Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

Cooking together in the kitchen with a grandparent is a gift that we should treasure while we can. Today Eve's grandmother (Ah-Ma) came and stayed over with us for a few days. And at the age of 89, she is still active and is a good helping pair of hands. For example, she will help us to prepare the food, as well as demonstrate her good culinary skills. I was amazed by how she carefully washes the vegetables and then arranges them neatly on the plate. She really takes pride in her task no matter how small it is! Doesn't she poses like a fantastic cook? I got to learn some ways of how she effectively wash the greens and mushrooms! A good chef learns from a greater chef! She really knows how to pose! And most people can't tell that she is 89! Amazing!  The first dish she cooked: stir-fry asparagus with shiitake mushroom, fresh brown mushroom and canned button mushroom.  Second dish: Stir-fry Chinese spinach  Even the chilli padi prepar...

Today, I went for appointment and I managed to have a good catch up with my client. His son goes into Gifted Program and it's actually top 1-2% of the Primary 3 cohort and they were happy and amazed that their son is eligible for the Program, starting from this year's Primary 4! They didn't give any stress to his son and he just has his talents to score well in the two examinations. It's really a feat! He mentioned that academic is one thing. However, character is an important integral part for every child too. Hence, he also wants his son to have good character too! I'm so glad that my client didn't stress the child on the academics, and yet his son did so well last year! Amazing. After talking, he is fine to increase his coverage. This line of mine is certainly on relationship and I'm so happy my client entrusts me too! I went back home and had lunch with Eve. It's been quite awhile since we are at Yoshinoya and it's my first time trying the Ra...