Sister number 2

September 4, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Sister number 2 left for Sydney last Tuesday. She came home in August to visit family. And, to help me care for my mum while Kalyani, the caregiver, was away in Sri Lanka. Having sister number 2 with us was an unexpected bonus. Honestly, I did not expect her to jump in to help me. […]

Old is not gold

August 28, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

This August is two years since my mum fell ill. I’ve written a lot about her. Her recipes. Her life. Her stories. More recently, it has been about her ailments. Only because of how much it has changed my mum’s life. My dear mum’s Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), heart failure and kidney disease have deteriorated. […]

Also overrated

August 21, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I used to buy into overrated, and sometimes pointless, waste of money things. Younger and gullible, I believed/half-believed the hype and marketing. Still gullible but a little less so now. I accept that people place different importance on different things in life. No judgement. Me, I will no longer book with Airbnb and operators of […]

Overrated

August 14, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

These days, I’m busy the first Monday of each month. I need to clean two altars, mine and my mum’s, give her a hair wash and bath, cook an oatmeal lunch, and get my blog ready for publication. In addition to other domestic stuff. Once done, I feel like I’ve had a productive or full […]

Sheer entertainment

August 7, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Thank you, Tom Cruise. For 2 hours 43 minutes of sheer entertainment. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 (M:I – 7) was exciting and fast paced from the get-go. My husband and I expected an action-packed movie. We got action-packed, and a lot more. Yes, we chose to accept the mission. The mission to […]

Current affairs

July 31, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

My husband and I spend a fair bit of time talking about stuff happening inside and outside of Malaysia. Invariably we settle on recurring topics. Most of which impact us. Some solvable with genuine will and concerted effort. Some leave us befuddled. Interest rates interest us. Mainly to gauge if our deposits are earning decent […]

Rekindled memories

July 24, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

It was a look back couple of weeks for me. The previous Tuesday afternoon, I met up with a school friend. From the class of SNC’78. Whilst my husband, mum-in-law sat. The Friday before, I caught up with three of my university mates. All of whom I had not seen since the Covid pandemic. The […]

Wonderings

July 17, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I have a few wonderings that have been nagging me for a while. Who, what, which people and authorities are responsible and can implement change. I hope the answers are out there. My husband and I frequent Kuala Lumpur’s numerous sprawling and well-tended parks. They are particularly busy at the weekends. Picnic spots are occupied. […]

Fast times

July 10, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

My mum says it. My sisters say it. They say once Monday comes around, the week whizzes by so fast, its Monday again. Another week. Another month. Before you know it, six months have gone past, and we are in July, 2023. Does time fly by? Sister number 3 returned home to England on the 4th […]

Happy memories

July 3, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

I didn’t want to write another post on the holiday my husband and I recently had in England. But I decided I will. Simply because it’s a happy way to relive it. After the Lake District, we spent another three nights, with my mum-in-law, in the Peak District. In a little village called Tideswell. Like […]