A Mother's Monologue

Do you need some spare cash this Christmas?

Posted on November 17, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I sure do! Especially since we've already spent our November budget in two weeks and then there are all those Christmas presents still to buy. Oh boy! But I've just discovered where I can get a cheap loan to cover those Christmas surge expenses so I am certainly.......click to learn what next.

Where is everyone?

Posted on November 16, 2007November 16, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Did you guys read about my child abuse case?

Google and their page rank business

Posted on November 16, 2007November 16, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Hahahaha.......last week, my PR was 3. Yesterday it was 2. Today it is 0. Funilly though, my old blog that has nothing in it, has shot up to 4. I think Google is just playing with the bloggers. They want google buzz for business expansion. They're pitching some.......click to learn what next.

Building arm muscles

Posted on November 16, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

My mother, ever since I was a little girl, has been a pro at the slot machine, the one arm bandit, the jackpot.........however you want to call it. It started out as a hobby because her husband didn't have any time for her and then it turned into.......click to learn what next.

Our day

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My little munchkin didn't want to go home after school as usual. It was as though she knew that it was the end of term at school and wanted to party like no tomorrow. We had lunch at BSC and then I took her to Times Book Store.......click to learn what next.

My teenage idols

Posted on November 15, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Did you have one too? C'mon....let's share. Here I am about to reveal my deepest, darkest secrets; risking my life in losing whatever little friends I have left. So you better share!!! *drumbeats* When I was 14 (post-puberty), I was mad about Madonna and Boy George of Culture.......click to learn what next.

Baby Ballet

Posted on November 15, 2007November 15, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tee attended her first baby ballet class today. For the clumsy gangster that she is, she actually performed quite well. The class started off with some songs and hand actions. Extremely lady-like and graceful ones....very unlike us, I should say. So she learnt a new version of Twinkle.......click to learn what next.

Meet obesity, my old friend…

Posted on November 15, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Two months ago, I was on a mission to change my lifestyle, started yoga classes, went to the gym and cut out the carbs. At the same time, I discovered a new hobby. Guess which activity took a back seat? *guilty* At the rate I'm going, not moving.......click to learn what next.

The “I wish…..” TAG

Posted on November 15, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Stole this from Chin Nee - kamsiah! Q1. Where would you live? All over the world, with homes in London (so I can be with friends), New York (so the Hubs can be with HIS friends), Tuscany (so I can eat and relax), Paris (so we can be.......click to learn what next.

Concrete flooring in retail space

Posted on November 15, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

When I was designing my friend's new baby shop, she had requested for concrete flooring just like those garage floors we see everyday but little did she know that maintenance of this type of flooring is high internally and furthermore, it is not cheap. Plus they can also.......click to learn what next.

Blog comments

Posted on November 15, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate this cool, krazee, Chinese layduh from cool, cold, brrr.... Canadah......who wins the prize of being Mamapumpkin's greatest and only commenter!!! Actually, she's not the only commenter but out of her twenty comments, there is one other. So she really,.......click to learn what next.

My kind of rock chick

Posted on November 15, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Yo! When you first see her, you'd think she was another young wannabe but this girl has got real talent. Go check her out on You Tube. Better still, go see her live! I like watching her because she reminds me so much of my youth. Carefree, loving.......click to learn what next.

What kind of sleeper are you?

Posted on November 15, 2007November 15, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs, Tee and I.......we share a bedroom, we do. All three of us, snuggled up tight on ONE king sized bed with TWO queen sized duvets, THREE toddler blankets, TWO toddler pillows, ONE large bolster, TWO toddler bolsters, ONE orthopaedic pillow, SIX adult pillows and FIVE animals........click to learn what next.

Bahrain, sunglasses and shavers

Posted on November 15, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Before travelling to Bahrain this year, I'd purposely gone out to purchase a new pair of sunnies just for the trip (didn't have any before). When I returned from Bahrain, I had already lost them. Now you know why. Giving me a pair of sunglasses is like giving.......click to learn what next.

Can you please answer my question?

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Guys, I had a problem the other day and wanted your feedback. Could you please share what you would have done since many of you are more experienced with this and may have actually gone through it already. Thank you *wink*

Front of house

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

The house is predominantly built with steel and glass allowing lots of sunlight into the rooms, just the way I like it. I couldn't live in a home with artificial lighting. And being architects, us two, we're done away with cliched Balinese concepts and timber construction although they.......click to learn what next.

Christmas presents to bring to Kota Bharu

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Seeing that it is only six weeks to Christmas, (yes, only SIX weekends left to go shopping, people!!!) and since I will not be around during Christmas, I did some online shopping yesterday (you need to do this NOW to allow for delivery time) because I hate crowds.......click to learn what next.

Posting is a waste of my time

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

With limited broadband connection that keeps dropping off like a moody PMS-ing bitch, I keep losing my written posts every five minutes. UNSAVED. Is it even worth it? I should just shut down and go to bed right now.

Tickets are booked for Kota Bharu

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My friends tell me I am a brave mother. I must be. I am about to spend eight days with Tee at my in-laws not only without the Hubs but without an internet connection. Unless the Hubs manages to fix me one when he follows us up for.......click to learn what next.

Getting more loans to pay for my dream home

Posted on November 14, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Uhuh! This is it. The house that I am dreaming to live in right now. I don't ask for much. I'm sorry you can't see good pictures of it because I only had my handphone camera that day. But *sigh* we first need to compare loans from various.......click to learn what next.

Getting reported for child abuse

Posted on November 14, 2007November 16, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This evening, my little munchkin said she wanted to go out kai-kai. It's becoming a real habit of hers not wanting to stay home. My only saving grace is that since she goes out so much now, she'll actually want to stay home when she's a teenager with.......click to learn what next.

Regional Managing Director flies Qantas

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My former boss who was the Managing Director of Asia Pacific based in Sydney used to travel around the region once or twice a year to check on us Country Managers. Yeah, we were THAT trusted. Shhh.....Okay, okay......he had how many?.......one, two, three, four, five...........in total thirty cities.......click to learn what next.

On TM Streamyx again!

Posted on November 14, 2007November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yesterday at 3pm, a gentleman called Mahat rang my doorbell. He was a technician from TM and was over to check my connection problems. He was also the same guy who came over exactly a year ago when Tee was two plus to check on problems then. He.......click to learn what next.

Where can Grandma stay?

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My eighty five year old grandmother told me the other day that she and a friend had gone to two old folk's home to visit to see where they could stay when they got older. I felt a tug at my heart strings when she said that. I.......click to learn what next.

I kicked buckets last night

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

And overturned tables...... And broke three cups..... And smashed my sanity! TM Streamyx was coming on and off intermitently and after writing a four hundred word post, it wasn't automatically saved because the line had dropped. What the fuck! So the next time the line got connected again,.......click to learn what next.

Selecting a web hosting company

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

For those of you who don't already know, when you have your own domain i.e. if you host your blog by paying a host to host it for you with a dot com or dot net or dot anything name, rather than host your blog with a free.......click to learn what next.

I’ve survived TWO WHOLE DAYS without Streamyx

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Streamyx is our national broadband service here in Malaysia. I pay RM88 per month for unlimited use, for a 1.0 Mb connection (which I think is the max they have). And for two days......TWO WHOLE DAYS........that's forty eight hours.......FORTY EIGHT HOURS.......without broadband. OK, so I'm no posting every.......click to learn what next.

Fear of car bonnet problems

Posted on November 13, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Thankfully in my 18 years of driving, I've never had to deal with being stuck on the road for a problem that needed my car bonnet to be opened. The worst I've had is a punctured tyre and I usually fixed it myself. Of course, after the Hubs.......click to learn what next.

I love Tim Tams

Posted on November 13, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I do, I do, I do!!!!!! Well, the ones from Australia.........not Indonesia. They are different. My brother's girlfriend just MSN'd me to ask me what I wanted from Australia as they are coming back home for holiday in two weeks and at first I said nothing. Then she.......click to learn what next.

Great toy recommendation

Posted on November 13, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Have any of you got First Octons? It's a great toy that Tee loves playing with and it stimulates her imagination to no end. We bring it in a little bag (as it can be compressed to fit into a space of 2x2x6 inches) everywhere we go so.......click to learn what next.