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Hi my name is Carine Olivia. I’m a wife, daughter, sister, auntie and friend. I am Mauritian. Born and raised. Currently blogging from Singapore. Read more ...
Scenes from Saturday 151011
I started my Saturday with an al fresco breakfast .. a slice of gluten free chocolate pumpkin bread and a bowl of green smoothie
The bread ‘hardened’ the next day as it was kept in the fridge. so it’s best to re-heat it before eating
Dad flew to Singapore in the morning and we (mum, dad and I) straight away headed to a cancer seminar which was organised by Parkway Health and Channel News Asia. They talked about breast cancer, blood cancer and colon cancer and how an early diagnosis can lead to successful treatments of various types of cancers. Overall, it was pretty interesting and worth the $11 that we each paid. The next health seminar will be about Liver health.
About colon cancer: Limit your red meat intake to 500g per week. As a guideline, the two beef patties in a big mac are 100g (each 50g).
About breast cancer: Women 40 years and older must have a mammogram every 1-2 year. I hope you already knew that :) A woman’s chance of developing breast cancer increases if her mother, sister, and/or daughter have been diagnosed with the disease, especially if they were diagnosed before age 50. Oh, and men also DO get breast cancer but of course it’s very rare.
Food and refreshment were provided during the tea break and at the end of the seminar we each received a 1L carton of Magnolia Oat milk. I tried the milk this morning for the first time and it’s pretty tasty.
Mum also bought a recipe book there
Afterwards we headed to my bro’s place for dinner with la famille <3 So glad to have both my mum and dad with us! I have not seen them for a year — skyping doesn’t count — Gonna spend as much as with them while they are here.
Food .. there were about 8 different dishes. Delish! I really enjoyed the curry fish head (not pictured).
This is a lotus root dish — pretty tasty .. there’s something in the middle and I think the whole thing is deep fried.
Some other pix
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Friday Baking Day Craze
Posted on Friday, October 14th, 2011 at 9:11 pm | 8 Comments »
Tags: baking, bread, pumpkins
Hello friends, how was your Friday? Dad is flying over to Singapore tomorrow. Can’t wait to see him! Today, five hours passed like a breeze. I got asked what I do upon reaching home, which is usually around 1600 hrs. Well, after I get home from work I look for something to eat first because [...]
Wednesday and some groceries
Posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 7:38 pm | 4 Comments »
Tags: breakfast, dinner, fridge, green monster, groceries, lunch
When I woke up this morning, I felt like going out for a run. And I did. It was a leisurely-1hr 8 km jog around my house. After I came back home, I made myself a green monster <– they are back on my breakfast menu. I had this Braun blender for about 5 years [...]
ChaLEAN Extreme: Done! + Chilli Rubbed Salmon
Posted on Monday, October 10th, 2011 at 9:32 pm | 1 Comment »
Tags: Food, salmon, working out
Hello how was your Monday? Mine was not too bad. Work shoes (love!) — I feel the most comfortable in sports shoes On the way to work. Good thing I decided not to cycle today Because it rained minutes after I reached the office. Yep, it is the rainy season over here … After work [...]
Weekend Recap
Posted on Sunday, October 9th, 2011 at 11:34 pm | No Comments »
Tags: Food, lunch, mum, salmon
Mum stayed over during the weekend. On Saturday we spent the whole morning watching cooking shows … Here, we were watching “Down home with the Neelys” … We were drooling over their buttermilk baked chicken. Mum baked a buttermilk cake (texture of a pudding) in the morning too. The cracks look pretty don’t they ;) [...]
Update on my cat and his fur
Posted on Saturday, October 8th, 2011 at 4:35 pm | 1 Comment »
Tags: Cat, mikey
Two years ago I blogged about my cat (Mikey) losing his fur, thus becoming bald at his thigh and belly area as well as his tail. You can find this post here. Someone recently emailed me, asking me how Mikey fared since and whether Frontline helped. It was really frustrating not knowing how to help [...]
15 Superfoods for your kidneys
Posted on Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 4:18 pm | No Comments »
Tags: Health, kidneys
Happy Friday! It is raining cats and dogs over here (!!!). It is 4 pm, I’m still at work as I’m waiting for the rain to stop. Plus I am meeting mum somewhere later. She’s staying with us this weekend. Anyway … Here are 15 super foods that are also good for your general health. [...]
Popsicles
Posted on Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at 1:10 pm | 1 Comment »
Tags: claire, coconut, popsicles
I followed these guidelines and made my own! I present you my coconut chocolate Popsicle. I used fresh coconut milk, cocoa powder, vanilla essence and some water Date night ala Teppanyaki style on Tuesday Followed by “Mango Snow Ice” dessert. We’ve never had snow ice before, so it was a new-to-us ice texture. We kind [...]
This past weekend I …
Posted on Monday, October 3rd, 2011 at 2:36 pm | No Comments »
Tags: family, Food
Spent time with my family (mum, sis and me) Popped some popcorn (drizzled some olive oil and nutritional yeast over) And everybody watched as it popped Prepared make-ahead meals (chicken meatballs in homemade sauce) for the week Snacked on these delicious (and sinful) Taiwan Pineapple Tarts — somebody hide them from me! The husb received [...]
