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14 July 2022 – 3:34 pm |

“Thanks” to today’s gadgets, more and more kids tend to say, “I don’t know what I’m good at. I don’t know what I like. I’m not interested in anything actually.” (But somehow they are interested …

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Brie : Swollen Upper Eyelid

27 July 2013 | Posted in: Food & Health | 4 Comments

[The swelling was a little better after we applied a warm towel over the eyelid for about 5 mins]
 
Brie woke up on one sunny morning, with a swollen upper eyelid.
The swelling was quite bad that …

Making : Banana Muffins. And MORE Banana Muffins!

29 May 2013 | Posted in: Food & Health | No Comment

So happy that I’m slowly getting back to baking again!!
Last week, I *finally* brought my old oven back to our little apartment, and it’s now nicely placed on our small kitchen table top.
Yes yes, I …

Dengue Fever : Symptoms and Home Treatment Tips

27 January 2013 | Posted in: Food & Health | 10 Comments

 
I don’t know how familiar you are with Dengue Fever.
I know before I had it, I knew very little about it.
Anyway.
I thought just in case any of you need the info too, here’s a little …

Body Immune System is Down

14 January 2013 | Posted in: Daily, Food & Health, Mobile Blogging | 4 Comments

By now we’ve in Jakarta for 10 month, and what do you know … I am in for a little surprise.
Around 4 days ago I started having headaches, chills, aching back of eye and high …

Nom Nom : Street Snacks – Cakue & Kue Bantal (Char Kway & Pillow Cake)

5 January 2013 | Posted in: Food & Health, Mobile Blogging | No Comment

There we were in one old alley.
Very near a popular noodle eating place called ‘Bakmi Aboen’ at Pasar Baru.
We spotted a *very* simple stall selling Cakue and ‘Pillow Cake’.
(Cakue is also known as ‘cakwe’, ‘youtiao’ …

When Cough Bugs Are Passed Between Siblings!

26 October 2012 | Posted in: Food & Health | 2 Comments

At our home, we have one school-going girl, one home-schooled boy and a 17-month-old baby girl.
None goes to childcare centres.
And so just like all other homes where there’s at least one school-going child in the …

Keeping Diaper Rash at Bay, and a GIVEAWAY of Charlie Banana Cloth Diapers!

Our baby Brie is turning 17 months next week!
And frankly, I thought kids at this age no longer have diaper-related issues.
I was wrong.
Out of my three kids, she’s the one who has the ‘longest’ diaper …

The Day our 6yo Vai got Hit by a Tennis Ball … In the Eye!

17 October 2012 | Posted in: Food & Health | 17 Comments

Yes, you read it right.
The other day, a tennis ball – at FULL SPEED – hit him in the eye. His right eye.
And since this is something that may possibly happen to anyone (including kids), …

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