29th Week - busssssy spring break!

this spring break seems so short! prob i am getting slower and i need to rest more. I count myself pretty lucky to have a week's break to rest. but i kept myself very busy with a project that i meant to start long time ago.

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Monday - after gx left for work, i warmed up 2 bottles of ginseng birdnest. Gosh! the BN my aunt o bot was sugarless! ginseng was very strong! i struggled with it but of cos i finished it! then started sitting infront of my laptop and looking thru the photo files and realise the photos taken before 2006 was not well-organised! many folders are missing, not stored in my external drive! took me awhile to get organised! i had planned to do a 10yr photoslide for gx and myself! i only scanned a few pics for wedding slideshow thus as scanning more old photos would take me alot of time, so i started with exisiting photos before 2005 and skipped wedding pics and started with bali trip! didnt managed to do much and i prep to meet Joyce at Novena Sq. we had Jap where we paid $5 for a set of teabreak. we chatted and she too is gog to travel to china and hk soon!

we parted as i needed to rush to attend my 2nd pre-natal class which was held opp TMC in a lecturing room where they train their nurses. but i was feeling so tight in my pants that i popped into mums and babies at united square and got a good offer and i love the colour, cutting and details on the pants. best of all they had a very good offer! 1 pc=20%, 2pc=30% and 3pcs=50%. managed to get 3 new pants and i was happy! then took the bus and got to class in time and gx was oredi there! lucky my sweet fren Joyce gave me an white choc easter egg and hot-cross buns from cedele. this hot-cross bun saved my life at my 2nd pre-natal class!

i was starving after learning all the exercise and being massaged by my hubby! so i ate the buns while the lecture went on. the thing i LOVED about the 1st 2 sessions of pre-natal class : MASSAGE! the hubby were tot to pamper and to take care of the wife's tired and aching body! i was fair too! i did massaged gx what was tot in class thou he say i got no strength and very rough... yah when he massaged me somehow the strokes and pressure very smooth but mines very uneven! the 2nd lesson we learnt breathing technics and gog thru the process of what happens during delivery... i was scared... really felt scared... wonder if i can take the pain as i actually wana opt for natural birth with no epidural. we both were starving when class ended! rushed home to eat mil's duck porridge and slept! was feeling exhausted during the lecture!

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Tuesday - stayed at home to rush the 10yrs project and ate non-stop thru the day! had fruits, yogurt, soyabean milk, chips thru the day! rest but didnt nap at all! was worried that i can't finish my project by sunday! had dinner on my own as gx had dinner with client.

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Wednesday 25th - met ann at tpy ctr to have lunch. we had kolo mee. then we head home as she wanted to find something to bake for her fren. then she left and i continued with my project. my baby endured sitting with me for hours. as photoshop took its time to open the files, i lay down in bed to rest. everything had to stop when gx got home.

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Thursday was a day i looked forward as its my 2nd pre-natal session. after my massage i waited for angie to catch up with her. she was dued and was gog to give birth within the next 3days. after the long chat, i head home with lunch and after eating, i napped. i didnt fall asleep during my massage. when i woke up, gx told me he was heading home and i got up to cook for the 1st time, spag carbonara! learnt this easy version from my fren V. i used pretty much alot of bacon! about 300g for 2 pax! then i addded smoked salmon for variety. have to improve on the taste as it was pretty bland cos i didnt add salt to taste as i tot the bacon would do the trick. would love it if i could have a white wine with it! the day pretty much ended with me massaging gx with a new decleor massage balm i got from angie's spa. i loved the lemony smell and i know gx is very tired. so i used it with the strokes we learnt from pre-natal class and following the decleor instruction manual.

Friday 27th - i felt exhausted prob knowing its oredi friday, unable to finish my project makes me feel so tired and dejected! my body felt so heavy after lunch that i napped for a very long time and i was awaken by the nurse's call! i was late for my gynae appt! so i prep and i was so slow! when i got to the clinic, i got a shock! it was QUIET! nobody??? gosh! there was just one more lady waiting to go in before me! gx didnt expect that the clinic was so empty that he didnt make it in time for the appt.

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baby's is healthy and is growing well. doctor was em..ing about my weight but i explained i was on a week's hols. but he say just control not too much but say i am doing fine. got doctor to check on my baby. i needed to confirm our little one is a gal! at the party, all the ladies say i am having a boy. even the masseur said i looked like i am having a boy. talked to my little darling to open up for doctors check up the nite before and she did a fantastic job. clearly the doctor got it once he put the scan on her! ITS A GAL! confirmed! told gx that our little gal is doing fine and growing well and he was grinning! we head to bj8 to have a niteout dinner and bot my HUGE bathing towel for my post-natal massage at home. we didnt walk about much and we head home. i continued doing the slide and gx saw me using photoshop. told him about it and he gave me a shoulder rub. he could see how tired i was and disappointed i will have nothing for him on Sunday.

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we had late nite movies in bed. we got a bucket of sweet popcorn from the cinema at bj8 and we watched The curious case of ben buttons. i was prob too tired to enjoy the movie, it was pretty uncomfortable for me to sit too long in any position! i eventually fell asleep before brad pitt was growing younger. asked gx about it the next morning and i was alittle glad i didnt watched the last part as i mit cry as its a sad ending.

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Saturday 28th - i continued to work on the photo montages while gx was at work. i pratically finished my week of fruit supplies and was little naughty as i "stole"a slice of watermelon to counter-attack the heat! the fruit of the week has to be this little small tiny kiwi berries! love these as they are so easy to eat compared to Kiwi and best part is that they are SWEET! gx came home in the late afternoons after a trial at tru-fitness at vivo. he came home with aching arms! he hasnt carried weights for a long time! while i prep to leave the house, he snacked on the berries too! he finished all the kiwi berries!

head home for early dinner. no point finding snacks outside as we will be fed till our tummy feels like bursting at mums every sat! glad we head home as my mum cooked curry using a new recipe and got M to make very nice soft mashed potato balls! dap, you would have loved the potato! had kuehs, fruits and i drank a huge bowl of chicken essence that was brewed for long hours over charcoal-fire! i was filled! sadly mum is not feeling well. her leg hurts. i had round 2, cos i dabao home more potato and curry chicken for my in-laws. i slept with a full tummy!

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at 12mn, gx came over while i was still fiddling with the montage. i only managed to start 2008! 2006 took me a long time bcos of the europe trip! 2007 with 3 trips! i am really glad he is with me. he takes good care of me and endures practically all my nonsence! we chatted about how our 10yrs are and i teared. i am a lucky gal. he is very sweet and nice to me!

BUSY! busy! BUSY!

i am seriously busy and i just wanna cry as i dun have enough time to finish up my project that i am on! YES! even thou i am at home this week! this spring break is going to be over so fast! every minute seems to just pass and i am still at a very slow rate at finishing up my project! i planned this long ago and i regretted not starting any earlier! thanks to my cousin B & W, they have at least help me solve some part of my project. no one else can help and i got limited time! ergh!!! and i am leaving in an hour for my 2nd pre-natal massage! ITS THURSDAY! so fast my spring break is ending! i am not kidding - time at work : CRAWLS! second by my cousin A who is working in the same school but at high school! school break : FLIES PAST! dun think i can finish but i am gog to try and i am disappointed but no choice as i need to rest more than ever with my growing baby belly!

busy SATurday and a nice meaningful SUNday!

since we didnt go out, i was awake by 7+am. left gx no peace to sleep late! i am quite pesky! somehow once i am awake, i can't sleep anymore! got up and made baby and myself a peanutbutter sandwich. then went back to bed to look thru books. slow morning! mil got breakfast from the market and i started to load pics which i haven done so thru the whole week! while i blog, gx played his games and at about 2pm, we left the house to pick bro and c up.

they brought us for lunch and also to check out the venue for their rom. won't reveal the place and i didnt take many pics except for what we had for lunch. didnt want to reveal as so not to spoil their plans. the place is quite nice. we had rice with a few dishes. the kangkong was sadly mostly stems... but i love the squid! love the sauce that it was grilled with. the tomyam seafood soup was thick and i love the meat platter which i ate the thai stuffed chicken wings and sausage. sadly i can't take lamb and i dun take beef. the nan was nice but wish it stayed warmed.

well, sadly they took turns to shut their eyes when i tried taking a couple shot for them. from the time we arrived there, we experience the hot then the wet and after exploring, discussions, suggestions and eating, we actually spent almost 3hours there! gx and i thinks the place has many little spots that can take great photos for the couple! by then our little one would be about 8mths old and would be attending her uncle's wedding! look forward to dress my little one for the event!

after we left we head to buy the rest of ingredients for making the new dessert i learnt and some snacks for my one spring week break at home! my uncle's maid was a great help cos she is a filippino, she knows this dessert. as i shred the jackfruit, she sliced the bananas up and ann came in time to help me out with the assembling of the turons. got my cousins to buy a tub of vanilla ice-cream to go with this sweet popiah! it went well and everyone loved it!

after i finished wrapping up the turons, went to the garden and saw the nice orangy sky. rainy day and its so unpredictable as it rain and it stops and it starts all over again. the party had a new dish. mum cooked Sam Leong's wasabi prawns. it was good! wish the prawns were served hot but quite impossible when she prepared 60 prawns!

mum cooked a platter of veg and mee goreng. love the mee goreng! i refused to drink the chicken essence mum brewed for me! i told her if i drank the chicken essence, i won't be able to eat anything! wasn't gog to miss out the yummy stuff laid on the table! aunt k bought the hajiong chicken (shrimp paste) from Ban Leong, Uncle J likes the food there. these were good!

the only dish that i didnt touch at all was crab... and since i can't eat crab, no point eating mantou... wonder if i can eat crab if i breastfeed? can't wait to sink my teeth into chillicrab, buttercrab, peppercrab, crab beehoon! ann was very sweet. she went to order this huge longevity bun from crystal jade. she carried the whole thing and took a train from town!

it was very pretty and best of all, in the big bun after uncle J cuts it up, there are many more tiny buns inside! mu cousin W who went to NY in Feb, got me a vodka from the airport. i didnt have the silver cased up absolut! apparently, this bottle is shaker. it opens differently from the gold vodka i have. u can turn the top part of the silver casing open and pull out the bottle and the top of the bottle has the shaker holes to drain the cocktail into the glasses. i am still missing my blackcurrant bottle... when will i get it? looking forward to add more to my collection! wonder when will i stop.

Sunday 22nd, woke up early again and got gx to roll out of bed and we had bk breakfast. did dome banking transfer, paid bills and we got breakfast for mil. then we had a lazy sunday. i went thru the magazines and did some cleared up. i still have lots in the room to clear! then just as i was gog to shower, i was stuck to the couch watching the movie Click. i always tot this was a comedy. till i sat thru and somehow i teared about 3times thru the movie. gx joined me half way thru the movies and we finished the show. went to prep to go out to pick mum up to do grocery shopping at hougang.

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when we were in the car, we chatted about the show. we both have been feeling alittle down. we both wished we could provide more for our family but after watching the show, we reflected and sometimes, what they need is prob time with us. i had a great time talking to mum, listening to her that sunday evening. then we caught another movie The Pacifier. from this movie, i learnt that children need to be listened to. i hope i will keep this with me when i become a mother... its always easier to tell others what to do and not to do. children need a listening ear and lots of moral support and communication should be 2-ways.... would i be a good mother? its never gog to be a easy task, prob the most difficult job on earth is to be a good parent. but i am looking forward to motherhood. i am lucky to have a supportive hubby and family.

7months = 28th weeks!

entering our 28th week and our baby is 7months old in my baby belly! after the scare last week, i was alittle more careful with eating carbo. gx was really strict on my no-carbo diet order from my gynae! Monday as usual back at school, feeling tired after school. head home and slept till 8+ and woke up to have dinner at home. then slept at about mn.
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Tuesday 17th March. after school head home, had a quick shower and waited for gx to come home. we went to AMK hub to have our first prenantal class! we were armed with notebooks, he had one and i brought the disney diary sis got for me from hk. he bot both videocam and camera. but the class went on from one topic to the next so fast that we didnt have time to take notes, we had to listen attentively and follow the instructions when the experience speaker guided us in the stretching exercises. she also tot the fathers how to massage the preggy mummies' hands and legs! she gave a good long talk and we learnt quite alot from the exteneded session. instead of ending at 9 we gained another half an hour! got home at almost 10pm and i quickly flip the books to see if i can find notes on the topics covered and i was glad i bot the book publised by the speaker and a doctor! without having the need to crack my brains to recall what i have learnt, i slept! been feeling very tired just like at the start of my pregnancy.
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Wednesday 18th, went to get present for my fren V's bdae party. i got her a dessert recipe book and i liked it too, so i got 2 books! went home and slept. i was very tired! exhausted from walking alot! got our baby a chinese storybook for our baby requested by gx. he read the book to our baby at nite and he praticed the massage he learnt from our 1st class. well, after much coaxing (cos he was tired too), gx did a great job and i love the simple massage!

Thursday 19th - a day that i ate too much! in school, i was eating small meals. but right after school, head over to V's place to celebrate her bdae and i ate so full!!! when we got there, the host was still in school waiting for her son to finish school. so L, I and myself got comfortable and i spent my time reading hollywood gossip magazine on her 3 seater. when they got home, i started munching on chips to survive my hunger. while the table is set with laska, sambal chilli eggs, chicken wings, satay and popiah, i popped my head into the busy kitchen and was glad that i did!

cos i got to learn a new dessert! B ever gave me a spring roll that is sweet and i loved it! B was helping V made these for dessert! i was asked to leave the kitchen as they were afraid to bump into me but i insisted on learning and helping out! so i learnt a new dessert Turons and have already planned to make these on Saturday for Uncle J's bdae! they were so yummy esp when its served warm, still hot!
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the ladies had a huge discussion about the sex of my baby. some thinks i am having a boy cos the shape of tummy if of a boy. according to them cos i have pigmentation under my arm, i am having a boy. if the line from my belly button to my tummy is straight, i should be having a boy... em... but i told them doctor says its a GIRL... then they wanted me try to carry D's baby gal. if she repels from me, i am having a gal and if she lets me carry her, i am having a boy... even before i could touch her... she twit her little lips and eyes got alit wet as D tried to pass her to me... so its a gal. at this moment, someone shouted its a GAY! in my heart that was a sharp pierce. i know its a joke but its not funny to my ears. it was rude. but i just brush it off by saying choi, choi, choi... after the full meal, i left early at 6pm as i gota to go home to meet dap.

i took a cab out to upper bukit timah road and stopped at Karu's the Indian Banana Leaf Restuarant to pack dinner for dap and me. she was coming over to my house to pass me gifts from HK! ate here before with the group of ladies for J's bdae and i love the food here. i bot Veg Briyani was a huge packet that came with Appalam. but i got 2 extra packets of appalam cos i love these indian crackers! the veg briyani came with soft cabbage and chilli coated longbeans. i ordered fried chicken as dap preferred that, i got Sotong which i love cos they were so soft and easy to chew, got a huge prawn that cos the most on the receipt $6.50, i love the chilli that coats the prawns. got a small fish cutlet and a vadai which we only took a bite each...

dinner was completed with Mango Lassi drink that my fren, Ir, swears its the best! it was really good! we both love it and i wished i ordered one more to share with dap! but glad i didnt do that cos half -way thru the dinner with dap, i left her to finish up most of the dishes! i was so FILLED! my tummy was so hard and i couldnt really feel baby! think i went over the quota for carbo and sugar in just 5 hours!

since Ir is a foodie and when she says its the best lassi, i stick to that so as not to get disappointed if i try others, when will get to drink that again! its so far away from where i stay! then my dear fren gave me my goodie bag from HK! she got this cute pinky blush brush from Macau! its gold pink and i bet there's sparkles! then she got luxurious chocolate from Agnes B! yes the 2 packets are chocolate and they are under agnes b delices.

the lighter coloured choc is Cheese Milk Chocolate bar, while the other is Rocky Road Dark Chocolate bar. can't bear to try it cos its so pretty! both bar of chocolate had the agnes b motifs on it. but as i am typing this now, i think i have to try it to give it my verdict. the dark choc is richly dark and rich in flavour. as its rocky road, there are bits of mashmellow and nuts but i find that the bits are too tiny to be able to taste or bite into but with just one pc will fill your needs for dark choc. as for the cheese, again the bits are too tiny but this gave the milk choc alittle salty taste and the crunch of the bits make this my prefered bar between the both. i like the milky taste and the bits!

she got me this lovely train bag. i see myself using this cute bag with my little baby! THANK YOU DAP! she is always so sweet to get me little presents when she's away! esp when i can't travel and for dun know for how long! Dap, thank you for your gifts that brightens my day!

Friday 20th, its the last day of school before the spring breaks starts. i treat the kidos in my class popcorn as a reward. after school ended, head to Seng Xiong, with ann to get the bananas for the dessert. we didnt know which to buy and we bot 2 types to try. then i lugged the bags home and rested on the sofa. forced myself to sleep as i planned to go out with gx. we wanted to do a late niteout, cos since my hols started, i can afford to stay up and he wasnt working the next day. i have been in bed early everyday!

but when he was back from work after resting, we started preparing to go out and we argued cos i won't give in after he reprimanded me. so the niteout was cancelled. i was hungry as i kept my stomach for the niteout! threw a tantrum at mn as i was HUNGRY and he went to buy me Mcdonalds. had nuggets and he gave in and let me have some fries... a few scoops of the sundae. then we settled in bed to watch Curious case of benjamin but the dvd his collegue lent him... failed to work! so i read a book while he played games.

27th weekend

on Sat, i really couldnt stand the heat and the mess on the back of my head, i wanted a short crop to tidy up my looks. nothing changed for the front, just alittle more layered but for the back, it was much shorter! after the haircut at Gap at serangoon gardens, i ate laksa before shopping at the tiny cold storage. rushed to mum's place when i saw the dark grey clouds! got to mum's in time before it poured and i got a bowl of dousuan made by mum to warm me up on a rainy day. gave mum the funny jap orange and she exclaimed sure expensive and only i will buy such weird things! sadly, the orange didnt live up to its sweetness but it was full of juice.

got to talk to uncle K to see how is aunt M and the twins. aunt M got me a bag of baby stuff from shanghai. 2 cute little blanky, a rattle booties and 2 pairs of girly socks! lucky baby! then when we got home, my sil came back from HK and bot baby a set of minnie pink clothe hat, mittens and booties!

sunday afternoon, gx and i head to cityhall by train. after gx checked the live traffic report on net, he gave up the idea of driving down. the roads were oredi jammed up as its last day for IT fair at suntec. he was there to use my spa voucher given by Mr P. i wanted Gx to have it as he has been working very hard and after 2 consecutive soccer games on fri and sat, he took a sport massage. while he is relaxing, i ate by myself at DTF, signed the bill to his card. then i got a few more discounted items at robinson for baby.

gx had a very muscle-relaxing massage while i got impatience as his massage went on for so long. he enjoyed the massage and got to shower before leaving to meet me. we head into MPH to look for a chinese naming book and i got myself another new recipe book! we went home, watched CH5 movies and ended our 27th week of our baby journey. now we are into the 28th weeks!