FollowMy sweet eldest daughter got up early to prep a surprise breakfast for me and her grandma. The one who hates cooking, can’t even cook a decent meal for us and abhors all kitchen chores actually cranked up the stove to cook me breakfast!! She also made us fresh orange + lemon juice using a…
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26 February 2021 ~ Chap Goh Meh 2021
We had a healthy yee sang alongside a small feast to celebrate the last day of CNY today. Dinner was held at hubby’s aunt’s unit (2 floors below ours) again. Sherilyn made the yee sang composed of fresh radish, jicama, carrot, purple and green cabbage, cucumber, red bell pepper, green onions, homemade pickled radish, pickled…
Chinese New Year 2021
Chinese New Year this year is celebrated on a whole different level with no traveling back to our hometown, no house visiting, no mall visiting, no lion dance, no nothing but just sitting at home. The girls miss playing fire crackers with their Singaporean cousins in Ipoh, enjoying koong koong’s homecooked dishes and granny’s cookies.…
Christmas Dinner ~ 25 December 2020
We had a small pot bless Christmas party attended by immediate family members from hubby’s side today. The last time we had a gathering was in February this year during CNY. Relatives from New Zealand, UK, Taiwan and HK were absent this year. Nonetheless, it was a great reunion of the Yaps at our yearly…
CMCO Day 183 ~ Wednesday, 9 Dec 2020
Today is the queen’s 75th birthday and Sherilyn made Mont Blanc cupcakes for her grandma. The chestnut cream is made from chestnuts (cooked into a paste) and swirled atop the Génoise Sponge cake. The cake is super yums ~ not too sweet, not cloy and very light. The chestnut cream has a nice aroma of…
MCO Day 54 ~ 10 May 2020 (Sunday, Mother’s Day)
It certainly doesn’t feel like Mother’s Day today. Ever since I became a mother 17 years ago, Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May revolved around going to some fancy restaurants or hotels for a luxurious Mother’s Day lunch, complete with cakes and gifts. Every single year, except in the year 2009. That was…
MCO Day 40 ~ 26 April 2020 (Sunday)
This morning, our personal trainer laid out the yoga mats to start private lessons with Miss Lazybones. He waited so long for the dawdler (who was actually hoping to get away with the boot camp) to get ready that he almost zonked out on the lounger while playing with his phone. ? See the brat –…
MCO Day 12 ~29 March 2020 (My 47th Birthday)
When your country is in a partial lockdown and you are in a house quarantine, every day seems the same – from Monday through Sunday. We sometimes lose sense of time. Even important events like birthdays. I almost forgot that it’s my birthday in the morning until I saw Alycia busy whipping up something in…
Favorite Chinese New Year Gifts
Of all the gifts that the hubs received from his friends and suppliers during Chinese New Year, we love these two the most: Inside the beautifully woven basket in bright red are Mandarin oranges, a bottle of homemade pineapple tarts, homemade butter cookies and a little treasure basket. Inside the little basket is a treasure…
Chinese New Year 2020 – 8th and 9th Day
Last Saturday, 1 February 2020 was the 8th day of CNY. It was Sherilyn’s Lunar birthday. She was born on the 8th day of CNY 15 years ago. I remember so vividly the thunderous fireworks let out for about half an hour that midnight when I was struggling to breastfeed this fiery infant who suckled…
Wedding On 1.1.2020
Winter Solstice & Eve of Christmas Eve 2019 (21 & 22 December 2019)
My big brother Raymond from Singapore always tries to make a trip back to either Ipoh or KL to celebrate his birthday with our family. His birthday falls on 22 December, which is Winter Solstice festival. This year the celebration was held in KL. Despite an unfortunate car accident that happened on his way to…
Parents’ 49th Wedding Anniversary Celebration (28 October 2019)
Exactly 49 years ago on 28 October 1970, my parents got hitched to each other. It was Deepavali on that day. This year’s Deepavali is held on 27 October 2019 and 28 October is a school holiday for the girls. My parents came to KL to celebrate their big day. While a 49th wedding anniversary…
Papa’s 76th Birthday Celebration
Last Friday, my parents took the morning ETS from Ipoh to KL Sentral. We picked them up from the train station and then adjourned to Brickfields to have lunch of South Indian cuisine at Vishal Food & Catering Restaurant. Exactly a year ago, we went to this Indian restaurant to have lunch with my parents too…
Mother’s Day 2019
Mother’s Day 2019 was a super busy day for me with 0% rest and 100% stress! It’s the eve of Cass’ mid-year exam! And I’ve got to stretch my patience to snapping point revising BM with a cool-as-cucumber laid-back kid who almost made my blood vessels rupture. My mil can vouch on that now. In the…
Chinese New Year 2019
Happy Oink Oink Year to all my dear readers! ?? We just got back from Ipoh today after spending 4 glorious days celebrating the Lunar New Year with family members. Traffic was rather smooth when we returned to Ipoh on Sunday (eve of CNY eve) and unbelievably smooth when we returned to KL today. We left…