Baked / Grilled Squids
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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. 💛
FollowBig Rat In The House
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Someone did it again. After sneaking out my favorite Whittaker’s hazelnut dark chocolate bit by bit on a daily basis and finishing almost the entire bar, she left one itsy-bitsy piece of chocolate in the Tupperware container for me. Because she was scared I would reprimand her for eating chocolate everyday and say that she’s…
Harry Potter Fanatic
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Cass turned into a Harry Potter enthusiast early this year. It all started when her classmate loaned her a Harry Potter book. She was instantly hooked to the thick novel. Since then, she was determined to get her hands on the entire Harry Potter series, which consists of 7 books! That would cost over RM300…
Breakfast
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My breakfast today consists of a small bowl of Amazin’ Graze salted Gula Melaka granola with Yoplait vanilla yoghurt, a banana, half an avocado, an orange and a small cup of coffee. Also popped 3 caps of Super Lutein, my most trusted antioxidant and vitamins for my eyes. This is my typical breakfast on most…
Online Shopping
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These days I buy many of my stuff online ~ from witch hazel toner to laundry detergent, computer table, essential oils, personal care products, food stuff, supplements, clothes, bags and my latest purchase was a stand fan. Online shopping really saves me a lot of time from having to brave the horrendous traffic jam to…
Chocha Foodstore and Merchant’s Lane @ Petaling Street, KL
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On our Awal Muharram public holiday today, the hubs took us to one of the most happening touristy places in KL for brunch. I always have this holiday feel whenever I step foot into Petaling Street. Today I felt like a tourist walking the streets of Petaling Street and hopping into two quaint cafes that…
Smoothie Bowl
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Drama Queen whipped up a big portion of smoothie bowl for dinner for herself last Sunday. The vibrantly colored smoothie bowl is composed of: half a frozen banana, home-boiled roselle tea with Manuka honey, frozen organic blueberries and an orange. All these ingredients blitzed. Toppings: sliced bananas, organic passion fruit cranberry cookies, granola, raw macadamia…
Staying Cool in the Dredges of Summer
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The Summer Transition After the main summer holidays have passed, it’s common to assume that the weather will begin to transition into temperatures befitting fall. For many, they expect to wake up and head out to work in chilly temperatures. However, just because school has started and summer hours are over, that doesn’t always mean…
Testing: Can You View This Image?
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Imgur, my free photo upload site is down today. So I Googled ways to upload photos into my WordPress blog without utilizing my limited bandwidth and space storage and found a video on You Tube that teaches noobs like me how to do it. Before I can declare that it works, can someone please let…
Merdeka Weekend
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Martial Arts Lessons For Drama Queen and Alycia
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Drama Queen has been learning taekwondo since the beginning of the year at her high school. She is now doing yellow belt. Her lessons are held once a week on Saturday mornings and she loves taekwondo. But I am not too happy with the coach. I think he lacks integrity and is not forthcoming with…
Papa’s 75th Birthday Celebration (continuation…)
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After a heavy brunch at Vishal Food & Catering Restaurant on papa’s actual birthday, the hubs drove us around KL for a short sight-seeing city tour. Then he brought us to Naj & Belle @ Bangsar for a surprise mini celebration for papa. It’s my first time at this cafe. Above 3 photos credit: Google…
School Holidays Activities
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While Alycia hibernates in her bedroom revising for her trial PT3 exam, Drama Queen spent her time baking in the kitchen and Cass did what she loves most ~ burying her face in her novels and making a ‘Massage Coupon Book’ for me ? Other than working out at the gym for 1-2 hours daily and…
How To Look And Feel Better With Natural Weight Loss Methods
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Maintaining a healthy weight is important to your overall health. Obesity increases your risks for many health problems that can affect your quality of life. These health problems may include heart disease, stroke, depression, hypertension, diabetes and sleep apnea. However, if you want to lose weight, then you should make a lifestyle change. Read on…
Joint Birthday Celebration, 18 August 2018
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This year papa’s birthday is very special. He turns 75 today (19 August 2018). We planned 2 days filled with celebrations and surprises for him. And this year papa had a joint birthday celebration with his twin grandbabies (my brother’s twins) who will be turning one on 1 Sept 2018. We’ve had back to back feasts…
Baan Thai 2 Seafood & Thai Cuisine, Jalan Kuchai Lama, KL
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