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	<title>A Mother's Monologue</title>
	
	<link>http://mamapumpkin.com</link>
	<description>....Talk is cheap....take it with a pinch of salt!</description>
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		<title>Early morning rant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Our crazy life day to day...]]></category>

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Last night, I told my helper to deep fry half a packet of baby anchovies so that Tee could snack on them. She loves eating fried anchovies as they are salty and since she gets some form of calcium from them, I allow it. When I woke up this morning, there were two huge mountains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much intellect for an administration job?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/VLsiG2Igepg/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/03/09/how-much-intellect-for-an-administration-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;m in the mood, I was wondering if a house maid can ever have an administration job in an office? Seriously, assuming they had a tertiary education, can read and write pretty fluently, had some common sense, do you think they&#8217;d qualify for an admin jobs? Mine is pretty smart but I wonder. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 month old baby bronchitis</title>
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		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/03/08/7-month-old-baby-bronchitis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My new baby girl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 2nd time T2 has been ill being an exclusively breastfed baby. Tee started with formula and was exclusively breastfed for maybe 3 months and was way healthier than T2 ever was. Anyway&#8230;..T2 is much better now. We&#8217;re both still coughing lots with lots of phlegm but at least, we&#8217;re not dying ill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing lights</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/Nd7W0Qcsxk4/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/03/08/fixing-lights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The lights in our living room have a habit of going bust every now and then and when they do, Tee would become the broken record reminder to the Hubs that he needs to fix it as it involves her. Her desk sits in the middle of the living room, facing the TV(although the TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And we’re all sick!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/cAbDS2z-OSk/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/03/05/and-were-all-sick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Our crazy life day to day...]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spent RM180 at T2&#8217;s Doctor today for antibiotics yadayada. My baby has bronchitis and if I hadn&#8217;t seen him today, it could have very quickly turned into pneumonia. I, myself, went to see a Doctor this evening, another RM60 but wasn&#8217;t prescribed antibiotics because I am breastfeeding. The reason I saw the Doctor was because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stressed beyond recognition</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/cBmd0GT_gGo/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/03/02/stressed-beyond-recognition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My new baby girl]]></category>

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My little munchkin above is capable of stressing me out to the point that Tee no longer recognises her own mother. I have metamorphosised into a flaming dragon in heat who&#8217;s just lost her King, not to another female dragon but to a&#8230;.to a&#8230;..dirty pig! What does He want with a pig? She has no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the contrary…..</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Thoughts & Opinions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So after blabbing on about how I was going to make an effort to verbalise my answers to people the other day, I have now decided STUFF IT. Yes, like Elaine says, why bore you with the mundane details. That is how boring my life is. And since I am a woman (I didn&#8217;t see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop busy-ness from taking over your life</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/iyX0wguxzV8/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/27/stop-busy-ness-from-taking-over-your-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Thoughts & Opinions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is all too common these days to hear parents (and even singles who are caught up in the rat race amongst others) say that they are just too busy. Everyone is busy. Honestly, how many people do you know who aren&#8217;t very busy? For me, only my grandparents! Or those retiree uncles and aunts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling at short notice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mamapumpkin.com/?p=5577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We finally got all our passports done. Not without a lot of pain and me speaking to the head of immigration, mind you. Anyway, it is now done. The good thing about it is that apart from going on holiday together as a family, we never know when we would need to be on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Straight from the horses mouth</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/ICSBGUFVKJQ/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/25/straight-from-the-horses-mouth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[All about my precocious little girl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I don&#8217;t have parents who are stressed out all the time! (well, why do you think we&#8217;re stressed out all the time, little lady???)
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Mommy: Tee, don&#8217;t get married unless you want to have kids, OK? There is no reason to get married. Do you want to have kids one day?
Tee: *shakes her head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People who need to grow</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/59oxokO_mBI/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/people-who-need-to-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mamapumpkin.com/?p=5571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This world and especially in KL, has so many defected people who really need to be more exposed, gain more experience and learn about the ways of the world. I come across defected people on a daily basis and it saddens me. But as much as I try to help them, sometimes, people just don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily jog</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/N1JrREs0ZVU/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/daily-jog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Our crazy life day to day...]]></category>

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My in laws have this looooong driveway that calls out to me every morning at 6am to get my butt downstairs and move back and forth on it for a good 60 minutes. I carried my sneakers all the way to Kota Bharu and all the way back and only used it once. Why? T2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get rid of dark circles</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/zn5AL_kWzag/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/how-to-get-rid-of-dark-circles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mamapumpkin.com/?p=5565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, I&#8217;ve never, ever had a problem with dark circles until now. I not only have to get up to feed my baby in the wee hours of the morning but at least once a week, I am forced to get online to work till the wee hours in order to complete my assignments. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My little FBI</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/GXiQmSW59HQ/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/my-little-fbi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[All about my precocious little girl]]></category>

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Kong-Kong had bought Tee this cool outfit and she LOVES it. She was making up phrases for the alphabets FBI all day, like Fat Boy Icing, Funny Baby Igloo, Fun Bobo Island etc. When Kong-Kong finally told her what the real meaning of FBI was, she felt really important. What more, he told her that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stress causes acne</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/q5ruKO491DQ/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/stress-causes-acne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mamapumpkin.com/?p=5558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After all those Chinese New Year goodies and with the stress that I have been enduring these last weeks, my face is now resembling that of the moon. Yup, filled with craters. OK, I&#8217;ll try not to be so dramatic. But seriously, when was the last time I suffered from acne? I can&#8217;t even remember! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A trip to Pengkalan Kubur</title>
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		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/a-trip-to-pengkalan-kubur/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pengkalan Kubur is a town in Kelantan that borders with Thailand. It is a duty free town and my in-laws go there every week for the best coffee in Malaysia. Every visit to Kota Bharu for us will always be accompanied with a visit to Pengkalan Kubur for this very special coffee which you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applying sample creams</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/EMB8gyyG7Tw/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/applying-sample-creams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am usually one who is too lazy to apply moisturisers of any sort but in my recent trip to Kota Bharu, I knew it would be very, very hot and that I would be very dehydrated so I brought along some sample wrinkle lotion to apply whilst I was there. I couldn&#8217;t remember how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our first 3 hours in Kota Bharu</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/UY5jDdgT9vA/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/our-first-3-hours-in-kota-bharu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[All about my precocious little girl]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[My new baby girl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After waking up to catch a plane at 630am, we finally arrived in Kota Bharu for Chinese New Year at my in-laws and guess what the girls got up to for the next 3 hours?

Tee was sent to do some colouring whilst T2 ate her lunch&#8230;..

Then, my SIL taught Tee the Chinese Zodiac and Tee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cellulite is genetic</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/L9H65ujdtGU/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/cellulite-is-genetic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[And everything else]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mamapumpkin.com/?p=5533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cellulite is genetic but a lot of it also depends on ones diet. I&#8217;ve had this dreaded orange peel butt ever since I was 13 and despite being very slim then, I still had a dimpled bum and I used to hate it! Every time I sat down, I would use my hand to cover [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The hardest thing about being a Stay-At-Home-Mom</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AMothersMonologue/~3/r0M1uxwrbXI/</link>
		<comments>http://mamapumpkin.com/2010/02/18/the-hardest-thing-about-being-a-stay-at-home-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigpumpkin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Thoughts & Opinions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Must be the isolation and loneliness that it entails. Unless you are one who is frequently having guests over, talking to children on a daily basis tends to get monotonous and boring. Sure, there are good days and there are great days. But after doing it for 5 years and possibly another 5 to go, [...]]]></description>
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