My First 2 Weeks of 2018

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Mamapumpkin

Has been tremendously productive and fabulous. My health is looking up, I have been extremely efficient in designing systems for my various businesses, I have paid up ALL our family debt including that of our current home and purchased 2 properties last year. But guess what? We have.......click to learn what next.

The year in history

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Mamapumpkin

Wow, people! How are you? I've been putting off this blog forever due to a very busy year last year. Heck, I think I was traveling for 6 months of the year as it certainly felt like it!!! We spent the beginning of the year in Niseko skiing,.......click to learn what next.

2017

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

2017 was officially the worst year of her life. She thought so because she had to undergo undue stress of unfair play and dirty business and then wasted money to hire a lawyer which she did not end up using in the end. She should have bought her.......click to learn what next.

Illegal driving….

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

She was merely 14 but her friend said, "Do you want to learn?" Which adventurous 14 year old wouldn't have said YES!! John was a regular in the family and ever since her stepbrother flew in from Berkeley, he was tasked with Grandma's little plum coloured Daihatsu Charade.......click to learn what next.

Day Two in Yangon – Trip 2

Posted on August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

A repost from 3 March 2013 : Bright and early the next day but thank God not at 3am, we headed out for our work immediately after a 7.30am breakfast. T1 was only too pleased to be pushed up her favourite Myanmar truck..... . Another full day ahead,.......click to learn what next.

Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

We spent almost a week at the Mandarin Oriental recently over the Raya break because it has become a tradition to have a little holiday every Raya now that Mom is no longer here to Beraya with. We were actually planning to go to Bangkok to see my.......click to learn what next.

Wonder Woman 2017

Posted on June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Wonder Woman, Ive watched it twice and I can happily watch it a third time!!!!! The first time, I went with my cousins from Australia for a midnight movie and it was the bomb. The second time I went with my kids and it was a bigger bomb.......click to learn what next.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

I am blessed that I have learnt so much in my youth, lessons that were taught to me or discovered accidentally that can now in my adulthood be put to good use. I am so glad. And despite or perhaps because of my own Mother's unfortunate life of despair and.......click to learn what next.

My Book Reading Challenge

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Upon the inspiration of my dearest friend who reads a book a month, and this is a great habit because it inculcates reading in the kids too as monkey see monkey do, I put the challenge to myself too to read a book a month this year. When.......click to learn what next.

Family Time

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Here we are again on another holiday! Totally blessed. Everyone's been asking us if the kids are on school holiday? Actually, no. They are not on school holiday at all but what's new? We go on holiday whenever wherever and they get pulled out of school. The school.......click to learn what next.

Biting the hand that fed you

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

You know, I don't mean to brag but I have helped a serious lot of people. Of course, this is relative, because what you define as a lot and what I feel is a lot could be entirely different. Let's just say I have a helpful personality. You.......click to learn what next.

Rain on my parade

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

If you knew me well, you would know instantly that life was my parade. Yes. Life. My life. I have a good life. People cannot stand it. I do not comprehend why? What does my life have to do with another? Yet as I get along with my.......click to learn what next.

True Love

Posted on April 23, 2017April 25, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

We have been together for 20 years, the Hubs and I, and not once have I pondered about being with another man. Despite his boarding school rigidness and family imperfections, he is the greatest thing in my world. Although he represents the hard decisions in our home, he.......click to learn what next.

Rolling Pin from London

Posted on April 23, 2017April 21, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Apart from the thermometer hunt, we also had to hunt for rolling pins because the Hubs sent us for a rolling pin hunt. Isn't it quite weird for a husband to send a wife to go buy a rolling pin? Well, it is because he makes th tortilla.......click to learn what next.

Braun Thermometer Hunting in London 

Posted on April 22, 2017April 21, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

A friend of ours in KL asked us to get her a thermometer so off we went thermometer hunting. BRAUN Thermoscan 7 to be exact which was much cheaper than London than it was in KL. T1 was asking why we needed to get my friend a thermometer?.......click to learn what next.