A Mother's Monologue

Too much snow in New York

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Dear God, Please pray for all those people stuck and stranded due to this years heavy snow fall. Some places in New York are laden with 24 inches of snow. Friends of mine fly back on New Years Eve. Many people want to be with their families on.......click to learn what next.

Hospitals in Malaysia during the Festive Season

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

As you may or may not know, we spent Christmas in a hospital this year and what I learned was that during the festive season, the hospital and doctors charge you the festive rate! So they have something to be festive about. Not us, when us, the patients,.......click to learn what next.

Fire Chief from Penang busted

Posted on December 28, 2010January 3, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

What happened? Why do you think that despite the official ban of fireworks, those extra loud things that go BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG when your baby is fast asleep, that blows children's hands off and make them blind? Well, just why do you think, that despite the ban, you still hear.......click to learn what next.

New Year Goals

Posted on December 28, 2010February 18, 2022 by Mamapumpkin

I am currently working on so many things - story of my life......but by the end of this year, I need to achieve the following:- 1. Get a frigging business registered by hook or by crook, just so I can register my fantabulous DCDM 2. Identify and upload.......click to learn what next.

T2 had another accident today – OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!

Posted on December 28, 2010December 28, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I really am beginning to think that I am jinxed. Just a few days ago, she climbed the dining chair and fell off it. Today, she was fluffing about in bed and accidentally knocked her head on the edge of the cot leg. Ouch. She now has TWO.......click to learn what next.

Buying gifts for people

Posted on December 28, 2010December 28, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs last night gave me a long lecture on how we are spending way too much money without thinking. Oops. Guilty as charged. He asked me then how I thought I could save money for 2011 because if I don't start saving, then we will be going.......click to learn what next.

Baking Gingerbread for Christmas

Posted on December 28, 2010January 3, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

This year, we had a great plan to bake gingerbread men for everybody, tie it up nicely into little packages with ribbons and hand deliver it to our friends. And so before our big project, we decided to do a little trial run. We scoured the net for.......click to learn what next.

Traveling around KL with 2 kids

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

These school holidays have been extremely busy for me what with our over-ambitious plans to tire the kids out. It turns out that when you try to tire your kids out, you end up exhausting yourself further, like a million times further. Uhuh. I found that out the.......click to learn what next.

Pissed off with the Malaysian Government!!!

Posted on December 27, 2010January 3, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

So call it bad luck or what have you but I lost my Identity Card the day I went to the zoo with Annie and gang. The zoo counter asked me for my IC so I got it out and handed it to them with payment. I then.......click to learn what next.

The Christmas Eve of vomit

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Never in my wildest dreams have I ever imagined spending Christmas in a hospital but that is exactly what we did this year. Oh. My. Goodness. As if this year wasn't bad enough, it just had to end with a BANG, didn't it? Here's looking forward to a.......click to learn what next.

On the Eve of Christmas Eve….

Posted on December 23, 2010December 23, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I got that from NTV7 this morning. Yeah, whilst we three have our breakfast, we take turns fighting over choosing channels instead of sit facing one another on the dining table. Anyway, I have not done my Christmas shopping. *nods head* I am serious. I'm not too fussed.......click to learn what next.

Funnies from a 6 year old

Posted on December 21, 2010December 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

My 6 year old. Heh. We spend a lot of time on T1's queen sized bed, the 3 of us, because that's where their library is, beside her bed. One day, whilst the 3 of us were on the bed, reading, chatting, laughing as we usually do, T1.......click to learn what next.

Quality USB Extension Cables

Posted on December 21, 2010December 21, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

After a year, my Blackberry's batteries started getting weaker and weaker till I decided I needed a new battery. The options were A - to get a brand new original battery costing RM180 or B - to get a made in China battery costing RM50. The Hubs bought.......click to learn what next.

Shopping Sunday without kids!

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Man, oh man! I haven't been shopping to my heart's content since......I cannot remember when. But today, ahhhhh......today. TODAY!!! Today, I went to the market all by myself this morning. And then in the evening, spent an entire 4 hours grocery shopping. It was bliss. No Mommy this.......click to learn what next.

What is Search Engine Optimisation?

Posted on December 16, 2010December 16, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For those of you who are looking to monetize your blog, a very important lesson to learn is to read up about SEO, that is search engine optimisation. To my understanding, it is how to make a particular post on your blog get searched by search engines as.......click to learn what next.