Our littlest darling turned 14 last Saturday – 9 April 2022. She has definitely come a long way. For those of you who have been following my blogs way before Cass was born would know her medical history. She’s not 100% out of the woods yet and we’re still trudging slowly, but in no real…
Yet another drama happened to Cass on Friday – she with her beloved Haru, which resulted in us at the clinic again. On Friday night Cass put Haru inside a box and played ‘peekaboo’ with her. Cass must have put her face right outside the flaps of the box to “Peekaboo” at Haru. When Haru…
Sherilyn got herself a part-time job at our neighborhood cafe to kill time during the 3-week school holidays. This is the third week she’s in the job. She only works on Saturdays and on certain week days when she doesn’t have tuition classes. The owners of the cafe are awesome folks and take really good…
Alycia received her Pfizer booster dose on Thursday. It was a walk-in vaccination at a clinic in our hood. The next day (yesterday) she was down and out. She had fever, chills and a throbbing headache. Except for waking up to pop Panadol and drink water, she slept the entire day, wrapped up in her…
During the recent 3-week school term break, we stayed home most of the time. Sherilyn and Cass earned some pocket money by working part-time at their dad’s central kitchen and office. Sherilyn helped to prep Western dishes, with Cass assisting her. They also did filing and other clerical jobs at the office. Sherilyn started a…
One of the privileges of turning 18 is getting a savings account in her own name. With the savings account comes a debit card, online banking facility and a bank card linked to online shopping platforms like Lazada and Shopee. Our young adult couldn’t be happier as she’s been waiting for this day for a…
The entire process at Axiata Arena yesterday was completed in under an hour, including a 15-minute post-shot observation period. While the youths waited at the observation area after their shots, all the parents were asked to leave the hall and to wait outside, under the hot scorching sun at 12 noon ?. The entire process…
Cass’ sourdough starter was finally ready after 2 weeks. Cass who has never baked anything before in her life, followed an online recipe and prepped the sourdough bread dough. But she made several blunders, which resulted in the sourdough being binned. What an unexpected sad ending ? Blunder #1 – Cass left the dough to…
Cass has to do a Biology experiment on food fermentation and she chose to experiment with making sourdough. The yeast was made from scratch using flour and water. After a few days, I woke up one morning to a terrible stench. It smelled like rotten fish, dead animal and socks that have not been washed…
Barely 2 weeks into reopening after an almost 6-month break, many schools across the country had to be closed again this week as the number of Covid-19 positive cases in schools are surging fast and furiously. Yesterday Cass’ high school sent a notice to inform that Junior 1 students only need to attend physical classes…
After a month of attending online classes at her new high school (SMK/public school), Cass finally told me that she wanted to switch school – back to the initial high school of her choice, which is a coveted independent Chinese high school (ICHS). She passed the entrance exam in December last year and was accepted…
After months of feeling unsettled with her choice of high school, Cass has, after going through a tough time weighing the pros and cons, finally made up her mind. She’s decided to let go of the high school of her initial choice. After going through the hassle of submitting the tedious application online and emailing…
This is Cassandra’s book list, downloaded from the website of her high school. I have until this Sunday to make online payment of RM581.20 to the school. I have been asking Cass if she really wants to go to this high school before I make payment for the books. Cass chose this high school mainly…
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