What’s the youngest age for a credit card holder these days?

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

On the train back from the airport today, I moaned to the Hubs that my slippers were peeling off at the front. He then cautioned me that I should be more careful about kicking things from here on as they were an expensive pair of slippers. Bugger.... Then.......click to learn what next.

A crazy thing I used to do

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

When I was growing up, I was always left to my own devices. My parents were never around and didn't have any rules for me so it is suffice to say that I turned out pretty good considering the circumstances. I had an Italian Muslim boyfriend who lived.......click to learn what next.

Two things I’ve been putting off

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Seeing an ENT to check my nose out. I have suffered from sinusitis for the longest time and know my nose inside out pretty much. Of late there has been a perpetual scab on my right inner nostril that bleeds every now and then. It is not like.......click to learn what next.

Separation anxiety at Playschool

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yesterday, I left T at school for an hour and a half by just walking out casually from her classroom. She bawled for a long, long time but because I only heard it, I was OK. At the end of the day, she was all swollen eyed but.......click to learn what next.

I have so much money!

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Oohlala!!! In my thirty five years of existence, I have seen how money has the power to destroy relationships, the tightest of families and the closest of friends. Yes, money can be all-empowering like water or fire, when it gets out of hand. Whilst reading one of the.......click to learn what next.

Hypocrite Type 1

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Hyposcrisy n The practice of professing beliefs, feelings or virtues that one does not hold or possess. Last night I perfomed my husband's worst nightmare and tuned in to Konsert Akademi Fantasia, which is our local excremental version of American Idol. OK I really shouldn't be comparing it.......click to learn what next.

Our first real fight – shame on me!

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I love my daughter to bits. I really, really do. But there are days when I want to make her disappear. Such as last night. After spending two whole hours trying to get T to sleep from 8-10pm, I finally lost it. I had things to do. Lots.......click to learn what next.

A toddler’s definition of a fight

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

"I want to bathe in the bath tub." "No, we are having a quick shower because we need to hurry." "No, I want to bathe in the bath tub." "No, take your clothes off now. Hurry. We need to go soon. Hurry. We'll have a shower in the.......click to learn what next.

Toddler Discipline

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Today I went for lunch with a Doctor friend whose little girl is exactly 1 month older than T. That's two and a half years old (Gosh! Is my little girl that old now?). Mel since a baby, was the most well behaved baby I ever knew. Her.......click to learn what next.

Heartbroken

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My heart crashed into a million crystal pieces when I heard of a couple whose family disowned the son because he is dating a girl not of his family's choice. Typical of Indian upper crust society, this Indian family goes by the traditional cast system where one can.......click to learn what next.

Mummy Cliques

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It is interesting how different people have different ideas and perceptions of the world. The Mummy world is no different. When I first heard of XXX (a local mummy and baby group), I asked around to find out what it was and considered joining it but was told.......click to learn what next.

My Day

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It started off with the Hubs being late for work as usual. As we share one car, T and I have to rush like mad fools every morning that we want the car, to send the Hubs to work. Otherwise, no car. He gets really annoyed with us.......click to learn what next.

Shut Down

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

"Shut Down Now!! Mummy!!" That was T yelling over the last two months for the lack of attention from her mother as her mother glued herself to her faithful Dell. I worked through two whole months without an ounce of quality time for my dearest and I so.......click to learn what next.

Are you an observer or an observee?

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, I made that word up. It doesn't exist - I checked. I've noticed that some people stay in the background and are sensitive to their surroundings. They watch quietly; your bronze polished nails, your tattered bag, your scratched Chanel shoes, how you eat your food with large.......click to learn what next.

Protected: Putting ink to paper….keyboard to screen

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

In researching for my book (which I have been commissioned to write and because I was selected amongst local journalists, is really not a big deal to me), I have been thinking a lot of about writing. Writing styles, the use of language, expressions, thoughts behind a writer.......click to learn what next.

My current favourite dish

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

It's the mackerel teriyaki set at Lake Club. I can eat 3 servings! But I'll bet it raises my sugar levels unhealthily, which explains why I get on a high whenever I order it. Bummer. Thank goodness, I am not pregnant or that would be a no-no dish.

“Yo, Mama! Digg it!”

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

“I’m going to play sand now!”

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Resolution #1 – 2007

Posted on January 1, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

OK - I've thought about it. My first resolution for the year has to be working hard. Working hard enough till I can implement my invention of the T-1703 MUM - every mothers' dream machine. The T-1703 MUM is the latest user friendly device of the milenium that.......click to learn what next.

Tis I bid farewell to 2006….

Posted on December 31, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

and welcome 2007 with fresh perspective and positive spirit. I had a beautiful family lunch today with my family - My mother (the anchor), the Hubs and T, my younger brother and his girlfriend, my youngest brother and his girlfriend and my mother's god daughter and her boyfriend........click to learn what next.

Blogging as breaks

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

So I was wrong..... It feels like I'll be writing another 10 posts before the year is up. Reason being, it is so much more fun than researching for a bloody coffee table book. So I blog in between as breaks. It is my form of escapism. Why.......click to learn what next.

Merry, Merry Christmas and a HAPPY, EXCITING, BLESSED NEW YEAR!!!

Posted on December 30, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

What the hell. This is quite likely the last post I'll do for the year 2006 so bottoms up! Under our Christmas tree this year.... Our Christmas Cake - Santa with Mrs Claus on a superb tropical holiday in Malaysia! The cake was super-duper delicious, no kidding. If.......click to learn what next.

Ammunition for dealing with Government agencies and idiots

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I have it sussed. Ever since I became the secretary for a charity organisation I volunteer with, I've had to make dozens of phone calls to Government agencies in order to keep ourselves legal. It is no picnic but I no longer stress out the way I used.......click to learn what next.

Fish soup shampoo

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I have been getting very little sleep. No, that's nothing new but more so now because I have been commissioned to write a coffee table book for the Government. The routine is, I am working every waking hour as much as is feasibly possible with a toddler, and.......click to learn what next.

Guilty Mother

Posted on December 29, 2006December 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

If there were ever some powerful emotions that set forth in a woman on the onset of Motherhood, it is surely love, patience and guilt - in that order. Last week, T and I woke up bright and early to send the Hubs off to work and then.......click to learn what next.

Doing her bit for Charity

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I am proud of my toddler. She is no longer a toddler really, but a very mature little girl of 27 months. She even looks it, her maturity, as people always mistake her for being older than she really is. And the expressions from those eyes of hers,.......click to learn what next.

The love for my child

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

It has been 7 days since the Hubs went abroad for work and I have been alone with T. It is the longest that I've ever been alone with T. We have been painting the town red, just the two of us, and having a blastedly superb time........click to learn what next.

What is happening to my country?

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst reading the Star this evening, I started getting really worried. This is the country's leading newspaper that sits on more than half the office receptions and desks of CEO's in KL. Mainstream media. It seems....... How about joke comics? For it sure pushed my laughing buttons! Here's.......click to learn what next.

Litter Menace

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs is away and with my new found freedom, T and I have been gallavanting and painting the town red, practically everyday since he left. Hey, when the cat is away, the mice come out to play...... With going out comes hours on the road due to.......click to learn what next.

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.