Artistic fashion, where traditional fashion merges with creativity reflects individuality and allows the wearer to showcase their personality through their choice of style. Artistic fashion such as artistic shirts, t-shirts, dresses and wearable fashion pieces showcases bold graphics, imaginative artwork and innovative designs. You’ll find artistic drawings with captions such as a pair of hands…
There is a new bakery in Bercham that cake lovers, especially fans of JJ Swissrolls may want to check out. JJ Extra Bakery officially opened on 19 February 2026, which was the 3rd day of Chinese New Year. This outlet is the sister branch of the well-known JJ Cakes & Swiss Rolls located in Ipoh…
Fans of everything purple, pink, colorful, girlish and mystical, you have to check out purplehecate.com, an online store that carries such fashion items and more. You’ll love the magic off the shoulder sweatshirts and t shirts in purple and pink hues. They’re also available in other colors like neutrals and other gorgeous colors with graphic…
If you are a self-professed geek or nerd in a certain interest or subject, and are proud of it, you will love the range of geek and nerd shirts from geeksoutfit.com. I once asked a friend’s son why he was always wearing computer games-themed t-shirts and he told me that it’s a way for him…
Yesterday I went to Pantai Hospital Ipoh to review my medical report with the family physician at the Health Screening Department. Besides one issue that needs yearly (or even bi-annual) monitoring, the doctor pointed out something else — I am underweight. At 41kg, she advised me to put on a little weight to reduce the…
Shortly after I gave birth to Cass, my youngest girl — sometime in 2008 or 2009 — my gynaecologist spotted a very tiny fibroid during a routine ultrasound scan. I can’t remember the exact year, but I remember his words clearly. “It’s very small. Just monitor it.” So I did. In the early years, it…
While scrolling through my Google Photos today, I stumbled upon a photo of Cass taken in February 2016. She was holding a Rubik’s cube, completely absorbed in it — and just like that, a flood of memories came rushing back. Back then, both Alycia and Cass were crazy over the Rubik’s cube. Alycia’s high school…
My parents no longer do elaborate CNY preparations like they did in the early 1980s, when my late maternal grandmother was still around. Back then, pre-CNY preparations meant trips to Ipoh Old Town to buy dried goods and waxed meat. My parents and grandmother even made their own Chinese sausages. I still remember vividly how…
Today is the 10th day of Chinese New Year, and was my scheduled yearly medical check-up and Pap smear. This year, instead of visiting my usual gynae in KL, I did it at Pantai Hospital Ipoh. After Googling for female health screening packages, I found that Pantai was offering one of the best deals. I…
When I was in my early twenties, I had a very clear picture of life.By age 53, I imagined I would have retired — bags packed, passport ready, slowly traveling the world with no deadlines and no responsibilities. Then I entered my forties. Reality gently tapped me on the shoulder.I began to realise that maybe……
Today is Yan Yat — the birthday of all humankind, the 7th day of Chinese New Year. Growing up, this was a day I quietly looked forward to. My late maternal grandmother would cook a comforting pot of fish and chicken porridge topped with fresh lettuce — Yue Sang Gai Jok. She would fry fermented…
CNY felt different this year — in the best way. For the first time in years, I’m celebrating the entire 2 weeks of CNY back in my hometown, and with that came something I didn’t realise I had been missing so deeply: family reunions. For so long, I missed gatherings with my dad’s siblings —…
On the eve of CNY, we did something a little different.My dad insisted on staying home to cook our reunion dinner, while my older brother and his family opted for takeaway Japanese bentos at home. So my younger brother, mum and I went out on a food hunt instead. It was a scorching afternoon and…
With my younger brother back from KL and my eldest brother returning from Singapore, almost everyone is home for Chinese New Year. The last few days have been spent over long restaurant meals, laughter flowing as easily as the conversations. My brother’s 9-year-old twins (a boy and a girl) have made the house even livelier….
Yearly vaccination + deworming day for my brave little girl yesterday 🐱 She was so scared and trembling the whole time… that barking giant German Shepherd before her (having wound treatment) didn’t help at all. Home is her safe place — knocked out the second we got back. So proud of her 🤍 I’m also…
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