Being Mom

Be careful what you say.  You would never know if it might come true.  Sometime in February 2019, I was telling a friend that it was not really "worth it", being a stay-at-home mom with only two children.  I have always thought that having two children wouldn't really justify my choice of being a stay-at-home mom and that three children is the minimum requirement for this job.  I have always thought that three is the ideal number of children to have but having a pair is the norm. That everyone stops having children once they have both genders. My first is a boy and second, a girl. On top of that, both my children were preterm babies and having a third was not in my "must-achieve" list.  Besides preterm babies (at 30 and 32 weeks), I had gestational diabetes and I was already over 40 years of age. All these would put me in the high-risk group and I certainly wouldn't want to go through all the pregnancy check-ups and 28 days of con...

I love food! Who doesn't, right? But I don't just love food. Anything related to food would always catch my attention. From street food to hotel food, from food menus to food art and craft. As such, I am sure you could guess my favourite department to shop at the mall. The grocery section! My son inherited my love for food and he is more open to try new food and he really enjoys his food. On the other hand, my daughter is a picky eater. She is very particular with tastes and textures that sometimes left me wonder what went wrong during the cooking process that she wouldn't even eat the food that she would usually eat. Like scrambled eggs for instance. If the quality of the egg is not so good or perhaps too much soy sauce or perhaps the heat wasn't high enough when I pour the eggs in so it changes the output. Anyway, instead of being annoyed with it, I learnt to take it as a challenge for me to improve my cooking which also includes being consistent at all times. Phe...