Today our baking queen baked her very first loaf of hand-kneaded bread, which is Brioche loaf bread and Brioche buns! According to her, the bread is not 100% perfect as the texture is not super fluffy and pillowy but her sisters and I think that it’s pretty good — super soft, buttery and rich (she…
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MCO Day 84 ~ Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Today marks the last day of the Conditional Movement Control Order. Effective tomorrow, 10 June through 31 August 2020, our country will be placed in a Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) phase. Today our country recorded no cases of Covid-19 transmissions among locals, over the last 24-hours. According to our very capable Health Ministry Director-General Datuk…
MCO Day 81 ~ Saturday, 6 June 2020
One of the after effects of the almost 3 months long MCO is that our girls have now become insomniac! They wake up way after 9 a.m. and don’t even feel sleepy way after midnight. Their circadian rhythms have gone haywire. Their eating habits have gone out of whack. When they are bored, especially Cass,…
A Complete Guide For Parents To Find Private Tutors In Malaysia
These days, it is very common for students to have tuition for additional knowledge and guidance outside of school. In Malaysia, especially in large cities such as Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur and Penang, parents are always on the look out for the best tutors for their children so that they can learn and perform academically…
MCO Day 80 ~ 5 June 2020 (Friday)
This morning’s jog was cut short when it started to drizzle. Oh how I dislike wet mornings! I continued running for a short while in the drizzle until it got heavier. Getting a minimum of 30 minutes run each day is as important as getting my daily supplements. My daily workout is akin to popping…
MCO Day 77 & 78 (Tuesday, 2 June & Wed, 3 June 2020)
Tuesday, 2 June 2020 With over 2 months of being stuck at home and devoid of a daily part-time helper, all the cleaning and washing finally took a toll on my hands. My stiff shoulders got stiffer and the crick in my neck got ‘cricker’. I’m currently suffering from pain on my right hand (the…
Dresses On My Wish List
Over two months of zero face-to-face meet-up with friends and relatives, zero parties, zero celebratory dinners at restaurants and no church to go to during this Covid19 pandemic means I’ve not been dressing up in my pretty dresses for this long. The only few places that I frequent the past few weeks are the supermarket, pharmacies and…
MCO Day 75 ~ 31 May 2020 (Sunday)
I can’t believe that five months of the New Year just flew past us, with 2.5 months spent sheltering at home. When I was a school girl, we were told that Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020) is the year that many great things would happen. We were asked umpteen times to write essays on this topic…
6 Benefits of Adding CBD to Your Daily Routine
There has bee a lot of hype about CBD products and the many ways you can use them to improve your life and health. Researchers are still wading through the numerous claims, but hey have identified several areas where CBD appears to have positive results. If you have been left wondering what, exactly, this miracle-compound…