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I replaced my bedroom air-conditioner with a Panasonic CS-XPU10WKH model in August 2020. Some time in March 2021, it’s performance had deteriorated so much that i woke up one morning to a warm room...
So my upstairs vacuum cleaner hasn’t been working so well these days. I’ve emptied out the dust box on it, but it is still way less powerful than it used to be. I “inherited”...
One thing with living alone is I tend to notice changes around the house easily … after all, things don’t usually move unless I move them. So when I do notice something has changed,...
I still had some of Mum’s Prawn Biriyani (recipe for this will be obtained some day! ) left over from yesterday, so I supplemented it with some kebabs together with a Yoghurt-Garlic dip. Salad...
I finally managed to get my hands on some Baby Kailan from Tesco. I’ve been trying to match the Baby Kailan with Garlic served at our favorite Chinese Restaurant. Today I have discovered the...
I was planning to make fried noodles this evening once my Tesco delivery arrived — only to find I had left out the main ingredient from my cart. So quick change of plan and...
Another case of opening the refrigerator and figuring out what to have for dinner. Found a half-cut of pumpkin, from two grocery deliveries ago. This was sliced, peeled, and diced and tossed around in...
Kangkung (Water Convolvulus) is a leafy vegetable that is very common in the tropics. It grows easily and therefore is commonly available and cheap (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_aquatica). It was only after I started cooking Kangkung Belacan...
This is one of my favourite dishes that my mum makes regularly. It originates from the Negeri Sembilan area of Malaysia. My dad’s village is on the border of Melaka and Negeri Sembilan and...
We’ve been under Movement Control Order (MCO) for the last 10 days. I ate my last slice of bread last weekend. Since then, it’s been impossible to get bread anywhere, as everybody is at...
