A Mother's Monologue

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.

Longest surviving fish

Posted on November 8, 2007November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Have I told you about our new pets? Well, Tee's new pets that is. Since the birthday party she attended where she got to bring home two fish, she now has four fishes. She feeds them everyday and loves watching them swim. We had to go out to.......click to learn what next.

The printers I have at home

Posted on November 8, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I have THREE. Yes THREE colour printers at home! Because the Hubs keeps getting them FREE of charge! Being such a technology buff, NOT! I don't have the first clue on how to use any of them let alone know which ink cartridge to install or purchase. For.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s delight when holding her boyfriend’s hand

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Need I say more? I'm sorry I can't put his picture up as I haven't applied for valid permission. He is damn cute though. Hee, hee.......and his name is Joshua. *smile* Also, I would post more pics of Tee and her boyfriend but.......too lazy lah.

How can I do more shopping?

Posted on November 7, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Since I love shopping so much, No Fax Payday Loans would serve me perfectly. It's like having a larger credit card with a smaller interest. It's more flexible and it is so easy to apply for. Fast. Just the way I like things done. Well, just as long.......click to learn what next.

Loud thunderstorm wakes baby up

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

With a whole night planned for writing, the loud noises of thunder and lightning, not to mention howling winds and downpour of rain..........spoils the plan. Little Tee wakes up and wants her Mommy!!! Would she settle for Daddy? No! Would she settle for her cow? No! What about.......click to learn what next.

Accesorize your home with….

Posted on November 7, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

....these curtain rods!!!!!!! As an architect, I've always loved wrought iron as a material and specify it whenever I get a chance. On front door grills, main outdoor gates, balustrades, fences, furniture and certainly curtain rods. Aren't they beautiful??? Apart from glorify your home with soft luxurious fabric,.......click to learn what next.

White hair! I have white hair!

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I've always been known to posess a youthful, friendly face but as of yesterday, that old nut called AGE finally hit me on the head. Ouch! It's bloody painful! After years of pacifying my own mother for her sparsely strands of white hair which she makes me pluck.......click to learn what next.

The appeal of Hawaii

Posted on November 7, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I've always wanted to visit Hawaii not only for reasons of childhood reminiscense (who can forget Hawaii-Five-0 and Fantasy Island?) but somehow, imagery of exotic Hawaiian girls makes me feel like I can start resembling one. How I wish! Hawaii (from friends) always gives me the notion of.......click to learn what next.

Tee still likes baby food

Posted on November 7, 2007November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yup. My girl still LOVES her baby food, the type when she used to have when she was six months old. Like pureed fruit or pureed vegetables. This evening she told me that she wanted to eat soft potatoes. Mashed potatoes? No........potato soup. Huh? So I boiled a.......click to learn what next.

Calling you with a voice!

Posted on November 7, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Can you sing? Can you REALLY sing? Can you more than sing? Can you make music? OK. Has more than a five hundred people commented very positively about your singing? If yes, then you're close to being like my twelve year old cousin who can sing like Alicia.......click to learn what next.

Greatest scare of my life!

Posted on November 7, 2007November 7, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Tuesday 8pm -Tee choked on a fish bone whilst eating rice with tofu and silver pomfret. Note to moms: as much and as carefully you think you've removed the bones from your toddler's dish, check, check and check again!!! With your fingers and toes, mouth, nose, ears, elbows..............click to learn what next.

Tee wishes all of you…

Posted on November 7, 2007November 7, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

A very...... HAPPY................. DEEPAVALI!!!!!!!!!!!! Ayoyo! Karavalek!

Always, ALWAYS back up your work!

Posted on November 6, 2007November 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

If you don't take that advice, you're shooting yourself in the face. And worst, if you're a small business and don't do back ups, you're really asking for a suicidal explosion. Take that from me. Whilst I have never lost my work before, I personally know of people.......click to learn what next.

Networking is everything – how to network?

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

We all know how important networking is. If you don't, then pray tell, tell us how you've succeeded without it. Any business owner of any scale HAS TO NETWORK. No kidding. Knowing your stuff and having a great product is not enough today. Who you know matters. And.......click to learn what next.

Helping the youngest Mom I know

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

A beautiful one at that! Today, I spent the day helping a dear friend become a new blogger. She is only twenty one years old (absolutely the youngest, hottest, sexiest Mama around the block) and after hearing how I was earning an income from home, she too wanted.......click to learn what next.

I provide writing services

Posted on November 5, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Well, I can! Actually, before I started blogging, I was providing essay services voluntarily to a magazine and from there ventured out to do paid writing services. However, now that I've started blogging, I find myself requiring professional essay services instead to cover my various assignments! There are.......click to learn what next.

Regular visits to the Chiropractor

Posted on November 4, 2007November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I have been seeing a recommended chiropractor for the last few times at the Heart Centre. I know. She's a Japanese lady hidden in a store room with the latest chiropractic equipment and for that charges RM100 per half an hour session. Ouch! I heard recently that there.......click to learn what next.

Comparing prices software

Posted on November 4, 2007November 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This is an amazing software! Whenever I am to buy something, especially an electronic item or a computer peripherial, or anything that costs a little bit more money, I usually do a bit of research on it so I become an informed buyer. But now, I found a.......click to learn what next.

Tee has become a wooden block

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My daughter has been challenging me every single day. Whenever I ask her to do something or ask her any question for that matter, she totally ignores me. Of course, she does this selectively. Sometimes, she answers straight away and we have no problems but sometimes, I feel.......click to learn what next.

How the Hubs and I see loans

Posted on November 4, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I am one big fan of loans and the Hubs is the exact opposite. Whilst I would take a mortgage loan with the longest possible pay back time, the Hubs would want to pay back in the shortest time possible. We used to have three mortgages to pay.......click to learn what next.

To market, to market, to sell my Daddy…..

Posted on November 4, 2007November 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs teases poor Tee every now and then, especially when she drives him bonkers, and tricks her into thinking that he will sell her at the market. Just today in the car, he told her we were on the way to the market when she asked where.......click to learn what next.

Coffee addiction turns into espresso machine fantasy

Posted on November 4, 2007July 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The only time I stayed away from coffee was when I was pregnant. Other than that, I've been consuming coffee since those late nights mugging to pass school exams. I loved coffee so much till I actually joined a coffee company to manage their regional marketing, and let.......click to learn what next.

A feasible business for me

Posted on November 4, 2007November 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

One of the things I wanted to do as a business was to design cards, get them printed and sell them to corporates. It is still a very feasible business for me as I believe I can design. Well. Then I have the selling and marketing skills to.......click to learn what next.

Getting a new car

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My husband, the typical American banana, wants to get a new car. A Dodge Charger to be exact. But two things are stalling his decision right now. Firstly, he wants to wait to see how much the Government is going to charge us for driving in into the.......click to learn what next.

Service charge of apartments and gated communities

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Have you realised that lately, every new developer is building a gated community so they can charge home owners an additional fee for watching their homes? I'm not sure how much of this fee actually goes into the watching of people's homes but at my apartment, we pay.......click to learn what next.

How much do you love your car?

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

I ask because I'm not much of a car person but know some fanatics who have orgasms over their cars. When I was a young teenager, I remember going to a friend's place one day and saw this big grey blob in his car porch. I asked him.......click to learn what next.

We need some new watches

Posted on November 4, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Several years ago before Tee came along and I was earning an income, I bought the Hubs a Bell and Ross watch for his birthday. The next watch I will get him, now that I have started making an income *wink*, will be a Vacheron Constantin watch. I.......click to learn what next.

Fresh or silk flowers?

Posted on November 4, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Just as long as they're not plastic, I'm cool. My mother used to be a florist and was trained by the very famous gay florist, Ken Khoo, in the late 80s so we know quite a bit about flowers. She knows where to get the cheapest flowers (fresh.......click to learn what next.

My healthy ailments

Posted on November 4, 2007January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I suffer from asthma and am pre-diabetic. Apart from that, I have extremely poor blood circulation problems and suffer from aches and pains almost everyday. I have weak joints that hurt and my sinuses attack me every now and then till my head feels like exploding. Many people.......click to learn what next.