Hong Kong, all the details

Unlike in previous trips, I did not put together a post about all that we did in Hong Kong (yet). It's been almost 4 months since we were there and I don't know if I have it in me. Shortly after we got back to Canada, my mother felt quite ill and some things snowballed...

Cantonese chat group

Last weekend, I arranged for J to bring GG to lion dance practice and I raced through a grocery trip in order to be back with time to unpack the fridge/freezer goods and pop online for an UncleDonnie88 x ABCSpeaker Zoom chat starting at 11 am PST. It was an international event since ABCSpeaker is...

Hong Kong trip: All the food

As with the last trip, the food is separate and comes first. We (my mother, the kids and I) were in Hong Kong from March 16 until March 27 (left Vancouver on March 15) and here are all the things we ate. March 15 With the midday (12:25 pm) flight, it wasn't a struggle to...

China trip: The full tour

Pre-req reading: China trip: planning and paperwork phase China trip: final prep – questions and answers China trip: All the food Okay, now that I've written up all the above, I can concentrate on this post what all went down. October 7 (T-1 day) As directed by myself, Mummy arrived in Vancouver on October 6 (midday)...

China trip: All the food

There is so much to write about for a 12-day, 10-night China trip and I'll start with the easiest and yummiest, to get it out of the way of the rest of the photos, I guess, the food. So much food and between the plentiful walking most days and somewhat cautious eating, I managed to...

I have an ico(n) now!

Thank you Copilot! I didn't even have to twig it so much - it's so adorable and perfect. I'm also easily impressed for now! In a training call, a colleague mentioned creating colouring pages for her kid(s) and I have totally run with that for creating customized images relevant to their experiences. Why pay Fiverrrr?

Shopping No Frills (ongoing post)

So, I take photos when I shop. I want to capture the price "for another day" if I buy it. I want to capture the store display, the other flavours I didn't buy. I want to capture what I didn't buy but it caught my eye. All these photos for what? So I'm going to...

Shopping H-Mart (ongoing post)

So, I take photos when I shop. I want to capture the price "for another day" if I buy it. I want to capture the store display, the other flavours I didn't buy. I want to capture what I didn't buy but it caught my eye. All these photos for what? So I'm going to...

Shopping Sungiven (ongoing post)

So, I take photos when I shop. I want to capture the price "for another day" if I buy it. I want to capture the store display, the other flavours I didn't buy. I want to capture what I didn't buy but it caught my eye. All these photos for what? So I'm going to...

Batch cooking my way to success

I feel so dumb. Why am I cooking practically every day? Why do I not have an air fryer? Why do I not use my Instant Pot? This year, as per usual, I didn't make new year's resolutions. But I vowed a couple of changes to make life easier, to balance how much harder raising...