A few ideas flooded my mind as I’m sitting down thinking and planning. “Sharpen Your Saw” – Steven Covey “An unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” *** In retrospect, I’ve lost many hours of unnecessary labour because I didn’t put serious thoughts …
If people don’t love or hate your work, you just haven’t done all that much – Tinker Hatfield
When people enjoy my recipe and encouraged to eat better Conducted a cooking demo and talk with McCormick & Malaysian Women’s Weekly at The Cooking House, Bangsar. So glad to be able talk about MSG, umami and salt (things I’ve been reading and find absolute fascinating). Shared my favorite Jamu Tonic recipe too. What a …
Been reading up on SEO, playing with web tools, (very little) codes, and figuring out how things work. Most people tell me its a waste of time, coding is too hard, and a steep learning curve etc. But then we can’t let people (no matter how much better they are) to tell us to not …
Having a friend who share the same humour & appreciation for a philosophy you subscribe to ❤️
So many things I want to do/learn. So little time. But I can find time. First I need to eliminate things I don’t need that steal my time/attention: 1. DRIVING. I hate driving and I don’t do it if I don’t have to. This month, I decide to not drive AT ALL and Uber/Grab …
I think I’m quite stoical in the sense that I can endure physical and emotional pain more than most people I know. I don’t take painkiller and I am very patient with people. Recently, I thought there’s downside to it. The cough that wouldn’t go away because I can bear it, and the frustration …
This year’s Lent, I decided to give up books for 40 days. It’s rare ‘sacrifice’ because reading seems to be something that one can easily give up (not true for me). It’a also seen as a good thing. But at the rate that I was going (though much less than known avid readers like Bill …
Homemade Hainanese Pork Chop for dinner. I’ve studied (?!) this dish for the past week, and made it a few times, each making improvement to it. Satisfied with the outcome this time
This lent, I decided to fast on a material I’m most attached to: books. I think I’ve never – voluntarily – stopped reading since I started to learn ABC. Not too long ago, when I was suffering from severe dry eyes, I cried because I thought I’ll go blind and one of my biggest fear …
