A Mother's Monologue

Never getting a break

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I'm feeling blah today. It seems that I am not allowed a break. I work so hard. So damn hard. In every area of my life. Yet I'm often unappreciated and un-cared for because everyone assumes I lead this cushy life filled with.......click to learn what next.

Mamapumpkin Hospitalised

Posted on January 27, 2013January 27, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

This new year, 2013, on the very week that the girls started school (T2 for the first time in her life), I had to be checked into a hospital for some tests. It was rather bad timing as I was sure that T2.......click to learn what next.

Happy Thursday

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

We had such a lovely day today. A beautiful home made lunch prepared by a dearest friend filled with love and nutrition, we felt so blessed! And this is after her having no sleep as her baby woke up every hour on the hour.......click to learn what next.

Mamapumpkin Family Schedule

Posted on January 22, 2013January 22, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Week 4 and 5 - January 2013 T1 - Swimming Gala Trials x 3 afternoons, Everyday Homework, Piano, Violin, Tae-Kwon-Do, Mandarin, Business Plan for MAD Project Myanmar, Project Disney x 2 days, Drum Circle, Collect G-Tech Toolbox and Build G-Tech Torch T2 - Learn.......click to learn what next.

Air Conditioning in Cars

Posted on January 22, 2013February 20, 2022 by Mamapumpkin

My two girls are Eskimos. Many a time, they complain that they are too hot and get impatient, especially the little one, who would moan and whine, "Mama,please hurry up! I'm hot!! Turn the Air Cond on!!" But since I' brought T1 to.......click to learn what next.

Children’s Bazaar in KL

Posted on January 21, 2013February 20, 2022 by Mamapumpkin

My friends and I are organising a Children's Bazaar soon where children get to design and run their own businesses for a day at a local mall and then all proceeds of their profits go to my Children of Myanmar. I think it's.......click to learn what next.

Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

Posted on January 21, 2013January 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The Schwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is the most beautiful sanctuary of peace in Yangon. It is so big that it is almost like a village in its own right. You could spend hours and hours there just doing nothing, wandering around inhaling the.......click to learn what next.

Food in Myanmar

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Food in Yangon was nothing like any crap Burmese food I've tasted in Malaysia. It is actually very, very delicious if you know where to go!!! I would say it's like Thai food but a milder version, almost a fusion between Thai and.......click to learn what next.

When can children cut their own nails?

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Hehehe.....child labour again. Honestly, I don't allow my kids to cut their own nails but this little minx here was caught red-handed with a baby nail clipper one day. When can kids start cutting their own nails anyway? I don't remember my parents.......click to learn what next.

Body Alignment

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

The kids and I visit a chiropractor regularly who also specialises in pediatric chiropractic treatment and I find it to be a wonderfully effective exercise. For starters, it cured T2's severe constipation once and for all (in just one consultation, but because I.......click to learn what next.

Home Violin Ensemble

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Somehow, these 2 monkeys love the violin. Here, they're having their own home violin ensemble. Except that T2 is playing with a toy violin. She's asked me to buy her a real violin and she wants to take violin lessons just like her.......click to learn what next.

Making their own juice

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

We're into juicing a lot these days having freshly squeezed or blended juice at least 3 times every week. On top of that, we have fruit for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Needless to say, our average juice bill is about RM200 per week........click to learn what next.

Child Labour

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

I like starting them young...... Here, T2 practises her hand at blind reflexology.

Entertaining kids in Yangon

Posted on January 19, 2013January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Entertaining kids in Yangon is easy. Kids really don't need much. In fact, it is because we spoil our kids here in KL with all sorts of stuff that they no longer know how to entertain themselves. If they don't have a gadget,.......click to learn what next.

Parking Lots in Yangon

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Another quirky observation in Yangon was the parking lots. They're all kerbed up to make sure you stay within your space. Ha. Ha. Ha.