A Mother's Monologue

Christmas presents to bring to Kota Bharu

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Seeing that it is only six weeks to Christmas, (yes, only SIX weekends left to go shopping, people!!!) and since I will not be around during Christmas, I did some online shopping yesterday (you need to do this NOW to allow for delivery time) because I hate crowds.......click to learn what next.

Posting is a waste of my time

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

With limited broadband connection that keeps dropping off like a moody PMS-ing bitch, I keep losing my written posts every five minutes. UNSAVED. Is it even worth it? I should just shut down and go to bed right now.

Tickets are booked for Kota Bharu

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

My friends tell me I am a brave mother. I must be. I am about to spend eight days with Tee at my in-laws not only without the Hubs but without an internet connection. Unless the Hubs manages to fix me one when.......click to learn what next.

Getting more loans to pay for my dream home

Posted on November 14, 2007April 30, 2009 by Mamapumpkin

Uhuh! This is it. The house that I am dreaming to live in right now. I don't ask for much. I'm sorry you can't see good pictures of it because I only had my handphone camera that day. But *sigh* we first need to.......click to learn what next.

Getting reported for child abuse

Posted on November 14, 2007November 16, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

This evening, my little munchkin said  she wanted to go out kai-kai. It's becoming a real habit of hers not wanting to stay home. My only saving grace is that since she goes out so much now, she'll actually want to stay home.......click to learn what next.

Regional Managing Director flies Qantas

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My former boss who was the Managing Director of Asia Pacific based in Sydney used to travel around the region once or twice a year to check on us Country Managers. Yeah, we were THAT trusted. Shhh.....Okay, okay......he had how many?.......one, two, three,.......click to learn what next.

On TM Streamyx again!

Posted on November 14, 2007November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Yesterday at 3pm, a gentleman called Mahat rang my doorbell. He was a technician from TM and was over to check my connection problems. He was also the same guy who came over exactly a year ago when Tee was two plus to.......click to learn what next.

Where can Grandma stay?

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My eighty five year old grandmother told me the other day that she and a friend had gone to two old folk's home to visit to see where they could stay when they got older. I felt a tug at my heart strings.......click to learn what next.

I kicked buckets last night

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

And overturned tables...... And broke three cups..... And smashed my sanity! TM Streamyx was coming on and off intermitently and after writing a four hundred word post, it wasn't automatically saved because the line had dropped. What the fuck! So the next time.......click to learn what next.

Selecting a web hosting company

Posted on November 14, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

For those of you who don't already know, when you have your own domain i.e. if you host your blog by paying a host to host it for you with a dot com or dot net or dot anything name, rather than host.......click to learn what next.

I’ve survived TWO WHOLE DAYS without Streamyx

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Mamapumpkin

Streamyx is our national broadband service here in Malaysia. I pay RM88 per month for unlimited use, for a 1.0 Mb connection (which I think is the max they have). And for two days......TWO WHOLE DAYS........that's forty eight hours.......FORTY EIGHT HOURS.......without broadband. OK,.......click to learn what next.

Fear of car bonnet problems

Posted on November 13, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Thankfully in my 18 years of driving, I've never had to deal with being stuck on the road for a problem that needed my car bonnet to be opened. The worst I've had is a punctured tyre and I usually fixed it myself........click to learn what next.

I love Tim Tams

Posted on November 13, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I do, I do, I do!!!!!! Well, the ones from Australia.........not Indonesia. They are different. My brother's girlfriend just MSN'd me to ask me what I wanted from Australia as they are coming back home for holiday in two weeks and at first I.......click to learn what next.

Great toy recommendation

Posted on November 13, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Have any of you got First Octons? It's a great toy that Tee loves playing with and it stimulates her imagination to no end. We bring it in a little bag (as it can be compressed to fit into a space of 2x2x6.......click to learn what next.

Cosmetology School as a stepping stone

Posted on November 13, 2007January 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My mom went to a cosmetology school in London in the early 80s to qualify as a beautician. When she returned, she worked at Roc for awhile before venturing out on her own to do make-up for TV commercials. Instead, many of the.......click to learn what next.