Dedicating Our Lives to the Children of Myanmar

Posted on March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Just as soon as I'd left Myanmar, I am now flying back with T1......SO EXCITED!!! On our last trip there, by pure default because of this one person, we ended up in Yangon. T1 wrote a journal daily to detail everything she saw, smelled, heard and touched. She.......click to learn what next.

Orphanage in Yangon 3

Posted on March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

FINALLY!!! I am giving a moment to update you with the THIRD orphanage that we support in Yangon...... This was the first sight when our truck stopped. T1 had to be lifted down - too short. Even I needed help. Definitely too short. We walked along this corridor............click to learn what next.

Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

Posted on January 21, 2013January 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is the most beautiful sanctuary of peace in Yangon. It is so big that it is almost like a village in its own right. You could spend hours and hours there just doing nothing, wandering around inhaling the calm and serenity of holiness........click to learn what next.

Food in Myanmar

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Food in Yangon was nothing like any crap Burmese food I've tasted in Malaysia. It is actually very, very delicious if you know where to go!!! I would say it's like Thai food but a milder version, almost a fusion between Thai and Chinese if you like. Below.......click to learn what next.

Entertaining kids in Yangon

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Entertaining kids in Yangon is easy. Kids really don't need much. In fact, it is because we spoil our kids here in KL with all sorts of stuff that they no longer know how to entertain themselves. If they don't have a gadget, they're bored. In Myanmar, it.......click to learn what next.

Parking Lots in Yangon

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Another quirky observation in Yangon was the parking lots. They're all kerbed up to make sure you stay within your space. Ha. Ha. Ha.

Where’s the Bloody Water Heater?

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

We stayed at a reasonably priced hotel in Yangon, not a top tier hotel that my kids are spoilt with and only because we get free hotel stays sometimes at that. So when T1 first saw the hotel, she exclaimed that it wasn't a hotel but a motel........click to learn what next.

Playing with the Children of Myanmar

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I asked her if she wanted to follow me inside to take photos and talk to the people and she said no. The lure of many kids to play with was much too strong and despite usually being weary of strangers and always clinging to me in times.......click to learn what next.

Orphanage in Yangon 2

Posted on January 19, 2013March 29, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

As promised, this is the second orphanage that we visited. It is essentially a monastery and because the rule of thumb of monasteries is that you can never turn a person in need away, the monastery has collected 180 kids who now live there cramped like smelly sardines.......click to learn what next.

Helping Out in Yangon

Posted on January 17, 2013January 17, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Our trip to Yangon last November was really a mission of answering to a call of help. There was no time for sight seeing or relaxation as most holidays would include, just pure hard work, as T1 learnt very quickly. On Day One, we had gone shopping to.......click to learn what next.

Yangon Orphanage Visit 1

Posted on January 6, 2013December 18, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

May I present to you our visit to the first orphanage in Yangon, Myanmar.......This house is home to 25 little children ranging from 6 years old right up to 16, both boys and girls and is cared for by a family who lives there with the kids. We.......click to learn what next.

Journey to the Unknown – Yangon

Posted on January 6, 2013January 6, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Continuing from our trip to Yangon, we spent the first half of the morning buying some supplies for the orphanages, such as rice. I thought we were just going to buy like 2-3 packets of those 10kg bags we normally see in the local supermarkets in KL that.......click to learn what next.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s House

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Our first stop in Yangon the moment we landed - to visit The Honourable Lady.

ChiangMai Airport

Posted on February 20, 2012February 14, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

There is nothing more bitter sweet about the impending finale to a great holiday - happy to finally get to sleep on your own bed and back to normalcy yet the pain of having to go back to work and deal with that normalcy again. *sigh* What I hate after.......click to learn what next.

The Peak at ChiangMai

Posted on February 9, 2012February 5, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

I'm sure being up there was breathtaking...........however, I was not up there. Why? T2 decided to fall asleep on our ascent so guess who had to accompany her in our luxury van whilst she snoozed away in the Bbrrrrrr......frigging cold ChiangMai mountain air??? . So whilst the rest.......click to learn what next.