A Mother's Monologue

An adventure at the hospital

Posted on June 14, 2010June 15, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

On one of the days during our recent stay at the hospital, I told the Hubs that I really needed to get out as being confined within four walls is a killer. I decided to go out to buy some lunch as there.......click to learn what next.

TTDI Park AGAIN!

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

One of T1's favourite places of all time is the TTDI Park and just last week before her accident, I took her alone WITHOUT T2, for a picnic. For some reason, every single time we go to TTDI Park, she associates it with.......click to learn what next.

Invited to dine at Canton Fare

Posted on June 12, 2010June 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

We were invited to dine at this famous or growingly famous non-halal Chinese restaurant in Solaris who now have a few branches and branching out in other cities too, mind you. I must say, we had a very satisfying meal. When they first.......click to learn what next.

T1’s first gold medal

Posted on June 11, 2010June 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, T1 came home really super duper excited because her school had awarded her a medal. Her first medal. A GOLD medal at that. She was SO EXCITED that she brought it out to show me in the car and then put it.......click to learn what next.

Hospital cots

Posted on June 10, 2010June 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When I first dumped T2 into the hospital cot, she was like, Weheyyyy!!!! New toy!!! What fun!!! She spent the next 15 minutes grabbing at the steel bars, plucking the PVC cot guards, rubbing the sheets, throwing the blanket around.....I couldn't believe she.......click to learn what next.

An exciting hobby

Posted on June 9, 2010June 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Do you have a hobby? I've had so many hobbies in my lifetime that I can't say for sure which is my true hobby any more or perhaps I am so diverse that everything is my hobby! I remember back in the good.......click to learn what next.

Selling embellished clothes

Posted on June 9, 2010June 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, that will be my new project for the year. Nevermind that I am so busy with the baby without any help and all that. I am so inspired by all these Moms out there that I want to do something too! So.......click to learn what next.

A very special gift

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I always crack my head when thinking of what to give people as gifts as I never want to buy just anything. I always want some meaning in a gift and I always try my very best to match a gift to the.......click to learn what next.

Caring for a sick baby

Posted on June 9, 2010June 9, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

......is not fun at all. She wants me all the time. She cries and cries and cries and there isn't much of any cry sound left but she still tries to cry..... But what can I do? I have to feed her sister........click to learn what next.

Hospital Stories

Posted on June 7, 2010June 7, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Ahem. Now that I'm a regular here, I have made some 'friends' out of Doctors and Nurses, out of admitted boredom and a genuine interest in their lives after witnessing a distressed patient case at the Accident and Emergency ward the day T1.......click to learn what next.

Still in hospital…..BAH…..

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, we’re still stuck here. T2 is still wheezing like an old Renault so the Doctor will not discharge her. Did I tell you how uncomfortable hospital beds are? It’s like sleeping on quick sand! And T2 is so sick that she wants.......click to learn what next.

Fun to wear clothes

Posted on June 6, 2010June 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I received a birthday pressie this year from this very hardworking Mommy who started out blogging the same time I did back in the day that comprised 3 items of clothing from her latest, coolest online clothes shop. The first, a white and.......click to learn what next.

Back in hospital again….

Posted on June 6, 2010June 6, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

The good thing about being in hospital is that the patient more often than not is drugged out and sleeps, and then the Mommy can actually access her laptop because there is really nothing else to do in a hospital room apart from.......click to learn what next.

There is light at the end of the tunnel

Posted on June 5, 2010June 4, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

I know that most of you must be in suspense by now out of genuine concern for T1. Thank you for all your calls, smses, emails and offers for help. I always knew that there were some really amazing people out there. I.......click to learn what next.

Teaching T1 to have pen pals abroad

Posted on June 4, 2010June 5, 2010 by Mamapumpkin

When I was a little girl, I had loads of pen pals I would write to, whether through friends of friends or from that famous Big Blue Marble show. Remember that? I used to love that show! I remember having this Italian pen.......click to learn what next.