Procrastination

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I was given a killer deadline on Wednesday to complete some work for the Australian Government by Friday. WTF!!! It is no easy task and I always get poured with work at the very last minute and especially when it is either the.......click to learn what next.

Beethoven

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Here's another of one of T1's doodles. Only classical music lovers would appreciate this. I remember this clearly because T1 was playing teacher with T2 and she was teaching T2 ALL ABOUT BEETHOVEN. That day, T2 learnt the definition of the word COMPOSER.......click to learn what next.

How T1 studies

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I leave my 8 year old (soon turning 9) girl completely to her own devices with her school work as I am a working Mom and do not have the time to interfere. If she does good, fine. If she doesn't do good,.......click to learn what next.

T2’s birthday present

Posted on August 5, 2013February 20, 2022 by Mamapumpkin

Many months ago, T2 told us that she wanted a baby pink iPad cover for her iPad. HER iPad?? Since when did SHE have an iPad? What the hell? Yes, she said she wanted a baby pink cover for HER iPad. She said.......click to learn what next.

Children of Myanmar – Workshop in Yangon, June 2013

Posted on July 28, 2013July 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

People keep asking me how my last trip to Myanmar was and I say it was great! But fail to give more info because I am so lazy and honestly, if they were really interested, they'd be asking me more, not just how.......click to learn what next.

Facebook – the way to go

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I've just set up a new Facebook discussion group for women. It's on Secret mode but if you want to participate in our daily dose of ups and downs  send me an email with your full details including your IC/passport number, and be.......click to learn what next.

Park Girls

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

This is about my Hubs as a photographer. I really do wonder that if you put a hot blooded tall South American chick in front of him, if he could take a decent photo. Any decent photographer would have asked me to move.......click to learn what next.

Whilst waiting for T1

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

This is what we do - muck around in the car and syiok sendiri.......

Yoga Kids in KL

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

My kids have been taught how to do yoga. They have attended several yoga workshop for kids and loved it. I think the three of us have yoga embedded in our lives, enough to make yoga a way of life. Beautiful. However at.......click to learn what next.

Chalk Art on the Ground

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Allowing kids to be kids with outdoor colours.

Bubbles! Bubbles! Bubbles!

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

How often do you let your children go outdoors just to play and be close to nature? This is T1 and T2 just after school, at T1's school experimenting with giant bubbles for the very first time. I was impressed that T2 could.......click to learn what next.

Feeling Rebellious

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Lately, I've been feeling really rebellious. Man, I feel like a damn teenager again, with crazy hormones all raring to explode into all directions. Nobody can make me do anything that I do not want to do. I think I'm getting old!!! Mid.......click to learn what next.

90% of Moms in KL are square and kiasu

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

It's official. I've done the stats. I've been hanging around Moms since T1 was 6 months old, that's a database collection of 500 Moms thereabouts and man, it is so hard to find a Mom I can relate to completely. Really. Most Moms.......click to learn what next.

Change is the only constant

Posted on July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

So much has happened and so much is still happening and I've had some amazing experiences, life-changing ones, which leads me to believe that when you open your heart to possibilities and the unknown, you allow incredible things to happen. Things that you.......click to learn what next.

Language fun in the car

Posted on July 15, 2013July 18, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

T2 is almost 4 and is really good at her Bahasa because she communicates with our helper in getting her needs met. She has this game where she unknowingly expands her Malay vocabulary by asking us what everything under the sun is in.......click to learn what next.