CNY reunion dinner + 大年初一&初二visits + PotaTOH's early V-day dinner @ Ramen Keisuke Tonkotsu King + Farmily's CNY dinner
28/1/25 Tues: An okay Pilates reformer session with Monica this morning and came home to salmon and Chinese spinach cabonara spaghetti cooked by Potato~ he whipped it up in 15 minutes so fast!
Always feels very nice to gather with my relatives on CNY once a year!
31/1/25 Fri: Long work day for us but Potato still cooked miso corn butter seafood ramen for dinner~ there were scallops, shrimp paste, soy beansprouts, Ajitama and enpiko shrooms too... very flavourful.
1/2/25 Sat: Had advanced lyrics writing class online today. Potato cooked red wine pork stew for dinner~ the red wine was smooth but I still could not finish it haha. The pork loin was a bit, but the stew was sour and peppery... not bad.
2/2/25 Sun: A long day at work even though there was only racing in Kuala Lumpur. There were many changes to the news layout and I ended up writing my first story on ST... and a pretty long one too. Am still unfamiliar with their house styles and the names of some jockeys and trainers, so it definitely took me longer to finish it. *not ideal to stare at the screen for four hours leh...* Potato whipped up chicken with bok choy and enpiko mushrooms and pork dumplings with carrots and sweet corn soup for dinner~
4/2/25 Tues: Sweated quite a bit at Vinyasa Flow class this morning. It was not very difficult but the continuous flow is always a challenge. Glad my splits on both sides are now almost there!
Saw a white-throated kingfisher when I was walking home after lunch too… beautiful as it stood out among the trees.
5/2/24 Weds: Pilates reformer (advanced) class with Belinda today was hard for me because there were lots of arm work and there’s a nagging ache on my left shoulder blade after Vinyasa flow class yesterday. I suspect it’s an old muscle inflammation because it’s not the first time I felt it, albeit the last was a long time ago.
Had tuition tonight so cooked two simple dishes for dinner. Should put more tomato paste into the prawns and scrambled eggs.
6/2/25 Thurs: Good rest day for me. Did not sleep too well yesterday night but the艾草贴helped relieved my aches by quite a bit. Had a good laugh watching “Whenever Possible” and did大光明修持法and化骨法this afternoon too.
Mum cooked shark’s fin soup for dinner again~ it’s a yearly affair during CNY period hehe. There were also air-fried chicken wings, nai bai and steamed fish fillet.
7/2/25 Fri: After tuition with Kelly, I met Potato for dinner at Sunnychoice Vegan cafe. We skipped Meatless Mondays this week, so had it tonight instead. My assam “fish” curry set ($9) was not bad. The curry was flavourful and I enjoyed their mock fish meat and lady’s fingers a lot. He tried their “bah kut teh” ($9) which was nice too.
8/2/25 Sat: Had lor mee ($4.5) at Eunos food market for lunch and it was not bad. I realised they might not take cash after queuing for a short while so I had to leave my queue to go and ask the aunty but after she said I could do so via Paynow, I returned to where I was but damn the guy, who stood behind me previously, actually went "'scuse me?", signalling me to move behind him now. A bit annoyed but I did "leave" the queue for a short while la. But, I was happy to hear the aunty say an old uncle in front of me actually wanted to help me pay for my meal because I didn't have cash on me. See? There are nice people around too~ Anyway, a bit more theory in lyrics writing class this afternoon and XH said we would start writing lyrics from next week onwards.
9/2/25 Sun: Potato did all the food prep work for Farmily’s CNY steamboat dinner tonight! Fran bought yong tau foo ingredients and Ian bought pencai from Bellyumami for us to share~ It was quite nice. PY, Ian, Linh and Potato ate first, I joined in during my break at work and Wandi, Ning and Fran came not long after. Had talks and laughs in between dinner and drinks and ice-cream, also talked about a Farmily trip this year… hopefully we can get that to happen haha!
10/2/25 Mon: Deep stretch yoga with PL this morning was quite an intense and sometimes challenging one, but I felt good after the session.
Potato cooked Kal-guksu (soya bean broth somen) for dinner tonight. It was not as thick and the stir-fried mushrooms and onions went quite well with it. However, it’s still not a meatless dish I would turn to often in future.
11/2/25 Tues: Potato cooked chicken, maitake, shimeiji mushrooms and cherry tomatoes Aglio Olio for dinner tonight~ quite nice.
12/2/25 Weds: Had a small bowl of rice left from steamboat on Sun, so Potato suggested I make it into泡饭with scallops, cabbage and tau kwa in miso soup. Again, I had too much water so it was a bit diluted and too much for for a one-pax lunch lol.
Grilled the black pepper duck meat and stir-fried spinach with shimeiji shrooms to go with cold soba for early dinner~
13/2/25 Thurs: Had my last pilates reformer lesson with Belinda at Options Pilates this morning. It was the usual intensity in her class but at some point of time, I felt I was probably over-exerting a bit, and before I know it, the “fuzzy feeling” (probably lightheadedness) and fatigue I experienced before came back. I cannot recall the last time I experienced it but it almost always happens when I pushed myself over a limit and felt dehydrated. My lips were pale, according to Belinda, and I see “whiteout”… my vision was blurry and it was glaringly white in front of me. Sounds also became muffled, so I had to stop my exercise. I drank some water and Belinda passed me some sweets. I had to rest for 10 minutes before I could see better again and did cool-down by myself at the end. Googled online and saw that this sensation could be due to dehydration, low blood pressure after over-exertion, low blood sugar, poor ventilation, or even underlying conditions like anaemia. For me this round, I think it’s most probably a case of over-exertion and no hydration in between, which I would usually do in between classes. The other two students felt the room was stuffy, but that didn’t bother me though.
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