2022 Third Term School Holidays and Christmas
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Category: Celebrations
FollowMother’s Day 2022 – 8 May 2022
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As I was typing the title of this post, the date suddenly hit me. It’s the month of May and the anniversary of Cass’ surgery and our 3-week nightmarish stay in Gleneagles Medical Centre (GMC), Penang exactly 13 years ago. The days spent with Cass at GMC were so overwhelming that it’s hard to repress…
Cassandra Is 14!
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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…
16 February 2022 ~ Sherilyn’s 17th Birthday
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Sherilyn turns 17 today! She’s my Chor 8 CNY baby. Her birthday fell during CNY in most years but this year, it’s a day after Chap Goh Meh. Used to be the most challenging and willful child of my 3 daughters, Sherilyn’s grown and matured so much over the years. She’s no longer my most…
2022 Chap Goh Meh Dinner
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Friday, 4 February 2022 (Li Chun Day)
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Li Chun, which signifies the beginning of Spring, is the first day of the Chinese solar calendar. Li Chun is considered an auspicious day for the Chinese. Li Chun falls on the 4th of February this year. In Asia, it has become a tradition to deposit money into your bank account during this day to…
Merry Christmas!
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5 December 2021 ~ Alycia’s 18th Birthday
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My ‘precious baby’ is 18!! Alycia’s the baby that we wanted so badly and who made us go through the wringer for 2 years in order to have her. She’s our miracle baby and now our precious baby is 18! Her celebration lunch at the Seoul Korea restaurant was our first dining out together as…
9 May 2021 ~ Mother’s Day
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My 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…
26 February 2021 ~ Chap Goh Meh 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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…