Updates....

Came to office for my 730am conf call this morn... decided to do so in office cos' got another one at 830am... to be frank, really love to come in early in the morning for work.. the surroundings are so peaceful and quiet and you can get much work done. Surprisingly i am not the earliest :)

Wanted to update some of the things i've done on Sunday....

As usual, Elken came by our place early in the morning abt 9++... he is really smart for a 2-yr old. Not sure whether it's the fact that he has 2 elder sisters or the fact that he is a product of infant-care and childcare since young. But his vocab is amazing and you literally can carry a normal conversation with him. Me so proud of him.... ;)

We went Macdonalds' for brkfst. Well, i am not hot for their food but i am at a stage where i perspire alot! Plus the hot weather, i cannot imagine eating in a stuffy coffeeshop... but boy, were they ex!!!! I really wonder how can 2 person's brkfst in Mac cost $14 in total!!! K, being auntie here but the std of living in singapore really buffled me sometime

After brkfst, as usual, Fabian brought Elken to Compass Pt vie the train. Elken loves it!! And y am i not surprise when elken came back with a small fire engine?!? Really, Fabian spoils tht boy. But i guess you cant resist him with his adorable expression and tactics. To quote an example. he accidentally hit Angelica ( my youngest niece) last nite and made her cry. In his own way, he tried to appease her by kissing her on the lips!!! You can imagine a struggling crying baby trying to get away from a kissing boy... hahhaaaa.....

While Fabian brought Elken out, i went home to pack my hospital bag. Yes, yes, i know, i have been dragging my foot around it. But i guess i am still in denial. Though i would love to see my baby but at the same time, i am really worried that i cant handle her. Told Fabian to take leave when i go home from hospital rather than immediately after my birth. I think i rather have him with me at home when i first brought the baby back.... worry, worry, worry.....he is definitely more confident than me :P

K, time for my call again......here's a cutie picture of elken!

Scheduled c-sec

Went to visit my gynae last sat.... confirmed breech position. head is facing inwards on the top of my uterus while the legs are now at the bottom. Guess it's fate.... but as long as bb is healthy, i guess, it's fine.

Was discussing with my gynae whether i will have all the labour symptoms (like contractions, "show" or water bag burst) before my scheduled date. Hahaa... to my surprise, yes i will have all those... (sau-ku mummy-to-b here). And in my case, it will be more urgent if i have all these labour signs....cos' my baby's head will not act as a "plug" like other normal virginal birth (since it is on the top) so it will be dangerous for me in case the umbilical cord falls out. Eeek!!!!! So i wont be like others who can still "tong" a few hours after the water bag burst before admitting themselves to hospital. In fact, i'll prob have to rush to the hospital immediately. Told my colleagues this morning. Told them i will print out BIG-BIG fabian's number and pasted it in front of me so that they can called him immediately... :P

This sat, i also went to visit my fren's place in serangoon garden. It's a beautiful landed property worth $2 mil...there's a small swimming pool within the place. The whole place is gorgeous with a resort-like feeling. Accordingly to my fren, they dont have to do much renovation. The previous owner has very good taste and they just re-paint the place and polished the floor. It's really a good buy. In case some are wondering, no, they dont come from rich families but they are ordinary folks like me who has made it BIG.... investment bankers really are paid well ;)

After the visit, went to play mahjong at another frens' place. As mentioned previously, i am prepared to do all the things that i prob wont get a chance to do for a long time after baby is born. So it's good to play one more time. Also went to catch a movie last fri. Fantastic 4... not too bad.... mm... wat else shld i do next....

Was thinking of wacking all the sinful food b4 my baby is born. How much weight can i gain in the remaining 2 weeks rite? Boy, was i wrong.... last visit to gynae show tt i can easily gained 2 kg in 2 weeks... Glurp!!! Too much liao.. i better slow down... hahhaaaa.....

Nesting Instinct

Having a conf call early this morn... decided to update my blog :)

I just realized that i have yet to announce that i have decided on the date on the c-sec. It's going to be...... 070707!!!! Well, hubby and i have such a hard time deciding. Cos' the stubbornness in me really want it to be 070707 while fabian is more concerned abt my well-being since my gynae will be away..... nevertheless, since mummy really really want it..... so.... but then i was teasing him to say that mayb our baby is very cheeky, she may decide to turn last minute... and all the big boo-ha abt choosing a date, it will be natural after all. I am having another checkup tomorrow. Will keep u guys posted!! haahahaa..... :)

Was reading something interesting the other day in a prep book. I never mentioned in my blog but last weekend, Fabian and i have a "trash out". Basically i nagged at him too much while he found me too controlling. After the trash out, we were fine and all. But then after that, i read that what i am experiencing is known as "Nesting instinct". When the baby is arriving, most mums-to-b tends to get a bit "kan-cheong" and control freak. You will have the urge that everything in the home must be neat and tidy and perfect for the bundle of joy approval. So you can imagine wat Fabian has been going through with my nagging on him to get all the things cleared and kept away...he simply cannot understand what is happening to me.. :P Anyway, i showed him the book and was truly happy that i actually can find a name to what i am feeling. So the prenatal books are useful after all.... haahahaaa....

K, rushing to work now.. will update soon.....

Busy Weekend...

This is really irritating... my blog setup become in chinese... gross!!! Very irritated. Been trying ways to change it but still back to square 1.... Eeek!!!!!

Anyway, this weekend been really busy.... thus no time to update the blog.

Sat's morn started with a brunch with my community center (CC) frens. We know each other when we are all mugging our O-levels in Ang Mo Kio Community Center's reading room. So , effectively, we have know each other for abt 16 yrs.... oops... has revealed our age. Hahaaa.... The gals met up and everyone is busy catching up one another. One is pregnant with her 2nd child. She's really my idol. She's a high-flyer in Deutche Bank, recently just bought a S$2 mil landed house with a swimming pool in the middle of the place. And still have time for her kids. Impressive, rite?? One unfortunately, just miscarried her second child last week. It was an unplanned pregnancy and foetus has no heartbeat. Another one jus happily announced to us that she has placed a deposit on a EC with her boyfren... now busy to find a date to be ROM .. so all of us are in similar and yet different stages of life. It's good to catch up. As i said in my previous blog, we are having more and more acquaintance and fewer and fewer frens....

That nite, i had dinner with my father-in-law at a pizza place at Killney's road. Not too bad.... and many frens has asked me to do something that i prob wont get a chance to do when baby is born. So, i asked my sister-in-law to sing karaoka with me!!! We went to K-box in Toa Payoh and had a great time with me, hubby and her. Sung to our hearts' content..... hahahaaaa

Sunday is another busy day. Elken came over in the morn and after which we went to Bel's place for pot-luck. For those who have been reading my blog, Bel is one of my good frens who is leaving to join hubby in Shanghai in early Jul. She wanted to see my baby b4 she leaves but if Athena decided not to be early, she prob will miss her since she and her kids will leave on 6 Jul. She has bought some new clothes for baby too... looks like my gal has alot, and i mean alot of clothes liao.... going to be a Ah-hiao jus like the mummy.. hahahaaaa

Evening is Ariel's (my niece) 4 yr old birthday!! We had a celebration at Kallang's McDonald's. But i guess it's more for the kids since they have games organised for them. Adults only get to order Happy Meals... hahahaaaa......

So as i said... it has been a long and busy weekend. And i prob will be packing my remaining 2 weekends with activities too.......

07-07-07 ????

Really headache.... since we decided to schedule for a c-sec, there are talks that we prob shld consult some fengshui master abt selecting a good date. However, when we called Uncle Toh, the fengshui master that we used before, we sort of got "scolded" by him. He felt that jus let the gynae decide and after baby is born, we can choose a good name for her instead based on DOB and time. But then, i went to an online fengshui website to check "astrological weight at birth" based on DOB and range of birth-time, you can sort of have an idea wat kind of fate ur life will be.....

So for 07/07/07, only 2 good timings between midnite and early morning. One is from 3am and the other is from 7am. Problem is my gynae is travelling tt weekend so not exactly sure whether he can make it for the 7am time slot. And definitely not able to make it for the rest of the day and nite timeslot..... :( And for 3am, is it too much to ask the gyane to do tt for you? He was quite nice when i called him to enquire. He mentioned that if i really, really wants tt timing, he can accommodate me but of cos' there will be several surcharges involve from his fees to the hospital fees too..... plus the fact that he wont be around to monitor my recovery after the operation.

So sort of decided if i cannot have 070707... i will choose a much earlier date of 020707..... so that he will be around for my full recovery.

But when i thot through the nite, i feel that i really, badly wants the 070707 date. Shld i jus go ahead and schedule the 3am surgery with surcharge or jus make do with 020707??? Fabian is really upset with me for being so wishy-washy but i really want leh..... how??? Called my gynae this morn to enquire abt the surcharge. Havent get back to me yet.... we shall see... :(

Btw, I am so happy with Fabian last nite. He finally made the baby's cabinet..... hurray, hurray :) I can get the maid to wash the baby's clothes and start up all my preparation work... happy, happy !!! :)

Big Head......

For those who are mothers... one look at this ultra-sound, you will know that my baby has (as expected by my gynae) not turn!!! On ur left is part of the head facing down with the back of the spine showing on the right.. Sigh.... wat to do, guess it's fate. Was joking with my gynae that i want to choose 07.07.07 to perform the c-sec. But as he will be travelling that weekend, he jovially teased me that he can perform the c-sec at 00:07.... hahhaaa...in the end, we told him that we will consult some fengshui master and chose a good date for the birth.. :) Nevertheless, my gynae will still monitor my baby's movement till my next visit in 2 weeks' time but he told me, 90% chance i will need c-sec. Oh yeah, something very funny or shld i be worried? Gynae commented that my baby's head is a bit BIG!!!! Oh dear, how, big head for a gal??? Fabian say, "like me"..... and he also commented that Big head = Big brain.... hahaahaaa...

Dun think it's true though... hopefully not too big lah.... worried not pretty leh....



Met my ex-colleagues from Chartered for dinner last nite. It's great catching up with them. Anyway, all of them enjoy my prenatal teacher's analogy abt breastfeeding... so i decided to share this in my blog..... Mrs Wong said, everyone (papa, mama and baby) have a role to play in breast-feeding. Baby plays the role of a worker. Cos' she needs to work for her milk.... then, fathers play the role of CEO... sounds great rite? Dun really have to do "real" work but just have to motivate mothers and workers to make sure everyone is happy.... and in case u havent guess it, mothers are middle-management!!! The one who do the real work, make sure workers are happy and the whole corporation operate smoothly..... Poor me... all the hard work and we are only middle-management... doing all the shit work while CEO get all the credit. What a bad deal!!! :( Oh yeah, these few days, my feet have been swollen like pigs' trotters...looks really funny. My tiny toes on the swollen feet. Got a picture for you ;)

Did i mention that my maid is here? She came yesterday. Fabian and i are quite apprehensive as we are not use to having a stranger at home. Also, everyone asked me to be strict with her. I even have difficulty asking her to do things liao.. how to be a strict disciplinarian? Anyway we also quite daring... we left her alone at home last nite while i went out to meet my frens for dinner while Fabian went his dad's place to resolve some PC issue.... but so far, she's pretty alright. Hopefully, she will stay like tt.....



But with the maid here, Fabian and i began to have some conflicts. And it's all abt clearing the storeroom downstairs for the maid. Was hoping tt Fabian will do so this weekend so that the maid will have her own room and she wont need to sleep in the living room.... but he complained that i demand his weekend time too much... and he dun have time to do his own things. This really pissed me off as he volunteered to clear the storeroom since a very long while ago. Yet havent get it done yet. Also, i need him to do up the ikea's cabinet which we bought for baby's clothes. As mentioned, i have many hand-me-downs from frens and family. But till now, we havent plan to wash these clothes yet cos' the cabinet is not ready. Even if baby's clothes are washed, we dun have a storage space for them. There are so many things to do b4 the baby comes (which can be as early as in 3 weeks' time since i am almost 35 weeks now) ... the cot's bedding and bedsheets still not wash too ... :( I also feel very emotional abt it cos' i feel that if he is so particular abt having his own weekend time now, would he complain when baby comes and again, his weekends will be burnt? Am i the only one expected to sacrifice my time? Anyway, i was so upset with him that i packed the storeroom all by myself with the help of the maid of cos' this afternoon. So angry with him. If i can do it, i will also dismantled the shelves and do up the cabinet!! Huh!! And not a word of thanks from him, except an irritated look tt things are not done in his way!! i hate it when he keep delaying the tasks and when other pp do it for him, he will complain it is not up to his std! @#$%^ So frustrating!! Errrr!!!! :(

Maids' Woes

For some of you, you may know that initially i chose an Indo maid. But not sure why but the paperwork by Indo government has been taking quite a while tho i book the maid 1.5 mths ago. Only this week, they start to process for her passport. :( got a bit worried, so called my agent to enquire as well as thinking of having alternative arrangements.

A bit panicking now cos' if the Indo maid only comes in 2-3 weeks' time, i may be on the verge of delivering and wont have time to train her. So luckily my agent have a Filo one readily available. Her prospective employer decided to take their own relative's one instead of training a new maid. I decided to give it a try and the agent brought her to my place last nite. Asked my mum to come over too... so tt she can give her nod of approval.

The maid is 27 yrs old but already got 4 kids liao. Quite small-sized and dark. Pleasant-looking and ok lah. Since my mum got no objection and fabian also ok, we decided to book her on the spot. Before i know it, she's coming tomorrow and her room is not ready yet!!! No choice lah, she need to pack her own room lor. We are giving her the room downstairs so tt Fabian and i still have our privacy at nite.

Never have a maid b4. So dun really know how to handle her or give instructions.... a bit stress leh. Sigh... wat to do, one of the essential thing to have when the new baby come. See how it goes tomorrow.....

Weekend activities...

It has been a busy weekend with BBQ with ex-colleagues and brought my mum to see a prospective maid on Sunday.

BBQ was great! Turns out that i am the only one still left in BOBJ. Everyone has left for greener pasture and it has been great to catch up with one another. Another gal just found out that she's pregnant so have a fun time sharing experiences and complaining. Hahaaha looks like there are alot of "piglets" this yr :) For the first time, we dont have much food left over except for crabs. Heard BBQ crabs are really good but cos' i am pregnant, so dun dare to take cos of old wives' tales....

Sunday morning we brought my mum to marketing and also take care of our godson, elken. My gosh, he is really cute and adorable. Fabian loves him and for his sake, he went to find the song of "Bob the builder" so that he can understand what his godson is singing abt. After which, we brought both elken, my mum and Ryan (my the other nephew) to the maid agency to have a look at a Myanmar maid.

Some pp who knows my story will ask me wat happen to my Indo maid.. sigh... it's a long story. I've chosen my Indo maid 1.5 mths ago. But her passport for some reason cannot be process by the Indo custom offices. We suspected it has something to do with the fact tt the Indo maid's salaries will be increased to $350 after 1st Jul...so since my agency has one Myanmar maid readily available, she asked me whether i want to take a look so i decided "y not"...

When we went there, we saw the maid. Gosh, she so small-sized. I am ok but i can tell my mum is not so keen. She keep saying, the maid is so dark-skinned and unsmiling. Though she told me she's ok and left the decision to me, i can tell she dun really like. And my pt is since she's the one who has to interact the most with my maid, it is of utmost importance that she likes the maid. Else i foresee i will have more problems when the baby arrives. I am sure those who have maids before will agree with me. So i told my agent that i will give the Indo maid another week. If her passport is processed by this week, i will wait for her. If not, i will take this one... Sigh.... having a baby in Singapore is more complicated than just getting pregnant and giving birth :P

Shopping Trip

Wah, yesterday was really a shopping day for me. Took leave to go shopping and have a break. But cos' i've a project doing UAT testing so was trying to rush most work in the morning so that i can go shopping in peace. Pretty stressful and i think baby can feel it. She's been kicking me in the morning as i tried to complete as much work as possible in the morning and the day before. Cant help it cos' i think i tend to be a a teenie weenie workaholic.....

Today, i shall take things easy... read my emails in the morning... still comtemplating whether i want to continue my testing later... mayb watch my "Heros" drama serial tt ... and got a BBQ to go to later.. yum, yum....

It has been a challenge to bring 2 kids and a baby to Orchard. My younger sis, Val brought Angelica in a stroller while my mum brought Kyla and Ariel to my place and we all meet at the Hougang MRT. After alighting DG' s mrt, we need to keep looking for lift to transfer to the NS line so as to alight at Sommerset MRT station cos Val cant handle a stroller on escalator. The gals initially were really excited but after a while, Kyla kept complaining "why so far?" , "i'm so tired", "why so long?" ..... wow, really need patience with kids. Wonder how Christine (my elder sister and Kyla's mum) does it...... it takes a superhuman strength to keep my cool and not to be irritated by all the whinning and complainings.....

Decided to take the opportunity to buy one or 2 nursing bras. Not sure whether i will have milk but i really want to do it. Partly for the baby (of cos!) but mainly so that i can loss the weight heehee...did i mention that finally i understand why women can still gain substantial weight even though they eat per normal (pre-pregnancy)? It's cos Nature expect women to breastfeed after birth and in order to produce High-milk (one phase in breast-feeding) which is high in fat content, your body will naturally try to accumulate the fats in a mum-to-be body so that when the time comes, the milk will be from these fats (hopefully!). This really even motivate me to do it...

K, back to nursing bras.... i asked the staff and apparently only Triumph and a ulu brand has it in JL. Couldnt find the ulu brand, so went to Triumph...wah.. they are so ex!!!! It's those auntie/grandmother kind cotton bras (with no padding at all!!!!) and no wire-support which i have some concerns cos i worried my breasts will sag after breastfeeding :P.... and they cost $32.90 each and they are supposedly on sale... Yucks! Then i went to look for the ulu brand. Found it and it is so much cheaper.... the normal ones only cost $9.90 while those with wiring only $14.90. So i got one each... btw, not cos' i am really cheapo but rather i'm worried that after buying so many or so ex-ones, turns out i cant breast-feed (touch-wood!)....

After that, we went for lunch at Prima-deli. As the kids have Kumon class later, they would need to go back. Looking at the crowd and weather, some of us decided to take a cab back while my mum went AMK to meet up with her frens. Since the shopping trip is so short, i felt dissatisfied. It would have been a waste of my leave!!! so since Val also not keen to go back so early, we decided to proceed to compass pt after dropping Christine and gals off. We walked around and visited Kiddy palace... saw some really nice nursing bras (with padding and normal looking bras) and tried them on. Gus wat, i can wear a size D-cup.... haahahaaa.. hurray, hurray!! Doing the dance of joy!!!! i am really proud of myself now.... hahaaaa... i know, cheap thrill... but for a flat-chest gal like me, this is really a miracle.... haahaaa..... so bought another one nursing bra at $36 each. Then we went to see shoes and i decided to buy a white one. Yes, i know i shldnt since my feets are getting swollen but Val commented tt the shoes i wore yesterday looked really worn out and being a hip and stylish mummy, how can i be seen with ugly and old shoes.... got to buy rite???

K, i will be working from home next week cos' of office major renovation this weekend. Hopefully i will update this blog more often then. :)