A Mother's Monologue

How to make your toddler drink water and fluids

Posted on August 12, 2008August 23, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

A perennial challenge for parents the world over. Here's how we have dealt with it these last 3 years. Always have water ready and handy so you can strike whilst the iron is hot. If it's juice they like, go ahead, have your diluted juice ready. Whatever it.......click to learn what next.

Dark Knight

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is an appeal to Uncle Ben and Aunty Trina - will you babysit Tee this Friday or Saturday night for a few hours so Mommy and Daddy can go watch Batman? *big hopeful grin!!!!*

PMS-ing still….

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This morning, my Aunt Flo came to pay me a visit. Shit, I hate it when she comes uninvited!! Anyway, I shouted out to Tee to bring me a towel to serve her and she brought me one which I had described in detail to her exactly.......click to learn what next.

Two more loves of my life

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Apart from the 3 loves of my life, I have 2 more; my beloved younger brothers, whom I also love to death. Although they are as different as chalk and cheese, they come from the same grain of genes that my Mother is made off. It is.......click to learn what next.

Simply irresistable!!!

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Tee and her Nana in Perth. I have three great loves of my life. The above are two.

Updates from Chez Mamapumpkin

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Major PMS-ing......... Don't come near.

MAS destroyed Tee’s stroller!!!

Posted on August 11, 2008August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Yup! No kidding. Imagine the inconvenience when you arrive with an exhausted littl girl 10pm at night, way past her bedtime, and you discover that she no longer has a stroller to sleep in. So apart from manipulating the dozens of luggage that you carted back from Australia,.......click to learn what next.

A big thank you….

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I just wanted to say a very big thank you to the three people who warned me about my blog falling sick and not showing up for work whilst I was busy in Perth without internet access. Darn the blog! When the cat is away, the mouse.......click to learn what next.

Ranting all day

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Instead of packing for my trip tomorrow of which I have to wake up at 5am to catch a flight (BAH!), I am ranting away. Not even sure why. I am just pissed off and tired. I don't sleep well every night. I am obese and I.......click to learn what next.

People wanting to become Number One

Posted on July 31, 2008April 16, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Here's me bitching again: The world has evolved into a materialistic one, much more so than ever. Everyone wants to be the best friend, or wants to be thought well off. What is involved to get there does not matter. I personally prefer people who can be.......click to learn what next.

Weak and fearful people

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There is a certain category of people that I have come across that I label as such. They are the ones who will talk behind your back and criticize what you do and how you bring up your child but when they are in front of you,.......click to learn what next.

A full day at Magic Kingdom, Disney World – Tee’s Day in Heaven!

Posted on July 30, 2008August 18, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

We told Tee that today was HER day and she was going to meet Mickey, which is all she ever wanted to do since we boarded that plane in Kuala Lumpur. She was SO excited that she started pole dancing on the way to Disney World on the.......click to learn what next.

Titles in Malaysia

Posted on July 30, 2008July 30, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx In Malaysia, where titles up to a certain level can be 'bought', yes literally BOUGHT; like if you paid half a million ringgit to somebody, you could earn yourself an official title; or if you agreed to wax the hair off someone's wife's armpits and moustache, with.......click to learn what next.

Tired of cooking

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ever since we returned from the States, I haven't felt like cooking. I am really too tired to cook. On the days that we come home early after school, perhaps. But on days when we arrive home at 5pm and exhausted, who the hell wants to start.......click to learn what next.

Random thoughts – heard and thought

Posted on July 29, 2008July 29, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you don't have time for people, don't expect them to have time for you. What goes around comes around. Stay true to thy self. Truth prevails. I need a maid, I really, really do. There is a lot of bullshit in the world and even more.......click to learn what next.

Worrying thought

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Last night, the Hubs was being 'loving'. Then he said, "Hey! I can bury my whole face in your tummy!" Oh my Gawd!!! I really need to do lose weight!!!!! I haven't been able to exercise because I have been ill these past week. *sigh* It's so.......click to learn what next.

Mamapumpkin is Burnt Out

Posted on July 29, 2008July 29, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For the longest time since I returned from the USA, I have been feeling like I hadn't slept for 4 years. So very tired. I thought it was jet lag but up until now, which is more than a month later and when I am about to.......click to learn what next.

Last weekend

Posted on July 28, 2008July 28, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

We've had a very busy weekend with a wedding where Tee was a flower girl, her first time ever. She did great considering she was the only flower girl and had to walk down the aisle scattering rose petals alone before the bridal party followed behind slowly. I.......click to learn what next.

Apple Safari

Posted on July 24, 2008July 24, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Are any of you using the above as a web browser? How? I'm currently on Internet Explorer (latest) and it is so......slow.

Valuation of my wedding gold

Posted on July 24, 2008February 5, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Last month, I went to reset my diamond ring so that I could actually wear it again since my finger has doubled in size since I got engaged. At the same time, I brought some gold to be valued with the wholesale jeweller (they sell to most of.......click to learn what next.

Durians outside TMC Bangsar

Posted on July 24, 2008July 24, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For those of you who love durians and live in Bangsar, there are two durian sellers currently outside TMC - one with two tables directly outside TMC against the TMC walls and another by the roadside along the main road. DON'T GO TO THE ROADSIDE ONE. Been.......click to learn what next.

Sick with Laryngitis

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is a common problem I have had ever since I was in University. Every time it was winter and I got the flu, I was bound to be hospitalised and sometimes struck with laryngitis. All my Univeristy mates know me as the girl who had a.......click to learn what next.

A rather urgent poo

Posted on July 22, 2008July 22, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Clinging onto her prettiest floral dress today, Tee ran to the bathroom shouting, "Mommy!!! Quick!!! I need to poo!!! Bwing me some water!!!" Sigh.....such grace. I was in the midst of washing the dishes so I shouted out to her to go ahead first and I'd be.......click to learn what next.

I’ve been busy!

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I've been suffering from a sinus infection. Post nasal drip, sore throat, pounding head (even when I talk!) and looking like shit. Mine anyway. The Hubs is convinced that it is a result of my going out three nights in a row because I am no longer.......click to learn what next.

Toddlers talking to strangers

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

"Sorry, I don't talk to strangers..." Today, whilst in BV, I dumped Tee on a bench because she wanted to read a Kizsport leaflet announcing their new opening in BV whilst I paid for parking when I heard an elderly lady ask her, "What are you reading, young.......click to learn what next.

From Tee’s mouth at random….

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Mommy? I wish I could tape your mouth up with cellophane tape so I can do whatever I want."

Tee watches space shuttle launch at Port Canaveral, Florida

Posted on July 14, 2008May 29, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

I assure you, this was not T1's show of displeasure towards the space shuttle launch. Rather, it was her annoyance that we could even suggest that she had to wash her face after the rocket launch. . The visual history of rockets below: . Entrance to the Kennedy.......click to learn what next.

4th Birthday Party

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Tee turns four this year and she wants a Hawaiian Hula-Hula themed party after seeing some Hula dancers practising in New York's Central Park last month. Any ideas anyone??????????????????? She has very specific ideas on what she wants and knows exactly who she wants to invite (a handful.......click to learn what next.

Florida Day 2 – Sea World

Posted on July 7, 2008July 7, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Tee trying on Mommy's sunnies before heading out to Sea World bright and early in the scorching Orlando sun. . She made friends everywhere we went. Easily. She'd just go up to little strangers and introduce herself and ask them what their names were. I have no idea.......click to learn what next.

Before lights out tonight…..

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Mom? I will never, ever, ever, ever.......EVERRRRRRRRRRRR stop loving you." *Mommy smiles with light butterlies fluttering around her heart* "Because you are my big, fat teddy bear." *Golf ball sank down Mommy's throat - GLUPP* Mmmm.......I guess I'll take that as a compliment.