We love Trudy and Teddy at Pavilion!

Posted on March 7, 2013February 20, 2022 by Mamapumpkin

Trudy and Teddy gave us such a delightful time last Sunday…….THANK YOU, Trudy and Teddy, with our utmost sincerity. My girls had a really nice time and T2 is over the moon with her new purist outfit. Thank you so much for inviting us. It was a super.......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.

Body Alignment

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The kids and I visit a chiropractor regularly who also specialises in pediatric chiropractic treatment and I find it to be a wonderfully effective exercise. For starters, it cured T2's severe constipation once and for all (in just one consultation, but because I am so paranoid now about.......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.

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.

First Time to Yangon

Posted on December 30, 2012January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

For the benefit of those who are traveling first time to Yangon, this is Part 1 of our trip to Yangon in November 2012. First and foremost, I must admit that Yangon was never on my travel list. Neither was Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. So how did we.......click to learn what next.

Kuala Lumpur Bird Park

Posted on October 13, 2012October 13, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

It's been a while since I'd been to the KL Bird Park but now that T2 is three, we decided to get her out of the house. Poor lass, all she sees are four walls every day, not even 10% of what her sister got to experience in.......click to learn what next.

Educating yourself about Child Abduction

Posted on October 9, 2012October 9, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

I've said it and I'm saying it again. If you're a parent (wherever you may be in the world) and you have not yet read Peter Senese's Chasing The Cyclone, please get your hand on this book; beg, borrow or steal if you have to, but read it........click to learn what next.

My British Nanny – I LOVE HER!!!

Posted on August 30, 2012August 31, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

I miss both my Nannies, I really do. My British Nanny was a friend of T2's old British teacher at one of those play schools and really one in a million. Everyone would ask me, where on Earth did I find myself a British Nanny??? She was a.......click to learn what next.

Sin Sze Si Sze Ya Temple

Posted on August 29, 2012July 31, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Do you remember me telling you about the Secret Temple of Yap Ah Loy (also known as the Sin Sze Si Sze Ya Temple) that is hidden away near Petaling Street?  Well, we finally got a chance to visit it! This temple happens to be featured in the.......click to learn what next.

Buddy and Vernon’s Adventures – Quality Time with Kids

Posted on August 28, 2012August 28, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Have you happened to see this AMAZING book in the book stores lately??? If you skittered along to your nearest MPH, you could probably find it. It is a GREAT book for ideas on things to do with your kids. The book says it is for ages 5-8.......click to learn what next.

T1’s school girl writes for the New York Times

Posted on August 27, 2012September 13, 2019 by Mamapumpkin

T1's school has a reputation for being crazily academically driven, with pressure applied on the kids till they get mental breakdowns (KIDDING!). There have been cases where kids have not been able to cope and subsequently pulled out of school, or kicked out. How traumatic! Seriously, we've been.......click to learn what next.

Sultan Abdul Samad Building – the History

Posted on August 13, 2012July 25, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

The History of the Sultan Abdul Samad building is fascinating and if you knew some old British men who were ex-Malayan service men, you'd get the most interesting stories out of them. I am one such lucky person to gain from such a rich history but my memory.......click to learn what next.

Sultan Abdul Samad Building – what surrounds it

Posted on August 12, 2012July 25, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

Whilst on our little tour of KL and the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, I got a chance to inhale some other sights around KL being this slanted shaped building - anybody knows what it is? Someone said it belonged to the police. Anyone??? New police headquarters???? Then there.......click to learn what next.