As an old Chinese saying goes, “活到老，学到老”, which means “It is never too old to learn”. My 58-year-old dad has to learn to cook for the first time.
My mom is flying to Sydney soon to help my sister out on her new café opening and she will be away for at least two months. Being [...]
The CNY has come to an end finally. Despite the super hot weather, it was a very memorable one.
· 1st day of CNY: Went to the temple after a sumptuous vegetarian breakfast at my parents’ house, followed by a fun karaoke session with bro, sis and cousins at Green Box in the afternoon
· 2nd day: [...]
It’s funny to see how all of us reacted when one of my colleagues said that it is advisable to do some transactions at bank today (first day of spring 立春), particularly depositing money or a cheque to your own account as it symbolizes good fortune and wealth for the rest of the year. The [...]
This coming CNY we will be having our reunion dinner at a Chinese restaurant. It’s our second year of doing that in fact. I know it’s a trend now for families to have their reunion dinner at restaurant instead of home. Many are starting to do that because:
the family size is getting smaller and smaller, [...]
Touched down in Syeney on 7am local time today. Hadn’t been sleeping on the plane as the seat was broken, was forced to sit up straight for a good 8 hours. Not only that, they served supper around 12 midnight, and then woke us up around 3am in the morning for breakfast!! How could one [...]
I always like delicious.. until yesterday. io came to MV to have dinner with me last night, and since she wanted to eat salad I suggested to go to delicious. It was time to break fast for our Muslim friends by the time we reached there. The restaurant was packed and we had been told to wait for [...]
Introducing our new family member: Mr. Blackman! Mom found him sitting outside of the restaurant on the day we came back from Jordan. Mom said that if he is still there after she’s had the breakfast she’ll bring him home. True enough after mom and sis taken their breakfast he’s still sitting there, looking at [...]
D was in town over the weekend. C’s supposed to be coming together but something came up last minute that she’s to cancel the trip. Hope nothing is serious.
Spent the whole day in Mid Valley, I was supposed to accompany her to do some shopping but in the end I was the one who’s buying. [...]
