https://www.scmp.com/rss/507944/feed Sadie Kaye is a television and radio writer, performer and podcaster. She presents quirky little podcasts, cheeky docs and comic slots for RTHK. She can currently be heard presenting 'Sharp Pains' on RTHK Radio 3’s '123 Show'. Her life motto is ‘You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever!’ en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com This article has been withdrawn. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3200356/satirists-10-point-guide-cheating-your-way-wine-bore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3200356/satirists-10-point-guide-cheating-your-way-wine-bore?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:45:15 +0000 I’m at a party and have been cornered by millennial gastro-bores. Foodies. I can be a bit of a foodie when the mood takes me, but this conversation, lubricated by alcohol and endless repeats of MasterChef, is getting out of control and making me want to Instagram vomit. Predictably, the group are trying to impress each other with wildly implausible meals – stuff they just “whip up” on a regular Tuesday night at home with the kids. Yeah, right. I happen to know that one of the millennials is... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3188689/masterchef-wannabes-and-wildly-implausible-meals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3188689/masterchef-wannabes-and-wildly-implausible-meals?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Aug 2022 01:45:23 +0000 “Bipolar” being misused as a lazy adjective never fails to grab my attention, by provoking a sudden mood swing. A recent South China Morning Post op-ed about the threat of “A Bipolar World Re-Emerging” went on to equate bipolar with “the spectre of a nuclear attack”. Which is a coincidence, because, when I read it, it did push my nuclear button. It’s the mental image of a headline writer with unlimited vocabulary crafting those words for bombshell impact with no consideration of who gets caught... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3181151/im-bipolar-and-seeing-word-headlines-divided?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3181151/im-bipolar-and-seeing-word-headlines-divided?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jun 2022 01:15:24 +0000 Day 14 of the summer staycation (in March) and the kids were baking – may the Lord have mercy on my soul! The kitchen was an unseasonal winter wonderland of flour and icing sugar. Millions of hundreds and thousands lay scattered across every surface. The back wall was now a Betty Crocker Jackson Pollock, the smoke alarm died from inhalation, and one of the cupboard doors has become unhinged in solidarity. I catch sight of myself in the mirror. I’m not sure if it’s self-raising flour or if I’m... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3175408/recipe-disaster-how-quiet-day-baking-her?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3175408/recipe-disaster-how-quiet-day-baking-her?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:30:26 +0000 Day 178 – The Birthday Party: Social distancing has been relaxed and we no longer have the excuse of not being able to gather in groups of more than two people. Daddy and I are driving to a birthday dinner party at an exclusive gated community in Po Toi O. We haven’t slept for 10 weeks. Our baby twins have only just got off. As Daddy attempts to manoeuvre our grotesque BMW X5 people-mover through the ornate iron gates, he accidentally reverses into one of the gates, causing it to topple and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3159075/3-terrifying-almost-true-new-parent-stories-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3159075/3-terrifying-almost-true-new-parent-stories-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Dec 2021 05:15:15 +0000 It’s day four of our staycation and in an effort to feel less fat and ugly, Daddy has decided that he only has two options: 1. To stop eating confectionery, go back on the weights, go running, cut down on calories, and drink three litres of diet water a day. 2. To fake a Zoom conference, lock himself in the bathroom for an hour, and steal some of my beauty creams and potions. So, once the bathroom door is securely locked, Daddy sits on the toilet, finishes off his cupcake, sneaks over to the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3139252/when-my-ugly-husband-lost-face-bathroom-beauty-product-raid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3139252/when-my-ugly-husband-lost-face-bathroom-beauty-product-raid?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jul 2021 01:15:11 +0000 Picture the scene: Daddy in the BC times (“Before Covid”) on the beach at Clear Water Bay ogling a group of impossibly beautiful Gen Zers frolicking (actually frolicking!) with each other, instead of social distancing. They’re all lithe, tan, with sun-bleached hair and white teeth – you know the type. The type you fear your cute, chubby kids will grow into. Anyway, as they play flirtatiously with a beach ball, the wind takes it and Yuanfen guides it towards Daddy (that’s my husband, not my... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3126994/horror-and-humour-my-husbands-huge-ugly-feet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3126994/horror-and-humour-my-husbands-huge-ugly-feet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:15:07 +0000 The schools were closed and the world had gone mad. Now we were all working from home and attempting to keep our kids entertained and educated, while trying to have a Zoom conference somewhere peaceful, like the broom cupboard. As for home-schooling, it turned out I’m quite a strict teacher. By the end of day two, I’d already given our kids 143 detentions. Nobody saw this one coming. The trashy TV shows we watch about the apocalypse on Netflix never mention a worldwide shortage of loo roll or... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3110954/home-schooling-hell-and-how-end-world-turned-me-bad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3110954/home-schooling-hell-and-how-end-world-turned-me-bad?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Nov 2020 07:15:17 +0000