I looked at my desktop calendar to see what MCO day number it is today and next to today’s date, I’d earlier written down Cass’ Diagnostic Exam date on today’s box. Had La Corona not invaded our lives unexpectedly, Cass would be sitting for an exam that would last the entire week! And she escaped this exam and the major one in September. My Corona batch girl is rejoicing and so am I .đ Anyway, the Primary 6 students will still be tested, in another form of assessment, to be decided and announced by the Education Ministry in the near future.
Miss Lazybones again sneaked back into the house after stairs climbing with me but daddy didn’t let her off the hook. He dragged her to do 20 minutes of stretching exercise before she’s let off for breakfast đ
Our baking queen dished out her maiden spectacular lasagne dish today, just in time for tea time as we’d all skipped lunch. We had pau and siew mai for breakfast.
I took almost an hour to slow cook the beef bolognese sauce to perfection and she spent the entire afternoon in the stuffy kitchen to shape the pastas to perfection and we took less than half an hour to nosh it down.đŹ
The salmon that hubs ordered from his supplier arrived today. The girls are so happy!
For dinner, we had salmon fish head cooked in Assam sauce, which is insanely delish.   The flavour of plain fresh salmon is already lovely but the tangy and spicy Assam sauce with kafir lime leaves just puts this over the top from tasty to exceptional. We can have this dish everyday and never get bored of it.
Other dishes for our evening include braised tofu with minced meat, lotus root soup, sauteed cabbage and stir-fried chicken tenders with sesame seed oil, ginger, black fungus and Shiitake mushrooms.
With our everyday lives dramatically transformed almost overnight, self-care has also transformed from nice-to-have indulgence to must-have necessity. We must look after ourselves because if we donât, then we canât look after anybody else. That’s the reason why throughout the MCO period, I still prioritize exercise everyday.
We can’t control La Corona but we can control exercise, diet, sleep and keep in touch with loved ones and friends via virtual meetings and positive behaviours. And reward ourselves for doing them by self-administering dopamine, a molecule released when you hit a goal, which in turn motivates you to repeat those behaviours and makes them easier to do. This can be as simple as telling yourself well done for going for that 20-minute run along the corridor of your apartment unit or doing a group Tabata / Yoga / HIIT with your buddies via Zoom. Because if you keep eating and stay sedentary, after the lockdown is lifted, you definitely can’t look down đ
Stay healthy and active and stay safe at home peeps.
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