A Mother's Monologue

Family

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Tee's birthday party happens this weekend. Just a small family and close friends only do. We reserved our guest bedroom for my in-laws who said they were coming earlier. Today I called them and MIL said FIL had a painful ankle and needed to.......click to learn what next.

Back Soon

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Uni mates of mine from London have been here visiting.....they LOVE it here because everything is so cheap and it's summer all year round!

National Day in Malaysia

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Today is Merdeka (which is Malaysia’s National Day) and I am disappointed to state that my mood is not very nationalistic right now. Just yesterday, the Hubs was swimming with Tee at our local club, THE local club, the club where educated people.......click to learn what next.

Frustrated

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Tehh.....Ehh....Hehh.....   The.....   Wehhh.....Ehhh.....Yehh....     Way....      Wehh....Ehh.....    Wehhh  Gehhh......Ohh...... Gohh......  The Way Weh...... Fuck this, I'll just be a stripper.

Love Thursday

Posted on August 31, 2006June 1, 2012 by Mamapumpkin

T1 placing flowers for my mother to find when she wakes up. My mother is ill and easilly tired. She is also T1's most favourite person in the whole wide world because she gets her way with her Nana ALL THE TIME. I represent the.......click to learn what next.

“Pitt-Pitt” shoes (No, not Brad Pitt)

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

I’m sure you know them, pitt-pitt shoes, more aptly known as squeaky shoes. Those ones that go “pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt-pitt………pitt-pitt-pitt….pitt-pitt”. Tee outgrew her first pair very quickly. At the time, I hadn’t even realised what I’d purchased as she’d tried them on at a very.......click to learn what next.

As I bid my 2 year old farewell….

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Tee, of late has been choosing others’ company to mine. While that finally means HURRAY for me (more reading time, more writing time, more anything ME time!), I can’t help but feel responsible that……maybe I am not entertaining her enough. Maybe I’m not.......click to learn what next.

My Daughter Thinks I’m a Magician

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Do your kids think that too? Whenever Tee wants to watch a TV programme of HER choice, like Barney or Noddy or Baby Einstein or High 5 or The Wiggles or Teletubbies or Thomas.......she will ask me for it. All well and good.......click to learn what next.

My contribution to Niagara Falls

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

Visualise this: I sit in an empty bath tub facing the taps. I put Tee in front of me and turn the taps on. And because she fights with me for the shower head, I pull it behind me and leave it there as the.......click to learn what next.

How to make an American Paper Bag

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

  One thing I wasn’t used to when living in the US was the American grocery paper bag. Coming straight from London where all my groceries were walked home in white plastic carry bags, the paper bag seemed flimsy, difficult to carry and.......click to learn what next.

Love has no bounds

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

  The two loves of my life.....

Bathroom Time

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

15 minutes tops for me – I don’t do morning showers. I used to pre-baby but no more. In fact in 15 minutes, 10 is spent brushing my teeth really well cuz I love food too much to risk losing any teeth. If.......click to learn what next.

Our Potty Dance

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

So we developed a potty dance today. Together, my daughter and I. It goes like this.... Just before T gets off her potty, I go "ARE..................we REDDAY????" (me swinging my right arm in a circle up high as though I'm twirling a lasso) "GIMME A.......click to learn what next.

I Confess

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

that the real reason you don't see any pics or links here is because I havent figured out how to post them........

Books that I connected with

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Mamapumpkin

My earliest memory of reading was 4 years old. I was at kindergarten when Christopher (a boy shorter than I) read me a book in attempt to impress entertain show off. But because I could actually READ, I wondered what the hell he.......click to learn what next.