My mom used to hold a joint birthday celebration for my sister and me, as our birthdays are 4 days apart; hers on 13 October, mine on 17 October. My mom would make stuffed “you tiao” aka fried crullers only on special occasions, and our birthday parties were one of those occasions. So, this dish holds… Read More Recipe: Vegan-Friendly Stuffed You Tiao (Fried Crullers)
I would be quite a picky eater if you asked my mother. I didn’t have to cook when I lived in Singapore because my mother did the cooking and food is just too readily available! More importantly, it’s way too hot and humid to hover around the hot stove in Singapore’s climate. Things had changed… Read More Recipe: Vegan-Friendly Char Siew Bao – BBQ Pork Steamed Buns
The semester after Denmark was almost a blur. There was a bit of an adjustment in the living arrangement with new housemates; then the semester started with a heavy load of work and assessments. Before I knew it, I was all packed up to leave for Asheville, NC. It was quite a long journey from… Read More Asheville – The cat, the food, and the boy
I had wanted to close the chapter for Odense, Denmark, properly before I route back to reconnect the dots in Perth, Australia. I had been in a frantic mode since weeks before departing Demark to transit in Singapore for a week and then back to Perth. Clearly, I am not quite a light traveler (what… Read More Life is a Rush! I’m Back in Perth!
Words create contents in my mind and take flight in the most magical way. The charming man plays with words as beautifully as he plays guitar. A poet in his blood, a romantic in his heart, he writes like a beautiful piece of music being played ingeniously.… Read More Writing is good for the soul
2016 saw dramatic changes of my relocation from Perth to Denmark. It was meant to be a 6 months stay which extended to a year. If I had kept my original plan, I would be leaving Denmark for Singapore a day before Valentine’s day. 2016 ended with a visit in Copenhagen, a “field trip” as described… Read More Whirlwind into 2017
Shaking Things Up My life would be incomplete if I start to fit into the “normal” or “usual” range. Let’s say, I have a built-in shaker that randomly shakes my life up, sometimes in a underrated big stir. I had a plan to thoroughly soak up my birthday that is marinating in the autumny atmosphere of yellow, orange… Read More Bloody Birthday in Denmark
This is an old topic revisited. I have blogged (or through Facebook Notes – those were the days!) some dinosaur years ago about how we instinctively choose so-called “scientific” claims over the words of people who have spent years investing time, emotions, and love in us. Mothers Who Used to Know-It-All The pivotal character in… Read More Truth, Trust, and Fact
The weather is taking a cooler turn, and I thought it would be such a good idea to take a mini “exploration” into the forest-ish trail to clear my head for a bit. So, I am clad in my favorite red jacket (which is my only jacket as I decided to leave all my thick warm… Read More Vampire Walk – Limited by the Sun
I have arrived in Odense, Denmark for slightly more than a week now. There hasn’t been much time to “settle in” to the new environment. I was beyond exhausted since the Master Class for Asperger’s in Perth, followed by endless feasting and shopping for 3 days in Singapore, finally the last leg of 15 hours… Read More New Chapter in Odense, Denmark
Quirky Missy 