Up and up

April 20, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

I think about rising oil prices. I think about how it’s affecting the costs of almost everything. I kid you not. In the first week after the US and Israel attacked Iran, the price of a lemon, yes, one piece of lemon was RM3.30 versus RM1.80 – RM2.50. At first, I thought it was a […]

Wonky teeth

April 13, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

I’ve receding gums and wonky teeth. Each time I eat, food gets stuck in the many gaps between my teeth. The main culprits are seeds like sesame and sunflower, and nuts. A close second is cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, oh my… it always shows me up by getting caught in my upper teeth, plus the […]

Working here

April 6, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

He said ‘no’ and gestured to my husband and me to make a U-turn and walk back the way we came. ‘No,’ ‘no’ was all he said. That is until I spoke to him in Bahasa. Apparently, we were walking towards the workers’ quarters, and not back to the resort. Yes, a resort that we’ve […]

Still thus far

March 30, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s still my birthday month, yes, one more day to go. Last Tuesday, my mum-in-law asked about my birthday celebrations. I explained that it would continue until the end of March, as I cannot go cold turkey on my desserts. I needed a week to slowly wean myself off the sugar overload. Officially six and […]

Thus far

March 23, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

Six and a half decades. 23,741 days, 3,391 weeks, and 780 months. OMG. That’s a mighty long time to be around. Honestly, I didn’t think I’d get to this ripe old age. Why? I don’t actually know. Maybe, because my dad passed at 62. My maternal and paternal grandmothers also passed at 62. My mum lived to 90 […]

Digestion…

March 16, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

I must have missed the biology class on digestion in school. It was only recently that I realised how little I knew/know about how food I eat gets digested and how long before the non-digested bits leave the digestive system. The length of time was what I found interesting. I thought it took four hours […]

Warring worries

March 9, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

The plan was good. The timing, not. My husband and I’ve been talking about flying to England to visit family for some months now. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been checking for the best fares and ideal flight times. Deliberation and a tad of blasé-ness lost us a couple of better fares, so we […]

Smiley-happy orchids

March 2, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

I ‘woke’ up, and continued not sleeping, and walking into my living room feeling tired. Not an unusual start to many mornings for insomniac me. What was different was how quickly I turned smiley-happy. One of the buds of the orchid plant, yes orchird plant, was opening up. It was beginning to bloom. I forgot […]

Testing the waters

February 23, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

My husband and I had a four-night, five-day stay at Tanjung Jara recently. It was the longest holiday that we’ve had, locally, in a very long time. We usually do two nights. By the third day, we are ready to go home. And, the last holiday was only for one-night in Malacca, which we thought […]

Don’t touch

February 16, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

There’s very little I can say for sure these days. This I know for sure. I like learning things. I’m actually happy when I learn, know or gather information that interest me. It could be something I’d seen or experienced. Or would like to know more about. Not in-depth knowledge. Just enough especially as my […]