Over the past few months, I have come to realize that my blog has now been relegated into a knitting-cooking journal with a splash of daily life here and there…no longer will it be like it was years ago, peppered with oh-too-personal-too-forward thoughts and insights. Over time, one must admit that blogs are really only a facet of life and thus, there will always be periods when it’s just about one thing and that one thing alone.

These days, it’s just about cooking and knitting simply because I have been doing more of those things. Ranting seems…boring, especially considering that I’m rather far away and I would rather save that energy for thoughts that need to be address. In other words, I’d rather write to newspapers back at home than just ranting about it on my blog. This is evident in my recent letter published on Sunday by The Star. Chooks remarked that it sounded as if I was pissed.

To be honest, I was and get rather annoyed when I think about it. Motherhood is something miraculous and being able to breastfeed your baby is nothing short of honourable. Yet companies go against government sanctioned health recommendations. Why? Because they only care about the profits and not the people who bring them in. People put breastfeeding in the same category as porn, berating and staring down at women who breastfeed in public, even when they cover themselves up (they do so because toilets need to be clean and comfortable for mothers to suckle their babies not cramp, wet and smelly). And these are not my stories but the stories of real-to-life women with real problems. Problems that female politicians claim to care but never bother addressing or enforcing. So how can I not be pissed?

Anyway, since moving away, you could say that my exposure to annoying and disappointing Malaysian news has somewhat lessen. These days, I watch the political situation from afar with a mix of sadness and anger. Knitting, spinning and cooking/baking takes the edge off and well, when you’re married with a kid on the way, there is…well…life.

There’ll be some FOs – both spinning and knitting – coming up soon. I just need to get my hands on some embellishments!