Jolene Foo

A writer with a penchant for alliteration, Jolene is also a seaweed and green tea junkie in a love/hate relationship with working out. She likes reading everything, from cereal boxes to tombstone inscriptions, and trying to find meaning behind the words.

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Recipe: Sweet Peas with Fresh White Shimeji Mushrooms and Wood Ear Mushrooms

Cost Approximately RM5.50 Serves 2 people Ingredients  1 pack sweet peas (usually sold in 130g-packs)  1 pack fresh white shimeji mushrooms (our pack was 150g. You can also substitute this with any other mushroom of your choice) 50g fresh wood ear mushrooms 6 slices ginger 30g carrot, shredded (1/4 of a regular-sized carrot) Salt. pepper, and oyster sauce …

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From Shop to Fridge – Your Guide to Preventing Food Poisoning

Do you often forget to defrost your meat for dinner and hastily stick them in hot water as a fast solution? How about that time when you woke up hungover and grabbed last night’s leftover pizza from the table? Or that day when you made soft-boiled eggs without checking if the shells were already cracked? …

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8 Must-Have Health Apps (Guys obviously will not have app #8)

1. 7 Minute Workout  What it does: This fitness app is based on a 7-minute workout routine posted in the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal. It’s a high intensity interval training that only requires you, a chair, a wall, and seven minutes of your time. Now you have no excuse not …

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Giving Hope After Death: Reasons These Malaysians Signed up as Organ Donors

This 80-second video sends out a powerful message. But why is reality so different? As of now, we have 243,000 registered organ donor pledgers in the country. That’s 0.8% of our 29-million strong population. With 18,384 patients awaiting organs for a second shot at a healthy life, these numbers are despairing.  Are Malaysians really that against …

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10 Diabetic-Friendly Low-Carb Desserts for a Romance Boost

Being diabetic is no reason to swear off desserts. (There really aren’t any good reasons to swear off desserts anyway). We’ve scoured the endless internet and compiled a list of low-carb, low-guilt dessert ideas for you to enjoy with your darling, or just to reward yourself after a long week. These romantic goodies won’t cause …

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