Solve credit card debt

Posted on May 21, 2010May 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Unfortunately, the Hubs received a pay cut recently and for this, we are now being extremely careful with money. No more maid. No more impulse shopping. No more unnecessary food even. Which means no more expensive fruit, cereals nor basically all the stuff that T1 likes to eat........click to learn what next.

Feeding fish

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Every time we go to the Korean restaurant off Jalan Ampang, Tee would feed the fish without fail. Once, we had some fish at home because she had brought them home from a party and so we had to go out to buy an aquarium blablablabla......but she loved.......click to learn what next.

Teak outdoor furniture for sale

Posted on May 18, 2010May 18, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For the last few years, I have been trying to sell my teak furniture set because we just don't have the space nor have a garden nor a patio for it. Truth be told, I haven't been trying very hard to sell it short of putting up a.......click to learn what next.

Dream career

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst watching TV last night (the Desperate Housewives to be exact), I realised my calling. And this came about after watching ad after ad after ad. Do you know how many advertisements there are when one watches Bree Van de Camp spread her legs?! Countless!!! Some good ones,.......click to learn what next.

Best prenatal vitamin

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Due to my healthy and wealthy pregnancy diet, heck my diet is always healthy and wealthy....OK, more wealthy than healthy perhaps. But if you have wealthy, you're bound to get in some healthy in there. So since I ate a lot, my Doctor didn't prescribe me any prenatal.......click to learn what next.

Post Baby Fitness Programme

Posted on May 8, 2010May 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Well, mine is yet to start! It is horrendous! Ever since my helper was sent back, there has been absolutely no opportunity for me to exercise at all. It has been 2 months and I have managed to get onto the treadmill ONCE and for less than 20.......click to learn what next.

Corruption in Malaysia

Posted on May 6, 2010May 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, Tok-Tok was offered a new job and so we celebrated with him on his new appointment which incidentally pays pittance but never mind that. I told him how in the past when I had wanted to work for that particular company, I was told to pay them.......click to learn what next.

Shopping for the best diaper bag

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs has banned me from shopping for myself because really, I have more than enough of what I need. I have brand new clothes, shoes and handbags sitting in the closet yet to be used as I don't have enough days to use them nor days out.......click to learn what next.

Weighing yourself everyday

Posted on April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I do that! Yes, I do. I keep doing it and keep imagining that the needle points to 48 kilos. One day, it will happen. But for now, I don't even have time to exercise! It is frustrating. OK, truth be told, the reason I get on the.......click to learn what next.

Annual Blood Test

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I am way due for my annual medical check up and I have actually gotten the forms from my Doctor to get a blood test done but I've been procrastinating it. Why? Because I am afraid that I will be needing some cholesterol treatment soon and not only.......click to learn what next.

A backup career

Posted on April 16, 2010April 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I believe that everyone should have a backup career plan so in times of recession, you always have something else to live by. My backup career plan is quite versatile as I have done lots of courses, just like my Mom. We always ask Tee what she would.......click to learn what next.

Horse riding at 5

Posted on April 10, 2010October 8, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Tee used to hate horses because she thought they were so smelly but now she is all game to get on a horse. Isn't it amazing how kids evolve? I remember being so upset with her in New York when she flatly refused getting onto a horse carriage.......click to learn what next.

Frequenting fitness shops

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

As I said earlier, we've been searching for a new fitness bike for Nana (and for those of you who said Nana was so slim that she didn't need exercise? Yes, she is slim but EVERYONE needs exercise!!!) and thus we've been walking in and out of fitness.......click to learn what next.

Sports for your preschooler?

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Has anyone started proper sports for their five year olds? Tee hasn't exactly started any proper sports apart from swimming but I was thinking that it would be good for her to get started on some sport where she actually needed some coordination skills, like a racket sport........click to learn what next.

Colour printer given to Buddhist Centre

Posted on April 9, 2010April 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We had a colour printer that we hardly ever used so eventually, the Hubs decided to give it to our neighbour to give it to her Buddhist Centre's office where they'd make more use of it. I asked the Hubs what I would use then and he said.......click to learn what next.

Buying a new flat screened TV

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We've been looking at flat screened TVs for a long time but now that we don't have any help and are extremely busy, I'm not sure it's even worth purchasing one! The Hubs said that Tee is the only person in the house who watches TV, if at.......click to learn what next.

Decreasing metabolic rate

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Lately, since I've been sick for almost 2 months now, I've noticed that my metabolic rate has been pretty crap. I walk up the stairs and I am breathless. I need my inhalers and I'm gasping to breathe. Terrible. Before this bout of bronchitis, I was generally quite.......click to learn what next.

Losing pregnancy weight

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

How is this going to happen? Well, now that I have guests staying with us, it is a challenge. Plus, since we've all been sick since Chinese New Year, that poses a problem too. But the moment my lungs get the all clear, I'll be working extra hard.......click to learn what next.

New Make Up

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

So today, Tee and I went around KLCC trying on make up because we have guests from Australia staying with us, and they wanted to go shopping.....so......we went! And the Chanel salesgirl, bless her heart, was ever so nice and helpful and polite to us that we just.......click to learn what next.

Experimenting with cosmetics

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Since I've started applying make up and being more diligent with my face, I have gone on a shopping spree with cosmetics and make up. Wheeeee!!! My question is.....now that I've found the best eye cream, do I stick to it forever as long as it still works.......click to learn what next.

To wear make up or not?

Posted on April 5, 2010February 1, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

For the last 5 years since I had Tee, I was a Stay-At-Home-Mom without help. And for that, I was busy as hell and couldn’t be bothered with how I looked. Shit. When you have your toddler’s head stuck in a toilet bowl, your kettle whistling, your soup.......click to learn what next.

Bicycle from Fitness Concept

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

This evening, we spent some time at the fitness shop looking for some exercise bicycles to put one at my Mom's place. They only had 2 options which I liked because I like the one with the back rest. The price difference? The Nordic Track brand bicycle cost.......click to learn what next.

Self photography

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When I was really sick yesterday, I couldn't help but sleep whilst the 2 girls entertained themselves. At one point, Tee said she was bored of teaching T2 (she was playing teacher and student with the baby) and asked if she could play dress up instead. Sure! Whatever!.......click to learn what next.

Perth Countryside

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Later this year, we will be celebrating Tee's birthday abroad and will have an exciting time driving cross-country, staying at farms where she will get to milk cows (and I will make damn sure she has a taste of this!), see hens lay eggs and chase pigs. We.......click to learn what next.

Addiction to chocolate

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now that I have no maid, I find myself needing some chocolate everyday. It's like a drug. I work really hard all day and try my leveled best not to raise my voice or get impatient with anybody, and most days, I succeed. But most days, I'm also.......click to learn what next.

How to get a delicious tummy

Posted on March 21, 2010March 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

In all my life, I've had a big arse and tree stump thighs but I've never, ever had a problem with my tummy. Till I had T2. Yup. T2......the creator of an everlasting bulge. So much so that for my birthday last week, a good friend of mine.......click to learn what next.

Best wrinkle cream for eyes that don’t shut

Posted on March 21, 2010March 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Erm....you heard right. I feel as though I haven't shut my eyes for a few weeks. And my body is aching all over. Because I have not been sleeping and look like shit, I went to look for my eye cream because I am such a lazy person.......click to learn what next.

The coughing symphony

Posted on March 20, 2010March 20, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Since Chinese New Year, I've had this awful cough which I initially passed to T2 who then passed it to Tee and then the Hubs. ALL of us have now visited the Doctor but none of us are well yet. T2 and the Hubs have been put on.......click to learn what next.

All down with bronchitis

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Yup! What better timing for the helper to leave during the school holidays and when we're all sick. My cough started during Chinese New Year so effectively, I've had it for a month now. T2 got it just after me and she's recovering now as she's had a.......click to learn what next.

Are Prenatal Vitamins necessary?

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

On both occasions, my Obgyn never mentioned anything about me taking prenatal vitamins. I suppose she could see that I was a food lover and was probably getting sufficient nutrients as that very same Obgyn has advised some of my friends that they needed to take this and.......click to learn what next.