A Mother's Monologue

Rampant crime in Bangsar

Posted on June 23, 2009June 23, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Just last week, I heard of these two real life incidents happening in the heart of Bangsar, somewhere we frequent. Incident one happened near Telawi, the auditor of a friend - broad daylight, Mr X was roaming the residential area in search of.......click to learn what next.

Win USD10 competition lacking response

Posted on June 23, 2009June 23, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Hear ye! To date there has only been two participants in my little contest. What's happened? Due to this, I have decided to make the competition more interesting to warrant a better win. I mean, what's the fun in winning if you only.......click to learn what next.

The early bird catches the worm

Posted on June 23, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Last Sunday, I woke up super early and allowed the Hubs a lie in. Within 45 minutes, I had prepared a full breakfast for Tee and chopped up the above vegetables for lunch. It was merely 830am. The vegetables went into a pot.......click to learn what next.

Organising books

Posted on June 22, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Over the holidays, another task Tee was made to do was to arrange her books. We arranged them into authors for the ones which we have a lot of (Julia Donaldson, Roger Hargreaves, Dr Seuss, Sandra Boynton, can't remember who else, oh....Simon James,.......click to learn what next.

Late pregnancy blahs……

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

I feel blah...... Totally blah...... I cannot sleep at night. No position is comfortable enough. I have to manipulate this whale body out of bed five times a night (taking a whole 15 minutes each time) just to go to the bathroom to.......click to learn what next.

Organising Hair Accessories

Posted on June 22, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

This is Part (I don't remember what) of the How we spent our school holidays series - LOL Whilst Daddy was busy moving furniture around and Mommy was busy in the kitchen, Tee was instructed to organise her hair accessories. She has countless.......click to learn what next.

For the love of fish porridge at Spring Garden KLCC

Posted on June 21, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Actually, Tee loves all kinds of porridge. In fact, she loves all things mushy as she is such a lazy ass who doesn't like chewing. You'd think she was a grandmother of ninety seriously! She just wants to get things over and done.......click to learn what next.

The many faces of Tee

Posted on June 21, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

This is a competition which ends at the end of June 2009. Write captions for each of the pictures below and win USD10 (into PayPal) for the best group of captions. You can enter as many times as you wish. Be creative, be.......click to learn what next.

Institut Villa Pierrefeu Swiss Finishing School

Posted on June 20, 2009June 16, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

That is exactly where I need to enroll Tee in when she comes of age. My mother always, always said that I needed to go to finishing school in Switzerland and I told her it was pointless, a waste of money. But now.......click to learn what next.

How we spent the school holidays – Part 4

Posted on June 20, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Well, we swam a lot! Swimming is Tee's all time favourite past time. She claims she can swim like a fish, a dolphin, a whale, a shark......her Mom was a professional swimmer. In reality, she can swim. If her toes can reach the.......click to learn what next.

Nasi Lemak Jaipur

Posted on June 19, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs was sent to Taman Tun last Saturday in search of nasi lemak Jaipur at 8am and he did not disappoint as I waited anxiously at home with Tee, waiting to fill my hungry tums. In the meantime waiting, I scrambled up.......click to learn what next.

Helping my masseuse earn a living

Posted on June 19, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

To support her bedridden eight over year old mother who has suffered from a stroke. I've forgotten to mention that my masseuse also has the G5 machine to zap fat cells and she also does manual kneading for breaking up fat cells. I.......click to learn what next.

How we spent the school holidays – Part 3

Posted on June 18, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

With the impending arrival of Number Two, we needed to rearrange Tee's bedroom to accommodate more err....stuff? We gave away Tee's old wardrobe and traipsed down to Ikea for a new wardrobe that would fit both children's clothes. And we all know how.......click to learn what next.

Little Girls needing to pee frequently

Posted on June 18, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

In the last few days, I've noticed that Tee goes to the toilet a helluva lot despite the fact that she doesn't drink very much. This worries me because my immediate concern is that she has a urinary tract infection. But she claims.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s Favourite Songs

Posted on June 17, 2009June 15, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Currently that is...... Recently, Tee has been trying to memorise the lyrics for some of her absolute favourite songs by Sandra Boynton. She has been reading Sandra Boynton books ever since she was a baby (or rather, I read them to her) and.......click to learn what next.