I remember when I gave birth, suddenly everything in the house was baby-fied. The things that we use have to be baby friendly. Suddenly, I was exposed to a whole new world of Baby products. There were Baby washing detergent for baby’s clothes, Baby dish liquid for baby’s milk bottles, Baby toiletries for baby’s skin…
Have you ever tried to follow a recipe, esp when it has ingredients that you are not familiar with? For example, some strange sounding vegetable, or an unpronouncable spice or even an item that is a total unknown to you. Recently, I’ve been trying out various recipes of my favourite foods, and many of them…
I’ve mentioned before that Nadine is one very quiet girl. She is one of those well behaved, compliant and generally obedient kids that you see in the class, mall or library. With her learning disability, it is a challenge to figure out what she thinks or feels. Recently, a friend recommended a Psychotherapist, and was…
Every time our family goes for our favourite Japanese cuisine, we end up spending quite a bit. We’ve tried to go at lunch time, but there’s usually no lunch specials on weekends and public holidays. Sigh.. most of these specials are for the weekday working crowd.. so I was very pleasantly surprised when Ikyu invited us…
I. Have. A. Hair. Fall. Problem. Some background first: Before I started this treatment, I had about 250-300 strands of hair falling daily. According to statistics, this is totally out of norm! Firstly, how do I know if I have a problem with Hair Fall? Everyone has a ‘normal’ hair fall of about 100-150 hairs…
How is water dispensed in your home? We used a traditional kettle to boil our water and put it in flasks after waiting for a long time before it is finally cooled. If we wanted hot water to make tea, we just have to boil more water again! Before that, we had a water purifier…
We all know reading and writing go hand-in-hand. In fact, reading is essential in building a strong foundation when it comes to writing. The best writers are known to read excessively and variedly – giving them a natural flair for words. It’s my dream for all my kids to be great readers. But it’s not…
