A Mother's Monologue

My definition of a productive day

Posted on November 23, 2008November 23, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

I woke up at 845am on a Sunday morning. What?? Yes, it's really me. Mamapumpkin on a Sunday morning. A changed person who no longer lies in till 11am. Get ready for the new me. I managed to flip through 2 whole girly.......click to learn what next.

Congratulations Al-Joharah!

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

It's nice to see more and more women up there in the world. Condoleezza Rice is really something, but for Al-Joharah, who is Muslim from a Muslim country gets up, even if it isn't as high up, it shows the world is changing........click to learn what next.

In Malaysia, anything is possible….

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Remember me telling you earlier about how people are only friends with you for a reason? Well this has happened to us before in my family, and even to me personally. Even Razak Baginda says that he used to get hundreds of Hari.......click to learn what next.

Getting sick from the rain

Posted on November 20, 2008November 21, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

I chose to tempt fate yesterday. I don't know why I do what I do sometimes. It is a known fact tried and tested many a time, that whenever I get caught in the rain, even if it is the slightest drizzle, I.......click to learn what next.

What Agama teachers say to their students

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Recently, my 14 year old cousin told me of just 2 incidents where her Agama teacher (Religious teacher: she is Muslim, you see, so forced to take Agama classes in school) said things to her that were just totally absurd. I shan't mention.......click to learn what next.

Asking for favours

Posted on November 19, 2008November 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Where do you draw the line in asking someone for a favour? I am generally ok with people asking me DIRECTLY to babysit, do some free work for them, water their plants whilst they are on holiday, run an errand for them or.......click to learn what next.

Post gone MIA

Posted on November 19, 2008November 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

For the longest time, I hadn't been lucky enough to get some BGTV offers and suddenly, I got some yesterday. Thank you, God!! So today, I was busy making online sandwiches but funnily, the last filling lost it's top layer of sandwich which.......click to learn what next.

No more birthday parties from here on

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, we decided last night, the Hubs and I. What would really make him happy, and me too really, is that we no longer attend the many birthday parties that we have taken Tee to in the past. She will just have to.......click to learn what next.

Helping family out

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Someone has asked me to give their children some PMR history tuition and initially, I thought ok why not. They have no other option and I thought I could help a little. But after thinking more about it, I was asking myself, just.......click to learn what next.

Tee’s boring playdate

Posted on November 19, 2008November 19, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

A friend of mine needed some babysitting today so I welcomed her girl to come over to play with Tee.Tee was initially very excited asking every five minutes if she was on the way but things very soon changed when she arrived. For.......click to learn what next.

I called for a family meeting

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Yes, I did, and guess what? Almost everyone was on defense mode. Who's calling this meeting? Who's part of the family? Why are we having a meeting? What have I done wrong? I'd realised exactly then, that I should have reworded it and.......click to learn what next.

The importance of family

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

This week, I have been thinking seriously about the family unit and what kind of family I want to build for Tee. As I come from a broken family and what the Hubs has isn't exactly my ideal either, I will develop my.......click to learn what next.

Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace 007

Posted on November 17, 2008November 17, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

I love Hollywood flicks as much as I love the deeper British productions because I love analysing creativity. Taking apart entire finished products and criticising them is what I was taught to do at University. Quantum of Solace The music at the beginning.......click to learn what next.

Toddler bedtime rituals

Posted on November 17, 2008November 17, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

Every night before we go to bed, we do something that Tee wants to do before we do a list of things that she doesn't want to do. Like brushing her teeth and washing up, like getting changed into her pyjamas, like going.......click to learn what next.

The Man Who Planted Trees

Posted on November 16, 2008November 16, 2008 by Mamapumpkin

We went to watch the above at the Actor's Studio and got to sit right up front on stage itself where we got completely frozen drenched! But the advantage was that we got to sniff first hand the scents of lavender and woody.......click to learn what next.