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I handled yesterday very poorly—literally crying over spilt milk, ruining dinner by messing up the pastry crust for the leek and bacon pie I planned to make, and flying into a rage the moment one of the kids…  

Rapid fire update on what’s been going on: As you can see, I’ve shaved my head. It’s just a small show of support for my mom. Lots of people seem to like it, so I might just keep the buzz cut. Andrea’s turning…  

How to get RM1 off your Starbucks drink everytime without ever joining a loyalty programme.  

Staying at home has been fun. I try to cook dinners more often since I have more time to prepare for them. In the past couple of weeks we have had: Shepherd’s pie Bobotie Creamy mushroom soup Spaghettini with creamy chicken and…  

Dad, Lionel and I just had a magnificent lunch at Lafite, Shangri-La hotel. At RM68, the set lunch is an amazing bargain, considering the haute cuisine you get to sample. The most perfectly cooked cod (Lionel’s dish. It was so delicate!)….  

Body’s slowly repairing itself after the weekend’s bout of food poisoning. Despite the lousy indigestion that strikes every afternoon after lunch, I still felt game for whipping up something new in the kitchen. My new online place of interest is now [BBC’s…  

I stayed up on Thursday night to complete a piece of work for the office, hoping that I could help get things moving along for that portion of the fund launch by availing it to the other manager for his approval. By…  

I baked yesterday. A batch of chocolate chip and raisin oatmeal cookies, which turned out quite well. And since I don’t have an electric mixer, I learned there and then that the job of creaming butter and sugar can be undertaken just…  

My current favourite morning beverage: 1 sachet of Milo Fuze (with high calcium milk) 1 teaspoon of Nescafé Cap Colombie freeze-dried coffee 1 teaspoon of sweetened condensed milk Stir all into a mug…  

This is a photo-intensive entry. I’m so glad I had a camera with me throughout the trip to Singapore! Anyway, here we go…