A Mother's Monologue

Medical Updates Soon….

Posted on March 8, 2015March 5, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

So. The time has come. Time has really passed by so quickly. Suddenly I am due for my heart checks again. Fuck. The good news is that after taking Izumio and Super Lutein, I no longer get my attacks. The bad news is that I am still scared........click to learn what next.

The Lanna Wedding

Posted on March 7, 2015March 5, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

To think I almost didn't make this wedding because the Hubs was dead set against going to Chiangmai in my slipped disc condition. Praise the Lord indeed and everyone for all their help, including Izumio and Super Lutein for which without, I am sure I would not have.......click to learn what next.

Teaching your kids CAUTION

Posted on March 6, 2015March 5, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Teaching your kids CAUTION. Teaching your kids CAUTION. At which point do you teach this to your kids? Or do you wait and let them find out for themselves? My T1 was hurt already when she was 4 years old being the mature 4 year old that she.......click to learn what next.

Club Med Maldives, here I come!!!

Posted on February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Club Med Maldives, here I come!!!! I freaking did it!!!! In just 4 months, I managed to fulfill the requirements to win not one but TWO fully paid holidays to Club Med Maldives for a whole five days!!! I am so excited as I have never been there.......click to learn what next.

What the Government does not tell us about our food and drugs

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

If you have 1.5 hours to spare, actually, make that please force yourself to put 1.5 hours aside to watch this very important documentary about what we put into our bodies. If you care enough about your loved ones, make them watch it too. Stop being so pro.......click to learn what next.

Back Injury

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Hah! I could not walk yesterday and I was in excruciating pain. I have not had such painful pain ever where I would literally scream in pain. So embarrassing but a great realisation of how much we take our simple limbs for granted every day. We take our.......click to learn what next.

Contentment

Posted on February 18, 2015February 18, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Lying face up on a rickety bench with nails protruding within sight, I inhaled the sights around me. The very blue, blue sky peeping from the frame between the roof of the hut I was lying in and the edge of that rickety bench, the swaying coconut leaves.......click to learn what next.

The art of Giving Gifts

Posted on February 15, 2015February 15, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

The art of giving gifts: The Hubs and I are not big on celebrations. Whether I get him anything or not for any occasion and vice versa is irrelevant in our connected lives. Yet sometimes, we manage to surprise one another truly without expectation. I will never forget.......click to learn what next.

Why grains are bad for you

Posted on February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Why grains are bad for you: What are grains? Grains are the seeds of plants and anything made out of the small, hard, dry seeds, with or without attached hulls or fruit layers, harvested for human or animal consumption. Whole grains (the best of grains but not good either).......click to learn what next.

Is Rice Bad for You?

Posted on February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Is rice bad for you? Rice is the Malaysian staple, how can it possibly be bad for you? I've been eating rice all my life. I LOVE rice!!! The Asian population, the biggest in the world, depend on rice for their sustenance. China, India, South East Asia, we.......click to learn what next.

All of 5 years old already…….

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

T2, my baby is now 5. I still pinch myself that it was only just yesterday, my little terror who came out ever so quiet and docile then turned out to be the biggest terror of them all!!! We had a lovely day yesterday together painting old toiler.......click to learn what next.

Inspirational Stories from India

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Last night whilst out with my BFFs at our regular joint, Fatty who is my long time BFF since I was 15 years old, reminded me of my purpose and how far we have come together. We have really gone through so much, the two of us. Him,.......click to learn what next.

From KL to Paris with kids

Posted on February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

From KL to Paris with Kids was a plan we have had for awhile ever since our T1 said she wanted to climb up the Eiffel Tower. She's such a lucky, lucky girl. Ever since she was born, she has been blessed with so much love and so.......click to learn what next.

On Islam

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Mamapumpkin

Every afternoon when I wait for my girls to pick them up from school, there is the presence of this mosque peeping behind the trees as though it is calling out to me. Because my late Mother was a staunch Muslim, and because of my closeness to her,.......click to learn what next.

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