So, you want to start gardening but have the magical ability to kill every plant you touch? Don’t worry—you’re not alone. The good news? Some plants are practically unkillable (well, almost). If you live in Malaysia like me, where it’s hot and humid, you need plants that love the heat and won’t throw a tantrum […]
Waste-Free Shopping: How Families with Young Kids Can Shop Smarter and Save the Planet
I want to write about this topic focused mainly on waste and shopping alone because as I find this my biggest struggle. Let’s face it—a typical modern Malaysian family life is drowning in waste. Our love for convenience, from online shopping (thank you Shopee) to takeout food, fuels a cycle of overconsumption, filling landfills and […]
We are starting a homestead but what exactly is Homesteading?
Ever dreamed of growing your own veggies, collecting fresh eggs in the morning, or making your own sambal from garden-grown chilies? That’s homesteading—and no, you don’t need a dusun or a kampung house to start. Homesteading is all about living more simply and sustainably. It means growing your own food, learning DIY skills, and being […]
How to start living more sustainably as a family?
I’m not going to lie, the awareness of ‘sustainability’ only hit us in recent years. Not just because it has become a global hot topic but because my conscious is also nudging me whenever I went crazy on the diapers during the younger days of my kids. We realized that we produced a lot of […]
What do you need to consider when buying land?
We did a lot of research before deciding to get a land. We didn’t know buying land is quite different from a house. Besides location, these are the few things you want to know/prepare before buying a land. I hope this post will give you a headstart on the consideration factors of buying land in […]
Build your own house: how to start or literally where to start?
If you’re thinking to build your own house or somewhat interested but don’t know where to start, high 5! Happened to us too and look, 1 year later, our house is currently building in progress as I am typing now. So don’t worry if you feel overwhelmed with the idea or you think you are […]
Why did we build our own house from scratch?
Since we get this question a lot, we’ll start our first post about WHY we did what we did and also to quote the famous Simon Sinek, we need to start with WHY. We would love to write a story on the conversations we had leading to this decision but we figured the attention span […]