Caring Is Not Only Sharing...

VERY HOMELY ALREADY....  I have not go out for a number of days already, but I know it has been two weeks since the Partial Lockdown was implemented.  Masks are very limited for me so I try to refrain from going out if possible.  What I need to do is to start the car engine, reverse it out to the road so that I can wash the whole porch.  Then I drive the car in again and leave the engine on for awhile to let it warm up.  LOL... This is what I will do once every few days. Yesterday my cousin shared some of the online deliveries with me.  She does not have to go out and all she does is to call up the shops and have them delivered the goods to her.  Its So convenient, she told me... out of curiosity, I checked them out and ended up ordering lots, fish, pork, bacon, meatballs, dumplings...etc. etc... and even desserts!  They were delivered to my doorstep in the afternoon.  Yes, I washed my hands before and after handling everything... Come to think of it, I never wash my hands so many ti

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WHATEVER DAY OF THE PARTIAL LOCKDOWN NOW, I want to say I am still surviving with my homecooking!  Never before I cook daily even when my kids were around.  So this Covid thing, kind of train me, us to be cooks, simple or complicated dishes, everyone stays indoor to eat... This morning I received a lot of information from my cousin on home deliveries, you name it, she got it!  Chicken, pork, vegetables, seafood (fish, prawns, japanese food stuff plus their sauces), fruits, cakes ... LOL ... she gave me all their phone numbers.  And I really kept myself very busy calling them this morning.  Having done so, I think I do not need to go out from my house to get anything except to go for a short drive to recharge my car battery!  These few days, I did not cook any rice, I just want to eat noodles and noodles.  I am no more called a "Rice Bucket" by my family, the throne has since passed on to another sibling... LOL.... I like the spinach noodles... and I had it with my chi

HOMECOOKING FOOD BEFORE THE MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER.... Before this partial lockdown, my friends and I gather every now and then to have lunch in our own homes.  Sometimes they will bring their food over and at times I go over to their house.  These went on time to time until the MCO refrained us from doing so. Looking back to my photo folder, I miss these type of food below... LOL... Four dishes and yummylicious too! Eggs with long beans and gojiberries... Fish paste with minced meat stuffed into the bitter gourd...  My friend's special dish!  I miss this!! Asparagus with shrimps...  And some left over curry chicken...  Great lunch for 4, right? I wonder when the day will come and we can lead our normal lives again... When the time comes, we must remind ourselves never to take for granted again... Treasure our moments together and leave no space for grudges... 

Due to this virus covid scare, many of us are quarantined in our own homes.  As far as possible, I try to refrain from going out even for groceries, as long as there is enough food stuff to last me for 2 weeks, I rather stay home and "hibernate."  I occupied my time by cooking, cleaning house, watching TV and of course, working online on my faithful laptop.  This is how I pass my daily life and I do not mind a bit for being home confinement.  Even if the pandemic is over, the weather these days is so fiery hot and I do not like to drive out to the shopping malls in this weather.  So when I heard about shopping online is so convenient and easy, I gave it a try.  And once I did, there was no turning back.  Online shopping has become one of my hobbies especially during weekends when there is more discounts and sales.  There is so much to browse on and not only that, I can save my money cos I really take a few hours to get the best sales ever! Alright, I have been searchi

COVID # ?? MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER.... it is not going to be partial if this virus is getting more and more widely spread each day.  Police blocks are on the main roads 24 hours near my area, I heard.  My niece and nephew were stopped couple of days ago, many questions were asked before they could be let off.  Not advisable to be driving in twos or more on the main roads especially with no valid reasons.  I agree that it is a good move to implement stricter laws on the roads especially during this pandemic situation. Aunties like me stay home quietly, my only contact and hearing different voices is by handphone.  Passing time as usual by cooking, cleaning house, laptop work and Netflix.  Questions like "Bored yet?  Still sane or not?" were responded with a NO at present.  Meanwhile, Let us Stay positive and optimistic!   My lunch... eating leftovers from the other day... Boiled soup with tomatoes, carrots and corn....  My neighbour gave me a bowl of Fish Tom

WHAT DAY IS IT TODAY?  I lost count of the movement control DAYS already.  Now I am more or less getting used to staying  quietly at home and be a lone ranger.  I only contact with the outside world through my handphone.  Now come to think of relying just on the handphone, I must treat it with utmost care!  I don't have a house phone already... oh my goodness!  Never thought of that... the only way I can contact to the outside world is through my laptop... OOohhh... very scary!  Don't hang up on me, my two precious gadgets... handphone and laptop AND of course, the WIFI!! Cooking so simple meals that I feel shy to upload them... but I am so so glad that I ordered these yummy NYONYA CHANGS from Michelle Soo.  I am sure many of us know Michelle through the blogging days.  Though I never meet her before, I know about her and family through Facebook mainly these days.  How many of you know her... or heard of her?  Tell me... :) I have been drooling over her Changs ever since sh

7TH DAY OF COVID HOME CONFINEMENT....  Couldn't sleep back after waking up around 5.30am this morning, maybe the 12 hours sleep on the previous day has taken its toil.  LOL... Enough of rest, get up, lazybones!  And so I got up early but only managed to go to the mini wet market at 7am.  Wrong timing!  My regular stall was just getting ready her vegetables, I didn't want to disturb her so I bought from another stall... and no pork today!  Aiyah... really wrong day to wake up early.  Ended up buying just a chicken and some vegetables.  I could not even get some desserts at such an early hour.  Must go back to my regular hours... 10am!  LOL...  Took out my first tupperware of minced meat, I still have 7 more in the fridge, by the way... hoarder!  Today lunch is white porridge, minced meat, salted egg and cabbage.....  Minced meat patties with big onions and coriander leaves.... My lunch with porridge for today...  For dinner, I will have this fried fish give

6TH DAY OF COVID CONFINEMENT...  When I opened my eyes and looked at time, to my shock, it was already 10.30 in the morning!!  What made me sleep through the 12 hours??  No doubt I woke up once to answer nature call, that was considered a long sleep throughout the night, taking into consideration I slept before 11pm.  That means I had a good 12 hours sleep more or less... LOL....So guilty! Supposed to go the market this morning but no point going, all the meat will be taken up by the time I get ready.  Postpone till tomorrow and this time I better put on the alarm to wake me up at 7am.  I am planning to go earlier to beat the crowd... seriously!  Don't have any greens in my fridge except for a cabbage and cucumber and eggplant.  Furthermore, I did not drive out for two whole days already!  Thank God, my area market is a very mini one and less than 5 minutes drive only, I have to go out and get a change of scene.   Food for today....  Steamed chicken, leftover brais

4TH & 5TH DAY OF COVID CONFINEMENT... What comes to my mind each morning when I wake up?  These questions...   What shall I eat today, breakfast... lunch and dinner... What shall I cook?  I guess I am not alone thinking about the preparation of food.  We need to ration, right?  Not sure when the shops or markets might be closed one day.  Now the situation is so unpredictable.   Reading and hearing too much about the bad news is not good though I need to know what is happening.  Staying at home alone too long without talking to anyone can have adverse effects.  That is why I stay sane by talking on the phone, video call, or whatever it takes just to have some voice talking back to me.  LOL....  These days it is common to see many of us put up what we cook online.  Facebook, Instagram, blogs, vblogs, we share and show people what we have each day, get some ideas on what to cook for our family, in my case, for myself...  I start off the day daily with 2 slices of bread

THIRD DAY OF "CONFINEMENT".... Oh, but I did go out this morning, thought of buying more eggs and a loaf of bread.  The mini wet market had more people today, it seems they are forced to close from tomorrow onwards.  The residents must have heard about it and the panic buying began again.  No more chicken meat and fish by the time I reached there at 10am.  I adjourned to the sundry shop, no eggs, finished too!!  Wow, that is serious, man.... I managed to get 10 eggs from another shop but no bread in sight, all gone... Gone! I guess I have to ration my stock in the fridge... LOL... My neighbor called me early this morning and told me that she made a special dish today, Hainanese Braised Pork and gave me a one meal portion.  Tasted sourish and spicy... appetizing!  Yes, I guess many of us will gain some healthy weight during this confinement... I like this new kitchen toy I bought from Lazada.... I can steam my rice...  and warm up the dish at the same time....

SECOND DAY OF COVID-19 IMPRISONMENT... Went to the drive-in market around 8.30am, got some fresh vegetables and chicken meat.  Stopped by at the sundry to get some dry stuff too....and the list of things seems endless.  The streets around my area were pretty quiet, just like Sunday mornings even thought it is a weekday today.  Most of the shops are closed except for the banks in my area.   I have a feeling that the market will be closed from tomorrow or the next day onwards.  The pandemic is on, heard from the vendors that they were worried too, I couldn't blame them if they close their stalls in the market.  At this moment of crisis, they are at the front line dealing with public. Happy for China that their country is under control.... such a big giant country and yet, they managed to contain the virus so soon.  Our country is next... will our people be so obedient?  I better start by disciplining myself first... stay home, do housework, computer work, cooking and ends

NEW CHANGE... Never before I have experienced this restriction from as far as I can remember.  Vivid and vague memories of a curfew happened in 1969 and that was it.  Now with the Covid-19, it seems like everyone has to play a part in keeping this virus contained.  Many of us pray for this virus to be under control or better still, be rid of... soon!  Our lives will be back to normal then.  Now thinking back, we have lots to be thankful for before this Mr. V came into our lives.  We can go about our daily lives without any worries, particularly on the hygiene.  Talking about hygiene, Never had I feel "paranoid" about pumping petrol with my bare hands, opening public places' doors where you got to pull or push, entering my car and quickly squeezing from the hand sanitizer, wary of sneezing and coughing from others and including my own self... and what else.... Yes, I tried suppressing myself from coughing at public places, I kept swallowing my saliva to suppress it, fail