A Mother's Monologue

The year in history

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Mamapumpkin

Wow, people! How are you? I've been putting off this blog forever due to a very busy year last year. Heck, I think I was traveling for 6 months of the year as it certainly felt like it!!! We spent the beginning of the year in Niseko skiing,.......click to learn what next.

2017

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

2017 was officially the worst year of her life. She thought so because she had to undergo undue stress of unfair play and dirty business and then wasted money to hire a lawyer which she did not end up using in the end. She should have bought her.......click to learn what next.

Illegal driving….

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

She was merely 14 but her friend said, "Do you want to learn?" Which adventurous 14 year old wouldn't have said YES!! John was a regular in the family and ever since her stepbrother flew in from Berkeley, he was tasked with Grandma's little plum coloured Daihatsu Charade.......click to learn what next.

3 Inspirational Women

Posted on October 9, 2017October 12, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

3 Inspirational Women who got it right - Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé. Every single day, I have a purpose and a task to invest in myself and in my own progress in life. I think about whom I can bring on a smile to. I've never.......click to learn what next.

Stop cheating yourself from a better life

Posted on October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

If life were a movie and you played the star role, who would you want to be? What would you change from now? What happens in the movie? In what you are doing now for work, for life, is it going to get you to the life of.......click to learn what next.

Looking Back……

Posted on August 31, 2017September 1, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Today is Merdeka. When my late Mom was around, Merdeka was a tradition for us. It started out with us always, ALWAYS spending the night in town at a hotel with a view of the fireworks, and even joining the crowd at night to celebrate just for the.......click to learn what next.

Day Two in Yangon – Trip 2

Posted on August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

A repost from 3 March 2013 : Bright and early the next day but thank God not at 3am, we headed out for our work immediately after a 7.30am breakfast. T1 was only too pleased to be pushed up her favourite Myanmar truck..... . Another full day ahead,.......click to learn what next.

The Formula for Success

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

The Formula for Success It's so simple yet not everyone gets it because there is always one part of the equation that gets left out either intentionally or mistakenly. I am grateful for having successful mentors around me since I was as young as a wee girl and.......click to learn what next.

Year 2 English Exam Laugh

Posted on July 8, 2017July 8, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

7 year old English exam Recently my little one returned with her English exam papers and whilst reviewing it, we had the biggest laugh. Why? See the question below: What makes Janice sneeze? Options were Pollen, Cars, and Window Sills She circled window sills..... She did not understand.......click to learn what next.

Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

We spent almost a week at the Mandarin Oriental recently over the Raya break because it has become a tradition to have a little holiday every Raya now that Mom is no longer here to Beraya with. We were actually planning to go to Bangkok to see my.......click to learn what next.

Wonder Woman 2017

Posted on June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Wonder Woman, Ive watched it twice and I can happily watch it a third time!!!!! The first time, I went with my cousins from Australia for a midnight movie and it was the bomb. The second time I went with my kids and it was a bigger bomb.......click to learn what next.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

I am blessed that I have learnt so much in my youth, lessons that were taught to me or discovered accidentally that can now in my adulthood be put to good use. I am so glad. And despite or perhaps because of my own Mother's unfortunate life of despair and.......click to learn what next.

Efficiency and Speed

Posted on June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Not many people have this skill which makes it easy for people who have it to win. In all my years of working, I have hardly come across anyone who gave me a WOW factor. A super tiny fraction, actually I wouldn't even call it a fraction since.......click to learn what next.

My Book Reading Challenge

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

Upon the inspiration of my dearest friend who reads a book a month, and this is a great habit because it inculcates reading in the kids too as monkey see monkey do, I put the challenge to myself too to read a book a month this year. When.......click to learn what next.

A funeral of my own design

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Mamapumpkin

I know. I know. It sounds bloody morbid but since I've been spending the last few days at my late uncle's wake, I've been thinking of my own death. Which may be sooner than you think. Nevertheless, since my Dad told me he had bought his Nirvana package.......click to learn what next.