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. 💛

Personal Injury Lawyer

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Shireen

On the third day of Chinese New Year, I read with dismay about the tourist from China who was injured at a popular beach in Penang when a water jet ski rammed into her. 2 foreigners who were riding on the jet skis collided their vehicles and the jet skis crashed onto her. Her legs…

The Han Room @ Gardens, Mid Valley, KL

Posted on February 6, 2011February 6, 2011 by Shireen

One of the newest ventures by the Oriental Group of Restaurants is the Han Room at Gardens, Mid Valley KL. We went there on the eve of the Eve of CNY early this week. Though it was a week day, the restaurant was almost fully booked. For appetizer, we were served a plate of flavorful…

What A Way To Do Her Subtraction!

Posted on February 5, 2011February 5, 2011 by Shireen

That’s how Sherilyn did her Kumon subtraction sums. Instead of working on and finishing the sums one by one, she worked on the left part of all the sums first, then tackled the right part. And that’s how she does her writing homework too. I had to whack her to stop her from doing it…

Tabasco Original Red, Simply The Best

Posted on February 5, 2011February 6, 2011 by Shireen

Tabasco Original Red, Simply The Best

One of the sauces that is always available in our refrigerator is TABASCO® Original Red. I love Tabasco sauce on my steaks, on my BBQ chicken wings, on my scrambled eggs, on my fresh oysters and on my pizzas. What I like most about Tabasco is that it is naturally made with only three ingredients : fully aged red peppers, Avery Island salt and high quality distilled vinegar with no added gum, coloring or flavoring. Tabasco sauce is one of the oldest and most reputable chili sauces in the world, having been around since 1868!
TABASCO® Original Red is “So Much More Than Hot.” Whenever we have pizzas, I always ensure that my slice has a few dashes of Tabasco sauce, which makes every bite of it Pizza Perfected. My hubby loves gulping down his bowl of raw oysters with Tabasco sauce and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Tabasco unlocks the flavor of our favorite food so that we can relish on it even more.
If you are a fan of Tabasco sauce too, you really have to check out the Game-Day Party Menu for some simple ideas and recipes that uses Tabasco sauce, which I’ll bet everyone will love. It’s the football season now and the Super Bowl is just around the corner. Many of you are now excited and are planning to bring some snacks to nibble on as you watch the games. I think getting some pizzas to munch would be a great game day tradition. Don’t forget to stock up your kitchen with a few bottles of TABASCO® Original Red sauce to drizzle on your pizzas!

Our 1st Day Of The Year Of The Rabbit

Posted on February 3, 2011February 3, 2011 by Shireen

We greeted the year of the Rabbit by watching several spectacular fireworks displays let out from the KLCC area and Le Meridien Hotel area from the 5th floor of our condo unit at 12 midnight. Baby who was asleep was jolted up from her sleep by the continuous thunderous noise from the fireworks and crying….

Our Eve Of The Year Of The Rabbit

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

I think no one would be able to guess where I went to today, on the Eve of the Chinese New Year. Hubs brought me for a foot reflexology! He had gone to this acu-pressure centre at Jalan Imbi a few days ago on recommendation of his close friend. Yesterday, he brought my mil there…

Our Saturday – A Hectic Morning And Bloggers’ Gathering

Posted on January 30, 2011January 30, 2011 by Shireen

Yesterday was a hectic day for me. In the morning, I had called the Pos Laju postman to come and collect my customers’ parcels and the postman turned up really early yesterday. I was busy packing the bag to go out when the intercom phone rang. The guard told me that the postman was downstairs….

2012 End Of The World?

Posted on January 28, 2011January 28, 2011 by Shireen

For the past few days, Alycia has been worried sick. One of her classmates told her that there will be a huge earthquake in the year 2012 (next year) that will eat up the world. She asked me if it’s true. She told me that her classmate was told by her mum of this. I…

Bad Case Of Being Stung By Cili Padi

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Shireen

Baby was weaned off my breasts about a month ago. But she had a relapse of the boobies! Though she no longer needed the boobs to help her fall asleep at night, funnily she still needed them to lull her to sleep in the afternoon. Then the addiction started to intensify and she would climb…

Levain Boulangerie and Patisserie, Jalan Delima, KL

Posted on January 24, 2011January 24, 2011 by Shireen

Hubs came home on Saturday and gave us 2 boxes of surprises for tea time. He had bought some pastries from the famed Levain Boulangerie and Patisserie at Jalan Delima in KL. The moment the box was opened, my 3 famished pups attacked the pastries. Sherilyn who was still in her ballet costume charged the…

Magnificent Fish And Chips Bar, Changkat Bukit Bintang, KL

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Shireen

This is a back-dated post. I had forgotten all about this magnificent place that we went to in November last year until today when we were at Levain for breakfast (Levain – this place serves magnificent pastries and I shall blog about this later) and hubs mentioned Magnificent Fish And Chips. I went “oh sh*t,…

Our First Loh Sang and Pre CNY Dinner

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

Last night a few friends came and after doing our marketing at the pasar malam, we went to Lap Ming Kuan restaurant to have a pre CNY dinner. This fairly new Chinese restaurant is located at Taman Desa and serves very tasty Chinese food. Our very first loh sang for CNY 2011… We had all…

I Don’t Want To Get Married When I Grow Up

Posted on January 21, 2011January 20, 2011 by Shireen

Yesterday I overhead this conversation between Sherilyn and Alycia. They were watching Gifted Hands on Astro and the series was about a group of surgeons trying to separate a pair of Siamese twins fused at the head. Sher – I don’t want to get married when I grow up… Alycia – me too… Sher –…

Things That Occupy Her

Posted on January 20, 2011January 20, 2011 by Shireen

Whenever I am busy with work, Baby will play on her own if her 2 sisters are at school. Some of the things that will keep her occupied are punching papers with a paper puncher, doodling, playing Lego blocks or she will simply climb up to the top of the couch and then slide down…

Lil’ Missy Set To Be In The Vanity Industry

Posted on January 19, 2011January 21, 2011 by Shireen

Sherilyn my lil’ missy is so determined to be in the beauty line that she has been telling me that she wants to be a hairdresser or a make-up artist in future. Oh, she also told me that she wants to take part in competitions like the American Idol as she loves singing and dancing….

Artsy Crafty Ways To Avoid Doing Homework And Math

Posted on January 18, 2011January 18, 2011 by Shireen

When it comes to completing her homework or doing Math that I have set for her, Rascal #2 will find 101 ways to evade doing them. She will say that she’s thirsty and wants a drink, she wants to pee, to poo, say that her eyes are tired, her hands are tired or she will…

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