Honestly, the last time I wore a cheongsam was the year of my wedding and that was in 2001, the very same year my beloved Mom was diagnosed of cancer right after my wedding and so we fast tracked the baby production factory to ensure she had a grandchild to meet. 

I still remember those days so clearly. I was working at the Petronas Twin Towers then earning RM12,500 per month at the age of 28 living a very happy life shopping almost every other day. Chanel was right downstairs and so was everything else. I had zero expenses then so all I did was spend! Life was one big party as I entertained my clients practically every day testing new dishes at Chinoz.  
Very soon after I got married,  I put on 10 kilos. Gulp. So yeah, I wore that very same cheongsam for my BFF’s wedding 3 months later and that was it. Any squeezes into any cheongsams thereafter would’ve been disastrous. I was about 52kg on my wedding day.   

I had the cheapest wedding but it was so special. I took time off work to design it and we ended up spending barely RM25,000 all in all. Like seriously!!! We actually didn’t even want a wedding but to make Mom happy, we planned for the cheapest wedding. I negotiated the best deals with everyone. And I got all my friends to chip in and contribute their services. It was the happiest day of my life. I even did my own make up myself and my hair. My mom was super excited and played a big part in helping me organise the wedding. Gosh, how I miss her.

It has been 15 years! And I want to wear a dang cheongsam again! But how? 

I do not have the answer because I love food so much but my friend in Hong Kong tells me that I now have to love myself more than food so that I can say no thank you to food and take better care of my health by eating clean. 

OK. This will be my year then. It is March already and I am not getting any younger. Let’s do this. I have always succeeded at business but not at my weight loss. I bloody need to do a Michelle Mone. Treat my body like a business and perhaps I will get there. 

I just started the Young Livings business last month and I have 5 sign ups already. See? Those people who know me well will know that I can build a good business. When I first started Izumio, a few smart women jumped in. Those who trusted me are now earning RM15,000 a month and RM30,000 monthly before year end. It has been just over a year. I am blessed to have such intuition with people, something I inherited from my Mom. 

Please, Ma. Get me into that cheongsam again. I will treat it like a business. There is a lot at stake. Who wants to place bets? If I treat my body like a business, then I could probably win. I always win. 

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.

She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

If you wish to learn some tools to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave enough to make contact as her life's purpose is to build people. She operates through a discovery call after which she will commit to helping you. Or not.

Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.

Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.