A Mother's Monologue

Amah’s secret to hair dye

Posted on November 29, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Tee's Amah is hitting seventy but has the most natural looking healthy hair. Today I learnt her secret........instead of having a head full of white hair, she buys this hair dye from the beauty salon called Kadus and mixes two colours. Then she conditions her hair with kadus.......click to learn what next.

I’ve created a monster!

Posted on November 29, 2007November 29, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I'm not sure which part exactly I screwed up in nor where and when but somewhere along the last three years of Tee's life, there has been some accidental parenting going on. Accidental parenting was defined by the late Tracy Hoggs as whatever we do as parents unknowingly.......click to learn what next.

Monetizing my blog

Posted on November 29, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since my blog page rank dropped to a big fat egg, I've been wiling away my time searching for ways to increase it again. Because of that, there are hardly any opportunities for sponsored posts these days, thus it only means I should maximise this oppotunity to.......click to learn what next.

Little girl, little girl….where are you going?

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This was Tee's THIRD activity for the evening. AFTER golf. AFTER starfruit picking. We do a LOT in one evening, don't we? Why do you think Mommy is beat up all the time??? She carries her pail and spade carefully from the back of the house..... Then walks.......click to learn what next.

Great music from MusicNotes this year!

Posted on November 29, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Yup! That's what I'm helping Santa with this year - stuffing everybody's stockings with MusicNotes coupons so they can go out to to get their very own favourite CD to listen to this Christmas. Now that's a Christmas pressie I wouldn't mind! On top of that, everyone will.......click to learn what next.

Some of the perks in Kota Bharu

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

As much as I am counting the days to coming home to KL, I must say that living here with the in-laws does have some perks (well, apart from the given that I do not need to cook nor clean everyday, hehe.....) like this. Moreover, I am booked.......click to learn what next.

Holiday tip

Posted on November 28, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Whenever you're about to plan a holiday, be sure to make your Hotel Reservations way in advance (a month would be great) and if you're looking for a one stop site to search for competitive rates and accommodation of all sorts, from a plush resort to a two.......click to learn what next.

The starfruit helper

Posted on November 28, 2007February 9, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx After she got bored with golf (yeah!!! after all that effort!!! what did you expect?), she decided that she wanted to help Amah pluck starfruits from the starfruit tree in the garden. Amah has two flourishing starfruit trees that give her many, many starfruits every year which.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s Hole in One

Posted on November 28, 2007November 28, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

"Yo, I got a hole-in-one Mama!!" says my lil' TIGER WOODS. This is the story. See this garden below? Don't you think it's a beautiful garden? Especially for a toddler to run around in? She can ride a bicycle, play football, run back and forth catching butterflies, cut.......click to learn what next.

The decision of bankruptcy

Posted on November 28, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

There was this executive committee member at the local club we hang out at who had declared himself a bankrupt. This posed an uproar amongst many members as they felt a bankrupt shouldn't be allowed to hold such an important position. It was strange because I was introduced.......click to learn what next.

I say a little prayer for you….

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee's prayer tonight: Dear God, Thank you for giving my Mommy a nose so we can rub our nose together. Thank you for my Mommy's boobies so she could give me milk when I was a baby. Thank you for all the fun games so I can play.......click to learn what next.

Tee was telling someone today….

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

With pride, "MY Daddy has a poo-poo book but YOUR Daddy doesn't have a poo-poo book. My Daddy has a lot of poo-poo so he sits vewy long and pu......sh his poo-poo out. YOUR Daddy got no big poo-poo. Only MY Daddy got big poo-poo. Yah, that's why.......click to learn what next.

Business Financing for your business

Posted on November 28, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

In some of the previous businesses I have worked with, I have seen how my bosses roll their cash in order to keep the business alive. Sometimes, it is not that business is bad at all but you are stuck because your cash flow is in a tangle........click to learn what next.

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.

Real tips for moving house

Posted on November 27, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Been there, done that! The Hubs and I had a nightmare over a period of six months moving from a 3,000 square feet house into a 1,800 square feet apartment; just because we thought we'd save some money. *shaking head* Here's what you need to do if you.......click to learn what next.

Wanna have some fun?

Posted on November 27, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

What have you got to lose? Check out this online sweepstake game to bid stuff for free and take your chances since Christmas is coming and especially if you have some time on your hands. What? You don't like risks? There is none, my friend. Absolutely none. Zilch........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.

When credit cards follow you like the plague

Posted on November 26, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Last year, we decided that we will stop using our credit cards as much as possible as we had taken a loan to pay off the credit card bills which were very high and had very high interest as well. So it only made sense. After awhile, an.......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.

Renovating our current home

Posted on November 24, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Since we are nowhere near to purchasing our dream home, the Hubs' immediate solution is to build storage into our current already very crowded place. He's going to have to be extremely creative in finding room for building storage as three quarters of our place is already filled.......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.

Jewellery brings good fortune

Posted on November 24, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Of course you need not deck yourself up like a Christmas tree! But wearing a rock won't hurt any lady. My mother is a big fan of jewellery. In fact, just tonight she bought some beautiful coloured stoned rings to beautify her slim fingers, not that they need.......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.

I’m hot, Hot, HOT!!!!

Posted on November 23, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

That's the big, dense warehouse talking..... I laughed out loud this morning when I saw the name 'big ass fans' and laughed even louder when I identified that these were real fans, 24 feet in diameter!!! That's almost 5 of me lying horizontal!!! That's huge! I immediately imagined.......click to learn what next.