A Mother's Monologue

Food Delivery Services in Malaysia

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

I would not trust the food delivery services in Malaysia nor anywhere else, but maybe Japan. Yes. Perhaps Japan. In times of MCO, I complain ed to the Hubs why we didn’t just succumb to a food delivery service for the times when we didn’t feel like cooking,.......click to learn what next.

The Rot of Mental Decline

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

I have been harbouring these thoughts and since the recent uproar on social media during this MCO time has triggered a switch in me, I needed an avenue for release. My sincere apologies if you do not agree with my views but let's agree to disagree. We are.......click to learn what next.

Covid-19 (CoronaVirus)

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

This Covid thing has really put my life in limbo. Good and bad. We had JUST moved into the new house the day before the MCO and suddenly we were stuck with a lot of UNDONE stuff!!! From 100 boxes of unpacking, we are finally down to 5.......click to learn what next.

Dishonesty

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

Dishonesty is one of the traits I detest most in people. Is it so difficult to be honest? What drives someone to be dishonest? Greed, fear, insecurities. And what pray tell grows these characteristics in the first place? Poor parenting or poor upbringing. That is all that is.......click to learn what next.

Reaching Home

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

As I approach my 50s, I am becoming more and more comfortable in my own skin. I have truly loved my journey thus far despite all the pitfalls which has made it all the more colourful and interesting. I used to think why me when the going got.......click to learn what next.

Movement Restriction Order (MRO) or Movement Control Order (MCO)

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

For the last 5 years, I have been preaching about wellness plans and keeping your families healthy because I myself have fallen victim to health challenges which to me is a bloody freaking pain in the ass. When your health sucks, you cannot eat freely, you have to.......click to learn what next.

Birthday Month

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

My friend inspired me to blog again so here I am. Why not? People say nobody reads blogs these days but who cares?!? I write for me and one day, my kids will get deeper intel into what was their mother. This year’s birthday was unforgettable. Firstly, the.......click to learn what next.

Procrastination is the thief of time

Posted on February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

I have this Procrastination Habit. It’s a terrible habit but something I’ve had since I was a kid. I’m trying to change for sure because I know it’s a bad habit and I don’t want influencing bad habits into my kids. It sucks! Take for example, I would.......click to learn what next.

Decathlon Malaysia

Posted on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

Always last minute as usual, we scurried off to Decathlon Malaysia at Sri Damansara with huge prayer that we'd be able to find some winter boots for T2 because she grows out of her previous year's boots every single year! Thank goodness that doesn't happen with T1 and.......click to learn what next.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Mamapumpkin

To one and all, a very happy Chinese New Year to you and your family with wishes of abundance, wellness and purpose to last your entire life in starting this new decade of the rat. I am evolving again. After the last 3 years of growing another business,.......click to learn what next.

For the love of branded bags

Posted on December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

I have come to the conclusion that we wear branded bags to show off in some way or other. I say in some way or other because it is of such extreme levels that some may get offended, especially those who are extremely wealthy whom everybody already know.......click to learn what next.

Indiscriminate Patience

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Why am I successful? Pardon my arrogance but I am successful because I was kicked in the ass early enough to wake up to the masses of the real world. It started at University. Just after I'd graduated, I took on an architectural job in England and was.......click to learn what next.

A Mom’s Full Schedule

Posted on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Yes. I am a Mom with a FULL SCHEDULE. Even when I intentionally and purposefully block my diary out the following week for doing absolutely nothing, it somehow gets filled up to the brim. What nuances can I change to make this change? Sometimes I think I have.......click to learn what next.

37 more days…..

Posted on November 24, 2019December 5, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

......to the end of a decade. What a decade it has been! I’m so excited to start 2020, the year Malaysia was supposed to have achieved our grand plan of Wawasan 2020 with the NEP. Alas, I don’t think we are quite ready but with that vision, we.......click to learn what next.

Competing with Experience

Posted on November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Have you known those types where everything is a competition? You know, with their own competencies, with kids, with husbands, with friends, everything is a competition. It is amusing but also annoying. Some people always have to be right. Some always must have the last say. Some cannot.......click to learn what next.

The Power of a First Impression

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

THE POWER OF A FIRST IMPRESSION How many of you are in business? How many of you work in the office to bring money home? This workshop will bring real results even if you didn’t work and lazed about as a tai-tai (Tai-Tai’s have desires too!). I’ve seen.......click to learn what next.

Today, I pray….

Posted on November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Today, I pray for the ones who are hurting who never see light. Today, I pray for the ones who are broken who never piece back. Today, I pray for the ones who have lost and cannot seem to get back onto their feet. What does it take.......click to learn what next.

The Journey of a Thousand Miles…….

Posted on October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, I decided to study again because well, I'd already grown a few businesses to success and bought a new house in my desired location and began renovating it and started exercising again, I needed something else to fuel my fire so I signed up to go back.......click to learn what next.

Writing A Will

Posted on October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

My big girl wrote her will today. She grew these big ass ulcers the size of Lake Toba on 2 sides of her mouth and if you saw it, you’d just faint after you crapped in your pants. She got them from sucking an ice lolly from school........click to learn what next.

My Legacy

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Unconditional Love. 15 years ago I chanced upon a female women’s group, joined it for support and ended up volunteering as a committee member. I noticed that women could be really nasty and henceforth set my mission to effect change. I had the voice. I had the strength.......click to learn what next.

The Emergence of Strength

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

I don't know if this is something women and mothers go through but earlier this year, I had just had enough. I just wanted to pull the plug and stop my communications with the world. I was back in the hospital in February after Japan after recurrent symptoms.......click to learn what next.

Merdeka!!! Akan Datang…

Posted on August 24, 2019August 26, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

We are off for our usual staycation to watch the Merdeka fireworks and the Hubs wants me to rest because I haven't had much of it this year and the onset of my illness began last December! What a joke, right? The amount of money I spend on.......click to learn what next.

Will it be ready for Christmas?

Posted on August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, I bought a landed property and I am over the moon because the last time I actually lived in a house was when I was growing up. The moment I left for London to University, my parents got a divorce and suddenly I came home to an.......click to learn what next.

How Rumours Begin

Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

How rumours begin is a very simple theory of having people who do not use their brains very much to think. They have what we call lazy brain and take for granted everything and anything that is conveyed to them. Let's take a simple example. When I was.......click to learn what next.

The Struggle of Having a Different Brain

Posted on July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Do you know anyone who is gifted? Gifted people have generally higher IQs than the general population but are possibly handicapped slightly in the emotional department. They are less sensitive and do not get easily affected by human behaviours as much as our environment and are generally more.......click to learn what next.

Wearing Statement Pieces

Posted on July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

I have been on a fashion spree this week after my friend mentioned that the colour orange looked good on me LOL. I have currently exactly 5 orange tops and 1 orange inspired summer dress, 1 Ferragamo orange hairband and 1 Hermes Clic H Bangle in orange. I.......click to learn what next.

The SOS Code

Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

It is believed that I am an amazing Mother. Why? Because everything that I continue to learn in my life, I continue teaching my kids. It gives them a strong head start in life just like when I was a kid learning everything my late Mom and Aunt.......click to learn what next.

The Assortment of Women

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

Why is it that not everyone can see that A may not mean B and C may not mean D? I listen to the whispering of women and some are so dead set in their thought processes that it makes me auto cringe. We can put new ideas.......click to learn what next.

The Complete Lightness of Being

Posted on July 16, 2019July 16, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

It's only July but it feels like 10 years have swooshed by I kid you not. That has always been my life though, hasn't it? A million things happening cramped into one minute blocks of colour with emotional mini waves that have found its way in and out.......click to learn what next.

Women who put other Women down

Posted on May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

I’ve been at the receiving end for years and whilst I am still here standing, it does not hurt any less. Unfortunately the world is full of women who need to take a dig at other women, laugh at them, put them down, criticise them to fault, anything.......click to learn what next.