My change in lifestyle quest

Posted on October 17, 2007October 17, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

One of the things that I am working on is to change my lifestyle. Actually right now, my head is working, not so much the body yet. With exercise, with healthy food, with spending habits, with time management, with patience, with kindness and giving. I'm perfect in every.......click to learn what next.

Blog drifting into the gutter

Posted on October 17, 2007May 20, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

It is an inevitable fact that the more sponsored posts I do, the more this blog deteriorates....... I know that you guys are not interested in reading sponsored reviews and this brings me back to the time I was having a discussion about sponsored posts. *sigh* I'm not.......click to learn what next.

It’s Q4 people, start thinking of resolutions!

Posted on October 17, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Many people think, oh I never keep to my resolutions anyway so why bother making them. Then there are those who adopt the attitude of why make them at the end of the year when you can make a change anytime. All fair and good as long as.......click to learn what next.

Are you a whinger? Or is it assertiveness?

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This morning, I found a 4 millimeter piece of hard plastic (the type they use to wrap those Made in China toys) in my English Muffin at a coffee joint. I can see how easily something like this could have happened as I have worked in Food and.......click to learn what next.

On crystals again, the fat losing kind…

Posted on October 15, 2007January 8, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

YES!!!! There is such a thing!!!! Well, it's probably not as absurd as it sounds. It probably has some energy thing that increases your metabolism or something which in turn makes you kinda lose weight. Capiche? Anyway, my mother, who loves me so much and has so much.......click to learn what next.

Just look how fast she’s grown!

Posted on October 14, 2007October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee: 14 September 2004, after a good 24 hour cry..... . . It was only yesterday, I cradled you close With one arm exact, you smelled like a rose Look at you now! I can barely lift you with TWO arms! Your spiky bush of hair Has stretched.......click to learn what next.

Airtight ‘lock-lock’ tupperwares

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Haha.....what a name! lock-lock... Yesterday, the Hubs was looking for some tupperwares to store some food but our cupboards had so many of those free plastic boxes with mismatched lids that he got so fed up and drove out to Ikano to buy RM200 worth of lock-lock tupperwares........click to learn what next.

Blog hopping in blog communities

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst blog hopping today, I chanced upon so many blog communities and wondered if I should really be joining them to increase blog friends. Since my own friends don't read my blog, perhaps I need to find new friends. Real friends. You know? The type who will be.......click to learn what next.

Tee to watch Disney’s Live Show

Posted on October 14, 2007October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It will be her first LIVE show - I hope her attention span will last the entire 90 minutes!!! But since she is familiar with Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy, chances are she would really enjoy it. The only reason we have considered going is because two friends.......click to learn what next.

Learning Mandarin as a pre-schooler

Posted on October 14, 2007October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I've been doing some research of late about Mandarin classes to decide just how far we want to equip Tee with the language. I have investigated Skylace, BaoBei, Kuen Cheng and talked to people who studied the language at various levels. Tee has had a full time Mandarin.......click to learn what next.

Moving from a 3,000sf house to a 1,800sf apartment

Posted on October 14, 2007October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It's called downsizing, or luxuriating, depending on how you want to look at it. When we told people we were moving into a new home half the size of our current home then, they said we were mad. Now we know we were mad. And then, we told.......click to learn what next.

Our Raya Weekend crushed

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This Raya weekend was supposed to be filled with visits to Raya celebrations at friend and family's homes but instead we are homebound because I lost the fight to one of Tee's dreaded 'brought home from school' diseases. *sniff* No kuih Raya for me. No rendang. No lemang........click to learn what next.

Christmas Holidays in XXX

Posted on October 14, 2007October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

For the last month we've been trying to book Air Asia tickets but for some reason, the Air Asia website hasn't been accessible. I think too many people are on it to book their own holidays! Finally today, I managed to get in and realised that the difference.......click to learn what next.

Studying new skills after Baby

Posted on October 14, 2007October 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It has been an ongoing discussion with the Hubs, the subject of getting a maid. Whilst there are days where I feel that I really want one, the Hubs always manages to convince me otherwise. I tried convincing him that I can make more money if we got.......click to learn what next.

MAMEEEEEE!!!!! I KILLED IT!!!!!

Posted on October 12, 2007October 12, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

A couple of days ago, we went shopping for a new little Baju Kebaya (Malay costume worn on Muslim celebrations). Few reasons : Tee was having a Hari Raya Aidilfitri party at school, we were going Raya visiting this weekend, my parents are Muslims, she loves dressing up.......click to learn what next.

Where on Earth does she get this from?!?

Posted on October 11, 2007October 11, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Heard on the way to school this morning..... "Please can I have my music, Mummy?" "No, you may not." "Please can I have my music?" "No, you may not." "Please can I have my music?" "Tee? Didn't we make a deal that mornings are Mummy's turn to listen.......click to learn what next.

So much to do, so little time….

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, and I do not even have a paid job! Apart from the fact that I have a toddler wringing my neck for the most part of my day, and a body that aches from tiredness that keeps rea...............ching out to Suasana Spa, I still get irritating calls.......click to learn what next.

Aunt Flo and Edginess

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I've been really edgy of late. One wrong move and I'd snap. Lose it. I need a break. From Tee.

Bed dance

Posted on October 9, 2007October 9, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This morning, I woke up at 6.37am to find that my Toddler wasn't beside me. I jerked myself up and started feeling around the whole king sized mattress, laden with pillows, soft toys and about 500 toddler blankets. Zilch. So I looked on the floor and there she.......click to learn what next.

Hell hath no fury like a Mother scorned

Posted on October 9, 2007October 9, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Everyday after playschool, I pick Tee up and we go straight home for some quick grub, bath and nap. No questions. She has to be down by 2pm latest or we'd be partying to Lionel Ritchie's all night long. Today, for some obscure reason, she kicked up a.......click to learn what next.

Blog burn out hits mother of two

Posted on October 7, 2007October 7, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Kuala Lumpur, Sunday - A mother of two checked herself into the psychiatric ward of Beach Hospital here today with complaints of midnight hallucinations. Below is a personal statement from Big Pumpkin (35) taken today at the Brickfields Police Station where she begged Chief Superintendant, Encik Peenus Haj.......click to learn what next.

Don’t make me take out the knives!

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Do you know how many hours I've spent scouring the web to find a solution to fix you? I have finally identified the problem with great difficulty to be that of your throne, but why won't you talk? Life would be so much easier if you talked! Tell.......click to learn what next.

Architectural school project with teeth

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My final year project at the Bartlett involved tooth decay. Ewe.....!!! Yes, I know. It was about reinstating an old dilapidated museum in New York called the New York Kunsthalle. The project started off with yet another abstract design brief that was open but related to what we.......click to learn what next.

Water supply in Malaysia

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Filthy. That's what it is. Look at these two water filters - old and new. The old one is 12 months old. If we didn't use a water filter, all that gunk on the left goes into our bodies. Pipes in Malaysia are so badly maintained that a.......click to learn what next.

Men, the weaker sex.

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Without a doubt. Today, with only three hours of sleep, yet with a dozen things to do, I instructed the Hubs that he needed to entertain Tee ALL DAY as I couldn't afford to lose even a minute. He looked at me with worry but agreed. Well, he.......click to learn what next.

Easy access for ‘stuff’

Posted on October 6, 2007October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

A great invention by the Americans, the vending machine has made lives more convenient by providing easy access to products whilst you're on the go. Unfortunately, we don't see so many of them around in Malaysia. At most, we have some drink and candy machines. Abroad, there are.......click to learn what next.

3 causes of death that will never be answered

Posted on October 6, 2007May 20, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

My best friend at Uni. She had jumped off the 22nd floor of her father's apartment without leaving a suicide note. She had called me the day before, from Singapore to London, to chat. The grief that I went through took a long time to heal and till.......click to learn what next.

If you had five kids……

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

.....you definitely want to look into Maytag Refrigerators. It is a heavy duty, durable fridge that will withstand frequent open and close fridge door fun, keep the family food fresh since you're going to have lots of it and lots of time saving gadgets. Like, who has time.......click to learn what next.

How I got a Kadazan aunt

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My grandparents have seven children but one fine day, my grandfather, who travelled to East Malaysia became a little naughty. The urge to have sex was uncontrollable as my grandmother was too busy taking care of the household, the children, her job etc. No excuse. Do you want.......click to learn what next.

It’s not what you know, it’s WHO you know!

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Haha.....that certainly applies in Malaysia. When I was working in the corporate world, I met up to 20 different clients in a day at my office. Some days were quiet of course, and I'd actually get a chance to catch up on a back log of work. Knowing.......click to learn what next.