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This is not what you think, definitely not vulgarity using the third finger ok. Yesterday was a classic Monday blues day for me. After the week-long Raya holiday, I was…

The much scornful haze is back again, no thanks to weeks of drought. It is very dry, hot and humid now.  My kids and I are starting to get itchy…

While waiting for Alycia to have her hair cut at a hair salon today, I saw a lady seated next to me having a hair rebonding done.  On the table…

Besides getting 'heatiness' from consuming 'heaty food', the Chinese believe that one can also get "kar for" or 'fake heatiness' from lack of sleep.  This I have to agree because…

A sparkling apple with shiny red skin does not necessarily mean that the inner part is just as good. Well, the outer flesh can still look enticingly white and juicy…

Not mine lar, I hope the title didn't scare you :D  It's the butcher / veggie seller whom I normally patronize in the morning.  This morning at the market-on-van, I…

I bought a packet of white sesame seeds the other day to toast them in a non-stick pan. After my maid had poured all the sesame seeds into the pan,…

Whilst I was waiting to see Baby C's pediatric surgeon yesterday, I saw a mother sitting on a wheelchair, also waiting outside our doctor's office.  On her lap was her 5-year…