A Mother's Monologue

A morning at Scarborough Beach, Perth

Posted on January 30, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Within walking distance to my cousin's place in Perth is the beach! And because it was still winter-sorta, the beach was deserted. It was cold!!! . On the way there.....the sun was shining, but it was cold!!! . I watched her play for an hour......*yawn* and didn't have.......click to learn what next.

Buying Durable School Bags in KL

Posted on January 30, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

This is T1's very expensive school bag. I cannot believe how expensive school bags are these days!!! She has TONS of books and there are not too many options of big school bags available. I wanted to just get her a cheap Ben10 bag but the Hubs insisted.......click to learn what next.

Making jelly shapes

Posted on January 29, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Can someone teach me how to make agar-agar? I am dying to make jelly that I can actually cut out into shapes. What about those yucky instant jellos? Can those be cut into shapes too? I hate those but T1 loves them. Yuck. So I'm going to convert.......click to learn what next.

Future hairdresser

Posted on January 29, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Best Hokkien Mee in KL

Posted on January 29, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Apart from Elaine's home-made of course.....is located in the back alleys of Jalan Alor. There is another along Jalan Ipoh. When my cousin came down from Australia, he wanted me to take him to this back alley Hokkien Mee place so I did. We weren't sure if they.......click to learn what next.

Cleaning vegetables

Posted on January 29, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

How do you clean your vegetables? I usually soak mine for at least 15 minutes in salt water. And then re-soak them again and again until I can see no more soil and sediments in the water after which I would rinse them. We don't have that changgeh.......click to learn what next.

Born to dance

Posted on January 28, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Apart from being academically competent, T1 is also talented in many areas. However, dancing is not one of them. By my standards anyway. She loves to dance though and we, of course, encourage her. She listens to the radio every night to go to bed. I have no.......click to learn what next.

T1’s future college

Posted on January 28, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

The Hubs has been advocating sending our girls to boarding school since they stress us out so much and since he was a boarding school product but T1 has been fighting her case saying she does NOT want to go to boarding school and she does NOT want.......click to learn what next.

Graduating from FlyKidz

Posted on January 28, 2011January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

She gets gymnastics at school now as a compulsory lesson. Let's see if she enjoys it as much!

Attending another musical

Posted on January 28, 2011January 20, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

My girl is really, REALLY lucky that she gets invited to many, many shows over the course of the year. When I was a child, going to a show was a treat I probably had once every two years! And here she is attending like 10 shows in.......click to learn what next.

Trying on earings

Posted on January 27, 2011January 20, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

During our last visit to Kota Bharu, my MIL presented me a box that kept all her jewelery (the costume ones) and asked me to choose what I wanted. Just as an aside, she offered it to my SIL first. I'm still lucky I got offered at all!.......click to learn what next.

Getting a loan quick and easy

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Some people think I'm rich and wealthy. I guess the question here is really what defines rich and wealthy? Does having a net worth of 1 million make you rich and wealthy? Or do you have to have cash of 1 million? Who knows.....My personal label for someone.......click to learn what next.

Disappointed with Google

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

I just found out today that my page rank has just dropped to 1 from 2. Why Mr Google, why? I work so hard to get where I am and you just push me over in a gush of wind? Just like that? It is cruel. What do.......click to learn what next.

Drugs detoxification

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

One of the biggest problems in the United States is teenage drugs and that is why my Mom refused to allow any of us kids to study there. We have the same problem here but because we are a smaller country, the figures don't seem so extensive. It.......click to learn what next.

Family Love

Posted on January 27, 2011January 20, 2011 by Mamapumpkin

Too good not to share.....