A Mother's Monologue

What would your kid have done?

Posted on August 11, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

A couple of weeks ago, T1 was with her best friend playing and they were collecting balls from one of those machines where you have to pay RM1 for a rubber ball. I don't know why but they seemed to love those balls. Balls, balls, balls!!! I should.......click to learn what next.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder….

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Why is my dearest drama queen crying??? Take a guess. Okay. Three guesses. . . . It is because...... She is having major problems coming to terms with the fact that I want to GIVE AWAY TO CHARITY her collection of soft toys that is only collecting dust.......click to learn what next.

Asking for help

Posted on August 10, 2010August 3, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since I was old enough to comprehend the concept of help, I have been practicing it without much thought, from doing my classmates homework for her at Standard One (although I probably didn't know then that I wasn't actually helping her!) to playing the piano for the.......click to learn what next.

Attending a masquerade ball

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One of the things I've always wanted to do was to attend a masquerade ball. Unfortunately, the opportunity never arose and so till today, I have still not had that chance to don some Venetian masks, but oh, I am so dying to do so! I have the.......click to learn what next.

New arrangement with Nana

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

In the past, we would visit Nana every Friday and then T1 would stay the night for the weekend. However, now that the Hubs has no income and we have high expenses, the least I can do with immediate effect is to work harder to try an earn.......click to learn what next.

Eating little but not losing weight

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

That is exactly what I have been doing but for some reason, the scales do not seem to budge. Today, a really good friend, the Health Freak Mommy, cooked me some lunch and I was SO, SO grateful because honestly, I hardly ever eat lunch everyday as I.......click to learn what next.

T1 wants to be T2

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Lately, because T2 is starting to be REALLY cute by imitating us and by having her own cute gestures and communication skills, everyone around us have been paying her a lot of attention. It is hard not to notice her when she is just SO CUTE!!! For this,.......click to learn what next.

Motor Insurance in Australia

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When we go to Australia, we are probably going to have to drive some distance to the countryside and will need to purchase rv insurance for our transportation. We will go in a group of more than 10 people so I wonder how much it is all going.......click to learn what next.

Guess who has a new IPAD?

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Oh, gosh. How I wish????? But it's not me!!! For the longest time, I keep hearing of iphones, ipads, ipods etc but because we are not Apple users, I had no idea what an ipad looked like nor what it was. And well, I really didn't care. But.......click to learn what next.

Holidaying in the countryside

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

In 3 weeks time, we will be going to the country where it is going to be very cold and I am certainly not looking forward to it but of course, my daughters and the Hubs are! Because they are eskimos who love the cold! We will e.......click to learn what next.

Getting fed

Posted on August 9, 2010August 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Last weekend, my in-laws were in town and of course, they were over the moon when they got to see their two grandchildren. My sister-in-law was also in town from the US so we were out all weekend and very busy taking her around. T1 had a party.......click to learn what next.

Good workshop clamps

Posted on August 9, 2010November 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

When I was in architecture school at The Bartlett, we used to build a lot of models ourselves. Not architectural models because if you were a student of the Bartlett, you'd know that we didn't study about buildings at all but art and ideas instead. So really, we.......click to learn what next.

Piggy Back Rides on Babies

Posted on August 9, 2010August 2, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When T2 was younger, T1 would smother her and play with her by putting toys on her like a horsey. They are as different as night and day, my 2 girls. T1 is highly excitable, always screaming and dancing whereas T2 is cool as a cucumber, until she.......click to learn what next.

Keeping baby occupied

Posted on August 8, 2010August 1, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

There are times when I am crazy busy with work and have to rush out some paid posts and yet have to care for T2, so what do I do with a baby who is not interested in her thousand of dollars worth of baby toys? I give.......click to learn what next.

We miss Tok-Tok

Posted on August 7, 2010January 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

We miss Tok-Tok tremendously these days as he is wearing way too many hats without being compensated and why should one work so hard just to get pittance?! Work for free? That's what he does. And yet, he can hardly decline all the work that he is asked.......click to learn what next.

Rest and Relaxation much needed

Posted on August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

If I could top off the perfect night I had this evening, it would definitely had been a session at the spa with the girls. Hey, next girly meet up at the spa!!! I would soak my tired aching body in a hot tub, get a head massage,.......click to learn what next.

Do you know a stripper?

Posted on August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Another breed of people I cannot stand are those strippers. The ones who strip you with their eyes, up and down, top to toe, to suss out if they are worthy of talking to you. Their eyeballs reach out to your watch label to check if it is.......click to learn what next.

Selecting the right cigar

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One of the things we usually buy for Tok-Tok is cigars. Ever since he stopped smoking cigarettes many, many years ago, he picked up the habit of cigars. And now, cigars are his thing. To me, it's just a sign of old age. And when I see a.......click to learn what next.

Do you know a social climber?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Unfortunately, there are many, many social climbers in KL. Our culture is such that many Malaysians kow-tow to people who are more wealthy, people who have more titles, people who know more people, blablablabla.....Seriously. Take a look around you and tell me you don't know someone who is.......click to learn what next.

Purchasing good investments

Posted on August 6, 2010August 13, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I have made many financial mistakes in the past of which I keep telling myself over and over that when the good times roll, I should put away that money so I can invest it and make more money. But whenever the good times roll, I go out.......click to learn what next.

It’s a small world after all……

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Once upon a time, I had a 2 year affair with my Dad's boss. Needless to say, my dad didn't know about it, and my Mom most certainly didn't approve of it. But did that stop me? It was fun, it was exhilarating, it was sublime! And I.......click to learn what next.

Sexy riding boots

Posted on August 6, 2010October 8, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Although I'm not a horse rider, I've always liked the idea of horse riding and the accompanying attire that goes with the sport. When I was in London, I would wear knee high riding boots with short, short mini skirts (of course, I was super slim then!!!) and.......click to learn what next.

Kids getting drunk

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

T1 and her Australian cousins starting young...... So when do you think you would allow your child their 1st sip of alcohol? I remember my brother being fed beer at the age of 6 and he became tremendously funny!!! At six!!! I've always allowed T1 to taste wine.......click to learn what next.

Great mens ties

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Unfortunately for me, the Hubs never wears ties if he can help it. Buying mens gifts are so difficult. Their wardrobes are so basic and the only thing I can think of getting them are mens ties, socks or cuff links; and the Hubs already doesn't wear two.......click to learn what next.

Tired but working…..

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I've just come home from a great night out only to discover that the Sheriff has blessed me with 12 assignments which I have to complete within the next 3 days. And my in-laws arrive today, which means my whole weekend is BUSY. Which means I really should.......click to learn what next.

The Best Radar Detector

Posted on August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

My earliest experience with radar detectors was in the UK when my boyfriends used to SPEED their cars across the English motorways to get from north to south, and in order to escape police traps, they all had radar detectors in their cars which would alert them to.......click to learn what next.

Allergic to dust

Posted on August 6, 2010August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I get sinus and asthma attacks on a daily basis now due to the dustiness of my house. It's incredible!!! I just want to die!!! Yet, the Hubs insist that we cannot afford to get a helper right now, not even a part-time helper and that he will.......click to learn what next.

Choosing a new mattress

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, we disposed of our king sized mattress which is also another reason why T2 had to be shoved into the cot as I had a sneaky suspicion that the mattress was producing or nesting bugs of sorts as I kept itching at night. It's not even an.......click to learn what next.

10 variations of baby cereals

Posted on August 6, 2010August 1, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We have tried practically every cereal on the supermarket shelves in making T2 eat her darn cereal!!! She just doesn't seem to like cereal and the only cereal she seemed to have eaten the most was the tin of organic cereal from Bangsar Village which costs almost RM30.......click to learn what next.

Honest people at Gleneagles Hospital Accident and Emergency

Posted on August 5, 2010August 1, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Last week, T1 came home from school with food poisoning. My immediate reaction was GAH! SCHOOL FOOD!!! However, none of her other classmates were hit so perhaps it was just one of those things.....she had also eaten everything we had at home and all of us were fine........click to learn what next.