Author: Princess Ichigo
I make comics and dreams.
I’m not going to LIE and tell you that I’m all excited about my weight gain. I’ve always been a skinny size 6 or 0 US. I eat like a massive whale and never once had a problem with my weight. Until now.
Welcome to 30s and welcome pregnancy bod.
Mr. Monday, although the morning sickness lasted for 9 months, was an easy baby to carry. He was also on a smaller side, and was born preterm. Lil’ Tuesday is one massive baby to carry. She was on the 97th centile (50th is the average FYI). Literally the MAX size baby I can ever produce. Because of that, and plus many other factors, I was literally immobile.
ALSO— maybe I did ate a little too much.
I blame her. =X
Dude my appetite was of a dinosaur while I was carrying her!!!
Before I start, I want to let you know that I do acknowledge that not every mother manage to breastfeed and I am not here to let anyone feel shitty about themselves, especially just being a mother is already hard enough.
But if you were to come up to me and say ‘no, [breast is not best], well-fed babies are’, then I’m gonna have to disagree with you, whole-heartedly. Super-duper disagree. Big fat nope.
A well-fed baby should be the MINIMUM requirement— else you might as well starve the baby to death.
I can give you McDonald’s or a slice of premium steak — You cannot possibly think that ‘as long as I am fed, that’s the best’. There’s a whole galaxy difference in both of them!!! Like heaven and earth?!?! Unless the other option is to starve to death, then okay, I guess McDonald’s isn’t that bad.
Continue reading “Breast is best and you can’t change my mind.”
As much as I love cats, I’m rubbish at drawing them. 😑 I had a tough day as I wrote this, I’m always thankful for Chibi’s love.
When in doubt, get a cat.
I won’t deny that cats can be real arseholes but if you have true bond with them, their affection is no lesser than that of a dog’s.
I adopted Chibi 4 years ago together with late Tora (RIP) after I was diagnosed with depression. They weren’t therapy cats but instead extremely feral. Spending time with them however was more than just therapeutic. They ended up being the most affectionate life pals.
Talking about Tora really hurts me, so I’ll spare you the details. Chibi would spend every second with me if given the opportunity. She does have some kind of attitude, but she’s far from being a diva. Compared to typical cat stereotype, she is an extremely obedient girl.
Ah, just talking about Chibi cheers me up already. ❤️ I’m actually typing this with her on my lap!
Again, when in doubt, get a cat! 😂
I’d really like to thank all my friends for the massive support for opening this webpage as well as for my previous post on my experience with depression. We had over 140 readers in a day! Talk about milestones (tee-hee). Unfortunately my ads for this website isn’t up and running yet so I didn’t earn anything, BUT STILL! Never thought anyone still bother to read blogs, especially my content-less blog..
I was ashamed when I was first diagnosed 4 years ago. Despite mental health issues prevalence of 1 in every 4 people, it wasn’t a norm, it wasn’t publicly accepted. Now I no longer hide. I openly disclose my depression in hopes to build awareness in others. I wont lie that deciding to write this post took a lot of courage. But if I could stop 1 single person from getting to where I was, it would be worth being judged by everyone. I really do not want anyone to go through the same, and I hope people would seek help instead of hiding behind a mask.
That wasn’t how I started however. I didn’t felt ‘unhappy’. I didn’t avoid seeing my GP or refused to seek help for my mental health. I didn’t know I was depressed. I was a relatively happy-go-lucky A&E doctor. I loved my job, I love my patients and most importantly I love my colleagues. I laughed at work with my colleagues, made jokes to cheer up my unfortunate patients. Did I notice something was amiss? No.
Continue reading “I have depression and please stop telling me to cheer up.”
I thought about how to celebrate the opening of my new, permanent blog on this very first post. (yes I decided to leave Tumblr as it didn’t truly give me a blogging vibe). What’s better than having a feast? 😋
To be fair, my tumblr blog was really made half assed. 😒 And Tumblr style really isn’t mine (neither was blogspot). I wanted something I could have full control over. I finally decided to go with hosting my own website. Well to be fair I finally have a stable job to pay for it now (I mean compared when I started blogging in secondary school).
Phew, being able to pay for my own web hosting and domain surely feels good! It’s not really expensive either. Like a cup of starbucks? But I was a horribly poor student before I entered working life so I definitely couldn’t afford it anyway. 😅
ANYWAY, since I can’t host a feast so I guess the best I can do is to share my favourite fried rice that my mom used to cook for us. Its not a lavish dish but it’s one that always brings my heart back home with every bite.
Ingredients – for blending
- 5 handful of dried red chilli – cut and deseed
- 6 shallots / 1 large red onion (basically 1 fist size of onion)
- Half bulb of garlic – mince extra and set aside if you love garlic like me!
Optional blending ingredients:
- 1 inch of ginger – feel free to omit
- 1 Tablespoon of shrimp paste / belacan if you like (I burn it before blending
- 2 red bird’s eye chilli if you love spice!
Ingredients for frying
- Half bulb of onion (white), roughly chopped
- Extra minced garlic as above if you like
- Large deshelled and deveined prawns (roughly 6 per serving). Rub in sugar during prep
- Overnight / cold rice (2 large bowls)
- Cooking oil
Optional frying ingredients:
- Finely chopped spinach / bak choy / Lettuce (I have mine raw as garnish)
Instructions
- Boil dried chilli has been deseed for 5-8 minutes.
- Once chilli appear plump and soft, drain well and transfer to blender.
- Blend boiled dried chilli with other ingredients above until it becomes a nice thick paste. Add 1-2 Tablespoon if water if the paste appear too coarse, and continue to blend it. Try not to add too much water!
- Rinse away sugar from prawns and drain prawn until dry.
- Heat up cooking oil in wok – don’t be stingy with the oil, you need enough to be able fry everything at the end. Add in prawns when hot at medium heat.
- Remove prawns semi cooked once it turns pink. Remember, you’re cooking it again later.
- Now turn on high heat. Add in your 5 tablespoon of blended sambal. Depending on the types of dried chili you have, the spice level will vary. Add more if you prefer to torture your taste buds.
- Once the oil appear to mix well with your sambal, add in chopped onions.
- Add in your rice and try your best to separate chunks of rice with your spatula. Mix well with the fried sambal
- Add in your chopped vegetables now!
- Throw the cooked prawn back into the wok. Add salt generously!! Salt is what brings this dish out!! 😱 Mix well and taste, adjust salt as desired.
- Serve hot garnish with spring onion / cucumber / your preferred vegetables🔥
P/s: extra sambal can be frozen up to 3 months!
P/p/s: im terrible with measurement……. I just add sauces and salt until the ancestor within me say ‘stop’