0 And that's a Wrap! Sardine Wrap, Beef Potatoes Wrap

I spent the last couple of weeks exploring food wraps to add a little variety into our meals. Mission's onion and chives has great texture and is scrumptious to bite into. This is now my favourite...but of course, I've only tried two brands and two flavours so I guess I can't be giving a very reliable opinion. Carrefour's garlic tortillas wasn't to my liking. I found it a little dry and floury. The edges break easily. The one thing I really like about wraps is that is has a longer shelf life than bread, lasting into a couple of months before the printed expiry date. That gives me more time to do something with it and less the tendency to...

0 What's In A Name..

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose       By any other name would smell as sweet.." ~ Shakespeare That sums it up perfectly. A flower blooms amongst my green leafy plants but I do not know its name. I've googled, I've asked people outside the world of my computer. The answer eludes me like does that soft feather that floats lightly in the wind.I ask myself, "Does it matter then?"I appreciate its beauty nonetheless. Perhaps it will be wise to spend more time valuing the joy it brings than run around searching for its identi...

0 Of Birthdays ~ By The 4th Decade...

Birthdays were a big hoo-ha in my younger days and it was celebrated with family including cousins, aunts and uncles. We've had Superchook the KFC mascot over, ribbon cutting ceremonies, those prank candles that couldn't be blown out, silly party games and many more. These days, it's more of a romantic couple thing - just the two of us, hubby and I, taking in the moment in quiet reflection. Is this a middle-age thing? I cannot tell. But I feel that we're closer than ever and perhaps even at peace with who we've become today. Hubby turned another year older, just. Instead of spending the night out in some fancy restaurant, I made him dinner...

0 Holiday Inn Melaka - Where Smiling Is Second Nature

Holiday Inn Melaka Here I was thinking that it was "just another hotel". I do not know if it is like this every other day but I was blessed with a rather good weekend stay at Holiday Inn Melaka during the Merdeka holidays. Wherever I ventured, with less than a stunning smile, there were cheerful greetings of "good mornings" and "can I help you, ma'am?" to give my lips the boost it needed for a lovely curve. It was surreal. I wasn't used to it. You could say they opened my eyes to the possibility that this level of customer service, though mostly a question mark where I live, is not a hopeless dream. Oh, and I absolutely love the pool...

0 A Whiff Of Freshness For The Bathroom

....and I discovered it quite by being inquisitive. I've this habit of testing out cheaper brands to see if I can replace pricier items at home to save on grocery shopping. Sometimes I get a good hit, sometimes I just "gotta suck it in" and keep it until I figure out what to do with it, like this mouth rinse I purchased. The label reads 18% alcohol. I could get drunk on this I think. I soon discovered that it was made of stuff built to destroy the toughest "meanies" on our gums. I do not doubt its effectiveness and would have gladly added it onto my monthly shopping list but I couldn't endure the burning that came immediate. If I cannot...

2 Defining Success

Is it about that highly paid jobLocked in a tiny cubicle with my freedom robbed?Dressed in short unbreathable pencil skirtsYet crying foul of the office flirtsPouring through mounds of paperworkBut insisting, “I’m an executive, not a clerk!”Composing grammatically correct emails, Cc and Bcc Proof I’m very important and busyWalking that corporate gaitQuick steps, back straightGoing for that important meetingTo gain brownie points for public speaking What an achievement!What achievement?!I impress general societyTHAT makes me a success ............……how empty.~ Sharon D. @ 11 November 20...

1 Lattice Top Seafood Soup Pie

I'm nowhere near MasterChef level but I do love to cook. I can't count the number of times I've terrified myself with my amateurish cooking. Terrified, yes. I mean, "Who's gonna eat this stuff?"  ..other than me. I don't throw food away unless very necessary. It has been drummed into my head since young. Mom would always *roll-eyes* use the Remember-the-hungry-children-in-Africa!  line if any of us showed any intention of doing so. Anyway, I was trolling the net and printed magazines for recipes again, as I do almost every other day. I read recipes like they're romance novels. There is such a gush of emotion every time I find...

0 When Coca-Cola is not C-O-K-E

The humour of it all and I believe I would have fallen off my chair very ungracefully if I had not restrained myself from letting that whoop of laughter out. This is what happens when you hire foreign help with little understanding of the language we speak hereabouts. I cannot blame the poor fellow. He struggled to understand what I wanted to order. "Kok? Waddat?", came the reply."Coca-cola, coOoolaaa?", I tried explaining. The drinks came and I got my coke. I was pleased....half an hour later, I got the bill. Egads! Gotta be kidding me Where? At the branch in Bukit Jalil. (Not at the address printed on the receipt...

0 Oohing And Aahing Over My New Door Guard

It had to happen I guess. People have been saying that the crime rate has increased noticeably over the years. I have never taken it very seriously. I rebel at the thought of being told that I cannot walk the land I was born and bred in safely and freely. Where are my rights in the middle of all this unjustified calls that I be more fearful than the devil who robs. Who is their protector that they conquer over us without an ounce of doubt that any repercussions would be light on their conscience.  While there has been a steady flow of friends and family coming up to me with horrifying accounts of being held at knife point and having...