A home cooked Mexican meal

Posted on November 12, 2009November 12, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

For the Hubs's birthday this month, Mom cooked him the following meal which we wiped out COMPLETELY. I only took photos half way so some of the food was already gone. Like the fajitas...... It was an intimate gathering of just Tok-Tok and Nana, Uncle Ben, the Hubs.......click to learn what next.

T2 and Nana

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Look how T2 loves her Nana too...... OY!! Enough of pictures, Mommy!! Alright, alright. Last one for the road. Happy Halloween!

The Hubs’s Birthday

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst we're on the topic of Mom, this week, I finally found out that Mom had been planning in the last 2 weeks to make a gourmet meal of American Mexican food for the Hubs. She knows he hates rice and because it is his birthday, she is.......click to learn what next.

Mom and her grandaughters

Posted on November 3, 2009November 2, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

My daughters and I, we are so extremely lucky to have a Nana like Mom. My Mom, she has the biggest heart in the whole wide world. Last night, she cooked us a dinner of baked pasta filled with lots of mincy beef, tomatoes, bechamel and cheese.....it was.......click to learn what next.

Selecting a gown

Posted on October 28, 2009October 28, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Because Tee is about to perform at the Actor's Studio for her piano recital next month, she wanted to get a new dress, or should I say....GOWN....as she calls it, as she saw her friend wearing a gown one other day and when asked where she was wearing.......click to learn what next.

The Feistiness of Eurasians

Posted on August 10, 2009August 8, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Those of you who know some Eurasians well will attest that these species of people have some concoction of blood that make them a kind of their own. I should know, I have that blood. And so does Tee. And so we all suffer together…… Of all those.......click to learn what next.

Nana’s talent for sewing

Posted on July 13, 2009July 9, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

My mother has incredible talent for many things of the arts including tatting, crochet, sewing, knitting, floral arrangement, makeup, cross-stitch, counselling, life and so much more. If she only made money out of all her hobbies, she’d be a very wealthy woman. Since the day Tee was born,.......click to learn what next.

Travelling in the time of A(H1N1) flu

Posted on July 9, 2009July 6, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

My mom, who has cancer and thus considered a high risk passenger with low immunity, is travelling this week and we are very worried about her catching the dreaded flu. It never once crossed my mind to get some face masks for Mom in her travels but thankfully,.......click to learn what next.

Marks and Spencers for Kids

Posted on June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Just so Mott can faint a few more times, look what Tee's Nana brought back for her today?! More shopping!!! Oh, and I did not get anything. The two T-Shirts on the right say 'Bossy Boots' (how apt!!!) and 'Mummy's Little Girl'. I think we have enough shopping.......click to learn what next.

Learn about the drugs you take before taking them

Posted on September 12, 2008February 5, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since my Mother contracted cancer, she has been a walking drug store. The woman has to wake up by a certain hour everyday to take her medicine failing which her whole day would be ruined. And since she gets immune to the myriad of drugs given to.......click to learn what next.

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma – the reason my mother splatters her food

Posted on December 8, 2007March 17, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

I asked my Mom today, what the most important thing to her right now was (after doing the 20 questions tag *smile*) and she replied without hesitation, "Tessa!" My mother adores Tee so much that she spoils her with anything and everything Tee so desires. The day before.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s new favourite hangout

Posted on November 22, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My daughter has expensive taste. What can I say? She's definitely inherited my royal bloodline. She no longer likes Bangsar Village due to the presence of manequins and thinks that The Gardens has none. YES! Her new favourite haunt is the latest high end retail mall, The Gardens!!!.......click to learn what next.

My mom wants to stay at a retirement village when she is old

Posted on November 8, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Despite the fact that I'd love for her to live with us when she does get old! She says she wants her privacy and doesn't want to step on anyone's toes. As if! Anyway, it is my goal to change her mind that she lives with one of.......click to learn what next.

Cancer cells spreading

Posted on October 22, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Today, my mother came over to take Tee and I out for tea. Bless her heart. The woman has been suffering a long time from her cancer and what more, now she is suffering from her whole mouth of teeth rotting one by one. She cannot eat!!! And.......click to learn what next.

Love affair with all things sweet

Posted on September 29, 2007September 13, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

I think my mother felt a deep bitterness when I was born. As such, drank condensed milk whilst she was pregnant, and fed me everything sweet after. It could've been the perpetual PMS. She then says I lost ALL (well, most....) my teeth when I was three because.......click to learn what next.

Love Thursday

Posted on August 31, 2006June 1, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

T1 placing flowers for my mother to find when she wakes up. My mother is ill and easilly tired. She is also T1's most favourite person in the whole wide world because she gets her way with her Nana ALL THE TIME. I represent the link between my.......click to learn what next.

I have cancer

Posted on August 8, 2006March 17, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

We are all too familiar with the platitude, it won’t happen to me. What are the chances that I would strike a lottery in my lifetime or break a leg whilst skiing or lose an uncle in an unfortunate car crash? Many of us take for granted that.......click to learn what next.