When I was new in Malaysia, I was shocked to hear people asking each other out for a drink, even in the morning. “Jom, I belanja you minum!” (Come, I’ll buy you a drink!) It’s quite common to go into an office at 10 am or so and find that person nowhere to be found. [...]
After reading about the latest collaboration between Adidas and Samsung — the MiCoach phone a.k.a. Samsung SGH-F110 — I was crazy enough to ask the friend of a friend to buy me the whole setup, all the way from Germany (she’s a student there). You see, Samsung has no plans for now to launch this [...]
Last weekend, while DH went shopping for a car cover and the kids were off to Lola’s house, I whipped up a double batch of the Stephford Diaries’ “The Best Chocolate Chips…EVAR!“.
This recipe is unique because it uses high protein flour, the type of flour used for making bread, and the butter is melted beforehand, [...]
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When I was pregnant with the twins, I started getting premature contractions sometime around the 24th or 26th week of pregnancy. Upon the doctor’s recommendation and after discussing things over with DH, I decided to stop working so that I could rest at home.
After giving birth to the twins, I also took a year off [...]
When I first came to Malaysia, I was introduced to a plethora of exotic new foods. One of them is the strange-looking fruit called pulasan (scientific name: Nephelium mutabile). From a distance, the fruit’s overall look reminds you of the rambutan but instead of being hairy, it’s kinda spongy and the colour is deeper, more [...]
