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. 💛

Our Sunday – 27 March 2011

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Shireen

Today is another quiet but fun Sunday for us. My hubs left the house at 4:30am for Ipoh to perform Ching Ming rites to his late grandparents and late dad. It was a day-trip for him and he had just returned to KL. In the morning, I brought the girls for jungle walk round the…

Savings For My Girls

Posted on March 25, 2011March 25, 2011 by Shireen

2 weeks after CNY ended, we removed the cash from all the ang pow packets that the girls had collected to have them banked into their Savings Accounts. Daddy in full concentration counting the cash while Baby in full concentration looks on in awe… The girls collected about RM500+ each and we topped up another…

Money Into The Bin!

Posted on March 22, 2011March 23, 2011 by Shireen

There is a big toyogo box in the storeroom which I have been keeping Sherilyn’s unused XXL diapers ever since she stopped wearing diapers to sleep at night over a year ago. The other day, I decided to use them on Baby but upon taking a closer look, I saw yellowish brownish stains all over…

The Price To Pay For Something He Loves

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Shireen

My hubs is a die-hard basketball nut. Through playing this game, he has suffered injuries on every part of his body, from head to toe. Consequently, he had spent and is still spending money getting physiotherapy to ease the pain and aches on his body. I always ask my hubs why he is still so…

Our Weekend Getaway At Westin Hotel KL

Posted on March 20, 2011March 20, 2011 by Shireen

We spent our weekend, which marked the end of the 1st term school break at Westin Hotel KL. We paid an additional RM100++ to upgrade our rooms to the Executive Floor so that we could enjoy free dining 3x a day at the Executive Lounge. We booked 2 rooms – 1 room for the mil,…

Kids Say The Darndest Things – Part 2

Posted on March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 by Shireen

Today while we were in the bathroom taking our shower together again, I asked Baby yet again what she’s going to give me for my birthday. Yesterday she told me that she will buy me a water tumbler. Today, she told me that she will buy me a handkerchief so that I could wipe my…

Kids Say The Darndest Things

Posted on March 16, 2011March 17, 2011 by Shireen

Baby and I take our shower together everyday. While drying her up after the shower just now, this was our conversation: Me – Baby, it’s mummy’s birthday very soon. What are you going to give mummy? Baby – a surprise! Flowers… party packs… Me – oh really?? And what else? Are you going to buy…

New Express Spring 2011 Swim Collection

Posted on March 14, 2011April 13, 2011 by Shireen

New Express Spring 2011 Swim Collection
Alycia’s first term was finally over yesterday. Both Alycia and I could feel a heavy burden taken off our shoulders yesterday evening. I promised the girls that I would bring them swimming during the school holidays. So I dug out my 2-piece swimsuit last night and tried it on but the top looked too loose on me. My friend who came to help me with my stock check yesterday commented that I had lost weight. Now, that’s something to rejoice about and I definitely want to get myself a new swimsuit that fits my body perfectly!
While checking out online stores for women’s swimwear, I came across Express, an online store that carries a wide range of trendy clothing for both women and men. I really love the NEW Spring swimwear at Express. There are so many choices of chic and sexy designs ranging from bikinis to halter neck, dress-like swimwear and 2-piece body loving swimwear. My favorite is this black Rhinestone Tankini. It is really alluring and I like the top that can cover part of my jelly belly 😀

PICTURE OF BLACK RHINESTONE TANKINI

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Who Should Have The Right?

Posted on March 13, 2011March 13, 2011 by Shireen

I had witnessed this scene at the gym of my condo several times. First scenario. The man was working out in the gym and he was the first to step inside the gym in the morning, followed by me. He switched on the air-conditioner as he prefers a cold room when he works out. I…

Busy Week

Posted on March 11, 2011March 11, 2011 by Shireen

This week has been an extremely busy week for me. It’s Alycia’s first term exam week. Sherilyn has her spelling, ejaan and ting xie as usual. And business has been pretty good for me for the past 2 weeks. I have been waking up at 5:30am everyday for the past 5 days so that I…

My Tough Little Cookie

Posted on March 9, 2011March 9, 2011 by Shireen

As the day for Baby to do a post surgery MAG 3 scan is drawing nearer, I am getting more anxious. I have started once again to prepare her mentally for the procedure and to remove any fear that is in her as the procedure will be a traumatizing and painful one (painful when the…

Our Sunday

Posted on March 7, 2011March 7, 2011 by Shireen

It was a revision day for Alycia yesterday as she will be sitting for her exam starting today for a week. As usual, we did some last minute revision. In the afternoon, we went to Xenri @ Wisma Elken to have Japanese buffet lunch. The lunch was to celebrate the birthday of our good friend,…

Baby’s Latest Jig Saw Puzzle Fixing Prowess

Posted on March 5, 2011March 5, 2011 by Shireen

Being the 1st child, I spent the most time reading and playing with Alycia when she was a baby. Next was Sherilyn. I spent the least time reading and playing with Baby. Because of her medical condition since birth until she was 15 months old (after the surgeries to fix her problem), we spent a…

A Mother’s Perpetual Worries

Posted on March 3, 2011March 4, 2011 by Shireen

Though it’s been more than a year Alycia is taking paid private transport to and from school, I will still start to miss her and worry about her each time she gets into the van in the morning, when the skies are still dark. I worry about her a lot and will say a prayer…

The Downside Of Hiring A Transporter

Posted on March 1, 2011March 1, 2011 by Shireen

Remember my post last month about the van driver who left Alycia behind in school and I thought she was kidnapped? Another drama happened in the van today.When Alycia came back from school today, she announced this to me “mummy, today Adrian vomited on me. He vomited on my clothes!” I quickly asked…

Yummy Home-cooked Dishes

Posted on February 27, 2011February 27, 2011 by Shireen

For those of you who are deprived of home-cooked dishes, sorry if I made you drool and your tummy rumble with these dishes that my mil and hubs’ aunt cooked: ‘Jai’ (vegetarian dish). I can survive on nothing but this dish for a day or two. Just love all the ingredients used to cook this…

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