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Eatery

pork with sage and apples

June 6, 2020 No Comments

I found this recipe in “Women’s Weekly” – my favourite cooking knowledge source – and we all fell in love with the result. Pork with sage and apples is a divine combination which reminds me of fireplaces, candles and winter. As a family of 4 with 2 teenagers, we need multitude of food and quick but fancy dinner dishes so this recipe went straight to my list of The Best Ever one-pot recipes.

Reading time: 2 min

Written by: Settayah

Library

random thoughts about entropy

June 5, 2020 No Comments

While I am waiting for our dinner to self-create, I am contemplating on several existential questions, trying to understand why the clean gets dirty with ease but the unclean does not change without resistance. Why everything beautiful takes years effort whereas the ugly flourish in abundance even without care. Why can’t I eat just one muffin and stop instead of devouring them on a conveyor…

Reading time: 3 min

Written by: Settayah

Diary Gallery

libico maraja

May 26, 2020 No Comments

The moment my kids were born, I knew exactly which books I will put in their hands once they get old enough. Given that “old enough” to dive into the magic of books is about the age of one, I had plenty of time to prepare my list. A young brain perceives the world through imagery first so at the top of the list were several stories, beautifully illustrated by Ondřej Sekora, Libico Maraja, Beatrix Potter and Sandro Nardini.

Reading time: 5 min

Written by: Settayah

Eatery

homemade bounty

May 16, 2020 No Comments

This recipe for homemade bounties has been a staple in our kitchen for so long that it’s time for it to go and spread the joy to other households now. I had found it somewhere online more than 10 years ago so our children have literally grown up with mountains of healthy coconut chocolate treats.

Reading time: 2 min

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Family

memories from pulau ubin

April 23, 2020 No Comments

Here I am, sipping morning coffee, contemplating on all the beautiful places we have visited before the Age of Quarantine. It is great to have gigabytes of memories and photos to flip through when the world goes crazy and shuts down. People often use the tabloid advice “eat, drink and wear your new clothes” which is kind of true, if only ‘drink’ gets substituted with ‘travel’ for health and wellbeing reasons.

Reading time: 2 min

Written by: Settayah

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