Carousels in my head

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I crawled to the gym in my sweatpants today and in fact, when my bag got caught in the grated drain, I was 90% ecstatic that I was ball-chained to the grills like a prisoner and wouldn't be able to greet a treadmill this morning. Alas, I was.......click to learn what next.

Moving on to the Dark Side

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My first credit card transaction just happened. Oh My God. Talk about revelations. I bought a domain name. Unfortunately all the forms of pumpkin (bigpumpkin, pinkpumpkin etc) have been taken so I've settled for www.mamapumpkin.com It's not up yet but IT IS MINE!!! The next challenge is of.......click to learn what next.

Premier Banking – what the fuss is

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I spent more than an hour at the bank today and finally got to see the insides of a 'Premier' bank. Have you ever wondered why there was a difference? What is Premier Banking? Once, I followed a friend into a bank and it was the quickest, swiftest.......click to learn what next.

The life of a Model – A whole different world

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My aunt (Mother's sister) used to be a model. Model of the Year 1982. Now, she chorerographs fashion shows. We (as in me and her) are doing a show this month for some local Royalty and because I am my aunt's assistant, I am in charge of the.......click to learn what next.

Objets d’art

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Every foreigner I've had conversation with about KL has never failed to bring up our problem with signage. In case you haven't had the good fortune to visit KL, the land of the second tallest tower in the world, driving in KL is an adventure not to be.......click to learn what next.

Ringgit devaluation in 10-15 years time

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Oh My God. Please tell me this is not true. One advisor to the Prime Minister says: that our Ringgit will be worth half it's value in the next decade or so. We are going to be close to another Indonesia! Either you make tons of money now.......click to learn what next.

Gulp.

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My lawyer told me today that they are reviewing options because the fee owing to me is so small, only RM15,000. Gulp. Small to them. I cannot just let it go. Even if I don't make the money back, I want the world to know what they did........click to learn what next.

While we’re still on the money topic….

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I just found out that wordpress (the freebie blog platform that I am on) doesn't support Google Adsense so my first attempt to *ahem* feebly earn an income has spiralled into the bog. Maybe it's just not my karma to make money online and I should just stick.......click to learn what next.

Make money blogging – really?

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

The more I read about it, the more curious I get. I mean, if I could buy a Starbucks by merely writing what I love, that would be pretty cool.....wouldn't it? I think I will start experimenting. What's there to lose? Who's up to throwing advise?

Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Many little boys' mothers have already decided that their sons will not be dating my T anytime in the future. This is because not only does T have an incredibly demanding personality, she knows how to sing the chorus to Marilyn Monroe's Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend.......click to learn what next.