A Mother's Monologue

Fisher-Price baby toys product recall

Posted on October 1, 2010October 1, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

For those of you with babies and young children, take heed. Thu, Sep 30, 2010 (BabyCenter News) -- Fisher-Price has recalled about 2.9 million (about 2.8 million in the U.S. and about 125,000 in Canada) infant playzones, playgrounds, and other toys with hazardous.......click to learn what next.

Parenting Talk by MamaBabyWorld

Posted on September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Calling new first time Moms!!! And those who need a refresher's course!!! If you want to learn another thing or two, meet some parenting professionals and other Moms, make time this Saturday October 16th to attend this parenting talk for a very small.......click to learn what next.

Holding a pencil correctly

Posted on September 30, 2010October 1, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Many people have commented that my first daughter, T1, is very smart. I'm not sure by what measure they come to their conclusions but at the risk of sounding like a brag, I too sometimes acknowledge that she is of above average intelligence........click to learn what next.

What we did in Bidor

Posted on September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Bidor is a small town of 25,000 people ONLY! that is located on the way to Ipoh from KL and the reason we went there was as a lunch stop-over on our way to Teluk Intan to visit our ancestral family home. Look.......click to learn what next.

The torment of life

Posted on September 30, 2010September 30, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

My drives to school these days are quite enjoyable with T1 entertaining me with her banter but the drive home is rather long and painful (it used to take 10 minutes to get home, but for some reason now the jam has been.......click to learn what next.

Purchasing a memory foam mattress

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

If you've been a blog follower of this blog, then you'll know that I have been on the look out for a memory foam mattress ever since we chucked our King sized coconut coir mattress. Yes, can you believe that mattresses can be.......click to learn what next.

Detoxify yourself from Toxic People

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We all know one, or two or three, or God forbid, more than that! I have certainly had my fair share of toxicity and it is all fine and dandy when they are just people around you that you can easily dump, but.......click to learn what next.

Protection against unemployment

Posted on September 29, 2010September 29, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

On the way to school yesterday, the Hubs received a call from our friendly insurance consultant and very quickly, the Hubs asked him if our insurance covered unemployment because he was currently unemployed! Unfortunately, the insurance consultant said it wasn't but if I.......click to learn what next.

Treating volcanos on your face

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When I was in Australia, the weather was SO dry that the skin on my face started peeling off despite wearing abundance of face cream twice, sometimes thrice a day; and I kept wishing I had my La Mer cream with me because.......click to learn what next.

SO TIRED…

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs wants to buy me an electric zapper. Can you believe it? He wants to zap me, jolt my body into action whenever I procrastinate. I have deadlines, I have important things to do....but what do I get distracted with? Chocolate.....reading blogs......online.......click to learn what next.

Dare you not lock your door?

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When we visited a farm in Australia, the toilet did not have a door lock. Yikes! I'm all OK if I'm with an all girl group or if I'm just with my immediate family but we stayed in the chalet with my cousins,.......click to learn what next.

The white haired weekend that was….

Posted on September 27, 2010September 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now if you asked me, I am unable to tell you what happened last weekend. All I know is that it was very, very busy and I had very little sleep. Have you ever tried living a comatosed weekend? Even the kids were.......click to learn what next.

Getting an RV loan

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When we were in Australia recently, due to the lack of internet time (because the house we stayed at did not have a broadband connection and as much as I tried hacking into neighbourhood WIFI services, I'd failed miserably - it could also.......click to learn what next.

Running a pre-loved goods business

Posted on September 27, 2010September 27, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Oh. My. Goodness. Last week, I uploaded some stuff for sale to kick start the house clearance since we have SO MUCH STUFF and little did I realise just how much work it involved!!! I thought, oh yeah....I'll upload them at my own.......click to learn what next.

Drawing Stencils from the Olden Days

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Alright, fess up. How many of you have actually seen these old stencils that were used BEFORE I was born? When we were in Kota Bharu this Chinese New Year, my MIL brought them out for T1 to play with and she had.......click to learn what next.