Our Saturday – 13 Sept 2015

It’s the first Saturday post UPSR exam. Alycia finally gets to join us for breakfast and then grocery shopping. For the past 9 months, her Saturdays were spent in school from 7am till 3pm. Life was grueling for these 11-12 year olds. They were drilled to score straight As.  I don’t like this kind of…

Cocky Maid

Crap of the day from the drama queen part-time maid today… She called me this morning to inform me that she would like to start work again. I told her that I have already found a new part-time maid. Nonetheless, I will still be calling her whenever the new part-time maid takes leave. I then…

UPSR Exam Week

This UPSR exam week has not been good for us. It was especially jinx on Monday, the eve of the first day of Alycia’s UPSR exam. On Monday, everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong. Darn Murphy’s Law!! Here’s the sequence of jinx that transpired on Monday, 7 Sept 2015… When the mil and…

Heartwarming Stories From Cass

Cass suddenly remembered today that some time back, one of her classmates told their class teacher during lesson that “Cassandra’s mummy is very beautiful!” Suddenly, I felt light. I felt I had wings emerging from the sides of my hands! Me – so were you happy and proud? Cass – yeeeess Me – and what…

Cass, My Bff

Cass is my bff.  My best bff ever. She consoles me whenever I am down.  Just last week, she spent 2 nights massaging my achy right hand and not an ounce of complaint did I hear from her for having to use her hands to rub sticky Perskindol cream on my arm. She is also…

Staying Healthy During The Haze

The haze situation over here in the Klang Valley ain’t getting any better, despite there being a brief heavy shower yesterday. The smell of smog can be smelled from inside our house for the past one week.  I wonder when this yearly menace will ever stop.  This year the haze came late.  Normally, the yearly…

Doctor and Patient Communication Leads to a Better Outcome for the Patient

The better the communication is between a doctor and a patient, the better the outcome will be for patients who visit the medical clinic of Houston. Families who have a family doctor who they visit regularly live happier and healthier lives. Some avoid visiting a family doctor because they worry about the cost. However, research…

Our Merdeka Weekend (30 – 31 August 2015)

On the eve of Merdeka Day, we had brunch at Le Pont Boulangerie Cafe @ Bedford Business Park, Old Klang Road, KL. Le Pont – French for ‘The Bridge’ is a fairly new boulangarie which opened its doors just a few months ago. Le Pont has an European-accented menu that’s meted out in a fascinatingly fashioned three-level…

Purple Sweet Potato Porridge With ‘Tau Kok Lup’

The mil cooked a big pot of ‘tau kok lup’ and purple sweet potato porridge for lunch last week. ‘Tau Kok Lup’ is a healthy sauteed dish composed of long beans, diced carrot, diced preserved veggie (choy po), diced prawns, diced chicken meat or pork and crunchy peanuts. It is normally eaten with porridge. You…

Conversation With Cass

Going through the throes of motherhood, often times my girls will drive me to the point of breaking down with thoughts of packing my bags and ditching them for good! When the girls, especially the littlest one was in her rascal temperament and being very disobedient last week… Me – I will leave you all…

Affordable Gowns

This December is set to be a very exciting month for me. Apart from our yearly holiday in Penang, which our main purpose of making the trip there is to see Cass’ surgeon. She has to have an ultrasound scan of her kidneys done until she turns 12 years old. We will also spend several…

Secret Garden Adult Coloring Books Craze

As we bid bye-bye to Rainbow Loom and welcome  Secret Garden into our daily lives, I can’t help but wonder how long the Secret Garden adult coloring book bubble will last before it bursts!  My girls were crazy over Rainbow Loom for slightly less than a year.  I don’t know what to do with their…