A Mother's Monologue

Getting organised at home

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Living without a maid and two kids of which one is a baby, is a real challenge. There is no time to do anything when baby is awake as you're either feeding, cleaning or putting them to sleep. And that alone takes up the entire day if you.......click to learn what next.

Annual Blood Test

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I am way due for my annual medical check up and I have actually gotten the forms from my Doctor to get a blood test done but I've been procrastinating it. Why? Because I am afraid that I will be needing some cholesterol treatment soon and not only.......click to learn what next.

Recuperating from a night out

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

So the Hubs has been nagging and nagging and rubbing it in like a million times over, how I deserve to feel like a rotten potato after my night out. No shit. I am no longer a spring chicken, he keeps reminding me. Enough already! On Sunday, I.......click to learn what next.

Karaoke night at Red Box The Gardens

Posted on April 18, 2010April 18, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

See? My shoes matches my dress SO WELL. Last night, I left a crying Tee at 8pm and zoooooooomed out at Road Runner speed, slamming the door behind me and the last image I had was of the Hub's carrying T2 with a worried, stressed out look. I.......click to learn what next.

OOTD (outfit of the day)

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

As requested by VonVon, our outfit of the day yesterday was.......tada!! On Mommy: Purple short sleeved open cardi - Lush Icon Fuchsia nursing top - Mothercare Pink capri pants - Esprit Purple wedges - Charles & Keith Pink crystal necklace - present from MIL On Tee: Pink top.......click to learn what next.

FRUSTRATED!!!

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

FRUS-FRUS-FRUS-FRUS-FRUS!!! I hate Bgtv! *breathe in - breathe out* OK. I had a lovely lunch party today with my girls and now I have to get ready to go out WITHOUT my girls. Good luck, Daddy!

Ladies Night Out

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Tonight, I can't wait to attend a Ladies Night Out with the girls screeching singing our hearts out. It has been so fun dressing up and putting make-up on, strutting around town in high heels. I feel like ME again and no longer the maid. For lunch today,.......click to learn what next.

Mega pissed off

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

A kind friend has kindly booked some offers for me from Blogi this morning but for some reason, Blogi is not accepting my posts because it says that it contains foreign encoding. What the &#%* is that? I've already removed Adsenso from the particular post but it's still.......click to learn what next.

A backup career

Posted on April 16, 2010April 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I believe that everyone should have a backup career plan so in times of recession, you always have something else to live by. My backup career plan is quite versatile as I have done lots of courses, just like my Mom. We always ask Tee what she would.......click to learn what next.

Godiva Hot Cocoa

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

OH. MY. GAWD. It is fucking awesome. And I am so addicted to it. You can really, REALLY taste the chocolate. And it isn't overly sweet. OH. MY. GOD. The problem is, it costs more than RM100 per can. Yet, I've just checked and it costs only USD11.......click to learn what next.

Reading with discretion

Posted on April 15, 2010April 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Do you believe everything you read? There is so much hoo-haa about bloggers and how the Government is against bloggers but seriously, aren't Malaysians old enough or smart enough to read with discretion? Please leave the bloggers alone, let them write whatever the hell they want to write.......click to learn what next.

Blackberry Bold 9000 with condom

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, mine wears one. Gotta be safe! I'm still loving my phone. In fact, I just discovered last night that I could download some applications which I couldn't before and spent half an hour downloading the traffic jam game so Tee can play when I feel she is.......click to learn what next.

Teaching your child manners

Posted on April 13, 2010February 1, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Lately, I have been having moments where I think Tee is very rude. And I look around me, and it seems many kids are very rude! It's just the way society have evolved that manners no longer play a front seat in bringing up children and this is.......click to learn what next.

How to tie a scarf

Posted on April 12, 2010April 12, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

According to Tee, that is. We were in Isetan one day and whilst waiting for our beloved Nana, Tee wanted to borrow my scarf because she said she was cold. I usually carry a scarf in my bag, just in case I'm in an area where I think.......click to learn what next.

Horse riding at 5

Posted on April 10, 2010October 8, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Tee used to hate horses because she thought they were so smelly but now she is all game to get on a horse. Isn't it amazing how kids evolve? I remember being so upset with her in New York when she flatly refused getting onto a horse carriage.......click to learn what next.

Freezing baby food

Posted on April 10, 2010April 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Guess who's been busy in the kitchen every weekend with the blender? T2, of course! I make her hold the hand blender, she loves it as it vibrates and makes NOISE!!! Child labour at 8 months, not bad eh? Which brings me to a very curious question. The.......click to learn what next.

Frequenting fitness shops

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

As I said earlier, we've been searching for a new fitness bike for Nana (and for those of you who said Nana was so slim that she didn't need exercise? Yes, she is slim but EVERYONE needs exercise!!!) and thus we've been walking in and out of fitness.......click to learn what next.

Saturday, 10th April

Posted on April 10, 2010April 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We had a great day today. Despite the fact that we all slept at 4am last night because Tee had a coughing fit which woke everyone up between 1-4am, we managed a full day out from 9am right up to 9pm. With a baby and a 5 year.......click to learn what next.

Sports for your preschooler?

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Has anyone started proper sports for their five year olds? Tee hasn't exactly started any proper sports apart from swimming but I was thinking that it would be good for her to get started on some sport where she actually needed some coordination skills, like a racket sport........click to learn what next.

Oh no, not again?!

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

This girl, she always gets what she wants. Not from me, mind you. But from anyone else she can con. The Hubs and I, we've banned this from our household and we've told her that we will not be buying it for her anymore. She still managed to.......click to learn what next.

Colour printer given to Buddhist Centre

Posted on April 9, 2010April 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We had a colour printer that we hardly ever used so eventually, the Hubs decided to give it to our neighbour to give it to her Buddhist Centre's office where they'd make more use of it. I asked the Hubs what I would use then and he said.......click to learn what next.

Cheeky munchkin

Posted on April 9, 2010April 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I didn't even realise it but T2 is now 8 months old! Oh my goodness! Her latest trick is doing the sausage roll where she'd ROLLLLLLLLL.......flip-flop-flip-flop-flip-flop.......to get to whatever she wants. She cannot crawl yet and rolling is her way of being mobile. She can certainly rolllllll.......to get.......click to learn what next.

Buying a new flat screened TV

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We've been looking at flat screened TVs for a long time but now that we don't have any help and are extremely busy, I'm not sure it's even worth purchasing one! The Hubs said that Tee is the only person in the house who watches TV, if at.......click to learn what next.

Emotional Eating

Posted on April 9, 2010April 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

It is official. I am an emotional eater. It is almost a month now that I am handling two kids and a household without a helper and out of that month, 2 weeks with a guest from Australia. Tired is not the word to describe my state of.......click to learn what next.

Decreasing metabolic rate

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Lately, since I've been sick for almost 2 months now, I've noticed that my metabolic rate has been pretty crap. I walk up the stairs and I am breathless. I need my inhalers and I'm gasping to breathe. Terrible. Before this bout of bronchitis, I was generally quite.......click to learn what next.

T2 and her 1st car

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

RUNNNNNNNNNN......THIS CAR IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!!!

Losing pregnancy weight

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

How is this going to happen? Well, now that I have guests staying with us, it is a challenge. Plus, since we've all been sick since Chinese New Year, that poses a problem too. But the moment my lungs get the all clear, I'll be working extra hard.......click to learn what next.

One day…..

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One day, I want to start a blog where there will be no pictures. Yet, people will keep coming back for more. Wouldn't that be great? That is what I'd like to do, one day. One day, when I start having more time. One day, when people no.......click to learn what next.

New Make Up

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

So today, Tee and I went around KLCC trying on make up because we have guests from Australia staying with us, and they wanted to go shopping.....so......we went! And the Chanel salesgirl, bless her heart, was ever so nice and helpful and polite to us that we just.......click to learn what next.

Another Mak Nenek

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Because T2 has been generally very quiet since birth, we were hoping that her docile and gentle demeanour would mean we only had the chatty, noisy Tee to contend with. But now that T2 is growing bigger, with each day, I am beginning to doubt that we will.......click to learn what next.