Cahaya

@cahaya1983 (11116)

Malaysia • Age 41

Joined myLot 9 years ago

I don't think I can tell the world about myself in 160 characters or less. I give up.

Discussions (109)

Cahaya's Discussions

Rainy day comfort food?

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 20 Aug 21

I don't know about you, but when it's raining outside, I just have this craving for a nice and savoury comfort food. So that's what ended up on our lunch plates today - white rice with chicken in black pepper gravy, made by...

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Storing pots and pans

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 10 Aug 21

Finally got a break after settling what needed to be settled for the day. Today's actually a public holiday, but, well...I have kids. Earlier, I was browsing through a few pictures of kitchen storage and...

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Staring at the chandelier while waiting...

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 4 Aug 21

That's the best angle I could get from my seat but I couldn't resist taking a photo. I don't know about you, but whenever I enter a hall or any space with a chandelier hanging from a ceiling, the chandelier is what...

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Found a good deal!

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 4 Aug 21

It's one of my favourite things about shopping online. I often find great deals on products that I otherwise wouldn't find at the local stores and supermarkets. In the picture is what we recently ordered online - a jar of roasted...

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Tiramisu Swiss Roll, anyone?

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 1 Aug 21

Don't you just love the packaging? This has to be the fanciest Swiss roll packaging I've ever seen so far . We usually buy Swiss rolls from the local bakery, but we thought we'd try this Italian brand for a change -...

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Virtual get together with The Fam

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 26 Jul 21

It had been quite a while since our last family gathering. Now, my maternal side of the family LOVES get-togethers. We normally do that at least 2-3 times a year (and that's excluding weddings and such). So when COVID hit, you...

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Hello Friday!

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 23 Jul 21

Happy Friday everyone! (if it's already Friday where you are, at least.) I'm just enjoying a little bit of me time right now, so I thought I'd pop in here for a bit. Kids managed to complete their lessons before noon today, which...

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Food delivery to the rescue

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 21 Jul 21

It's just one of those lazy days when I don't feel like cooking lunch. So Food Panda lunch delivery it is. It's one of my most frequently used food delivery platforms. They have some pretty cool vouchers and promo codes. Got a...

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Who are you?

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 9 Jul 21

Weekend is finally here. Yay. Not that there's anything to look forward to as we're still stuck at home anyways , but I'm happy regardless. Been spending some time today reading some articles online and came across...

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Arranging books: aesthetic or functional?

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 29 Jun 21

I guess it's about time we get another bookshelf. We actually donated a bunch of books some time ago and that helped to free up some space on the bookshelf. But of course the bibliophile me can't stop buying new ones everytime my...

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Breakfast for dinner?

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 23 Jun 21

Ever felt like eating things you usually eat for breakfast, for dinner? It happened to me just a few nights ago. And guess what I ate for dinner - toast with marmalade!! It was just one of those rare nights, I...

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Back again!

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 17 Jun 21

Oh wow. So here I am, back on myLot after almost two years. Just saw that the last time I posted a discussion was November 2019 Not sure what has changed here since then, but I'm enjoying my time going through all...

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The only TV series that got me hooked!

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 13 Nov 19

I had never really binged watch anything, for the most part because I never had the patience to watch series. I could only watch movies. But that was only until I discovered this Turkish historical fiction-adventure series,...

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Power routines

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 23 Oct 19

I used to treat my daily coffee dose as simply a morning routine that I like to do. I can go about my day without it, but doing it makes me feel better, happier. But after reading an article about productivity today, I realized...

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Angela's Ashes...finally

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 13 Oct 19

Finally finished reading the classic that every other person in the world seemed to have read already. I won't write a synopsis of this memoir in this post because you can easily look it up on the web, but wow. How...

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The secret garden

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 10 Jan 18

Ever seen the movie Avatar? Well I haven't (not really my type of movie, to be honest), but at least now I know what the "Pandora world" in the movie looks (and feels!) like. The picture you can see up there is one of the photos...

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Of New Year and whatnot

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 4 Jan 18

Jan. 1st is typically just another day in the calendar for me but my 2017 ended pretty special because of my cousin's wedding - which also means a gathering with my extended family. There were two receptions, one at home and...

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Are you a doodler?

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 27 Dec 17

I think it's almost like a habit for some people, whenever they can reach for a pen and paper. I used to do that when I was a student. They were mostly drawings of (imaginary) flowers or some random, abstract geometric forms. Or...

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The gas station incident

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 22 Dec 17

This happened months ago. There were three of them in the car - my mom, dad, and youngest sister, E. They were on the way to another city about an hour away and stopped for gas. Dad got out to fill the tank, mom went out to get...

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Please leave a message after the tone...

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 19 Dec 17

I just realized that in my country people don't really use voicemail anymore. Many people I know have even deactivated the voice mail option on their mobile. I guess it might have to do with the fact that there's email and SMS...

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