Royal Commonwealth Essay Award Winner

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

I just had to post this for memories sake as I am so proud of my little girl. As you can see in the photo, she is THE shortest (in height) winner but also the youngest winner at 8 years old when she entered the competition for the.......click to learn what next.

Happy Birthday T1!!!

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

T1's Birthday Laughs - she made me laugh 5 times today. I feel blessed. Whilst driving home at noon into our home, I spotted a white man who'd just finished his run soaked in sweat with headphones on and commented, "That guy is crazy. It's SO HOT!!! Why.......click to learn what next.

Royal Commonwealth Essay Competition

Posted on August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I don't want to blow T1's horn at all but shit, I am so frigging proud of her for winning a Silver Award for the prestigious Royal Commonwealth Essay Competition that garnered more than 11,000 entries world wide this year!!!!!!!!! Most of the participants ranged from ages 12.......click to learn what next.

Beethoven

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Here's another of one of T1's doodles. Only classical music lovers would appreciate this. I remember this clearly because T1 was playing teacher with T2 and she was teaching T2 ALL ABOUT BEETHOVEN. That day, T2 learnt the definition of the word COMPOSER (which she sometimes mixes up.......click to learn what next.

How T1 studies

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I leave my 8 year old (soon turning 9) girl completely to her own devices with her school work as I am a working Mom and do not have the time to interfere. If she does good, fine. If she doesn't do good, fine too. Really. Sometimes, she.......click to learn what next.

Language fun in the car

Posted on July 15, 2013July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

T2 is almost 4 and is really good at her Bahasa because she communicates with our helper in getting her needs met. She has this game where she unknowingly expands her Malay vocabulary by asking us what everything under the sun is in Malay. She looks outside the.......click to learn what next.

Holiday Fun

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

A superhero arrived at my home today..........

Child Labour for a Good Cause

Posted on June 5, 2013June 5, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Working for what you want My girls are incredibly spoilt. They're not bad girls and in fact they're very good girls by far, but they're highly pampered and get things very easily. They can adapt to unfavourable situations yet if they can milk it, they will. Thus I've.......click to learn what next.

The magic of Arnotts Teddy Bear cookies

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

After our Sun Yoga kids workshop today, T1 came home crying in rage. Why? Before we headed out today, she had hurried into the kitchen to pack an after yoga snack. I had no idea what she had packed but later learnt it was Arnott's chocolate teddy bear.......click to learn what next.

Walking for Water

Posted on May 1, 2013April 30, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

On a Sunday morning, T1 dragged us out at 7.45am to join her school mates for this walk for water organised by Aveda to supply clean water to the villagers in Mantanani, Sabah. Man.......this girl has so many activities, our weekends are never-ending filled with all sorts of.......click to learn what next.

Losing like a Champ

Posted on April 30, 2013April 30, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Losing like a Champ I'm naturally a very competitive person, not in getting my kids to get ahead of the rest, but I believe that if you were to do something, then do it REALLY well. Give it your best shot. T1 has obviously inherited this trait from.......click to learn what next.

Conversation with Kids

Posted on April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Because I am such an extremely busy woman, most of my quality time with the kids is spent in the car whilst I am their driver. T1 on her observation on the election flags: T1: Mommy, the trees are PAS, the sky is BN and the best is.......click to learn what next.

Chinese New Year

Posted on March 21, 2013March 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I probably should have posted this up during the Chinese New Year but I was way busy then. Here's a glimpse of my two monkeys in this year's Cheong Sam anyway...... Look at how demure and sweet T2 poses and smiles. One would never guess the spicy chilli.......click to learn what next.

My little electrical technician

Posted on March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

A few months ago, T1 attended a half day electrical workshop where she learnt how to build a solar lamp from scratch. Man, even I don't know how you did that! But I learnt along with her. Fascinating stuff. Her solar lamp is now placed at our lanai.......click to learn what next.

Dedicating Our Lives to the Children of Myanmar

Posted on March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Just as soon as I'd left Myanmar, I am now flying back with T1......SO EXCITED!!! On our last trip there, by pure default because of this one person, we ended up in Yangon. T1 wrote a journal daily to detail everything she saw, smelled, heard and touched. She.......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.

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.

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.

Helping Out in Yangon

Posted on January 17, 2013January 17, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Our trip to Yangon last November was really a mission of answering to a call of help. There was no time for sight seeing or relaxation as most holidays would include, just pure hard work, as T1 learnt very quickly. On Day One, we had gone shopping to.......click to learn what next.

Yangon Orphanage Visit 1

Posted on January 6, 2013December 18, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

May I present to you our visit to the first orphanage in Yangon, Myanmar.......This house is home to 25 little children ranging from 6 years old right up to 16, both boys and girls and is cared for by a family who lives there with the kids. We.......click to learn what next.

First Time to Yangon

Posted on December 30, 2012January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

For the benefit of those who are traveling first time to Yangon, this is Part 1 of our trip to Yangon in November 2012. First and foremost, I must admit that Yangon was never on my travel list. Neither was Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. So how did we.......click to learn what next.

T1’s Christmas Tree

Posted on December 10, 2012December 10, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Posted on Facebook - T1's Recycled Christmas Tree made from old toilet roll holders. Total credit to T1 who spent days decorating these, with T2 only completing two toilet roll holders before running off to do other things, but T2's only three. I had not a finger lifted.......click to learn what next.

Kids who don’t listen

Posted on December 2, 2012December 2, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

More often than not, if you have kids who don't listen (read disobedience) or who just generally misbehave and go against your grain, chances are you aren't paying enough attention to your kid. Now you may think that you pay your kid(s) tons of attention or perhaps pay.......click to learn what next.

Natural Exhibitionists

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

I'm not sure if my girls are crazy cravers of attention or bursting with confidence but last week when I brought them to Publika because I had a meeting there, they decided to get up on stage in front of the public and started performing. T1 is in.......click to learn what next.

Mastering Home Made Play Doh

Posted on October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

By being a lazy ass Mom, my kids actually benefit tons as they are forced to be independent AND they have to learn to make whatever it is they want to make BY THEMSELVES. T1 is now an expert baker, and expert play doh maker and an expert.......click to learn what next.

Best Malaysian Home Made Volcano

Posted on October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since I started pondering about home schooling, we've met a bunch of Moms who share EXACTLY the same philosophy as us and at this moment, we are at school yet not at school. It's a heck of a lot of money to pay for school that we.......click to learn what next.

Panty Shopping

Posted on October 14, 2012October 14, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Out of T1's 8 years of life, we've never had a problem buying her panties to wear ever since she was potty trained at 2 years old. She was a good size and we bought her panties from Australia because we used to go annually then. She wore.......click to learn what next.

Kids wearing jewellery

Posted on September 25, 2012September 24, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

For someone who's so tomboy and disinterested in clothes and fashion (strongly opposed to T2 who loves all things fashion!), T1 is surprisingly keen on wearing a necklace. She had a friend who wore a charm bracelet and with every good grade she achieved, she was gifted with.......click to learn what next.

EIGHT is GREAT!!!

Posted on September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Today, my precious first born is 8!!! She woke up all chirpy and the night before, the Hubs and I had prepared a banner to wish her Happy Birthday to stick on the bathroom mirror so that she sees it first thing when she wakes up to brush.......click to learn what next.

Getting Kids to read the newspaper

Posted on August 26, 2012July 30, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, from sheer frustration over the lack of good English in my country, I have decided to take an active role in helping at least my own children to have a command of good English in our little contribution to Malaysia. Baby steps, yo! I told T1 last.......click to learn what next.