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My Week In Photos

Posted on April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 by Shireen

The mil has extended her stay in Hong Kong until mid May. This means that I have to continue with the extra chore of cooking dinner. These days, I am not as finicky as I used to be with food served to the girls. Back in the days when the girls were younger, we used…

Friday, 7 April 2023

Posted on April 7, 2023April 10, 2023 by Shireen

Cass gave me a scare yesterday when she told me that she had a cold and headache. I told her to do a Covid self-test. The first time she did the Covid test, a faint line appeared on the ‘T’ window and seconds later the line went up and disappeared! I told her to do…

Very Wet & Chilly Weather In KL

Posted on March 3, 2023March 4, 2023 by Shireen

The weather has been very chilly, windy and wet. It’s been raining non-stop in KL and in other states for almost 3 days now. It’s so cold that I don’t even need to turn on the air-cond or fan at night. Besides getting to enjoy a cool weather for the past few days, the wet…

Chinese New Year 2023

Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 by Shireen

Koong Hei Fatt Choy, peeps! I hope everyone is enjoying the Chinese New Year holidays with your family and loved ones. And for those of you who dread CNY and can’t wait for it to be over because it’s just so frigging exhausting with non-stop cooking, cleaning up, entertaining (hello nosy and insensitive relatives!), and…

Wednesday, 20 July 2022 ~ Random Updates

Posted on July 20, 2022July 23, 2022 by Shireen

I just realized that I have not updated this blog for 10 days. As you might already have guessed, I’ve been up to my eyeballs with work – house work this time. Maria our part-time maid of 10 years is pregnant with her second child and has been riddled with bad morning sickness. She’s not…

The Day Before I Leave For Ipoh

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 by Shireen

Though it’s the school holidays, it doesn’t feel like a holiday for me as I still have school runs to do. I still wake up at 6.15 a.m. and have to be out of the house by 8.30 a.m. Sherilyn has athletics training in school every morning throughout the holiday week, for the upcoming MSSKL…

Same Dish, Four Meals Consecutively

Posted on May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 by Shireen

Before the mil left for Ipoh last Sunday during the Hari Raya holidays, she cooked a huge pot of brinjal with minced meat. The brinjals were from hubby’s central kitchen as he cleared his fridge. He usually clears the fridges at his kitchen when there’s a long break. The portion of braised brinjal with minced…

The Girls Are Back To School and College

Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Shireen

Sherilyn started her new academic year on Monday this week. She’s in Form 5 this year and will be sitting for her SPM in March next year. By mid of next year I will have a pre-U kid and a uni kid. Time flies! I miss the girls’ baby days? Cass was back to face-to-face…

2022 Chap Goh Meh Dinner

Posted on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 by Shireen

The Yaps had an early Chap Goh Meh dinner on Sunday. The host (hubby’s aunt) requested all the attendees to do a Covid self-test a few hours prior to the dinner. Our buffet spread of Hakka dishes, whipped up by the Yaps who are all great cooks. And this marks the end of Chinese New…

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Posted on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 by Shireen

Covid cases continue to soar by the thousands every day. From just slightly below 2k cases just a month ago, the numbers have spiked to almost 14k today and is expected to continue rising in the midst of an Omnicron wave. Cass’ high school shot out a notice to announce that in view of the…

Home Updates

Posted on January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 by Shireen

Barely 3 weeks into in-person classes this year, Cass (and her classmates) have to be home quarantined twice – one week each time. The student who was in close contact with a positive case was finally tested positive 2 weeks later. It’s not any better for Sherilyn as well. One of her classmates was tested…

Avocado Egg Roll

Posted on January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 by Shireen

Our finicky teenage chef doesn’t like her school canteen’s food. So she preps her own food everyday. This week she made these for her lunch box: Jumeok-bap or rice ball or Korean style onigiri. It’s cooked rice mixed with boiled kombu, sweet corn kernels, seaweed and soy sauce and rolled into balls. You can use…

What We Did With Leftover Christmas Turkey And Roast Lamb

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 by Shireen

Our fridge was stuffed with leftover turkey, roast lamb, ham and Christmas desserts after our Christmas dinner. For the following week after Christmas, we tried to finish up all the leftovers and have only recently finished the homemade ham and super decadent homemade chocolate brownie. I ate 90% of the chocolate brownie ? With a…

Throwback Photos

Posted on December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 by Shireen

Hi-ya all! I have a few hours of free time on hand today as Maria is here to help me out. I only have time to update my blogs whenever Maria is here. So thankful that Maria can still come into our home ? I was going through my Google Photos and realized that I…

Monday, 29 November 2021 ~ Random Updates

Posted on November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 by Shireen

This week Sherilyn is staying home for remote learning. She went to school last week. Next week will be the last week that Sherilyn attends physical classes in school before the year end school holidays begin. I’ve been clocking in only 5-6 hours of shut-eye for the last two weeks, including Saturdays and Sundays. I…

Crispy Chicken Sandwich With Homemade Japanese Tartar Sauce

Posted on November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 by Shireen

Chef S made crispy chicken sandwich with homemade Japanese tartar sauce for dinner yesterday. This is both a time-consuming and messy dinner to prep as it involves deep-frying the chicken breast (coated with panko crumbs) and making the Japanese tartar sauce. Chef S started prepping the chicken a day earlier by brining the chicken breast….

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