What I cannot stand about Kota Bharu

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

The heat. The absolute heat. Because Kota Bharu is situated near the coastline, the heat even within the city is amazingly HOT. Moreover, there are no tall buildings here to provide any shade so all homes are exposed to the direct sunlight, the beach type. It is so.......click to learn what next.

The man she twists around her little fingers, all ten of them!

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee and her Kong-Kong fooling around. Tee is his only grandchild. First time on the lawnmower (it was off). What is it with grandparents? The child just needs to ask and she shall recieve.........It makes it impossible to discipline a child in this kind of environment. So you.......click to learn what next.

In a strange twist of events…..

Posted on November 27, 2007November 27, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Last night, Tee decided suddenly that she really missed her Daddy who is an hour plane ride away. She really, REALLY missed him and started bawling and crying and sobbing and tearing and choking and coughing and wailing..........and looked like she'd just lost both hands and both legs.......click to learn what next.

Who needs ballet???

Posted on November 26, 2007November 26, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

When you can jive to John Travolta's Staying Alive!!! Ahhh-HA-HA-HA-Staying Alive-Staying Alive-AHH-HA-HA-HA.........

Tee has become our basketball

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It's DAY ONE here in Kota Bharu sans the Hubs and we've had a fairly good morning without any dramas. I am seriously counting down the days before we fly home, just so I can feel at peace. It's just different when you are living in under someone.......click to learn what next.

I have a lot of time at my in-laws

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

to find inspirational quotes that I wanted to share....... . "Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain." And I intend to live that. . . "True love is neither physical nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that.......click to learn what next.

Something to think about

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Have you got one person in your life whom you are irritated with? Or whom you cannot stand? That one person who just brings out all feelings of hostility within your body? More often than not, this person is the black cat mother-in-law! Thankfully for me, this is.......click to learn what next.

Flu gone worse

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I woke up this morning feeling like I'd been beaten up by a half a dozen gangsters with big sticks. None of my joints could move without pain and there was this huge mother ass of a bite on my neck, larger than a 50 cent coin. My.......click to learn what next.

A sneak preview

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Baby Ballet Slippers - 14 cm long . Budding Ballerina...... . Filled with grace on the outside.

We made it in one piece

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It is 9pm and I am about to crash in bed. This is not normal. We arrived in Kota Bharu in one piece without dramas (phew!) and Tee actually slept on the plane for the first time in her life. Now this girl who has been on planes.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s way of entertaining herself

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My girl is forced to be independent because Mommy has a lot of work to do so most days, she will find something or other to play with, by herself. Well, I can't be playing with her all day, right??! Sometimes, she will play her toys and games.......click to learn what next.

Tee and the poo-poo book

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Today, in the bathroom just as I was about to give Tee a bath, I heard a thud followed by, "Oops! That's Daddy's poo-poo book." "What poo-poo book?" I asked curiously. "There!" she pointed into the empty bath tub, the latest HWM magazine (not playboy). "I accidentally dropped.......click to learn what next.

My Mee Siam Sauce

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Can you smell it.............??? Fresh prawns.......

I want to be your friend because…..

Posted on November 22, 2007November 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

*fill in the blanks* I've been doing some thinking lately how difficult it must be for some people to find friends. Let's say you are the daughter of the Prime Minister, or some famous celebrity or perhaps your dad is Donald Trump; maybe you yourself are the person.......click to learn what next.

For the love of swimming

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My girl will do anything for water. She failed to put on her bikini top because it was about to rain hence we were RUSHING to let her get a dip, just so she could get a dip, before the clouds collapsed on us. Because you know, she.......click to learn what next.

Santarina Tee on stage

Posted on November 20, 2007November 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Now you know why Tee was in her red Santarina/Convict/Cockerel outfit. It was her last day at school and she was performing, but look at her! She had purposely pulled her hat down to cover her face and danced like a maniac ostrich style! Can you spot her?.......click to learn what next.

Make someone happy

Posted on November 20, 2007November 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Pay it forward - have you watched the movie? I haven't but I've heard about it many times, the story about passing on a good deed. Ever since I started Tee on her nightly prayers, she makes me truly happy every evening with her words of gratitude. It.......click to learn what next.

Visitors everyday!

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I have my lovely daughter to entertain for the next seven weeks. Yes, SEVEN!!! Two weeks are taken care off because we'll be away but that leaves me FIVE WEEKS to talk to Miss Chatterbox; I suppose I should be grateful for all this quality time that we.......click to learn what next.

The chips are low and I am dying….

Posted on November 20, 2007November 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This is the first week of Tee's holiday from school. I rephrase - it's Tuesday. So that'd be the second day that she is home alone with me, moi and I. My nose is blocked. My head is pounding. My eyes are burning. I've decided that I'm not.......click to learn what next.

More on my little hybrid Santarina Convict Cockerel…

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Frosty, the Snowman! Was a jolly, happy soul! With a corncob pipe and a button nose, And two eyes made out of coal! . . Tee loves performing. She is a natural drama queen. Except when it comes to actually perfoming in front of an unknown audience. *smile*.......click to learn what next.

Tee loves visitors, even aliens

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

We had some lovely visitors today at our home from the big, blog blanet. Uhuh. A lady and her two children with names starting with the alphabet of what Mama Joeys are, came today to my topsy-turvy home to play! Many, many months ago, before I had my.......click to learn what next.

Optrex does work!

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

So I finally got my Optrex. It cost less than RM15 for a small bottle but it relieved my eyes from the dryness and burning sensations. What I didn't like about it was it was housed in a glass bottle. I don't like anything glass around a toddler.......click to learn what next.

Tee made Mommy French Toast for breakfast

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

With Daddy's help, of course....and it was the yummiest French Toast I'd ever tasted. Thank you, my darlings. "I'm just stiring some egg onto the bread...." . . "But I haven't even removed my pyjamas!!!"

You mean you ate all my chocolate!!!

Posted on November 18, 2007November 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This is Tee's shocked face. I asked her to give me a shocked face and this is the result. Such a drama queen I have, eh?

Tee at Mandarin Edudrama

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yesterday at Edudrama, a little boy was howling because his Mommy wanted him to pay attention and not go outside to play. Tee went, "SSSHHHhhhhhh.......I cannot hear Low Tze!!! Quiet. I need to listen." Then later, the teachers (one dressed as a moon and another as a star).......click to learn what next.

Tee’s cognitive development, if you can call it that!

Posted on November 18, 2007November 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee is an expert on the ways of the world because her father is constantly teaching her how things work. In their day to day lives, the Hubs would tell her where water comes from, how rainbows are made, how the planets rotate in the solar system, why.......click to learn what next.

Tee sleeping spread eagled

Posted on November 17, 2007November 17, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

How do you think any of us get ANY sleep when we have to share our king sized bed with this: As you can see, we not only have a lot of stuff on our bed (most flung onto mat beside bed, not shown in photo), but we.......click to learn what next.

Updates on Tee and her best friend

Posted on November 17, 2007November 17, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

For history, refer here. Well, she's not her best friend anymore. Tee says she has no best friend and that she only likes J, her boyfriend. Following what happened, I explained to my iron-willed daughter that it wasn't nice to say what she said to her best friend.......click to learn what next.

Does Optrex work?

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My eyes!!! Oh, my eyes!!! They really burn.......and hurt.....smarting like fires blazing through the eyeballs. The last time I felt this was during Chinese New Year in Kota Bharu. I've been telling myself to go get some Optrex wash to wash my eyes but keep forgetting. Every single.......click to learn what next.

Where is everyone?

Posted on November 16, 2007November 16, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Did you guys read about my child abuse case?