Your Asian mom

Covid-19 pandemic has been severely affecting Malaysia for more than a year since March 2020. With the rolling out of vaccines against the virus, the situation does not turn better but the opposite. The slow vaccination process and people are being sceptical about it gave enough time for Covid-19 to mutate into a more aggressive virus to wipe out the world.  As Malaysia daily cases hit a record high of more than 8,000 people infected by the virus, many have taken their frustration on social media especially when the leader announced total lockdown at the eleventh hour.  Since not many people read here, I feel less guilty channeling my emotion through this blog. After reading those negative thoughts poured at Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts, it evoked my emotions over a same person's response over similar question.  Since March last year until recently, he would ask whether I visited my parents during Mother's, Father's, Easter, Winter Solstice, harvest festival, Chr...

Growing money vctor image by Freepik Covid-19 pandemic has indeed affect many people, forcing them to be part of the unemployment statistics. Myself is also not exempted from the threats of losing my sunset industry job.  Been working with the company for nine years. These few recent years, there has been multiple announcements on retrenchment and downsizing exercises.  Strangely, the bosses would decide to do it at the advent of Chinese New Year. Do they think that breaking the news during that time will be good for those celebrating the festival?  Having enough with the emotional torture from the company, I decided that 2021 will be the year I get better in money managing including getting involved in investment.  There is always opportunity when the crisis occurs.  I have to give credit to husband on teaching me this valuable lesson. That's why they say marry someone who is better than you, then you will be motivated to go on same direction.  Apart from ...

It is February now. But the country is still under semi-lockdown.  Semi lockdown is totally a wrong choice of words. It is either lockdown or not a lockdown.  But, the politicians in my beloved countries just could not make up their mind about the rulings. Anyhow, as the government allows dine-in with 2-people at a table. I thought of spending part of my 4 hours me-time every Wednesday to hangout with a friend by having a  quick coffee, or "yumcha" session.  That person used to be a close friend who went for food tasting here and there before Covid-19. It had been months since we met each others. Out of all the things I wanted to do on my off day as a mom who juggles work and homeschool my daughter, I chose to spend time with the friend.  It was because she agreed to it that I made time for it.  Unexpectedly, most of the time she was gluing her eyes to a laptop designing a Chinese New Year greeting card for her boss.  There were minimal eyes contact du...