Only a week more left to school reopening. I am always very nervous for this. My sons are having a one-month holiday where 2 weeks are taken up by CNY. It is a mixed feeling. The happy feeling is that

It is already day 5 of the Chinese Lunar New Year. I always feel time flies by fast when it comes to CNY. Let me savour the last bit of the holidays and the no need of rushing and abiding by time before

As I continue to insist on family photos and dressing up for CNY even when we are at home, I manage to get some decent shots for CNY. This year, I put more effort into matching our CNY attire. Why? You

It was day 2 of Chinese New Year. What did we do? Usually day 2 of CNY is when married wives like me go back to our maiden's home to visit but I have decided not to fly this year. I miss my family and

It is Chor 1, the first day of the Lunar Calendar! So it is when the Chinese all over the world celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. Our family is not excluded as well. This year, everything seems to

Yesterday was the Sunday before Chinese Lunar New Year, so many from our church have also returned home for the celebration. It was raining and the weather was gloomy. It's quite a rare thing as the weather

I am always excited for Chinese New Year and my CNY preps can start as early as 2 to 3 months prior to the festival! I always take time to plan and also spread out our spendings when CNY is coming as it

A historical moment and day for the firstborn. He professed his faith publicly and got water baptised. He was very nervous so he ended up speaking a lot but he did it. Am so so so proud of him to choose

My 9-month-old Naomi ♥️ Celebrated her first Christmas and will be celebrating her first CNY with us soon. Very active and resists sleep a lot these days, cos maybe she is set to practise her standing,

There is a fast growing drinks and ice-cream joint in town. I notice that it is blooming like mushrooms after rain and it seems to be everywhere , like literally most corners of an area. We can find it

After a hiatus of many days in blogging on Hive, I am here to reveal the reason why I have been away. I gave birth a week ago! I want to document this important significant even on Hive so I can remember

I think this is definitely the last day of my breakfast date with my secondborn as the Raya school holidays commenced next week and I am scheduled for labour next Tuesday. I took photos of us at his favorite

So I am at 39 weeks and 1 day pregnant. Am really at my last lap of my pregnancy but with no signs of labour yet. Honestly, I am with more apprehensions this time than nervous for the delivery because

Some days I really don't know what to cook. Yet I try to look at my ingredients and try to think of something. So what I had in my fridge before I replenish more grocery were some bell peppers and chicken

It was my first attempt making this patin and toman fillet, cooked in taucu paste! I seldom cook fish in any other way than adding the fish fillets into soup. Maybe because I really do not have many recipes

On the last day of Chinese New Year, I had a craving for a particular soup and saw a simple recipe for it, which is the imitation version or the fake version of the "shark fin soup". Shark fin

I have a "baby" sister who is 14 years younger than me. We do chat a lot on Whatsapp but we seldom meet as we are staying quite far apart. Two weeks ago, she had to attend a program by the government

I haven't entered a cinema since the last I watched Pikachu the Detective movie in 2019. So that makes it like 5 years since my last movie? Today the streak is broken. I went to watch my first ever movie

Yay, welcome back to my post on cooking a simple homecook meal! I don't always like to cook but I cook often. On some days, I may cook a bit differently from usual then it actually excites me. Gotta just

My secondborn is finally going to kindergarten. Before this he seemed like so carefree about it. After experiencing school for a week, I think he gets a better idea of it. It has been quite an emotional