A Mother's Monologue

Cool Beauty Tools

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

The Japanese are the best when it comes to designing gadgets such as beauty or baby tools. Seriously! They have all these cool beauty tools to cut and neaten your nails, your eyebrows, shave unwanted hairs, tools for ears, eyelashes, man, you name.......click to learn what next.

Working from Home

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

The good thing about working from home is that I don't have to waste time sitting in traffic jams (believe me, if you work in KL, you waste a LOT of time sitting in traffic jams!!! 2-3 hours per day!!!!), I don't have.......click to learn what next.

How to wean your baby from the breast

Posted on August 22, 2011August 21, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

AHAHHHH!!!! You never thought I'd get there, did you??? T2 will not be breastfed till she's in Form 5, rest be assured. She's now well on her way to being fully weaned. It started like this. In March this year, I took a.......click to learn what next.

Archery anyone?

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

The other day when T1 was doing her English work, she got stuck and asked for help. She had to rearrange some sentences about archery supplies and couldn't figure out how. When I looked at it, I had to look twice because you.......click to learn what next.

Shopping Guilt

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I went shopping again. *gulp* Uhuh. *hides in shame* The Hubs will kill me. *gulp* It wasn't a Chanel bag!!! *feels better* I bought a pair of jeans because the 4 pairs of Guess jeans I have no longer fit. And the other.......click to learn what next.

Smokers can get insurance too!

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Have you invested in any insurance for yourself and your family?? Have you ever noticed that one of the main questions they ask include smoking? Do you smoke? Are you a smoker? And suddenly, if you are, your insurance premium rockets. That certainly.......click to learn what next.

Cooking at Chez Mama……

Posted on August 21, 2011July 22, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Having been on strike from the kitchen for a few months, I have now resigned to cooking proper meals again. Not that I haven't been cooking proper meals in the past, only that I've been so busy that I've whipped up quick meals.......click to learn what next.

Jewelery Haul

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Yesterday, I went to my Mom's place and nicked all my Mom's jewelery because I have started to HAVE A LIFE!!! OK, if going out twice a month can be considered that. When I was a Stay-At-Home-Mom with T1, I didn't go out.......click to learn what next.

Miss Universe 2011

Posted on August 21, 2011August 21, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Yo-Yo! You may or may not be interested in Miss Universe 2011 but this year, for the first time ever, Malaysia has sent a former Miss Malaysia to represent us AGAIN!!! Yes!!! Deborah Henry was our Malaysian Miss Universe representative in 2007, now.......click to learn what next.

Moving heavy objects

Posted on August 21, 2011December 9, 2013 by Mamapumpkin

Every household should have a tool to achieve the above task with as little effort as possible. You either have a supermarket trolley, a flat trolley like one of those IKEA trolleys or a VERY STRONG MAN. Or, if you're as lucky as.......click to learn what next.

Amanah Saham Bumiputera for Eurasians

Posted on August 18, 2011November 24, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I found out yesterday that I am a Eurasian. Yes, really! My great-grandmother was Portuguese. And then I found out that as a Eurasian, I am entitled to invest in the ASB, which is the glorified savings account that offers MUCH better interest.......click to learn what next.

40 Day Prayer Mission

Posted on August 17, 2011August 16, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

3 weeks ago, I went karaoke-ing with a friend and from that evening, I came home with a book by Freeda Bowers that advocates that if you could just start by giving God forty days of your life to pray for others, it.......click to learn what next.

Exclusive Exora VIP Session in Melaka

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Last weekend, Proton had organised an exclusive event for some couples to test drive Malaysia’s first national MPV, the Proton Exora, in Ayer Keroh, Melaka. The event saw the coming together of 3 experts who shared their expertise on various subjects in line.......click to learn what next.

Customized Gifts

Posted on August 14, 2011August 14, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

In this part of the world, customizing gifts isn't so common due to lack of facilities but in the United States, named gifts are everywhere! Just imagine, your kids could have their names on all their personal belongings, especially in school when they're.......click to learn what next.

Mama’s partying again!

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

After 8 years of home confinement (read: Stay-At-Home-Mom), I cannot tell you how liberated I feel now that I have work. It's great to have a sense of purpose (despite the fact that the Hubs kept reminding me that my sense of purpose.......click to learn what next.