Jaundice is caused by the build-up of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellow substance produced when red blood cells are broken down. Jaundice is common in newborn babies because babies have a high level of red blood cells in their blood, which are broken down and replaced frequently. High bilirubin in newborns is…
Someone has been complaining of painful and bleeding gums. After school yesterday, off we went to the dentist. Mr dentist checked the gums and said that the second permanent molar is cutting out soon. The gums surrounding the tooth are a tad inflamed plus she really needs a good dental scaling done too… with numbing…
I am a sucker for home cooked dishes and soups. They are the best! Cooking my own meals affords me the peace of mind that goes along with having complete control over the type and quality of ingredients in my meals and the degree of cleanliness that goes into their preparation. I am fortunate that I…
My medical check-up and blood works this year have shown favorable and non-favorable results. I’ll start with the non-favorable ones first. The fibroid in my uterus is still there and is still causing me heavy periods with blood clots every month. The pattern of blood flow will be one month heavy, the next month super…
Our New Year’s Eve on 31.12.2016 was a peaceful and quiet one at our cozy home, unlike previous years where we would either be counting down in a hotel or be gallivanting the streets of Bukit Bintang joining other rowdy revelers. Our girls and I prefer a quiet New Year’s Eve where we could watch…
Today is the hubs’ birthday. He turns 45. For some personal reasons, he does not like to celebrate his birthday, not even to have a birthday cake. He prefers a low key birthday celebration. So we had a simple lunch at our favorite cafe – Red Kettle with no cake but with Portugese egg tarts,…
We spent our Christmas Eve morning doing last minute shopping for gifts…. again. The hubs brought us to the Nike shop and bought everyone a pair of Nike shoes for Christmas 😀 In the afternoon, my VVIP guests from Ipoh and Singapore arrived! Dinner was at our favorite neighborhood Chinese restaurant – Seng Kee Kitchen….
Drama Queen was itching to bake a Christmas pie so that when our guests arrive on Christmas Eve, they could have it during tea time. She dragged me to bring her to the supermarket to buy the ingredients this afternoon and once back home, she got down to work immediately. After spending many hours in…
Today Alycia & Sherilyn went Christmas shopping with their grandma and two grandaunts. Cass and I had Japanese for lunch with the hubs after sending my car to the Hyundai service center for repair. So hungry was she that the moment the server placed the bento set on the table, she grabbed the potato salad…
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