My friend, Sam….for always.

Posted on December 7, 2006December 9, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This year, Sam would've been 34, just like me. But she has missed out 13 years of what we were meant to share together as friends, to my detriment. I met the beautiful Indonesian Italian Samantha Barlian of a lithe 5'6" at architecture school more than 10 years.......click to learn what next.

Protected: The Sensitive New Age Man

Posted on December 6, 2006April 23, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I lunched with 2 moms today who also had daughters Ts age. Dita has been with her husband for 18 years of which 5 they were married. Yasmin has been with her husband for 10 years. Dita's husband is Malaysian Chinese while Yasmin's is French. They are.......click to learn what next.

In the middle of Tatler

Posted on December 3, 2006February 5, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Today I found ourselves in the middle of people often seen in the Malaysian Tatler, a magazine of high society. Anyone who's a who's who will have had their face plastered on this monthly glossy provided their cash net worth is enough to have the banks begging for.......click to learn what next.

My definition of friendship

Posted on December 2, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst we are feeling melancholic about the subject, I might as well blurb out my own schpiel about it. I think I am a GREAT friend. I am loving, honest, sincere. I make no demands of friends. I am accepting and I don't impart my own ideas onto.......click to learn what next.

Protected: The roller coaster of change

Posted on December 2, 2006August 5, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

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The Month of November 2006

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Seems like months ago that I was last here but actually it has only been weeks. Allow me to give you the low down on what's been happening at the Lee Mansion. I got shortlisted to write a coffee table book for the Government. It is an initiative.......click to learn what next.

“Can I borrow some money?”

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Fess up. Do you get all uncomfortable and sweaty whenever that question is posed directly to your face? Like your veins suddenly expand as you are caught off guard and you switch immediately, subconsciously into defense mode? I was asked that today. My instant response without thinking was,.......click to learn what next.

A hundred facts about my sordid life

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I was born in Singapore but I am NOT a citizen of Singapore. Many people wanted to adopt me but my mother chose to keep me. My youngest memory was when I was 3 years old. I used to have a photographic memory. I was always well liked.......click to learn what next.

Hereditary genes of the masculine type

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I have always been one of those girls who were very equal in the usage of the right and left brain. I still am. At school, I would challenge the boys doing 'boy' stuff like arm wrestling. And win. I excelled in obstacle courses which got me all.......click to learn what next.

A Letter from The Heart

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

This is a long overdue item from my list of a hundred things to do but inspired by Trish and David Adams and their precious daughter, Ashley, who is fighting for her life (please take an hour of your time to get to know Ashley's story), I decided.......click to learn what next.

What I love about Malaysia

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Whenever I ask the many foreigners that have moved to Malaysia for good why they love it here, the word FOOD usually bungee jumps out of their mouths. The weather comes a close second but FOOD is always a compelling reason to live in this land of the.......click to learn what next.

Evidence! – sleeping on a toddler bed

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

October 2006 - just turned 25 months. Growing independence of sorts. Picture taken in the dark. Legs sticking out of bedrails below belong to a large rainbow caterpillar, T's bed buddy; squashed by yellow furry teddy called Daisy.

Broody, Icky, Sucky and fat!

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Yup. That kind of describes me today. Ever since Australia, I've been fighting really hard to stay above water whilst feeling under the weather and for some reason, we never seem to get enough rest come the weekend. (Note to self when acquire ability to change the world:.......click to learn what next.

Revelation

Posted on October 23, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

GUESS WHAT? GUESS WHAT? GUESS WHAT?????????????? T asked to sleep in her own bed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes! Out of the blue one night, she said she wanted to sleep on HER bed. So the Hubs and I rushed to her bed and started to remove all the junk that.......click to learn what next.

Blog Vacation

Posted on October 23, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Sure feels like I've been on blog vacation. We flew in from Australia 1st week of October. I came home to my beautiful hazy country with a virus. Then T started playschool and a little girl with a runny nose sneezed right into T's face, snort and all........click to learn what next.

Super Premature Puberty

Posted on October 14, 2006September 4, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

So Tee insists on wearing a sanitary pad after seeing me wear it countless of times so I finally allowed it. Just to stop the oh so irritating whining! I handed her a pink panty liner to fit her little panty. Sticking it was SO FUN! She was.......click to learn what next.

Exhausted!

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Sorry.....I've been busy planning our next holiday from the holiday we just returned from. Gosh. I REALLY need a holiday.

We’re going to see Koala Bears and Kangaroos!

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

In exactly 12 hours, I have to wake Tee from slumber as we make our long journey to the land down under. She has had a flu over the last 2 days and has been super cranky. The Hubs isn't coming with us as he has to maintain.......click to learn what next.

More car stories….

Posted on September 24, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Observe as Tee fills her car with gas via MY exercise ball pump. And she's using her leg to pump it too, except she's not pumping air into the wheels....she's filling her gas tank with petrol from an air pump because Mummy doesn't want to can't afford the.......click to learn what next.

Cure for Baby Colic – Foot Reflexology & Skiing

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Since you've seen Tee enjoying a foot massage, you might as well know the real reason why she was there in the first place. Colic. Yes, colic. The menace that keeps your baby screaming continuously like a wailing banshee throughout the wee hours of the morning, or the.......click to learn what next.

Toddler Development – when you should start worrying.

Posted on September 20, 2006October 18, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

All my friends, locally and internationally, with 2 year olds, have graduated into toddler beds or big girl/boy beds in their own respective rooms. Which leaves Tee, the only two year old I know, the last of the group *sob*, to achieve this very significant (to us) milestone.Tee.......click to learn what next.

The Greatest Love of All…..

Posted on September 16, 2006July 29, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

It is Saturday and the Hubs usually takes over some of my Mummy duties, thank God! So the greatest thing happened to me this morning..... After a good night's rest (since I was allowed a lie-in), I crawled out of bed in search of my little pumpkin. I.......click to learn what next.

I hear an accident happen – do I qualify as a witness?

Posted on September 16, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I had a glorious dinner tonight with my brother and mother sans the Hubs and Tee, hurray! The salmon sashimi was really fresh and the chef was in a good mood so my platter had huge chunks of salmon which I devoured in total ecstacy. As I ran.......click to learn what next.

Silly Mummy

Posted on September 15, 2006October 7, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

As usual, Tee and I rushed out for her baby dance class every Thursday morning. We're always zipping everywhere. Why can't there ever be a day when we move slowly, talk calmly and are not......err........rushing. The phrases 'always in haste' and 'scramble like a headless chicken' are synonymous.......click to learn what next.

Have you ever had a backseat driver?

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

If you have, you can totally relate. I came into possession of my driving license when I was 17. All paid out of my own pocket money and 100% legal. I went through the motions - toiled through the specified number of driving lessons (despite a dirty old.......click to learn what next.

When blogging is bloody annoying

Posted on September 12, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

It is probably quite obvious to you that I am a beginner at 'blogging'. I only recently learnt the term last year and started my own 'blog' not too long ago. It seems I am lagging far behind in 'blogosphere' but that doesn't bother me. I don't mind.......click to learn what next.

Where was I? Nine eleven 2001

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

It was exactly 10 days before our wedding – THE wedding. OUR wedding. The one I’d planned for months. The one I’d quit my job to plan. So you can imagine how special it was. 10 days before our wedding, my husband to be (the Hubs) and I.......click to learn what next.

My Mother

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

……made me cry today. Like the many times she made me cry. Throughout my life. But today was different. I hadn’t cried since her cancer was diagnosed and any tearing after that was due to my own sentimental-ness and weepy emotional state due to her well-being. My mother.......click to learn what next.

Maisy Party Report

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

The biggest event of the year finally happened (ours anyway). We were out the door from 9am yesterday and were working tirelessly till midnight. I am recording this so that one day if ever Tee decides to be a teenage rebel and tells me to leave her alone.......click to learn what next.

Four Generations of Love

Posted on September 7, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

This is four generations of love - me (33), mom (51), granny (85), baby Tee (2 months). For today, it looks like baby Tee is getting all the love and attention, but I assure you the love is circulating very strongly amongst the four of us. (Urgent note.......click to learn what next.