Covid-19 MCO : Day #13 (Ginger Chicken)

Initially tomorrow is supposed to be the last day of the MCO but now we have to stay in for another 2 weeks until 14 April 2020.

My brother told me that he has a sinking feeling that the MCO might be further extended to 30 April 2020, God forbid... Well if Covid-19 cases continue to rise and if it necessary for us to continue to stay home in order to stay safe, so be it.

Today I cooked chicken with ginger and sesame oil, a dish that I have always loved. It used to appear regularly on my mum's menu, one of the few that made my father quip "your mummy has more than 100 cookbooks but we always eat the same old thing".

No, that is not kangkung belacan. That's Korean seasoned spinach - sigeumchi namul. I have always wanted to make this at home but could not find the right spinach.

But I found it during my Sunday grocery run.

What is that??? My gardening hall of shame. This pot of aloe vera has been languishing at a corner of my garden for donkey years.

Oh, today is litter box cleaning day, my least favorite job (along with the daily pee and poo treasure hunt).

Back to my pot. While removing the aloe vera plants, I noticed something. Snail!

But it was already dead. See, snail also die.

I removed the plants for replanting in another pot.

My girl hangs out with me when I am gardening.

Let's take a look at my mint. After applying compost to the mother plant, I see a lot of vigor.

The runners have grown roots and soon I can separate them from the mother plant and I shall have another pot of mint. Yay!

Found a critter among my pandan leaves.

This snail was promptly deported.

Now coming back to litter box. 

Testament that I now officially own a cat.

Girl! The things Mommy does for you.

I set up a "shield" using a disused rebounder for my girl's privacy and also to hide the litter box.

I use this brand of cat litter, courtesy of my brother.

He gave me 3 bags. There is a story behind this but I shall keep it for another day.

My girl took to her litter box as soon as I set it up for her. So far so good as this brand of litter contains the odor quite effectively, but of course it cannot mask the smell of solid waste entirely. I clear the litter box twice a day - once in the morning and once in the evening. 

Now, what else to cerita? If my brother is reading this, he will say, fess up Cher! Quick confess!

OK. I ordered this for lunch. I am tired of my own cooking and I was craving for burger. It did not help that yesterday my brother shared with me that he got a complimentary face mask and sanitizer with his myBurgerLab order.

Good eh? Seeing that face masks are hard to come by (still?) and we are required to wear them when grocery shopping.

I enjoyed my burger.

Nom..nom...nom...craving satisfied!

After that I felt like taking a snooze.

Like this.