Mid Life Crisis
Cost of living in Bahrain
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Tee in Bahrain, 2007 - as she was the only kid in the entire hotel, she could basically do whatever the hell she wanted. Get her way with all the hotel staff, anything at all…..and more!
I need your help. Can anyone help me with the associated costs of living in Bahrain? I am working […]
Coping with stress
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008I’ve had almost 10 days of intense stress now. There is a family crisis and I, being one of the saner ones in Eurasian Land, have become the mediator in the midst of a family squabble. *sigh* It’s everything to do with love and money. *sigh*
THEN. Tee is going through a tough time at school. […]
Getting out of credit card debt
Thursday, October 18th, 2007I hope this will help those of you with large credit card bills because we had a credit card bill of more than 50k once upon a time and managed to get out of it.
Firstly, STOP using your credit cards. Throw them away. Cut them up. Force yourself to be disciplined about cash. Then do […]
Airtight ‘lock-lock’ tupperwares
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Haha…..what a name! lock-lock…
Yesterday, the Hubs was looking for some tupperwares to store some food but our cupboards had so many of those free plastic boxes with mismatched lids that he got so fed up and drove out to Ikano to buy RM200 worth of lock-lock tupperwares. If you think RM200 will get you a […]
Aunt Flo and Edginess
Thursday, October 11th, 2007I’ve been really edgy of late. One wrong move and I’d snap. Lose it.
I need a break.
From Tee.
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How I got a Kadazan aunt
Saturday, October 6th, 2007My grandparents have seven children but one fine day, my grandfather, who travelled to East Malaysia became a little naughty. The urge to have sex was uncontrollable as my grandmother was too busy taking care of the household, the children, her job etc. No excuse.
Do you want to know what he did? He started a […]
Love affair with all things sweet
Saturday, September 29th, 2007I think my mother felt a deep bitterness when I was born. As such, drank condensed milk whilst she was pregnant, and fed me everything sweet after. It could’ve been the perpetual PMS. She then says I lost ALL (well, most….) my teeth when I was three because it was her fault. And what does she do now? […]
Technology’s pulling at my leg!
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007You know, the thing about technology, is that it’s supposed to be the tool that frees us Moms from the grinds of Motherhood.
Dishwashers (for removing stubborn stains) - tick.
Dryers (for drying children) - tick.
Idiot Box (for babysitting) - tick.
Wheels (for transporting children to the next city. And leaving them there) - tick.
Computers (for gaining access to the world wide web) - tick.
Blogging […]
What’s in my Elephant sized handbag?
Sunday, September 16th, 2007This is my most embarrassing moment. I was tagged by Health Freak Mommy for my most embarrassing moment and here, disclosing the contents of my everyday bag to you…….is indeed VERY embarrassing for me. Since I turned my bag inside out, I have since cleaned it out and am carrying a bag five times smaller. Honest […]
Wearing Gold - another Chinese superstition
Thursday, August 16th, 2007My beloved Mother believes truly that to attract wealth and good fortune, one must wear lots of gold.
This is what the Chinese believe in. Just like how they believe you should have fishes (real or otherwise, even paintings) for abundance of wealth, wear jade to ward off evil spirits and eat chestnuts if you wanted […]
The upsides and downsides of Motherhood. Here.
Friday, August 10th, 2007Today, my sugar mummy took me shopping. (secret: if you want to inherit one, do real good and you will have one in your next life :-))
I have been rather glum and well, if you were in my position, day-in day-out, you would understand.
But man! What a fantastic spin 5 hours of retail therapy can do!!!
After dropping […]
Carousels in my head
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007I crawled to the gym in my sweatpants today and in fact, when my bag got caught in the grated drain, I was 90% ecstatic that I was ball-chained to the grills like a prisoner and wouldn’t be able to greet a treadmill this morning. Alas, I was fated to meet my friend there. A friend who would […]
Moving on to the Dark Side
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007My first credit card transaction just happened. Oh My God. Talk about revelations. I bought a domain name. Unfortunately all the forms of pumpkin (bigpumpkin, pinkpumpkin etc) have been taken so I’ve settled for www.mamapumpkin.com It’s not up yet but IT IS MINE!!!
The next challenge is of course, moving this blog and starting fresh - FRESH […]
I hate models
Friday, July 20th, 2007It’s official.
Here’s why.
6am at the airport: The models (secretly famine victims from Ethopia) dive in to McDonald’s meals (all of them) and not just 1 meal per model. On top of their value meals, they have side orders of extra hash browns, french fries and chocolate sundaes. I had a turkey ham sandwich from a […]
I’m a Liar
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Just in case you were wondering why I’m doing a blog marathon today when I’m supposed to be busy working, it is because I have already written these in the past but am posting them only today. OK?
I cannot stand to leave this blog for too long because I am narcissistic - a self loving, […]
I have my head in the clouds but am still better off than some models
Monday, July 16th, 2007Last Sunday, I left the earthquake of my home to find peace where I could get a relaxing foot massage and finish off my deadlines for work. I took off with my laptop and relished the solitude whilst listening to Alanis Morissette’s “I’m a BITCH” except that on Malaysian radio, they’d censored the ‘B’ word […]
Self help for procrastinators
Thursday, July 12th, 2007It is now 9.50pm - I have 12 articles to complete by 31st July. I have not started. I did start researching for 1 of them but lost the whole document of research, so that put me off a bit. It’s so much more fun blogging.
The Hubs walks in and tells me to START WORK […]
Change is the only constant
Sunday, July 8th, 2007I used to work for a global conglomerate where change evolved every nanominute of my 16 hour day. If it wasn’t happening, something was wrong. We had to be on our toenails 24/7 and employees were stirred in a pressure cooker. A sure formula for raking in the moolah.
People used to say that if one could survive there, […]