Your Asian mom

I know it well that not many people will read this blogpost, thus it will be considered as a space for me to go "incognito".  Life has been hectic but at the same time I am bombarded with the news of many giant organisations had laid off their employees. There are also people who decide or manage to inflict pain.  Both are too much for me to handle and hinder me from being happy and well.  I 

A casual chat with a friend aged 40 and above struck me hard when she said age does play a role in determining a person can still look for new job.  Her recent cases where she no longer has better opportunity or responses like when she was young when trying to enquire for new jobs or pay-per-project. The limiting factor is her age despite having vast experience under her belt.  Probably with more experience, employers are worried or not so keen in paying more for the experience although it could mean that the jobs can be done better and faster. Or probably the younger employees are having better grasp in what experienced workers can do, thanks to the technology that speeds up their learning process.  Where do people aged 40 and above can go then?  With the inflation and longer life span, most of the people are left with no choice but to continue working as long as possible to make ends meet.  For those who are climbing the career leader, many might think that th...

  After making several posts about gardening and farming, suddenly the app notified that Facebook was reviewing the content as it detected, or someone reported that I had violated the community standards.  Initially, it stated that it would only be less than 24 hours but few hours later, Facebook notified that they would shut down and wipe it out for good. There was no specific explanation on which way had I violated the guideline, there was no warning, no mercy, no appeal opportunity given. No trial given. Just when I thought that this US-based company would be as democratic as the country on freedom of speech and etc, Facebook management acts like communist.  I am still wondering how they make the judgment on just shutting down people's accounts like mine, when there are many more offenders using Facebook doing even worse on spreading hate, cyberbullying, scamming people. It still puzzled me in what way gardening is deemed as harming the community.  Seeing how they...

It it suck to suddenly have lactose intolerance symptoms as an adult.  I had vomiting and diarrhea episode last month after I drank two glasses of milk at a time. That time, I thought it could be due to the milk might expire after I opened it for three days.  Two days ago, I consumed the same brand of milk again. One with espresso in the morning and the other one drank it just like that in the evening. Few hours later, I started to feel so bloated and gassy. I just withstood but could not sleep at night.  The torturing night began with diarrhea twice. I thought it was over. But, the stomachache akin to Labour contraction. It did not go away even after I continued for another four diarrhea and twice vomiting.  Those purging left me with rapid heart beats, weak legs, cold sweat and constant stomach cramp.  I couldn't get any medicine at that state nor that I would wake husband up to get it for me. I just lied down and endured the pain until it eased when I fell asleep.  To be honest,...

  I woke up late on Christmas day. Instead of feeling elated with the celebration, I rather lying on the bed reading a book for few hours until 1pm and only have my first meal of the day.  Normally, Christians especially Catholics would have gone to church for Christmas Day mass, but I just didnt include it in my plan. After two years of no physical attendance at church due to Covid-19 pandemic, it is hard for me to go back to the institution that I somewhat cast some doubt on the teaching and preaching.  Some say religion is a personal relationship with the God. So do I, I believe on the good values taught by the religion, but not so much on words said by church members who sometimes acting "holier than thou".  Less is More Long story short, except a set of jewelry beads for daughter's DIY arts, none of us bought additional gifts nor new clothes which are supposed to be the norms by splurging during Christmas.  There are few reasons that lead us to not getting ...

About ten years ago, at the age of 25 to 27, I was at my slimmest and lightest weight as an adult. With my height at 157-cm tall, I usually weighed at 47 kilogramme before I got married and pregnant. However, it dropped further when I started breastfeeding for two years. The weigh scale went down to 43 kilogrammes, which was categorised as underweight. Not only that, it also reflected in my body feature especially my face where my cheekbones became more prominent. I constantly felt hungry during those two years. I took a lot of carbs. My cravings were crazier than when I was pregnant. But, still it didn't help.  Is it something to be concerned about?  Having a mother-in-law who is not supportive or not understanding the benefits of breast milk, my dropped weight did concern her a lot.  As a woman with smaller breasts, she had been sceptical whether I could provide enough milk for the baby.   Losing significant of weight made she even wondered whether the baby "sucked out"...

  Note: This is not a paid review . In fact, I forked out own money to purchase two pillows-another one for husband- after suffering from neck pain and poor quality of sleep despite sleeping for more than eight hours.  According to Sleep Foundation webpage, the body restores and repairs itself during sleep. Sleeping position is the key to determine the quality based on how effective the natural spine curvature is being supported.  I have hard and soft pillows, but lately both have been giving me new aches and pains in the morning. I even had the problem to fall asleep as the pain has started to sink in as I was ready to sleep.  What are the good sleeping positions?  The website suggested sleeping on the side or back is considered more beneficial than sleeping on the stomach.  Both positions, it’s easier to keep your spine supported and balanced, which relieves pressure on the spinal tissues and enables your muscles to relax and recover. For some unknown rea...