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,…
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Christmas Eve 2016
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.…
Christmas Pie By Chef Sher
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…
Dong Zhi 2016
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…
Best Travel Options When Traveling From Singapore To Kuala Lumpur
If you’re in the beautiful city of Singapore and would want to cross border to the charming capital of Malaysia, you need to consider means that will get you there comfortably and safely. The two cities are about 320 km apart and going by a personal car might take you close to 4 or 5…
Yung Kee Beef Brisket Noodles (Ngau Lam Mee) @ Jalan Pudu, KL
If you’re prepared to sweat it out under a canopy in the hot sun to enjoy one of the tastiest Hong Kong style ngau lam mee (beef brisket noodles) in the Klang Valley, head over to Yung Kee at Kwai Hup Restaurant (coffee shop) at Jalan Pudu. We did just that on our Saturday morning…
Hike To The Waterfall @ Ratu Rening
Back To ‘Civilization’!
After a 3-day-2-night stay in the jungle doing ‘camping in style’, I am SO SO glad that we are back home. To civilization! During our stay in the forest reserve, we were up close and personal with nature. Though the rustic villa at Ratu Rening was breathtaking, I just could not live comfortably without an…
Weekend Getaway In A Jungle
In under an hour’s time, we will be off to Ratu Rening (near Genting Highlands / Batang Kali) for a weekend getaway with our usual group of buddies and their kiddos. Hubs and I have been friends with these group of friends since we were teenagers. Our girls and their kids have been friends since…
Home-Cooked Dinner
The Essentials For Keeping Your Cool When Health Problems Heat Up
School Holiday Activities
Since yesterday, Cass has been spending hours on end learning how to sew. I have been too busy to teach her sewing and grandma isn’t feeling well. But so determined is this little fella to learn how to sew that she asked her grandma for old cloth scraps and rummaged through her drawers to hunt…
The Accidental Millionaire Farmer
This is by far one of the most inspiring stories I’ve heard. It is a true story of a 74-year old sickly farmer with a switch of fate – from sickly to healthy and from poor to rich after he consumed hydrogen infused water and a supplement containing carotenoids in the hope of treating his…