Sunday, 11 December 2022

Sherilyn woke up at 5 a.m. today to say goodbye to her aunt Sarah who had to take the early morning Grab ride to the airport for her flight back to Hawaii. Sarah stayed with us for 10 days to celebrate her mom’s birthday. The eldest SIL from the UK and second SIL from Hong…

Haru Is Almost Two

Haru is almost turning 2 years old! We don’t know when exactly she was born but hubs discovered Haru and her siblings just outside his office door step on New Year’s Day last year (2021). She was just a teeny-weeny cute lil kitten, but spicy and hissy pissy. The first time Sherilyn and I went…

What Are Silicone Products?

Silicone is a type of synthetic polymer made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon. Silicone was recognized by the FDA as safe to be used as a food-grade material (food-grade silicone) in 1979. Silicone is more heat resistant compared to organic polymers. It is widely used and commercialized in many industries such as mom…

Friday, 2 December 2022

It’s the rainy season again and this means that I’m faced with the problem of getting all our wet laundry dried on time. When I say ‘on time’, it means that the five or six loads of laundry (yes, you read it right!) that I do every day need to be dried on the same…

Sunday, 27 November 2022

Cass and I spent our Sunday today at Pavillion Bukit Jalil again. While she went for figure skating class, I had lunch alone at Sushi Zanmai. After lunch, I sauntered around the mall aimlessly, with nothing in mind to buy. Most of my purchases are now made online, which are cheaper. I recently started shopping…

23 November 2022 ~ Random Updates

After a week of being cooped up at home battling Covid, the four Coviders are now negative and well again ?. I’m so happy that my sense of taste and smell have slowly returned. Though not 100% functional yet, I am still happy that I could partially smell and taste my food. I was so…

Facts About Power Boat Racing

Powerboat racing is a popular sport that involves competition in races. The mark consists of different classes; athletes compete from all over the world. The sport has grown in popularity. Multi-athlete racing teams are formed. Many leagues and organizations govern the sport. These organizations are usually affiliated with the powerboat association of the country. Races…

Down With Covid

The four Covid virgins in our household finally lost our Covidginity ?. Me, Cass, the mil and Sherilyn have been down with Covid. I was out at Pavillion Bukit Jalil with Cass on Sunday and felt unusually enervated after walking around the mall for 2 hours. The shopping queen in me usually have no issues…

Saturday, 5 November 2022 ~ Cass Got Her New Figure Skates

Cass’ final exam for 2022 was finally over yesterday after 2 long weeks. The next day we went to the skating rink at Sunway Pyramid to get her new figure skates. I thought that the skates only cost RM850 but they’re actually RM950 and they’re the cheapest pair. And it didn’t stop at the skates….

Down Memory Lane

With a big box of old photo albums that hubs carted back from his office, I can’t help but to flip through them. I love going through old photos and videos and reminisce about the thrilling days of yesteryears. With the advent of better quality phone cameras, I stopped using my Nikon camera and have…

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Never Before Seen Photos

Today I’m going to show you guys the face behind this blog. The face that’s been hiding behind a veil for the past 15 years ?. Hubs has been spring-cleaning his office to free up space and lugged back boxes of old photo albums that were kept in his office for decades. I found lots…

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Sleep Divorce

I can’t remember if hubs ever snored in the past but I could sleep quite soundly next to him. Even if he did snore, it was mild and not nerve wracking. But he started to snore obnoxiously over the past three years – power drill level snoring! His snores are so bad that I would…

Spooky Tales

As Halloween is approaching, the radio station that I usually tune in to is having an airtime on spooky tales where listeners can call in to relate their spooky encounters with the paranormal, ethereal, phantasm and whatnot. That reminded me of my encounter with an apparition when I was about 3 or 4 years old….

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Wednesday, 26 October 2022

It’s the exam season now. This means that I’m not allowed to turn on the radio at home. And I hear someone purging out her memorized lines throughout the day. Cass who sits next to me asked me today if she could turn off my radio, to which I said OK. Minutes later when I…

Lost Parcel

Early this week, I received a Whatsapp message from a Ninja Van delivery rider, informing me that he had delivered my parcel. He further sent me a photo of the parcel that he left at our condo lobby. It was 1.11 p.m. At 4-ish p.m., I drove to the lobby to collect the parcel after…