milk boxes, Vitagen bottles, plastic punnet after finishing her cherry tomatoes and empty shampoo bottles into the bag for recycling empty bottles in the wet kitchen. And I better not let her see me throw papers away with a clean reverse side,…

Bestest Che Che in the WWW

Posted on September 1, 2011September 1, 2011 by Shireen

When I saw that Baby had dozed off on her favorite che che’s lap one night, I just had to snap a pic to capture the moment. It was such a heart-warming sight. I pray that my 3 girls will be the bestest of friends forever. No prize for guessing whose lazy leg was on…

Our Sunday – 28 August 2011

Posted on August 28, 2011August 28, 2011 by Shireen

The roads in KL and PJ were pretty smooth today as many KL folks had already left this crazily busy and hectic city for their hometowns for the long Raya holidays. We too will be saying good bye to KL tomorrow and heading back to Ipoh to my parents. It’s been over 9 months since…

Purple sweet potatoes for dinner

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Shireen

I had forgotten that there was still a bag of purple sweet potatoes that I had bought from the night market. When my maid reminded me about it about a month later, I told her that we had to finish off the sweet potatoes that night itself, lest they rot in no time. So that…

Learning To Write From The iPad2

Posted on August 25, 2011August 25, 2011 by Shireen

I used to spend a fortune on those alphabet and numbers tracing books for my girls. Baby has been learning how to write lately and has keen interest too. But this stingy mum does not want to spend so much money on those tracing books as sometimes she will get bored with the books and…

Angry Bird Craze Girls

Posted on August 24, 2011August 24, 2011 by Shireen

No thanks to the popular Angry Birds online game, my 3 girls are loyal fan-see of the ugly birds with heavy frown. Almost every kid I see on the streets are crazy over ABs. The other day, while I was paying for ABs lanterns, I saw a little boy about 2-3YO, wearing ABs clothes. He…

Dad’s Birthday Dinner At Unique Seafood Restaurant

Posted on August 21, 2011August 21, 2011 by Shireen

My parents and brother and SIL from Singapore were in KL over the weekends to celebrate my dad’s birthday. This year, we celebrated his birthday at Unique Seafood Restaurant in PJ again and we were allocated the same room again as last year! Our group photo was taken on the same couch with the exact…

Instant Noodles With Fish Soup

Posted on August 18, 2011August 17, 2011 by Shireen

The forbidden fruit is always so juicy and tasty even though you do not really like it. My girls are absolutely crazy over maggie mee, which is their version of instant noodles. That’s because I hardly ever allow them to eat. Each time they see kakak or daddy slurping salty and spicy maggie mee from…

My Environment-Conscious 3-YO Girl

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Shireen

Baby is by far the most environment-conscious 3-YO girl I have ever met. She reminds her 2 sisters, kakak and me each time we forget to put empty bottles and boxes into the bags meant for recyclable items, in our wet kitchen. After drinking her packet milk and Vitagen, she will bring the empty box…

Monster Is Here!

Posted on August 16, 2011August 16, 2011 by Shireen

I am so excited! Tomorrow I can plug in the coolest in-ear Lady Gaga earphones by Monster into my Blackberry and enjoy my favorite songs when I work out in the gym. I have always found it a tad boring to work out in our gym that has no piped in music or radio. Now,…

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