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What’ been happening at the Lee household

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ever since the Alphonsos left, oh, I forgot to tell you, I had relatives from Australia staying with me and I was out of the home from 8am everyday till 10pm and totally dead. From exhaustion. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. For more than a week. As much as.......click to learn what next.
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Arrowhead chips

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I'm addicted to the stuff. A dear friend gave me a bottle of what I perceived to be potato chips and I thought, oh no, I don't like potato chips. Then Tee wanted some and I tried one. Then two, then three, then four, then five. Damn!.......click to learn what next.
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Not that anyone noticed my absence…..

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .....but I have been sitting under a bodhi tree meditating on the hills of Nepal, praying for a life filled with the removal of 20 kilos of fat cells from my body, material richness since I already have all other forms of richness and the miracle that.......click to learn what next.
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House viewing at Danau Villa

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
This is another house we have viewed called Danau Villa - it is located at the fringe of Taman Desa and is developed by Faber Group. There are 60 semi-Ds in the gated development and the houses are nice. But the whole idea is to get away from.......click to learn what next.
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I declare this year a no shopping year for me :-(

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
Yes, can you believe it? But really.....I have food, water, love and health. And a roof over my head. I already have more clothes than I could ever wear and shoes and handbags. What else do I need? In fact, I wish I had less stuff so I.......click to learn what next.
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Let the Daddies do the babysitting!

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
One weekend not too long ago, I was shit busy rushing out some work for a wedding publication, so what did I do? Asked my friend to cook us lunch (and she cooked a mean crab curry - YUM!!!), and got the daddies to babysit so I could.......click to learn what next.
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Do you have a toolbox?

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
We have a back area that belongs to the Hubs - ALL his tools are kept there and Tee is forbidden from stepping into that space. These are his toolboxes where he keeps them organised - black for shoe polish tools and miscellanous items, green for the drill.......click to learn what next.
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Mamapumpkin Data

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Haha, I stole this tag from Pek Imm because I needed a quick filler post *smile* 1. What’s your BIGGEST sin? Collecting blubber. 2. When’s your PROUDEST moment? Conning the Hubs to marry me. Muahaha!! 3. What’s your GREATEST fear? That I will never be slim again.......click to learn what next.
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Monkeying around at Marco Polo Restaurant

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
This is Tee with her favourite uncle of all time and my beloved younger brother who's inherited the sweetest heart ever from my Mother. If ever you want a brilliant husband, he's the man! Tee loves her uncle SO MUCH because not only are they of the same.......click to learn what next.
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So mad with the Hubs this morning!

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The weekends are supposed to be my off day but unless I go out and get the all clear from Tee, we all know that it REALLY isn't a REAL off day, don't we? Because Mommy does everything better. So the toddler will always run to Mommy.......click to learn what next.
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Book Review – Just One More Day by Susan Lewis

Posted on January 19, 2008January 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The ony reason I attempted to read this book (lent to me by my dearest Italian friend in London whom I dearly miss) was because my Mom has cancer and this book was about a little 7 year old girl who loses her mom to cancer. I.......click to learn what next.
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To renovate, buy a car or go to the USA….??

Posted on January 19, 2008April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin
OK. I need your advice here. It'll be nice, of course to do all three but that would be over indulgent. We need more space. We can't afford the house we want right now so an interim measure would be to build in some storage space or give.......click to learn what next.
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Mamapumpkin aching…..

Posted on January 17, 2008January 17, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I've been super busy still. Juggling Tee and my own work deadlines, housework, cooking and laundry.....it really is no picnic. I visited a newborn baby today and felt real clucky after. Tomorrow I am having guests. Saturday, my cousin arrives for a whole week and stays with.......click to learn what next.
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Invitation by NASA

Posted on January 16, 2008April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin
It's official. A few weeks ago, the Hubs got an invitation by NASA of the US of A to witness the next rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With front row seats!!! Now for those of you who know the Hubs, you'll know that it.......click to learn what next.
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Which religion has a drunk God?

Posted on January 16, 2008January 16, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Definitely Christianity - Catholicism, to be exact. After school today, I entertained Tee full-time. I didn't turn the computer on once. I didn't turn the TV on either. No book, no phone. She had my undivided attention. After lunch, we painted. Then we played some play-doh where.......click to learn what next.
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Just before bathtime today…..

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Mommy?" "Hmmm?" "Girls should have willies." Mommy froze. Mind went blank. "Why?" "I don't know. They just should!" "Okay." Mommy continues running bath. "The willy is like the stem and the pat-pat is like the leaf." Mommy took a minute to digest that. "You are correct! Let's.......click to learn what next.
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Improving yourself with a new skill

Posted on January 14, 2008January 14, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
Us mothers who don't work like normal people do sometimes allow insecurities to creep into our souls. It is so normal and so understandable because how smart can you really feel when all you had for conversation over the last three years was Dora the lesbian explorer and.......click to learn what next.
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Sending Tee to Chinese school…..

Posted on January 14, 2008January 14, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tee will be four years old this year. *faint* How time flies. We have started thinking about schools because depending on our decision on where to send her, we may need to get her registered for pre-school in order to secure a place. I'm all for sending.......click to learn what next.
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Buying furniture online

Posted on January 13, 2008January 13, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
Nowadays, it is so much easier to get things online. When we were in Chiangmai, we wanted to purchase a lovely teak wood table but we had to organise shipping and so many details that we decided not to get it in the end. I thought to myself.......click to learn what next.
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House or Apartment?

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For the last few years since Tee came along, we've been living in an apartment but we're fast outgrowing our space now that Tee has monopolised most areas of OUR apartment. We need a house!!! One with a garden so Tee can run around in! Last night,.......click to learn what next.
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Glasses or contact lenses? Lasik?

Posted on January 12, 2008April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin
I currently wear glasses (L-300, R-500) because I can't be bothered to put on my contact lenses everyday. People have commented that I look 10 years younger when I do take my glasses off though but then again, I was barred from entering an 18x movie when I.......click to learn what next.
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Disappointed with Malaysian unprofessionalism

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I woke up at 430am this morning only to be pissed to find that I have not been paid where monies were due. I hate it when people swear they will pay you and don't. At the very least, they could call to offer a reason or.......click to learn what next.
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Things that stop me on my tracks

Posted on January 10, 2008January 10, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I promised Tee the other day that I would stay in school all day downstairs and wait for her. "Mommy won't go anywhere. Don't cry. I'll be right downstairs. I'll be right here when you finish school at 1230" And what did Mommy do as soon as.......click to learn what next.
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My Awal Muharram

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sounds like awal mu haram (early, you're sacred). Nevermind. I woke up at 10.30am this morning after sleeping at 5am last night because my Tee, my oh! so drama Tee, woke up 4 times last night. Every hour on the hour from midnight, complaining of leg pain........click to learn what next.
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Planning a sex holiday this month

Posted on January 9, 2008January 9, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
So............ For the first time ever, we're releasing Tee to her Nana for one night so we can go for some nooky time. At a hotel. Maybe a resort. Or maybe the Ah Chong Ah Kow brothel like back street 'hotel' where we can get downright dirty. *scrubs.......click to learn what next.
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Starting to read at 3.3 years old!

Posted on January 9, 2008January 9, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx When I first starting reading at 5, I was the first in class to read. At that time, everyone thought it was early and to this day, I have old family relatives remembering that I started reading at an early age. What the hell is early? 0_0.......click to learn what next.
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Tee and her truck toolbox

Posted on January 9, 2008January 9, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
As you may or may not know, my little pumpkin is an incredibly spoilt one. Her Nana buys her everything and anything under the sun. If Tee asked for the moon, there is a 500% chance she'd get it. Whenever Nana travels, she will undoubtedly return with lots.......click to learn what next.
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The retarded octopus

Posted on January 8, 2008January 8, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Something has been happening to me of late. Something that has made me realise body parts that I never knew I had. The Universe has started pulling me in a million different directions and I feel like the retarded octopus, the one with more than eight tentacles.......click to learn what next.
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I have a chest cramp

Posted on January 8, 2008January 8, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Uhuh. Is there such a thing? Yesterday was Tee's first day at school. She forced requested for me to stay with her for half an hour before I left and kept looking towards my direction for the distrust that I would just walk out when she wasn't.......click to learn what next.
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The definition of guilt

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Mamapumpkin
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I stepped into the raved about Pavillion finally today. It is a newer Mid Valley City with 2 levels of high end designer stores and better finishes. And they have a super cool food court (owned by Singaporeans) that beats KLCC's flat. Shame on KLCC. I wanted.......click to learn what next.
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