A Mother's Monologue

An exhilarating day – Rock Climbing!

Posted on September 16, 2010September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Just look what T1 and I did before she turned 6? We went rock climbing!!! Yup, me and all seventy kilos of my bum meat were elevated quite high up actually. But we didn't make it to the top and it was all my fault. It started with.......click to learn what next.

Drifting into surrealism

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I can't take it anymore. I'm under a lot of pressure. I have work deadlines but here I am drifting, drifting......I feel like I have a million posts to write (ok, maybe a hundred) and I want to do them all right now but I can't. For one,.......click to learn what next.

Keeping your husband from going astray

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now that the Hubs has experienced stay at home life with kids and finding it not so easy, I won't be surprised if he feels like jumping ship and starts a new life somewhere else, what with a naggy wife with an ugly body. He might as well.......click to learn what next.

When all the troops are down

Posted on September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

In all of our 6 years of having children, the Hubs and I, we've never both been sick together before. It was almost always just me and the kids and he would be fine, or he'd be sick once in a year and that's it. We'd be fine........click to learn what next.

Using wrinkle cream

Posted on September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Ahhh.....finally, I was forced to use my wrinkle cream. I am usually too lazy busy to apply anything on my face back home but here in Perth, the weather in super cold. Mind you, it wasn't 16 degrees okay? The mornings and evenings were 2-5 degrees Celsius!! Even.......click to learn what next.

Chocolate Mousse Cake

Posted on September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One day, whilst we were out on our cake eating spree, we ordered a few cakes as usual to share and one of them was for a function. When setting up the cake eventually, I asked what cake they'd ordered and one of them said it was a.......click to learn what next.

Eating too much in Perth

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

You would think that one only over eats in a country like Malaysia, where food is in abundance and everything tastes so good. Malaysia has good food from everywhere but funnily enough, when we were in Perth, we were fed and fed and fed!!! Till we felt new.......click to learn what next.

Happy Birthday, T1!!! You are SIX!!!

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

What can I say-what can I say-what can I say??? My firstborn turned SIX this week. Holy moly! SIX? Are you sure???? Gosh! That's like her reaching University, for me. I think I'm going to go into tears now. My dearest T1 has officially stopped being a preschooler........click to learn what next.

Removing blackheads

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Oooh.....I really cannot stand having blackheads on my face. Especially in a country where pollution is rife, blackheads are easily born on dirty faces with big pores. I mostly get them on my nose, both white heads and black heads. And I always squeeze them out. Sometimes they.......click to learn what next.

Prejudging people

Posted on September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Last night I slept with a sick feeling. Apart from the fact that I'm feeling under the weather, I couldn't help wondering why so many people in this world are so unnecessary? We should just hire a few tanks from the cheapest armed forces and bomb them all!.......click to learn what next.

Treating acne with care

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I've always maintained that the best solution to acne is to watch your diet but if you're as greedy as I am, that is not always possible! Thus what I do is to keep my face super clean and if any spots do pop up, I use the.......click to learn what next.

Malaysian Night Market in New York

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Just a last minute heads up - if any of you are in New York and want to experience what a Malaysian night market is like, head on to the Chelsea Triangle of the Meatpacking District on 14th Street and 9th Avenue. With colorful tents, umbrellas and lanterns.......click to learn what next.

The problem with going on holidays….

Posted on September 14, 2010September 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

.....is that I always, always, ALWAYS need another holiday after a holiday!!! And I'm sure many of you feel the same way, especially if you have kids! Thus some people are actually very smart when they decide on not traveling with all their kids till such time. They.......click to learn what next.

Playgrounds in Perth

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One thing we never get to do in KL is get to the playgrounds because a). it is too hot, b). our playgrounds are so badly maintained that they are not safe for children (I kid you not) and c). we hardly have as many playgrounds as Perth........click to learn what next.

Soccer vs American Football

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I always get confused between the two. Why do American have to call the NFL football when they hardly use their foot? Leave football to the World Cup! Do you remember the time when I got the Hubs a customised shirt from the US for his birthday which.......click to learn what next.

Why I could never live in Perth

Posted on September 13, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I like Perth. I like it a lot. I like it for its blue skies and gorgeous, GORGEOUS blue-green-turqoise-emerald-and everything in between seas; I like it for its friendly people, the politeness, the helpfulness, the cheerfulness, the maturity, the craziness, the fun, the order, the flowers. Oh, I.......click to learn what next.

Gripe on Public Toilets

Posted on September 12, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Have you ever wondered or noticed, that in Malaysia anyway, the female washrooms are always further away than the mens? Why is that? It truly irks me. Women have a harder time going to the toilet. Women are the ones usually with children. Women.....gosh, do you need me.......click to learn what next.

Playing in their Makeshift Play House

Posted on September 11, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

You know how little girls always dream of having one of those life size play houses? The ones made of plastic by Step Two or ?ELC costing up to a thousand Ringgit or more, depending? Like this one? This one costs about 3k. Yup. And I'd get it.......click to learn what next.

Clicking of joints

Posted on September 10, 2010September 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Click! Click-click-click! CLICK!!! Stop it! I yelled at my Ozzie cousin today whilst he clicked his knees. He was complaining about his ligaments and how he needed to see his doctor soon as the back of his knee was really hurting him. For the longest time, like more.......click to learn what next.

Getting caught for stealing

Posted on September 10, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

SO the day before we left for Perth, we had to do a bit of last minute shopping, the story of my life, everything happens last minute. The Hubs, my 2 girls and I trotted off leisurely to The Gardens/Mid Valley to get the haul that my Ozzie.......click to learn what next.

Getting sick before traveling

Posted on September 9, 2010September 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

My daughter, T1, always always gets sick before travel. I'm not sure why. We are due to travel again and lo and behold, she has come down with a fever. At this rate, she will just be sent back by immigration what with strict H1N1 quarantine rules and.......click to learn what next.

Simple pleasures of a 5 year old

Posted on September 8, 2010September 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Most kids love water. Both mine certainly do. If I want to make any of my daughters happy, I just need to give them water. The source of keeping life. Nature's strongest power force. There are so many ways to play with water....... How many ways can you.......click to learn what next.

Bali in KL

Posted on September 7, 2010September 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

There is this culturally rich restaurant along the main stretch of Solaris called Ole-Ole Bali that has a gorgeous spread of Balinese food but because I'd been there so many times this year, I got sick of it especially when the last time I went, our food was.......click to learn what next.

Dealing with emotional children

Posted on September 6, 2010September 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For the last 5 years, I'd spent my entire self nurturing and raising my first born, T1, from the word go. I'd talked to her since birth, spent hours toiling in the kitchen so she could have the best spread of baby food, sent her to what was.......click to learn what next.

1st week at school

Posted on September 5, 2010August 31, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Guess what happened on T1's 1st week at school? Someone did a poo-poo in their pants. No, it wasn't my girl, but bless the poor child who did................. I'm very proud of my girl that she has learned how to be tactful (most of the time!) so when.......click to learn what next.

Packing with a baby

Posted on September 4, 2010September 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I have spent this entire week trying to get packed for our impending 2 week trip to Oz which I know will fly like a rocket there and back because as it stands, we are fully booked out and don't even have time to do any sight seeing........click to learn what next.

Bringing a baby to a coffee shop

Posted on September 3, 2010August 31, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Should you bring your baby to the local coffee shop? Many coffee shops in KL are filthy at best and although you may not see it, trust me, if you sat there long enough, you would catch a glimpse of a cockroach, a fly or a rat. These.......click to learn what next.

Creativity in Children

Posted on September 2, 2010August 31, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, T1 had a best friend down from London whom we met a few times to play. People automatically assume that when you are a child of a designer, you naturally inherit your parents genes and are talented in creating stuff. It is a myth. First of all,.......click to learn what next.

Watching Lady Gaga

Posted on September 2, 2010September 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

This morning whilst I was looking at the concert schedule for Lady Gaga next year, T1 came to spy and immediately caught sight of Lady Gaga's picture. She immediately started reading over my shoulder and asked when Lady Gaga was coming to the Far East. I told her.......click to learn what next.

Merdeka sentiments

Posted on September 1, 2010August 28, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now that Merdeka Day has come and gone, did the Earth move for you? I remember back in the day when Merdeka Day to me was really a cause for celebration. As a child, I was brought to the Selangor Club to experience great celebrations of excitement and.......click to learn what next.