FollowOne of the after effects of the almost 3 months long MCO is that our girls have now become insomniac! They wake up way after 9 a.m. and don’t even feel sleepy way after midnight. Their circadian rhythms have gone haywire. Their eating habits have gone out of whack. When they are bored, especially Cass,…
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MCO Day 80 ~ 5 June 2020 (Friday)
This morning’s jog was cut short when it started to drizzle. Oh how I dislike wet mornings! I continued running for a short while in the drizzle until it got heavier. Getting a minimum of 30 minutes run each day is as important as getting my daily supplements. My daily workout is akin to popping…
MCO Day 77 & 78 (Tuesday, 2 June & Wed, 3 June 2020)
Tuesday, 2 June 2020 With over 2 months of being stuck at home and devoid of a daily part-time helper, all the cleaning and washing finally took a toll on my hands. My stiff shoulders got stiffer and the crick in my neck got ‘cricker’. I’m currently suffering from pain on my right hand (the…
MCO Day 75 ~ 31 May 2020 (Sunday)
I can’t believe that five months of the New Year just flew past us, with 2.5 months spent sheltering at home. When I was a school girl, we were told that Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020) is the year that many great things would happen. We were asked umpteen times to write essays on this topic…
MCO Day 73 ~ Friday, 29 May 2020
Today is hubby’s catering company’s first catering function during the MCO and CMCO. It’s for a board meeting of a large organization. Meals are served in bento boxes and from the photos that were taken, I can see very good social distancing practice amongst the board members during lunch. There will be another catering event…
MCO Day 70 ~ 26 May 2020 (Tuesday)
Sherilyn got up very early this morning. She wouldn’t get up early if she doesn’t have an activity… or have something up her sleeve. Since it’s the school holidays now and online classes by school teachers are suspended during the holidays, I knew she’s up to something in the kitchen because for the past few…
MCO Day 68 ~ 24 May 2020 (Sunday)
When I came back from my morning jog at 10 a.m., breakfast was almost ready. Our baking queen was whipping up some pancakes in the kitchen! She made button pancakes and regular size pancakes in 3 flavors – original, matcha and chocolate. Cute as a button – these super cute button pancakes are so easy…
MCO Day 64 ~ 21 May 2020 (Thursday)
MCO Day 64 & 65 ~ Wednesday & Thursday (20 & 21 May 2020)
Wednesday, 20 May 2020 The sunrise at 7 a.m. today was rather spectacular – the sky was not sure whether to cry buckets or smile sunnily. It was dark and ominous yet amidst the stormy blue colored sky, the sun peeked out fleetingly from the horizon. The colors projected on the sky were too beautiful not…
Nasi Hujan Panas From Catermate (5-Star Rating!)
MCO Day 63 ~ 19 May 2020 (Tuesday) Nasi Hujan Panas (Rainbow Ghee Rice) is on hubby’s shop menu today. We’re having this for lunch and dinner today. So it’s another easy day for us in the kitchen – just whip up a vegetable dish for dinner and all is good. Hubby’s Indonesian chef can…
From Our Kitchen During MCO
This MCO, which is the longest school holidays in our education history, our baking queen gets to experiment baking and cooking almost everyday. It’s hurting our wallets as she whips up non-economical bakes and dishes most of the time. But then again, having good culinary and baking skills are essential survival skills. Heck, she could…
MCO Day 59 ~ 15 May 2020 (Friday)
Our fridge is almost empty. Besides a few sticks of carrots and half a bitter gourd, there’s no more vegetables. I’ve not gone grocery shopping since shopping with hubs at Jaya Grocer on Sunday. But my car is still stuck in the car repair shop and hubs is stuck at his shop. With so many…
MCO Day 58 ~ 14 May 2020 (Thursday)
After my usual MCO-style morning workout of stairs-climbing (5th floor > 18th floor > Ground floor), I jogged for another 30 minutes in the 10-ish a.m. sun. I find that jogging under the morning sun gives me a lot of energy and elevates my mood (not to mention the sunshine vitamin / Vitamin D), besides…
MCO Day 57 ~ 13 May 2020 (Wednesday)
Today is payment day to the girls’ tuition centers and transporters, all done via online banking since last month. Though there is still no formal directive from the Government on bus fare to school transporters throughout the MCO, there was however an opinion by a Minister in the newspapers recently that parents do not have to…
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 53 ~ 9 May 2020 (Saturday)
My day didn’t start off too smoothly today. I’m utterly disappointed with someone but I shall not talk about the specifics here. The person may be reading this post or someone known to this person may be reading it and this post may get to this particular person somehow. The internet can be agathokakological – it…