SPAM on the blog

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

I have spam on the blog and I hate it. Because it commands a humble readership, spammers keep attaching themselves here and I do not know how to freaking get rid of them! Is it the theme? Is it the bad links? How do they do it? I.......click to learn what next.

T2 got an A!!!

Posted on July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Alhamdullilah. My little girl came home that day all excited that she'd gotten an A for her Mandarin paper, something that we totally did not expect. She had exams this last week and we did NOTHING for revision. The other papers aren't back yet but we were expecting.......click to learn what next.

Living a Happy Life

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Living a Happy Life is easy when you have the help of great people around you. What more when you have a loving family who is always behind you 500% of the way. I am so blessed and I never take it for granted yet there are people.......click to learn what next.

The Mobile Worker

Posted on June 29, 2015June 30, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

I am the mobile worker. People don't believe me when I tell them that my job is actually just a communications job and all I do is communicate via WhatsApp and Messenger. Serious! The only time I go out to meet people is because my team members need.......click to learn what next.

Helping Women get rid of their Anger

Posted on June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

In the past few days, I’ve noticed that the people around me have been in a rather bitchy mood and me, myself am feeling bitchy. Not towards everyone but just irritating people. In this people business, it is inevitable that I deal with people on a daily basis........click to learn what next.

Exam Jitters

Posted on June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

My poor girls will be having their final exams reals soon. How time flies indeed!! They started in January 2015 and they are having their final exams in July 2015. Then a holiday for a month and straight to the new year in September 2015. Crazy right? T1.......click to learn what next.

Organising her own schedule

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Just look at my daughter's desk!!! Doesn't it make you go crazy??? Oh, gosh. I get a headache at the mere second glimpse of it. Sigh. I really need to do something about kicking her ass into gear but what example does she follow when I myself have.......click to learn what next.

Loving Your Job

Posted on June 20, 2015July 28, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

How many of you love your job? I can instantly say without a second thought that I love mine right now. Am I busier? In terms of hours? Possibly. It depends. The hours I put in are hours that I WANT to put in. I have a CHOICE........click to learn what next.

Free Loaders riding on a high

Posted on May 30, 2015May 25, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Do you ever get free loaders riding on a high? I just think it is wrong. The friends who are your friends because they want freebies from you, the friends who are friends because of your social circle, the friends who are friends because they think you are.......click to learn what next.

The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson

Posted on May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

I have started getting back into the habit of reading to T2 again after the longest hiatus and today we read The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson amongst a few other books. Bless my poor child. She has been so neglected all these years yet has turned out.......click to learn what next.

Annie, the musical…

Posted on May 21, 2015May 21, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Annie, the musical, we will be watching this weekend! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. Last year, I suggested to the school to do Annie for their Annual Production and this year I am getting it!!! The school performed such a magnificent perfomance last year,.......click to learn what next.

TGV Family Cinema – FINALLY!

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Last weekend, we attended TGV's inaugural Family Cinema opening to watch The Avengers and had a fabulous time. What exactly is TGV's Family Cinema? Finally, in Malaysia, we have a baby friendly kid friendly cinema where we can actually go watch a movie together with our little ones.......click to learn what next.

What goes up must come down…..

Posted on May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

As the title suggests, I'm having a really blaaaaah day today. Here I am fluffing about at home when I really should be out at the Post Office to send some Izumio and Super Lutein to Europe. Why don't I just get the Europe office to post it.......click to learn what next.

Strange People

Posted on May 4, 2015May 4, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Last year, I had one of the worse experiences of my life because I had made some bad choices with people and many unfortunate series of events happened through absolutely no fault of mine. It really takes a crisis to very quickly show you who your allies are.......click to learn what next.

Long Weekend……

Posted on May 3, 2015May 4, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Everyone I know has gone to some beach or other and I am so jealous! We tried at the eleventh hour to book Club Med Cherating (DUH!!!) and it was fully booked. Too bad we didn't think of Tanjong Jara Terengganu or we could have tried that. Too.......click to learn what next.

Girls tagging their Working Mom

Posted on May 2, 2015May 2, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

On Day 4 of the girls school holiday, I could stand it no longer. I have had 3 whole days of School Holiday Activities and I needed to get back to my work. I told them that I wanted to visit the Cancer Aunty and they willingly obliged,.......click to learn what next.

Decopatching in Malaysia

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Today is Day 4 of the kids school holidays. So far they have made a trip to the trampoline park, played with friends at play dates, followed me around for deliveries to see how Mommy works hard, and today, practising their creativity with Decopatch. We first learnt of.......click to learn what next.

My virgin presentation

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Today, I gave my first ever presentation to an adult audience that included an ex-United Nations representative and a medical Doctor from the Ministry of Health. Thank GOD I didn't know who they were till way after or I would have just fainted. I am never one to.......click to learn what next.

Walk for Water by AVEDA – 2015

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Every year, T1's school participates in the AVEDA Walk for Water and this year was no different. Whilst I was in Singapore for the weekend, the Hubs had to bring her at 7am to the walk venue and sort the kids out over the entire weekend. Go Hubby!!!.......click to learn what next.

In Laws in Town

Posted on April 20, 2015April 21, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

My schedule has been extremely busy these last few weeks that I have been skipping my daily Izumio and Super Lutein dosage because I actually forget and since every minute of my day is taken up by others, I am to say the least, stretched. Hmmmm. I'm quite.......click to learn what next.

Heard in the Car series:

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

As most of my interaction with my kids happen in the car (so sad, right? But what to do, the moment we get home, everyone is busy with their own responsibilities), I have started documenting the Heard in the Car series: 15/4/15 T2: Mommy, do you know before.......click to learn what next.

This is no longer a business…..

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

So I've been busy this last week leaving the house by 7.30am and arriving home after midnight 2 days in a row with a KK trip last weekend and a Singapore trip this weekend. I am bushed! If this kind of schedule happened last year, I'd be flat.......click to learn what next.

Too many coincidences…..

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

So firstly, I am just NOT an MLM person. I am not a product peddler and really have no interest in doing such things. Never have been. But suddenly now I am an Entrepreneur. It is different. And I am bloody proud of it!! Most people don't get.......click to learn what next.

My Over-Confident Daughter, T1

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

A few days ago, T1 excitedly came home talking about her day at school boasting that she fooled so many people on April Fool's Day. At every corner she turned, she'd be pulling a prank on someone and she said that all the girls in her class did.......click to learn what next.

My Personal Assistant

Posted on April 3, 2015March 30, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Guess who THAT is? Gee. I hope I don't get caught for child labour but T1 is THE best PA I could ever have. She is ever obliging and if she ever gets too tired of helping her Mama, I will bribe her with some cash. This girl.......click to learn what next.

My Blessed Readers

Posted on March 31, 2015March 30, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

When I first started this blog, it was a form of release from being a lonely Stay-At-Home-Mom because there wasn't Facebook then and I didn't have any Mommy friends being one of the firsts in my group to be a Mommy. The blog has evolved into a journal.......click to learn what next.

Blog woes

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

If you are a regular reader, then you would have noticed that this blog has changed design recently into what I do not want - LOL!!! I wasn't happy with the old blog design as it was too messy but never had any time to play around with.......click to learn what next.

After School Routines

Posted on March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

After School Routines These are my 2 girls routines when we get home from school. They only have 3 hours to spare after which they are chased off to their bedtime routine that comprises brushing their teeth, changing into their pyjamas and whatever else they want to do.......click to learn what next.

Sports Day at School

Posted on March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Today is T1's Sports Day Heats at school. She has been complaining over the last few weeks about being too hot, too dehydrated, muscle ache from running and tiredness from a combination of standing in the sun, running and being dehydrated. She said she ran and came out.......click to learn what next.

Wearing a Tudung

Posted on March 22, 2015March 18, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Check it out!!! Yes, as of last year, I have started to wear a head scarf whenever I visit my late mother's grave, which is every weekend. I am not an expert in tying a head scarf and have never worn the pins because I just do not.......click to learn what next.