the melodramatic mouse is now mellomom
I really enjoyed reading this book and was thoroughly inspired by it. It was an enlightenment to finally be out of the dark, clouded by many misconceptions and stereotypes of natural birth as seen on tv. Here are some of my favourite quotes and awareness excerpted from the book, with links for further reading and [...]
I came across the term Hypnobirthing when I was 5 months pregnant with Nate. Unfortunately I stopped there and did not explore further. If this is your first pregnancy, I hope you will find out more and not just rely on your Obgyn like I did. With the word Hypno being short for hypnosis, you [...]
My Verdict: This is what I’ve been missing sleep over the past week. It didn’t really start off with a full star verdict, but as I continued with the episodes to seasons, I got addicted. Secret Diary of a Call Girl — definitely a mouth full title — is a British tv drama started back [...]
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2 Jun 2011I stumbled upon Signing Time! last year around this time when I was researching about baby sign language. It is a tv program from the United States that teaches American Sign Language (ASL) to children between 1-8yo. I was immediately attracted to the program’s opening jingle and was very soon singing along with it. Won’t [...]
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22 Apr 2011Good Friday Mommy, why did we do that?
Did the book title jump out at you? Surely the scarlet letter Murder did. With today being Good Friday, there’s no better timing than today to understand what today is all about — a day of injustice that was premeditated and willed the Passion of Christ, 2000 years ago. Today is that Day We shouted [...]
My Sister got this for me last Christmas. If you asked me then, I would tell you that it is just another book. But ask me now and I would say that it is “the” must read prequel. What changed my mind? I was never a fan of Sex and The City. Simply because before [...]
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9 Mar 2011Leaping with the Frogs Mommy, look! It can read and sings, and says my name
Amazing Little Book Explorer Comes with Tag Junior Reader, USB Cable, Parent Guide and a book sampler “If I Were…” My Verdict: We bought this cool thingamajig last November during the year end Baby, Children & Parent Expo at Mid Valley. Although it says for age 2-4yo on the box, we were quite smitten by [...]
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27 Jan 2011My Verdict: If you haven’t watched this movie (2009), then you simply Must! I believe that even if you are a stone, you Will be moved to tears by the beauty of God’s creations between Man and his Best Friend. And this is based on a true story *sniff* You might want to know: Hachiko [...]
mel⋅o⋅dra⋅mat⋅ic
[mel-uh-druh-mat-ik]
–adjective
1. of, like, or befitting melodrama.
2. exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic.
–noun
3. melodramatics, melodramatic writing or behavior.
mouse
[n. mous; v. mouz]
–noun
1. any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
2. a quiet, timid person.
3. Slang. a girl or woman.