Hard work deserves good breaks

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

I have always believed that you can never go wrong with sheer hard work. Sure, there are ways to the top through luck and short cuts but hard work is a guaranteed route. I have been working pretty damn hard these last few days. And guess what? Three.......click to learn what next.

Trying to find organisation amidst the chaos

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

I wish I was an IT geek. Because I am not, I am wasting precious time working on blog designs because I am bloody anally retentive when it comes to owning a decent blog. It doesn't have to be perfect but it has to at least have a.......click to learn what next.

Continuation of Disney World Part 1

Posted on August 18, 2008August 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Remember my post on Tee's Day in Heaven??? You can continue reading here AND you can find more photos at Disney World here. Enjoy! *Please feel free to email me should you have any questions on Disney World, Florida.

Shopping addiction and the love of beautiful things….

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx It's time to do a bit of that. It's been ALMOST a year since I started blogging for money and since then I have made US4,000 and I have not saved a single penny of it. No.....all I've done is gone shopping. Frivolous, ain't it? I certainly.......click to learn what next.

Putting Google Adsense after each single post on WordPress

Posted on August 18, 2008August 18, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I did it!!! Persistence pays off. Thank you to Miche who was kind enough to help comment on my previous post where I highlighted my problem. And just after I was whinging to Shireen that I wanted to do what she did on her blog, I found.......click to learn what next.

Adding Adsense in between posts

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx All day, I have been trying to do the above and I just cannot seem to do it!!! I wish I went to University for computer science instead of anything else!!! Frustrated!!!

Dealing with stress and running after time!

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Hubs has been nagging me about a few things. The size of my bum, the amount of time I use to move it and how it should contribute more to our already busy lives. And he's not the only one who's been harping on about this.......click to learn what next.

Common antics of my four year old

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Mommy? You cannot say stupid. Now you have to give me 50 cents." "Mommy? Daddy said Bloody. He's not supposed to say bloody, right?" "Mommy, can I please watch TV? Can I please watch TV? Can I watch TV, Mom? Mommy, can I watch TV, please? Mommy!!!.......click to learn what next.

Spooky encounters

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ever since I completed my Level One Reiki Course, it's almost like I've subconsciously become more spiritual. I am more sensitive and my third eye has been opened. Which is darn scary. Previously, I'd see colours when I closed my eyes but just this week, I've already.......click to learn what next.

New Jaguar XF

Posted on August 16, 2008August 16, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Today, my uncle came over to my place with his one day old brand new Jaguar XF and I got to take it for a spin. Man............it's smoooooooooooooooo........................................th. Ever since 1995, my dream car had been the Jaguar XJ220 but up till today, I only have a dark.......click to learn what next.

The Gardens Golden Screen Cinemas Gold Class Movie

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Hubs and I went to watch Batman last night and were forced to buy Gold Class tickets as there were no other options. It was our first time, so allow me to share with you what a RM60 Gold Class movie ticket means. Before the movie.......click to learn what next.

First 3P post after 6 months!!!

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Walau!!! I've just had my first 3P post after 6 months!!! Happy or what??? I hope that this is the start of better things to come. I logged in randomly at about 6pm and there it was staring in front of me - in white!!! Well, let's.......click to learn what next.

Toddler mafia busy delegating via sms from the plane…..

Posted on August 14, 2008September 9, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Dear Dada, I am stuck on this plane with dragon lady and I am tired of listening to her voice going, "Tee! Stop this. Tee! Stop that!" In future when you make our travel arrangements and intend to be absent, can you please put her on another seat,.......click to learn what next.

What a lovely, lovely day!

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PMS-ing officially over. After I dropped Tee off at school, I returned home to hop onto the treadmill and discovered a renewed energy that I'd lost in the last few months with all the traveling. I was so exhausted to the point where I actually thought I.......click to learn what next.

A tender moment….

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Tee surprises us as Flower Girl

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

A week before the wedding, we'd already started teaching her how to walk, how to throw the petals and how to smile. She never focused. Till the very last day, I was telling the Hubs, what can we expect of her.....she is not yet four, so playful and.......click to learn what next.

Mother of the Flower Girl

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

This is how LARGE I am now, so I had to get a big flair baggy dress to hide all the fat. Don't I look pregnant??? How I wish......

How to make your toddler drink water and fluids

Posted on August 12, 2008August 23, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

A perennial challenge for parents the world over. Here's how we have dealt with it these last 3 years. Always have water ready and handy so you can strike whilst the iron is hot. If it's juice they like, go ahead, have your diluted juice ready. Whatever it.......click to learn what next.

Dark Knight

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is an appeal to Uncle Ben and Aunty Trina - will you babysit Tee this Friday or Saturday night for a few hours so Mommy and Daddy can go watch Batman? *big hopeful grin!!!!*

PMS-ing still….

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This morning, my Aunt Flo came to pay me a visit. Shit, I hate it when she comes uninvited!! Anyway, I shouted out to Tee to bring me a towel to serve her and she brought me one which I had described in detail to her exactly.......click to learn what next.

Two more loves of my life

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Apart from the 3 loves of my life, I have 2 more; my beloved younger brothers, whom I also love to death. Although they are as different as chalk and cheese, they come from the same grain of genes that my Mother is made off. It is.......click to learn what next.

Simply irresistable!!!

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Tee and her Nana in Perth. I have three great loves of my life. The above are two.

Updates from Chez Mamapumpkin

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Major PMS-ing......... Don't come near.

MAS destroyed Tee’s stroller!!!

Posted on August 11, 2008August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Yup! No kidding. Imagine the inconvenience when you arrive with an exhausted littl girl 10pm at night, way past her bedtime, and you discover that she no longer has a stroller to sleep in. So apart from manipulating the dozens of luggage that you carted back from Australia,.......click to learn what next.

A big thank you….

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I just wanted to say a very big thank you to the three people who warned me about my blog falling sick and not showing up for work whilst I was busy in Perth without internet access. Darn the blog! When the cat is away, the mouse.......click to learn what next.

Ranting all day

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Instead of packing for my trip tomorrow of which I have to wake up at 5am to catch a flight (BAH!), I am ranting away. Not even sure why. I am just pissed off and tired. I don't sleep well every night. I am obese and I.......click to learn what next.

Weak and fearful people

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There is a certain category of people that I have come across that I label as such. They are the ones who will talk behind your back and criticize what you do and how you bring up your child but when they are in front of you,.......click to learn what next.

A full day at Magic Kingdom, Disney World – Tee’s Day in Heaven!

Posted on July 30, 2008August 18, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

We told Tee that today was HER day and she was going to meet Mickey, which is all she ever wanted to do since we boarded that plane in Kuala Lumpur. She was SO excited that she started pole dancing on the way to Disney World on the.......click to learn what next.

Titles in Malaysia

Posted on July 30, 2008July 30, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx In Malaysia, where titles up to a certain level can be 'bought', yes literally BOUGHT; like if you paid half a million ringgit to somebody, you could earn yourself an official title; or if you agreed to wax the hair off someone's wife's armpits and moustache, with.......click to learn what next.

Tired of cooking

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ever since we returned from the States, I haven't felt like cooking. I am really too tired to cook. On the days that we come home early after school, perhaps. But on days when we arrive home at 5pm and exhausted, who the hell wants to start.......click to learn what next.