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. 💛

The Loaf and Citrus @ Bangsar Village, KL

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Shireen

We were all set to have lunch at The Loaf @ Bangsar Village last week but when we were there, there was a private function held at The Loaf. I heard the function was attended by some VVIPs and our Tun Dr M (does he own this bakery too? I know he co-owns the one…

Chin Han Guan Biscuit Shop, Ipoh

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Shireen

During our last trip in Ipoh, we brought the girls to the biscuit shop that I used to patronize with my mum decades ago. It’s the first time my girls visited a traditional biscuit specialty shop. I have not seen one in KL before. My favorite biscuits are these: peanut candies, sesame candies and square…

A Day Spent At Ikea

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Shireen

We spent the whole afternoon at Ikea. We first had lunch at their Cafe as the girls love Ikea’s chicken wings and pasta. When I was away in Ipoh last week, hubs repainted the house and painted the girls’ room pink, which my princess wannabe absolutely lurve! He also removed the old tables, shelf and…

JJ Cakes & Swissroll, Ipoh

Posted on December 14, 2010December 14, 2010 by Shireen

My trip to Penang and Ipoh this time round had been very fruitful. I managed to savor almost everything that was on my ‘to eat’ list, except for the hawkers’ food at Kwong Heng and House of Mirrors @ Ipoh Old Town. This time, we managed to drop by JJ Cakes and Swissroll and grabbed…

We Are Back In KL

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Shireen

We returned to KL yesterday. My dad drove us all home. After being away for more than a week, my work has piled mountain high and I really don’t know where to start! The feeling is all too familiar. Years ago when I was still employed, I used to dread going back to work after…

Miraku Japanese Restaurant @ G Hotel, Gurney Drive, Penang

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Shireen

On our first night in Penang, we had dinner at Miraku Japanese Restaurant at G Hotel, which was where we stayed at. We had Japs instead of Penang food as the skies looked gloomy and a heavy downpour was looming, so we thought that it would be safer to dine in instead of going out…

Accident Prone Cassandra

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Shireen

When Sherilyn was 1-3yo, she was very prone to accidents and gave me umpteen heart-stopping moments. Now, the jinx has moved to Baby, sigh…. and she’s very accident prone too. From the moment she was born up until now, she has given me countless near-faint moments. On the day before our trip to Penang, Baby…

Guess What I’m Doing?

Posted on December 7, 2010December 8, 2010 by Shireen

The girls had a swell time during their recent trip in Penang. On day 1, we checked into G Hotel, a very cool hotel, that’s pretty new and facing the sea along Gurney Drive. G Hotel is situated next to Gurney Plaza and we did shopping at night after dinner at the Japanese restaurant at…

Alycia’s 7th Birthday

Posted on December 6, 2010December 7, 2010 by Shireen

Yesterday was Alycia’s 7th birthday. We celebrated her birthday in Penang and then had dinner at Secret Recipe Ipoh. Alycia had pestered us to bring her to Moven Peak for buffet steamboat but we were too stuffed with Penang hawker’s food that we had to coax her into going to another restaurant where we could…

Cassandra’s 4th Post Ureteral Reimplantation Surgery Ultrasound Scan

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Shireen

We had to make 2 trips to the hospital this time as the ultrasound scan report was not ready yesterday. Thus my anxiousness was protracted. I never like the feeling of waiting for reports or results. It makes me sick. Baby was mighty brave this time. Albeit the long wait for the radiologist to come…

Penang Here We Come

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Shireen

We were back in Ipoh yesterday. In a few hours’ time, we will travel to Penang. A holiday in Penang for us (twice yearly) is set for us for the next 10 years until Baby turns 12 years old. She needs to do an ultrasound scan of her kidney twice yearly until she turns 12. …

Pretty Hair Accessories And Clogs – Tresor

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Shireen

There is this little kiosk at Gardens @ Mid Valley that sells pretty hair accessories and clogs. The name of the stall is Tresor. They have an outlet at Great Eastern Mall too. Their products are mostly made in Vietnam. I especially like their range of Frangipani flower hair clips. When we saw the kiosk,…

Habits Are Hard To Die

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Shireen

Habits are hard to die. Remove the letter H, you still have ‘a bit’… remove the letter A, you still have ‘bit’ and remove the letter B, you still have IT!! Baby is having a ‘relapse’ and is back to her addiction of mummy’s boobs several days ago, albeit a mild addiction, which normally spikes…

Cassandra’s First Night Of Sleeping Without Mummy Next To Her

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Shireen

For the first time in her life last night, Baby slept without me next to her. I have been drumming into her head lately, trying to brainwash her to sleep with her 2 jie jies, so that she can give us back our privacy and freedom…. free from having a kicking baby sleeping with us….

Withdrawal Symptoms

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Shireen

One of Baby’s boops weaning withdrawal symptoms is that she would refuse to nap in the afternoon. We used to nap together in the afternoon and she would latch on to her comfort tools for comfort sucking and would easily drift into lalaland. Ever since she was weaned off my boops, she would refuse to…

Fascinated With Plasters

Posted on November 24, 2010November 25, 2010 by Shireen

I was busy working on the PC and Baby was playing by herself. She went into her mah mah’s bedroom and rummaged through her drawers. Then she ran outside to the living room and sat on the couch. Then there was silence for about 15 minutes. I thought she was watching an interesting TV program…

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