A Mother's Monologue

Learning the planets of the solar system

Posted on August 31, 2010August 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 came home this week singing an unfamiliar song to a familiar tune. It is quite clever how her school teaches them to remember by making them learn the facts through songs, since children are naturally predisposed to learning musically and it works! Although T1 (being her father's.......click to learn what next.

Diamonds! Diamonds!

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

Diamonds are a girl's best friend. Do you know what the most expensive diamond in the world is? Many years ago, I only knew of white diamonds. Then, my mother kept talking about yellow diamonds and pink diamonds. Today, I've learned that the most expensive diamond in the.......click to learn what next.

Ben 10 girl

Posted on August 30, 2010August 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

If you knew my girl, you'd know that feminine she is not. She prefers all things boys and cannot stand being in a ballerina tutu, flings Barbies out of windows and would cook High School Musical if she could. She reads Ben 10 books (apart from Enid Blyton).......click to learn what next.

Chawan, Bangsar

Posted on August 29, 2010August 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Have you ever been there? When they first started, I used to hang out here having breakfast with friends (read T1's friend's moms) as I was always too lazy to drop T1 off at school, go home and then pick her up again 3 hours later. Instead, I'd.......click to learn what next.

Family Day on a Saturday?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

During the weekends, that is Saturday and Sunday to us in the land of Tees (in Kota Bharu, the weekend is Friday and Saturday, did you know?), T1 spends it with Nana (and Tok-Tok, if he's not working) so the Hubs and I are usually free to have.......click to learn what next.

Swimming Class at School

Posted on August 28, 2010August 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

These pictures below were taken when T1 had first started school this year and I was the ever anxious Mom who had to be at school to check exactly how they conducted their swimming classes and to make sure my 5 year old could actually handle getting changed.......click to learn what next.

Decluttering the home

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

How many times have you bought something that didn't work out? Or subscribed to something that was completely lousy? Or paid for services that you totally regretted? *sigh* Me? Countless times. Most of the time, I cannot be bothered to go back and make a fuss because I.......click to learn what next.

My Beautiful Mama…..

Posted on August 27, 2010August 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I was going through some old posts and just HAD to repost this as I was thinking of Mom all day today. Why? Because I cooked up a storm in the kitchen and everything looked impressive (to me la!) but the truth is, Mom did all the hard.......click to learn what next.

Snippets of T1

Posted on August 27, 2010August 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst I was complaining to the Hubs that my Blackberry batteries don't seem to last very long, and that I needed to find a Blackberry car phone battery charger, T1 decided to add to the conversation: Because I bet it's made in China. Everything that is made in.......click to learn what next.

Delayed results for competition winner – The Many faces of Tee

Posted on August 26, 2010August 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

It's been more than a year and I just realised that I never got round to judging this darn competition that I playfully set up last year!!! AIYOH!!! Did you ALL forget too???? How come nobody reminded me??? I am SO SORRY, peeps. If you'd allow me to.......click to learn what next.

Digi Chairs and Service

Posted on August 25, 2010August 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

These are the chairs at the Digi outlet where we did the big crossover. T1 and I loved them chairs because they were stylish, multi-functional and comfortable. Digi really is the telco of the future. T1 said she could use the chair as a desk whilst she eats.......click to learn what next.

Digi or Maxis?

Posted on August 24, 2010August 23, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

After being with Maxis for the last 13 years, yesterday our entire family moved over to the bright side. If we had moved over to Celcom, I'd have called it the dark side. Sorry, Mr Celcom. The move was fast, simple and painless. We went to the Digi.......click to learn what next.

Blogging ups and downs

Posted on August 23, 2010August 23, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Apart from spewing verbal diarrhea all over the internet (which releases a lot of internal tension hence good for health), I love blogging because it gives my heart a good workout (again, good for health). Yes, thumpety-thump-thump......my heart aches tremendously and cries out loud when I read of.......click to learn what next.

The willingness to help

Posted on August 23, 2010August 23, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Today, T1's school bag was particularly heavy as she sent back ALL her books after exam week last week. I struggled to pull her trolley bag down hill on the bumpy road and wondered just how long the bag would last should it be subject to daily abuse.......click to learn what next.

Girls Nite Out – Steamboat and Durians

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Another great night out with friends.....

Happy Monday!

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I'm very pleased with myself as I had such a productive weekend. I managed to sort out some blog issues. Just so you know, I am a major IT retard and so when I get my issues sorted out, I am way over the moon. Doing somersaults. Yay!.......click to learn what next.

Baby’s New Hat

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Texting whilst biking

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

The other day, this biker in front of us was sending text messages whilst riding his bike. Now I'll admit that sometimes I text too when I'm on the road, but I only ever do it at a red traffic light not whilst I'm driving!!! How do your.......click to learn what next.

Homework in Style

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Oops. It IS kind of messy back there. Shoo! Shoo! Darn it! Those clothes back there? On our red couch? They just won't go away. What the hell are they? Who knows!!! Who cares!!! Ever since we stopped having a helper, we stopped sweating the small stuff. Like.......click to learn what next.

Sharing breakfast on a Sunday morning

Posted on August 22, 2010August 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Oh, calamity!

Posted on August 21, 2010August 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

So on top of our current woes that have been occurring one after another, yesterday I got a police summon for running out of parking money. Yeah, I brought my laptop out to SBX so I could work in peace (away from baby) and spent the whole morning.......click to learn what next.

Before getting married

Posted on August 19, 2010August 19, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

All too often, I've known young couples getting married before they're remotely ready only to find themselves in a twist of drama and worries before the year is out. Some get married from unplanned pregnancies, some from insecure girls wanting to find security and some from girls worried.......click to learn what next.

Babies are from Heaven

Posted on August 18, 2010August 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

and sometimes Hell.... My little T2, as of 2 nights ago, has started sleeping with Daddy alone in attempt to wean her off the boob. On the first night, I heard her crying behind 2 closed doors and my heart got twisted in all kinds of knots imaginable,.......click to learn what next.

New School Shoes Already???

Posted on August 17, 2010August 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

But the year isn't even up yet! Dang! At the beginning of the year, we bought T1 a super cheap pair of school shoes which lasted all of 3 weeks. The moment we washed it, it shrunk and she could no longer fit her big feet into them........click to learn what next.

Walking T1 to school

Posted on August 17, 2010August 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For the last 200 days, the Hubs had rushed the school run with T1 but now that he's home, I've volunteered to drive her instead. Anything to keep me away from the drug addict at home. My baby, that is. I wonder where she gets it from as.......click to learn what next.

Doctor or Rapper?

Posted on August 15, 2010August 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

At the very beginning, T1 said she wanted to be a vet, an animal doctor, because she loved animals. Then when I became pregnant with T2 and she began following me to see my gynae, she decided that she wanted to be a paediatrician with T2 as the.......click to learn what next.

Sisterly Love…..

Posted on August 13, 2010August 12, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I must say, I have never witnessed a stronger sisterly bond than these two and I'm not meaning to boast my pride but only that I've not been around many young sisters obviously! T1 adores baby T2 to no end and will read, play and entertain her sister.......click to learn what next.

Revising for mid-term exams

Posted on August 13, 2010August 13, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Wow! Can you believe it? She's not even SIX and she has to revise??? Well, if she wants to stay ahead with her peers and keep her marks above 95% then yes, she certainly has to revise! Having said that, we only revised Bahasa last semester and she.......click to learn what next.

The low down on T1’s sentimental stash

Posted on August 12, 2010August 12, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Further to the drama about T1's collection of soft toys, I now present to you what we did and how the story ended. T1's bears are like shoes to me. But as much as I love my shoes, I had to bite the bullet (PAINFUL!!! Have you ever.......click to learn what next.

One difference between a male and a female!

Posted on August 12, 2010August 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For those who don't know the Hubs and I, the story goes that I single-handedly picked him out from a sea of eligible, good-looking men, and scanned him from top to toe, inside and out, inerts and all; before I went ALL OUT TO MAKE HIM MINE!!! And.......click to learn what next.