TRAVEL TALES FROM THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
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Last week, my kid and I were coughing, coughing and coughing and gagging on a lot of phlegm that I swear it felt almost as bad as the croup he got last year.
Since I can’t take ANY cough medicine now, I resorted to the good old Nim Jiom Pei Pa Koa, which a trusted [...]
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I remember the boiled pearl barley (and sugarcane juice) from childhood days growing up in my Chinese grandmother’s house. Even my Mum would boil it for us sometimes especially when the weather is hot because pearl barley has cooling properties.
Did you know that Koreans drink a barley tea regularly in place of water? If you [...]
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The proverb “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” describes the fussy or picky eater to a tee because I was one myself
If your toddler is a picky eater, chances are that either your spouse or you was one too!
Of all the challenges of motherhood, feeding our picky eater is the greatest [...]
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Guess the title says it all, doesn’t it? I started out wanting to make this a travel blog on China but with
cooking,
cleaning,
cockroach killing,
household appliance fixing,
preschooling,
part-time working,
vege, meat and chicken marketing,
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It’s coming close to a month since the melamine in milk scandal in China broke out.
CRYING OVER SPLIT MILK…
When the news got out, we literally had to throw out all milk and dairy products such as:
NESTLE’S PURE MILK
This the only brand non-China folks will buy either for home consumtion or for business. One of my [...]
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Just when life is ordinary again, something else strikes. I’d just discovered that I’m not pregnant, our nice neighbours have moved out and now, Lucas has a fever and diarrhoea!
You know I cook everyday? On Saturday, I took a break and instead of Chinese food, we decided to try Western. We ordered pizza and spaghetti [...]
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Last week, when the news of melamine in Sanlu milk broke out, my Chinese-speaking friend and I were at the preschool, discussing his latest bite by a fellow classmate.
When we asked the school the brand of milk they fed the kids, they assured us they used, “Nestle” (hai chau). I just found out that Nestle [...]
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When my boy turned one, I’m struck by the baby books introducing whole milk to toddlers once they reach this milestone. This is very unlike the Asian/Malaysian tradition of sticking to formula milk until the kid turns 7 or 8.
My mom, my babysitter and even my friends are skeptical and horrified that I’m thinking of [...]
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