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Baked / Grilled Squids

Posted on September 22, 2018September 24, 2018 by Shireen

I bought a bag of calamari (squid / ‘sotong’) from the pasar malam yesterday. My three piranhas are big fans of the ‘sotong’. No wonder they can be quite a ‘blur sotong’ at times ? I told the girls that I’d like to try baking the squids in the oven but we would have to wait…

Post Surgery – Day 3

Posted on June 2, 2017June 2, 2017 by Shireen

Ever since my discharge from the hospital, I have been treated like a woman in confinement. I eat confinement food, drink red dates + blue dates + tong sum tonic everyday, not allowed to shower more than once a day lest the wound gets infected (though the dr. has given me the green light to…

After School Snacks

Posted on March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 by Shireen

Wednesdays are CoCo (CoCurricular) days. Drama Queen and Cass will be home late, at around 4ish pm. Whenever they are back from school, they look and behave like feral dogs — they will dart straight to the kitchen to check every nook and corner in search for food. At the sight of food, they will stuff…

5th Day Of School Holidays – 30 Nov 2016

Posted on November 30, 2016March 20, 2018 by Shireen

The 5th day of our school holidays today was spent at Mid Valley Megamall and Gardens Mall. Traffic into the malls was horrendous. All the car park entrances into the 2 malls showed FULL on the screen and I had no choice but to inch my way into the Premium car park and luckily got…

Holiday Activity – Cookie Baking

Posted on September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 by Shireen

This idea was entirely Drama Queen’s. And I entrusted her with the entire task as I knew she could handle it pretty well. Except for helping her with the oven and checking on the doneness of the cookies, Drama Queen enlisted the help of her 2 side-kicks on this holiday cookie baking project today. She…

Involving Kids In Household Chores

Posted on December 1, 2014December 2, 2014 by Shireen

It took my daughters and me over 2 years to get used to our life without a live-in maid, since our live-in maid of 4 years returned to Indonesia for good. My daughters have had at least a maid at any one time all their lives to care for them until 2 years ago. In…

Evening Activities In Ipoh – 22 December 2013

Posted on December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 by Shireen

This is where the girls would normally play in the evening when we are back at my parents in Ipoh. There is this Siamese temple sitting in front of a limestone cave with scenic view, located just a minute’s walk from my parents’ house. There are steep steps leading to the top of the temple….

Girls’ Play – Guess My Expression

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Shireen

With 2 days being cooped up at home due to the haze, the girls ingeniously came up with fun activities and games to occupy their time. The night before they resumed going to school, I told them to get ready some face masks. Moments later, I heard giggles and laughter coming from the bedroom. Alycia…

Bye Bye School, Welcome Holidays!

Posted on May 22, 2013May 21, 2013 by Shireen

Today is Cass’ kindy’s parents-teachers day where the parents will meet the teachers and collect the child’s report card. I wonder how she has fared in her first ever classroom style exam. For BM, she has just started to master suku kata and has just started to get the hang of stringing the suku katas…

The Girls Helped To Make Buckwheat Noodles

Posted on March 20, 2013September 9, 2013 by Shireen

Last Saturday, grandma wanted to make buckwheat noodles (from scratch) for lunch. With under 1 hour to knead the dough, cut the dough into strips, prepare the anchovies soup and all, so that rascal #2 could eat her lunch on time before going for ballet class, everyone stopped what they were doing to lend a…

Silver Lining Behind My Dark Cloud

Posted on November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 by Shireen

Now that I have limited movements and usage on my injured hands, I have no choice but to rely on the little ones at home. My girls have been pretty obedient since yesterday — helping to wash their own cups and plates after meals, Cass bathed herself with me standing next to her telling her…

Our Typical Weekend Morning

Posted on September 16, 2012September 16, 2012 by Shireen

This is a typical scene on a Saturday and Sunday morning. The 3 angels will be seated at the dining table, eating breakfast with eyes fixated on either a book or the newspaper, while grandma and mummy will be poring over the newspapers. Daddy will be snoring away and still in bed haha! Check out…

Roping In Kids To Do Household Chores

Posted on September 1, 2012September 1, 2012 by Shireen

It’s been more than a month we are coping without a live-in maid. It’s tough but we humans are darn resilient creatures and yes, I am slowly getting used to it, albeit I still wish that there is a live-in maid to help me out. Though the girls help out in the house chores,…

The Sisters

Posted on October 4, 2011October 4, 2011 by Shireen

I better jot this funny incident before it slips my mind again. There are too many things that I had wanted to enter into my kids’ blog but busyness has always been the culprit. A few weeks ago, Alycia was fighting with her 2 younger sisters. She fights with Sherilyn all the time but with…

Our Sunday – Outing At Ikea

Posted on October 4, 2010October 4, 2010 by Shireen

We spent the entire morning at Ikea yesterday. I wanted to get myself a nice storage to store my stock as they are increasing by the day. Right now, my stock is all stuffed inside those huge plastic bags from Disneyland and put on top of the kids’ table in the living room. They are…

During The School Holidays

Posted on June 30, 2010June 30, 2010 by Shireen

During the school holidays, I hurt my back terribly and resulted in my movement being very limited. I was in great pain and had to go to the hospital to have an X Ray taken on my back. Since my mil has gone to HK, we had to bring the whole jing gang along to the hospital….

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