Mimi a.k.a. 'Sleepless In KL'
‘Sleepless In KL‘ is a nick I thought up way back when I just gave birth to my twin boys and was obsessed with finding ways and means of getting more sleep. It was partly inspired by the movie title ‘Sleepless In Seattle’. Blogger by heart, photographer by ambition, linguist by aspiration, accidental traveler on occasion, I’m a career woman by day and a mother 24/7. I was born and raised in the Philippines but moved to Malaysia in 1993 where I am now a permanent resident.
DH is my long-suffering dear husband who has put up with all my mood swings and temperamental outbursts. He is my intellectual sparring partner, my personal Malay language instructor, and the loving father of my five children. He racks up more air miles than I do every year. I’ve always thought we’d make a great team for The Amazing Race or The Amazing Race Asia ;)
MyEldest is, as the name suggests, my eldest. He just turned 12 and is now the proud bearer of his own Malaysian IC (identity card) but in my heart, he will always be my baby boy.
OnlyGirl is my princess, the only rose among four thorns. At 11, she towers over her older brother, shows an aptitude for languages, and entertains me by speaking in very convincing British accent. She had a wee bit too much of Harry Potter movies, I dare say.
RoundBoy was round for most of his life, making his grand entrance into this world at a whopping 4.01 kg (9 lbs). He was my baby for five long years before the twins came along and is the epitome of the Malay word manja (Tagalog: malambing, Spanish: cariñoso, closest English word: affectionate).
Twin1 is the older of my identical twin boys. He gets away with most everything with his sweet little smile.
Twin2 is the younger twin, looking terribly alike his brother save for a little mole on his right cheek. He is one cheeky chap, always one to sing at the top of his lungs.
Lola is my mother and grandmother to my children. ‘Lola’ is the Filipino term for grandmother. Everyone calls her Lola. And by everyone, I mean everyone, including friends and neighbours!
Hi Mimi!!!
My name is Chelo :) I came across your blog because I was looking for “Paa, Tuhod, Balikat, Ulo” instrumental music. I will be posting the rhyme next week. Anyway, I wanted to drop you a line and say “Oi, Kamusta!”.
Hi Chelo, thanks for dropping by. Sorry I don’t have the instrumental music to “Paa, Tuhod…”. Ironically, my twins, now 5, had problems recalling some of the lyrics of the Tagalog version and I had to give them a refresher course!
Hello, I came across your site because I was looking for swimming lessons. Just called Puan Zalina to sign up for her classes. Read some of your other posts too and I think they’re brilliant. Will be coming back to check often! =)
Hi Lisa. Glad to know this post was of help to you. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I *love* hearing from ppl who stumble upon my little corner here :)
hi mimi, accidentally across your blog while looking for pasta receipies.
its so nice to read some of your post ~
Hi Alia, hope you can drop by regularly :) Thanks for commenting!
Hi Mimi, like the others I too stumbled upon your blog looking for something … ideas for kids safety. For an instant I thought one of my friend named Mimi as well had started a blog and then your beautiful head pic of Lake Tekapo attract my fancy since I just came back from NZ. Just read your bio and love your interesting style. Btw, I’d love to have the same cake from Leapula too … at first glance I actually thought it was the real thing :)
Hi Wenny! Glad you found me somehow. Hope to ‘see’ you around more often. Re: cake, too bad fondant tastes horrible heh :P
Hi Mimi! I chanced upon your blog looking for stuff about Cold Storage, which led me to your Vanilla Bean story. I’m also a Filipina here in Malaysia (PJ) — a traveller at heart who goes where the wind takes her. :) Great blog you have here! Makes me proud as a Pinoy. Maybe you could also write about our country’s “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” tourism campaign which was just recently launched by the DOT. I honestly believe that Filipinos in foreign lands can do so much in telling the world what a great place the Philippines is. :)