Gosh, already? Uhuh. Time has just flown by and where I am today, I would never have expected to be. In exactly a year ago, my Izumio and Super Lutein mission had just begun and we had a birthday celebration at  the Naturally Plus office with cake and frills and my team and I took our first Millionaire photo. SO MUCH has happened since then. We have not worked as hard as we could have but we have sure come a long, long, long way. I looked back at our Millionaire photo with fondness and am happy that we have all lost weight – Hahahahaha!!! Phew. We can take a better one this year.

I wish my Mama was here to see me and be with me because she would be so happy for me. I could take her around the world and we could just enjoy the kids together anywhere and everywhere. I have been super busy of late and thought of checking into a local hotel just to get a change of atmosphere with the kids but the Hubs said don’t waste money…..you are already traveling all of April……YIKES!!! It is already March!! Oh, Lordy. April is indeed a month of travel kickstarting with Kota Bharu, then Kota Kinabalu, then Shizuoka Japan, then Dubai…..

This is where I will be staying in Japan. I cannot wait. The sea view will be so pretty every day and just behind will be Mount Fuji. How blessed I am to be able to catch the cherry blossoms in full bloom this year. I cannot wait to eat more Mochi and fresh Sashimi and all the Japanese snacks! And then within barely a week of flying back to KL, I am off to the land of camels – LOL!!! So proud of my team again this year for all hitting our free awesome holiday to Dubai!!!

There’s been some drama looming off late on Facebook regarding my removing people from groups. *rolls eyeballs*

It will never end, of course. I do apologise if you have been removed from any of my groups. It goes to show how much people want to belong still. I am sorry. It was not personal. It was not intentional. And it is amazing how people just jump to conclusions so damn fast. *rolls eyeballs again* People think I am desperate for them to buy Izumio? Hell, NO. I tell my team and DRILL it into them that we have a premium high quality product here. Do NOT, absolutely do NOT go chasing people to buy Izumio. Please. Our job is just to share and it is up to everyone and anyone if they want it. That’s it. It isn’t our loss. I would never go to such lengths to remove anyone from my groups if they were saying anything bad or negative about Izumio. God, no. I welcome negative feedback because Izumio is just too good to be true so some negative feedback is fucking brilliant just to balance things out a bit. I myself searched the entire internet over a year ago for negative postings on Izumio and could not find any so I thought it was a refreshing change. People should be allowed to share the truth in any circumstance backed up with some solid evidence. Worse, the moment someone shares a post, everyone just follows suit and the herd mentality kicks in. I keep experiencing this over and over and over again. Do people not think? Everyone is so negative and people love a good gossip. Get over it already. I have a public blog and you can gossip about me all you want. I will give you the material.

So for all the herds that followed, when I casually mentioned that actually all those negative postings were still within the group for everyone’s consumption, everybody is a little stunned. *rolls eyeballs for the 3rd time* All because someone assumed and presumed. People never learn. It is my my ultimate challenge to change the mindsets of women to be more secure in themselves, to think more, to be more open minded, to not be lazy, to learn creativity, to look within instead of throwing blame left right and centre, and to truly embrace life instead of being unhappy. Come on, women!!! We are the stronger sex!!! Stop stripping yourselves of your own dignity!!! Sigh. My work continues……

At least it is so much easier with children. My girls are being trained from now already. They believe they can do anything including fly. And one day, they will. Because I have given them the wings to do so.

So this is my JAMBAN shot. This is me, no frills on a typical Sunday without any make up. I didn’t even comb my hair. And I wore a simple T-shirt top with jeans and carried a cheap Desigual bag. This is me. Simple. The older I get, the more I relinquish stuff. I am no longer interested in shopping. Perhaps it is because I have it all. It just no longer interests me. I have gone raw. I do not need a lot. I have a purpose and I work towards that. Nothing anyone does or says can break me except if it came from the few who truly matter. It is nice being simple. I have always been simple deep down but I had good showmanship. My values are traditional and I count my blessings every single day. I watch the world go by and I cackle silently…….

We bought a new car this weekend. We came so close to getting a big car but decided against it. We do not need to show off the Hubs said. A car will get us from A to B. Some people need an expensive car. We don’t. I would like to think that we are beyond the stage of caring what others perceive us to be. As long as we know who we are and the people we care about know too, nothing else really matters, isn’t it? Stay on course, stick to the purpose and remain focused.

Speaking of cars, the Hubs is one guy who never gets excited about cars. Like seriously??? Yes, seriously. When I first met him in 1998, he was driving a PROTON. Very patriotic. But he studied at the United World College and his Dad was a timber tycoon in Kelantan. It didn’t gel. Those two combinations usually warranted spoilt rich kids with Daddy’s money cars. Yet, when I went to his parents home in Kelantan, they too drove humble cars. Enlightening. They knew the Kelantan Royal Family just down the street yet they were living very simply. You would have thought that people who hung out together would just share the same interests, right? Fast Maseratis? A Rolls Royce perhaps? No. It is called being clever with the Government. OK, I didn’t say that!!!

My little pumpkin chose this car so she could fit into the boot.

There have been several things debating on my mind of late too. Certain decisions I have to make. Big decisions. Not life threatening or anything of that sort but still big decisions in my current state of affairs. I struggle with them. And that is why I need my Mother here. She would so know what to do. Where is that line you draw? I shall pray for answers tonight perhaps. That always seems to work!

So for every day of my birthday month, I have decided to pray for:-

1. The little boy in Singapore who suffers so badly from eczema

2. The lady in KK who needs a miracle

3. Kelly, my dearest departed Kelly……I am always thinking of you.

4. The family that Carl left behind. My time with you seemed just like yesterday.

5. And last but not least, for my dear friend to get her kids back…..

As always, I pray for my 2 brothers and my family and all the unfortunate people in the world. I have been doing this since I was a kid. Old habits die hard.

This is such a disjointed post of ramblings. It is simply a what you see is what you get.

Oh, and one more thing…..I have retired. Yes. It has been one year and it has been so bloody worth it.

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
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