A Mother's Monologue

Dell Laptop Malaysia

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I was shocked today when I learnt that we can now buy a Dell laptop for aslittle as RM1800! When I got mine a couple of years ago, it was about 6k! It wasn't even a large one as I felt a big screen would be too heavy.......click to learn what next.

Interpreting a 5 year old’s sketch

Posted on July 24, 2010July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Observe the above sketch by T1 and tell your story. Then read below to see how near or far you were *wink* According to T1, . . . . . . . . She is at a movie shoot! And the camera man is saying "Great one!" to.......click to learn what next.

HP Business Inkjet 1000

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

That's our faithful printer at home, after we gave away the last one. We hardly ever use it though except to print stuff for T1 sometimes whenever her school work demands for it. For example, at the beginning of this year, she came home asking for pictures of.......click to learn what next.

Math Mania

Posted on July 24, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Because I have so little time to spend with T1, she usually passes her time alone either playing, watching TV or doing her workbooks. I'm lucky in that I don't have to force this girl to do her workbooks as she actually enjoys doing them herself at her.......click to learn what next.

Burung Kakak Tua

Posted on July 23, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

What is little T2 looking at so curiously? On a daily basis, T1 will entertain T2 as she needs a platform to perform. She needs an audience and who better to pick than her own little baby sister, who is always enchanted by Che-Che's songs, moves and grooves.............click to learn what next.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Posted on July 22, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now, how many people do you know would give up their day home from work just to take care of your kids instead of spend quality time with their own, just so you could have a break? I don't remember having a break since monthsssssss....... ago when my.......click to learn what next.

New Year’s Eve with friends

Posted on July 22, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Every year, we used to book ourselves into a hotel (with discounts, of course......sometimes free of charge *grins*) to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks. Then one year, fireworks was banned and we booked the hotel for nothing. Since then, we decided that since the Government was so.......click to learn what next.

Famous Soong Kee beef ball noodles at Lot 10

Posted on July 21, 2010July 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When I was a teenager, I used to frequent the famous Soong Kee beef ball noodles on Jalan Silang, near Kota Raya, as I used to take the public bus to school (and other places.....). I didn't have a driver all my life, despite common misperceptions! And after.......click to learn what next.

Babies don’t need toys!

Posted on July 21, 2010July 20, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Really, they don''t.....

Flykidz at Solaris

Posted on July 20, 2010July 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

After a long time of begging, we finally allowed T1 to start the gym this year. But we've stopped everything else. I find this a suitable gym for this age group as they teach the kids some solid gymnastic skills (like handstands, cartwheels, roll-overs, somersaults, balance beams and.......click to learn what next.

Should babies watch TV?

Posted on July 19, 2010July 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When T1 was a baby, I allowed her to watch those Baby Einstein videos that were supposed to stimulate babies. Those days, they weren't available in KL and we had to either purchase them overseas or stole them from friends. At some point, they made it to KL.......click to learn what next.

Preschooler’s questions on outer space

Posted on July 18, 2010July 19, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Because the Hubs has an astronaut friend who got launched into space, T1 has naturally been exposed to all things space having attended the launch itself in Florida. She also excitedly received this very good book on space from a very dear friend from London which she has.......click to learn what next.

Longan causes asthma

Posted on July 18, 2010July 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Yeah, can you believe it? Longan, also known locally as mata kuching, is not a favourite fruit of mine, but recently I bought some because the Malays believe that it helps you produce more milk. Try? Why not...so I bought some but noticed that every time I ate.......click to learn what next.

Born to be the teacher’s pet

Posted on July 17, 2010July 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

That'll be my T1. Every other day, she comes home from school 'boasting' about how her teacher always asks her to help. Of course, she only dares 'boast' to me. She isn't allowed to do it otherwise. Either help in the canteen or help in the classroom, almost.......click to learn what next.

Food Art in KL

Posted on July 16, 2010July 13, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We were so fortunate to be able to experience some food art displayed at a leading hotel here in KL crafted out by a Malaysian pastry chef in the theme of Ratatouille. T1 has watched the cartoon animation movie and has books on it so of course, she.......click to learn what next.

Attending a Themed Party

Posted on July 16, 2010July 13, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I attended an eighties themed party dressed up as ******. I'd like you to take a guess. The birthday boy was celebrating his big four zero and was dressed up as the Beat It singer. Do you like my super long hair??? I LOVED it!!! It made me.......click to learn what next.

Living to a ripe old age of 95

Posted on July 15, 2010April 22, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My grandmother from Teluk Intan is 95 this year, a stomach cancer survivor, brought up 5 sons (with a philandering husband), 3 grandchildren (although she has many more) and is a fantastic, absolutely brilliant cook. Every year, we celebrate her birthday at a Chinese restaurant, sometimes grander than.......click to learn what next.

Public Kitchens

Posted on July 15, 2010July 11, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I shan't tell you where this is but I took a picture because it got me thinking about public kitchens and why it is just always best to eat at home. In my lifetime, I've worked in exactly 3 restaurants and let me tell you, if you saw.......click to learn what next.

5 year old who cries after fun

Posted on July 14, 2010July 11, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since T1 was 3 years old, she would cry after a holiday. I don't know why. She'd cry every time we came home and we'd have to endure her dramatic tears and sadness for a few hours. It was almost like she'd sink into a depression after.......click to learn what next.

The launch of Mamamin Studio

Posted on July 13, 2010July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One sunny morning, bright and early, I got dressed in a green, summery outfit..... to match the garden walls of the very creative Mamamin of Mamamin Studio of which I hear this creative seamstress had a part in designing........and of whom I met for the first time (the.......click to learn what next.

6 year old doing homework

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

T1 goes to a school reputed for slave-driving kids with academic pursuits and lots of homework but really, she doesn't get much homework at all. Not to me anyway. I've seen kids with lots more, or perhaps she does it independently and quickly that it doesn't appear to.......click to learn what next.

Children’s Room in Pantai

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

This is the room that T2 stayed in whilst we were there - RM388 per night. For that price, I could have checked into a nice hotel and had a MUCH nicer time!! Blek!! And not risk getting infected by all the sick people in the building as.......click to learn what next.

A discussion on property

Posted on July 11, 2010July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Tok-Tok and Nana had a meeting the other day at a restaurant with some people from a developer's company as they were trying to get rid of some property. We were invited to have lunch at the same restaurant but because they were having a meeting and wanted.......click to learn what next.

Creative Play in Children

Posted on July 11, 2010July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I love it whenever I see T1 entertaining herself with creative play because I think it is so important to be creative in this day and age what with all the commercialism that is thrown at our kids every single day. Here she was a hill (and she.......click to learn what next.

Stone Dinosaur

Posted on July 10, 2010July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Since she is always alone and having to entertain herself most of the time, T1 makes up her own games and songs a LOT! The other day, she asked me if I've seen her stone dinosaur trick. She clasped her hands together almost like praying, in a joint.......click to learn what next.

Giving without expecting

Posted on July 10, 2010July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For the longest time, my mother has been trying to teach me this very big lesson, and after so many years of living, I must say that I still struggle with it. It is not that when I buy someone something, I expect something back (I don't at.......click to learn what next.

Blog spammers and fraudulent activity

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

It has come to my knowledge that some people have managed to access my blog somehow (perhaps hackers?) and have started putting random links within my blog. I learnt this when viewing my blog through my phone and realised that as I scrolled to the bottom of my.......click to learn what next.

My ambition to be a Doctor

Posted on July 8, 2010July 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I always wonder what life would be like now if I had followed my heart to be a doctor and not an architect. Majority of my college mates became doctors and I really would have gone with them had I not been so lazy and easily influenced. I.......click to learn what next.

In-laws visiting in August

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Every time I think about my in-laws, I get stressed about my weight because they are all such a fit and lean family and I have a complex about being seen with them because I stand out like the obese daughter-in-law. I am also in a fix now.......click to learn what next.

The kind of mother I want to be