Loud and Clear speakers

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Today, I lost it. My little (actually not so little) 3.5 year old did not get her way and started screaming and crying whilst I was in a rush to go out to pick her sister up. Her voice screaming is so loud that I need a celestion.......click to learn what next.

THANK YOU. For construction has begun…..

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

In Yangon. From what they were........here in Yangon. Construction for the walls and ceiling will be completed by March 2013 and T1 and I will be there to see it happen real life. Thank you to all of you readers who have contributed to this pet project of.......click to learn what next.

Disney – I Am A Princess……..

Posted on February 25, 2013February 25, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Several weeks ago in January, I brought T1 for a Disney Princess audition at the very last minute without expecting anything but really just wanting to give her some exposure to the camera since many people have suggested that I take these monsters to a casting house. Well,.......click to learn what next.

T1’s Swimming Gala

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Last Saturday, the whole family brought T1 to her School Swim Gala and forwent 2 open houses and a birthday party for it. We are always in full support of T1 at every school event that she participates in and this time round, she was really excited that.......click to learn what next.

Never getting a break

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I'm feeling blah today. It seems that I am not allowed a break. I work so hard. So damn hard. In every area of my life. Yet I'm often unappreciated and un-cared for because everyone assumes I lead this cushy life filled with roses. People think I am.......click to learn what next.

Mamapumpkin Hospitalised

Posted on January 27, 2013January 27, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

This new year, 2013, on the very week that the girls started school (T2 for the first time in her life), I had to be checked into a hospital for some tests. It was rather bad timing as I was sure that T2 going to school for the.......click to learn what next.

Happy Thursday

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

We had such a lovely day today. A beautiful home made lunch prepared by a dearest friend filled with love and nutrition, we felt so blessed! And this is after her having no sleep as her baby woke up every hour on the hour the previous night. Then.......click to learn what next.

Mamapumpkin Family Schedule

Posted on January 22, 2013January 22, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Week 4 and 5 - January 2013 T1 - Swimming Gala Trials x 3 afternoons, Everyday Homework, Piano, Violin, Tae-Kwon-Do, Mandarin, Business Plan for MAD Project Myanmar, Project Disney x 2 days, Drum Circle, Collect G-Tech Toolbox and Build G-Tech Torch T2 - Learn how to listen to.......click to learn what next.

Air Conditioning in Cars

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

My two girls are Eskimos. Many a time, they complain that they are too hot and get impatient, especially the little one, who would moan and whine, "Mama,please hurry up! I'm hot!! Turn the Air Cond on!!" But since I' brought T1 to Yangon where cars and taxis.......click to learn what next.

Children’s Bazaar

Posted on January 21, 2013January 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

My friends and I are organising a Children's Bazaar soon where children get to design and run their own businesses for a day at a local mall and then all proceeds of their profits go to my Children of Myanmar. I think it's such a VALUABLE lesson that.......click to learn what next.

Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

Posted on January 21, 2013January 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is the most beautiful sanctuary of peace in Yangon. It is so big that it is almost like a village in its own right. You could spend hours and hours there just doing nothing, wandering around inhaling the calm and serenity of holiness........click to learn what next.

Promotional Key Chains

Posted on January 21, 2013November 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The girls love collecting promotional key chains and it drives me mad because we have so many already! What's on your key chain right now? Mine is a whistle (for emergencies) and pink Croc. I'm so busy these days that I don't even care to have a key.......click to learn what next.

Food in Myanmar

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Food in Yangon was nothing like any crap Burmese food I've tasted in Malaysia. It is actually very, very delicious if you know where to go!!! I would say it's like Thai food but a milder version, almost a fusion between Thai and Chinese if you like. Below.......click to learn what next.

When can children cut their own nails?

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Hehehe.....child labour again. Honestly, I don't allow my kids to cut their own nails but this little minx here was caught red-handed with a baby nail clipper one day. When can kids start cutting their own nails anyway? I don't remember my parents cutting my nails so I.......click to learn what next.

Winter and Mink Coats!

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

One thing I do miss about living in Europe is the fashion despite hating the cold. I can only live there if I am perpetually in a mink coat and never having to get out of it till the summer. I truly love the fashion of all seasons,.......click to learn what next.

Body Alignment

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The kids and I visit a chiropractor regularly who also specialises in pediatric chiropractic treatment and I find it to be a wonderfully effective exercise. For starters, it cured T2's severe constipation once and for all (in just one consultation, but because I am so paranoid now about.......click to learn what next.

Coin Collection

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

On top of her hobbies of collecting coins and junk, T1 has started taking an interest in collecting stamps too. Honestly, she's just a collector of anything and everything. Kakak and I have to wait till she sleeps to secretly throw out all the cardboard boxes and egg.......click to learn what next.

Home Violin Ensemble

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Somehow, these 2 monkeys love the violin. Here, they're having their own home violin ensemble. Except that T2 is playing with a toy violin. She's asked me to buy her a real violin and she wants to take violin lessons just like her Che-Che but she's only THREE!!!.......click to learn what next.

New dining chair cushions

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Speaking of dead furniture, our dining set needs an upgrade too yet we've been looking and can't seem to find one that we like or fits. If we like it, it doesn't fit and when it fits, we are not that passionate about it. Sigh. So the next.......click to learn what next.

Making their own juice

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

We're into juicing a lot these days having freshly squeezed or blended juice at least 3 times every week. On top of that, we have fruit for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Needless to say, our average juice bill is about RM200 per week. T1 is usually in charge.......click to learn what next.

Dead furniture

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

All my furniture is dead. I'm all gung ho about revamping our entire living space as seriously, our couch is 10 years old now. Our beds have lost their springs. I'm half tempted to import some tatami mats from Japan and just call it a day and sleep.......click to learn what next.

Child Labour

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I like starting them young...... Here, T2 practises her hand at blind reflexology.

Finding clothes for 12-14 year olds

Posted on January 19, 2013April 19, 2014 by Mamapumpkin

Believe it or not, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find clothes in KL that fit T1. The last time we shopped, we only found some clothes from M&S that fit her. She wears sizes for 12-14 year olds, I kid you not! This is because her butt.......click to learn what next.

Entertaining kids in Yangon

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Entertaining kids in Yangon is easy. Kids really don't need much. In fact, it is because we spoil our kids here in KL with all sorts of stuff that they no longer know how to entertain themselves. If they don't have a gadget, they're bored. In Myanmar, it.......click to learn what next.

On Crowds

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I hate crowds. No matter what, I hate crowds. I will just not go. Forget sales. I'm not there. For the time I'd have to fight with the crowds, I'm losing money already with my time. Recently, we had a negative experience at one of the hotels we.......click to learn what next.

Parking Lots in Yangon

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Another quirky observation in Yangon was the parking lots. They're all kerbed up to make sure you stay within your space. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Improving listening skills in kids

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I'm training my kids to listen because more often than not, they suffer from this disease of selected hearing. It's the most annoying thing in the world so instead of listening to music in the car now, I make them listen to the 2 audio storybooks that we.......click to learn what next.

Where’s the Bloody Water Heater?

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

We stayed at a reasonably priced hotel in Yangon, not a top tier hotel that my kids are spoilt with and only because we get free hotel stays sometimes at that. So when T1 first saw the hotel, she exclaimed that it wasn't a hotel but a motel........click to learn what next.

Database for Workflow Management

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I wear so many hats at work but one of the things we are now looking at is developing a database for workflow management in order to make the company run like a premium oiled machine. I apply the same concepts when looking for suppliers wanting to know.......click to learn what next.

Playing with the Children of Myanmar

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I asked her if she wanted to follow me inside to take photos and talk to the people and she said no. The lure of many kids to play with was much too strong and despite usually being weary of strangers and always clinging to me in times.......click to learn what next.