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Early morning after the appointment , mum had itchy rashes again. Despite not looking like the fungal infection rashes, she applied the fungal cream and took antihistamine. Apparently that worked and for a while it was fine until it happened again a few days thereafter. My sister brought mum to see Dr Ling again. Doctor said that they stopped the medication too early. She said that normally it takes at least 3 months to fully recover. In mum's case, it was just a month because she examined mum and concluded that it was likely that mum had fully recovered, thinking that perhaps she was one of the lucky ones who recovered faster. Oh well. Medicine was prescribed for a month and mum was advised to seek the doctor's consultation earlier if condition worsens.

This is a poke bowl (can't remember what!) served at H31 @Damansara Utama last year in 2025. I vaguely recall that it's pretty good. We should go back there again.   Saw this outside a Family Mart outlet. I'm curious on how well this would be.     IIRC this is coconut coffee latte. I tried twice and unfortunately it's not worth it: barely could tell there's coconut in it. So far, ZUS's gula melaka latter with coconut milk is the best. I loved Mixue's toffee hazelnut latte. Even though I always get it at 30% sugar, it still tasted distinctively.   A Seng Kee restaurant opened at Paradigm Mall last year, 2025. As a fan of steamed chicken rice, I had to try it but sadly I now cannot remember details of the food 😅 I just remember that overall, not worth it. I think the dish was not bad but just not worth the price.

Three weeks after the last appointment , we were back at Dr Ling's room. This time she voluntarily told us that the swab test confirmed the fungal infection diagnosis. She was also satisfied with mum's recovery after performing a physical examination. After we told her that despite mum having no prawn allergy for most of her life, the past 3 times she had prawns consistently caused itchy rashes. Mum showed her a photo of the rashes, which the Dr Ling said was bad. Hence, mum was advised to avoid prawns, regardless of the results of the 107 allergens test. I also signed up for the test. Dr Ling explained that the allergen test is testing for the presence of IgE. There are 5 types of antibodies i.e. IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE, and IgD. Allergic reaction that's caused by production of IgE to fight allergens is the most serious compared to other types of antibodies and hence allergy test focuses on IgE. So, even if the IgE allergy test is negative for prawns, mum's allergic reactio...

The cholesteroal results as compared to 4 months ago :                                   Nov 25                 Mar 26                 Ref Total cholesterol            6.1                       6.7                    < 5.2  (<6)* Non-HDL                      4.4                       5.0                    < 3.4    HDL ("good")              1.67                    1.73              ...

Passed by this restaurant many times. Prices are on the high side but looking at its menu on the wall, it might be worth trying it. So recently, we did just that.   I was intrigued by this: As my nephew exclaimed, "Can you even eat it?" after I've shared photo of the dish: Oh yes, it was edible :D In fact, the moment it was served, I smelled the distinctive smell of a typical fried chicken. I loved the plating. The sauce and coleslaw were placed in mini saucepans. Cute :) Salad was more than expected and was consist of a variety of vegetables. Great. Mased potato was good and had a slightly unique taste, probably affected by the chicken on top of it. Chicken had a sprinkle of herb on it that gave its taste a twist, otherwise it tasted like a normal fried chicken. Unfortunately, I wasn't a fan of the sweet spicy sauce. Ban had the Miso Buttermilk Chicken. Unfortunately, the chicken was "very chicken-y" to him. The rest of the dish was "nice". I woul...

Here are the average dividend yields on cost for shares that have paid out dividends:   Red: Dividend yield on cost is at least 5.0% Yellow: Dividend yield on cost is below 5.0% Blue: Stocks not covered by Smart Investor. Bar with dividend yield label: Stocks classified as "Income" by Smart Investor.   Share counters (6 of them) with no dividend yields just means that I have yet to receive at least a year's worth of dividends from these companies. The overall dividend yield on cost weighted by invested amount is 4.9% (vs 5.0% in previous review), excluding the 6 share counters mentioned above.  The main concern is the Income stocks with dividend yield on cost lower than 5.0% (yellow bars with yield labels). These are (number of consecutive years of this low yield in bracket): 1.  CapLand IntCom T (1) 2. Frasers L&C Tr (1) 3. Mapletree Log Tr (4) 4. Mapletree Pan Asia Com Tr (1) 5. Parkway Life Reit (6) Parkways is still increasing DPU and so I will be pa...