A Mother's Monologue

Causes of acne breakouts

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Lately, I've been very stressed because I don't have any help and I have demanding kids. Plus, I am stressed out about money. And I don't have time to cook proper meals for myself nor time to exercise. It's all a big vicious.......click to learn what next.

Project paper mache at Nana’s

Posted on July 25, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Ever since we managed to convince T1 that staying at Nana's over the weekend was way more fun (we threatened her with balls and chains literally) than hanging out at home, she's settled into a new weekend routine much to Uncle Ben and.......click to learn what next.

Narcissism is prerequisite for success

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I read that today. How interesting. It obviously has some truth in it as I have always wished I was more vain. If I were more vain, I'd be slim and looking great, not living my life as a dowdy Ah Sow, on.......click to learn what next.

Compact wallets

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Today, the Hubs made me go through this plastic bag of stuff that he'd compiled from one of our old drawers and the stuff had been sitting around for the last month. But today, TODAY!!! Finally, he said DO IT RIGHT NOW, so.......click to learn what next.

Learning Similes

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

What the hell are similes, you may ask, especially if you are not an English Teacher? Well, I had no clue. A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things with similar properties, for example, I am as busy as a.......click to learn what next.

Dell Laptop Malaysia

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I was shocked today when I learnt that we can now buy a Dell laptop for aslittle as RM1800! When I got mine a couple of years ago, it was about 6k! It wasn't even a large one as I felt a big.......click to learn what next.

Interpreting a 5 year old’s sketch

Posted on July 24, 2010July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Observe the above sketch by T1 and tell your story. Then read below to see how near or far you were *wink* According to T1, . . . . . . . . She is at a movie shoot! And the camera man.......click to learn what next.

HP Business Inkjet 1000

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

That's our faithful printer at home, after we gave away the last one. We hardly ever use it though except to print stuff for T1 sometimes whenever her school work demands for it. For example, at the beginning of this year, she came.......click to learn what next.

Math Mania

Posted on July 24, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Because I have so little time to spend with T1, she usually passes her time alone either playing, watching TV or doing her workbooks. I'm lucky in that I don't have to force this girl to do her workbooks as she actually enjoys.......click to learn what next.

Burung Kakak Tua

Posted on July 23, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

What is little T2 looking at so curiously? On a daily basis, T1 will entertain T2 as she needs a platform to perform. She needs an audience and who better to pick than her own little baby sister, who is always enchanted by.......click to learn what next.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Posted on July 22, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Now, how many people do you know would give up their day home from work just to take care of your kids instead of spend quality time with their own, just so you could have a break? I don't remember having a break.......click to learn what next.

New Year’s Eve with friends

Posted on July 22, 2010July 22, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Every year, we used to book ourselves into a hotel (with discounts, of course......sometimes free of charge *grins*) to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks. Then one year, fireworks was banned and we booked the hotel for nothing. Since then, we decided that.......click to learn what next.

Famous Soong Kee beef ball noodles at Lot 10

Posted on July 21, 2010July 17, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When I was a teenager, I used to frequent the famous Soong Kee beef ball noodles on Jalan Silang, near Kota Raya, as I used to take the public bus to school (and other places.....). I didn't have a driver all my life,.......click to learn what next.

Babies don’t need toys!

Posted on July 21, 2010July 20, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Really, they don''t.....

Flykidz at Solaris

Posted on July 20, 2010July 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

After a long time of begging, we finally allowed T1 to start the gym this year. But we've stopped everything else. I find this a suitable gym for this age group as they teach the kids some solid gymnastic skills (like handstands, cartwheels,.......click to learn what next.