Last night has to be the BEST Parents' Evening Ever! Last night I came out of David's school feeling absolutely euphoric. Now, this is my second son - the cheeky, jokey one who talks too much in class. He has always done pretty well academically. The issue has always been his smart-arse talk in class. He plays the joker too much, delighting his classmates but frustrating his teachers. There has been times when I have come out of the teachers' meetings feeling that they had been dredging ...
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Mothering Sunday
When my mother was alive, I had to keep track of 2 lots of Mother's Days. Mothering Sunday in the UK in March or April and the American influenced Mother's Day in May, which is the date that most countries in Asia would celebrate this special day. In the UK the date is set on the fourth Sunday of Lent and is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday. So every year, without fail, I would have bought a Mother's Day card in March and come May, I would have been frantically looking for the card ...
On being brave and starting a new journey
I love this Mark Twain quote. It encompasses my philosophy in life now - to live a life with no regrets and to dream and explore. For many years, I have not allowed myself to truly dream of my deepest desires. Life was busy with bringing up children and working full time, juggling finances and worrying about the household tasks. The proverbial juggling of too many balls in the air. And one day, I "woke up" and realised that I could not recall how the last ten years of my life had gone by. ...
Do more of what makes you happy
This is one of my many intentions for this special year of my life. Many of the 50 items in my Bucket List will indeed be things that I wish to do more of to make me happy. I have previously lived my life day by day going through the motions of working, cleaning, cooking, sorting out the boys and all the minutiae of running a home and family. And time just flew by and I had no recollection of how the years have gone by. Now I am more mindful about my days - I choose to create ...
Vietnamese Spring Roll Dipping Sauce
I have a Vietnamese uncle who is a fantastic cook. This is a recipe I inherited from him that will go very well with the fried Vietnamese spring rolls or the Vietnamese summer rolls. ...
Gyoza Dipping Sauce
I love gyozas and this dipping sauce is just perfect for dipping your gyozas into. Put the extra unused sauce in a glass jar and it will keep in the fridge for 2 weeks. I buy the frozen gyozas from the Chinese supermarket. To cook them, heat up a frying pan that has a lid and add a tablespoon of oil. coat the bottom of the pan evenly with the oil by swivelling the oil in the pan. Put the frozen gyozas in the pan to brown 2 or 3 sides. Once you are happy with the browning, add a splash of ...
A trip to Rome
https://youtu.be/wpll7PzbCTk I flew into Rome early this morning. It was a very last minute decision to spend Christmas here, close to the heart of the Roman Catholic Church. I have a very firm and steadfast belief in God ever since I was 13 years old. Having grown up in a very "back to basics" simple Brethren type of church, I find the Catholic Church with its ornate churches and ceremonies pretty foreign to me. So I have come to explore and to appreciate the beauty around me. We had a ...
