How i spend my birthday!

On Sunday, i turned 29 and i realised my birthday was spent with my loved ones!

Pirate King and I met up with my parents, Sis and Doris at the temple in Geylang to pay our respects to our grandparents (both maternal & paternal). Afterwards, we went back to my parents' place for lunch and spent our time napping!

Mum, Pirate King and I took the free shuttle bus to Parkway Parade to get Sis' shoes mended and had our 1st round of dinner there. Subsequently, Sis met up with us at Parkway and we took a cab to the Food Centre at East Coast Park for our second round of dinner.

We had junk food at the Food Centre. Junk food meaning BBQ Stingray, Satay Beehoon (I still prefer the one at Redhill), BBQ Chicken wings and chendol! I ate alot and everyone was amazed at my food consumption (except for Mum).... Guess pregnant ladies really ate a lot! For me, i ate really a lot in my last trimester as compared to my first & second trimester!

Afterwards, we walked to the Seafood Centre and took a cab back home! So, this is how i spent my birthday... No birthday bashes or anything... Just another normal day! :)

My Mum....

My Mum is a housewife, in today's term, she will be known as SAHM => Stay At Home Mum or a homemaker!

She is a fanastic Mum. She has little education but she bought up the 3 of us well, imparting all the values and trained us to be independent, not to take things for granted etc etc.......

For me, I m the eldest so her expectations on me are high to the extent of being too harsh on me at times. Plus, i really set a bad example to my siblings. If, you looked at it objectively, I m the model example of "reverse education"... ie my siblings are self trained to avoid provoking my Mum during their growing up days!

No doubt, my Mum loves me the most! Somehow, now that i 'm married and pregnant with my 1st child. I relied heavily on her to advise me what re the necessities to get for the birth of my child!

So, we went to the Baby Fair at Takashimaya..... Pirate King and I wanted to get the baby sling so that we could use this to carry piglet around without straining our arm muscles when fetching Piglet to & fro Mum's place. Wow, Mum's opinons about the baby sling is so strong that we put off the idea of getting it for the time being.

Basically, Mum is not objecting to us getting it but she feels that it is cumbersome to use the sling... Plus, it might not be useful if Piglet is a notti baby... She feels that its better for us to buy the stuff if we really need to use it!

Pirate King and i discussed about the differences of opinions between Mum & our friends who had children. I came to a conclusion that times had changed and Mum meant for our good so that we dun spend too much on Piglet and waste resources.

After all, she is my Mum and I respect her for all that she has given me! :)

Names

Names are important. It is an identity of us and a lousy name can be the butt of all jokes..... Especially, i had seen some of the Chinese names my classmates had and they choose to use English names when they started working.... Aim is to prevent themselves from being the butt of name jokes!

Pirate King borrowed a book on Chinese names. Yes, he is thinking of a good name for our piglet! For the past few days, i haven't been feeling well.... Thus no inspiration to think of any characters for our dear piglet.....

In the end, he decided on this name for her, "子晰", meaning bright. It does click with the meaning of the English name he decided for piglet, "Claire".

Guess, he is more excited about piglet than me now! My notti gal gets excited upon hearing Daddy's voice. The moment she heard his voice, she will respond by alot of movements in my tummy.... It's confirmed, Piglet will be Daddy's gal!

Sick & Tired

Yup, i m down with flu.... Its' due to insufficient sleep and being too heaty! But, i can conveniently blame my colleague who spread the virus to me!

Tired is because i have been working late since Monday.... And it gets worse when u re sick!

So, after writing this post, i keep my fingers crossed that I can get to sleep easily!

Still at office....

Its unusual for me to be in the office at this time of the day.....

Gosh, i m so tired...... I dunno what time i can go home... I m waiting for my boss to discuss the variance of my work. She s still in discussion with my colleague. So, there are 4 of us in the office.

Thank god for the fan and radio on my workstation if not, i will go crazy due to the heat and lack of entertainment!

My day was okie... Denise treated me to a birthday lunch.... Yup, will be turning 29 on this Sunday. I have yet to apply for leave on next Monday & Tuesday! Must get it done by end of this week!

Okie... got to go to the loo to clear my bladder.... Till the next post!

My Pig Princess!

Okie, all along i dun want to know the gender of my piglet coz of the unnecessary pressure that I might face from my Mother in law..... The pressure of producing a male offspring... Anyway, the gender of the baby is determined by Pirate King not me! If one fine day, my Mother in law will to complain about the male offspring, i will point the finger at her precious son!

So, we went for my routine check up today.... Dr Chan was late due to an emergency C-selection that he has to done for a preggie and i got an MC from him today... coz today is supposed to be my duty! :)

I told Dr Chan about the horrible pain i felt on my left side of the tummy. He prescribed me some medication to soften the uterus. He told me that the pain is contractions... I was so scared... I think it could be due to the massage i had that might bring it on.

Pirate King asked for a double confirmation of the gender of piglet.... Its confirmed, I m having a PIG PRINCESS! Yup, i want a gal as my first born! My little princess weighs 1.8kg and everything is on schedule... So, i m expecting to see her in end Oct!

Anyway, i think Pirate King prefers a gal than a boy even though he did not explictly stated his preference! Whatever it is, to hell with the attitude of my in laws!

Arggh..... Please help me!!!!

Last night was Sleepless in Redhill....

What happened was I overate during the day (too much oily & deep fried food), my left side of the tummy was so hard that its so bloody painful! I started to panic.... could it be due to the massage that i had done in the evening? But, i only massage my back, shoulder & neck! Could something happened to piglet?

1001 panicky thoughts came to my mind and it all revolved around the well being of piglet... It turns out that its actually diahorrea cum constipation.....

Sounds complicated huh? Diahorrea cum constipation? Okie, diahorrea coz i know i kept on going to the toilet to pass out... but it comes to a point whereby you know there is waste inside your body but you can't pass it out.... That's constipation to me!

All i know is i need help to get rid of the waste and gas in my system! Please help me!!!

Ailments that i m suffering now.....

My Lamenting Campaign has started with the first post in the afternoon....

This post will serve as the continuation!

I m suffering from the below:

1. Piles
=> Very simple reason for this one, it must be due to constipation plus the long hours spent in the toilet reading.... The official reason is "PREGNANCY"!

2. Lack of sleep
=> The need to find a good position to sleep well is always my first priority.... However, reality sucks... Whatever position i am sleeping, the sleep will be disturbed and piglet will be the one protesting if the sleeping position is making it uncomfortable!

3. Food Cravings
=> Food cravings must be satisfied at all times.... Poor Pirate King has to grow fat with me and endure my grouchiness when the food can't be found.....

4. To be continued.... or will there be more laments?

Monday Blues!

Its such a drag to get up and go to work on Monday! I wanted to wake up early and go to the temple at Bugis to pray coz its the 1st day of the lunar month.... However, I just switched off my alarm clock and slept till Pirate King's alarm clock woke me up!

Gotta talk to my boss about taking leave at the end of this month by today if not, Pirate King will kill me for not doing so!

My weekend was ok, nothing too fanastic or too bad!

On Sat, went to the in-laws for lunch. As usual, the brat was up to her stunts but i ignored her unless she acknowledged me, plus her Mum told her not to disturb me. As usual, my Mother in law broached on the subject on the care-taker for Piglet. She told me to find a baby sitter near my place if Mum won't be taking care of Piglet.

I told Sis that how fast she changed her statement. In front of Pirate King, its "Find someone near your place to take care of the baby, dun tire yourself on fetching Piglet to and fro Bedok!" In front of me, its, "Find someone near your place to take care of the baby if your Mum can't take care of Piglet!"

Went back home after lunch and took a nap.... Woke up in time to catch "The Bourne Ultimatum" at Cathay Cineplex! It was a so-so movie.... I still prefer "The Bourne Supremacy".... through out the movie, Piglet is so active.... Thus, i put Pirate King's hand on my tummy.... Piglet stopped its movements.... It resumed its movements when i removed Pirate King's hand!

Met up with Sis on Sunday to catch up things with her, I had not seen her for some time even though the last time i saw her was on Thursday but for a while. We went to the Cedele Cafe in Wheelock place for lunch! The food was great and Sis fed me well! Sis updated me about her life, she seems to be occupied with work 99% of her time! Told her about lunch at my in laws and the reason for not wanting to know the gender of Piglet. She agreed with me and commented that my in laws are conservative in the bad sense.... which i totally agreed!

Anyway, i just want the rest of my pregnancy to be ok.... I still have another 10 weeks+ to go before delivering the little piglet in my tummy! Just let me grind through another BLUE Monday!

Belly Pose

This is my belly at 29 weeks! I had put on at least 10 kg since day 1 of pregnancy till now.... My face is rounder now and i prayed hard that I will be able to wear my pre-pregnancy clothes after giving birth to piglet.

Now that i m in my final trimester, Piglet's movements are getting more and more "violent" as it does not have that much space to move as before. Plus, it seems to respond better to me than anyone else..... not even its father, Pirate King!

Been talking to Piglet alot, about my expectations of it etc etc etc. The only grouse now is I have not been sleeping well and too lazy to go even swimming!

Will be going for my next gynae checkup next Sat! Looking forward to see the size of piglet and the stunts its pulling in my tummy (to be precise, uterus!)

Sleepless in Redhill....

Yup, what the hell am I doing now? I m supposed to be sleeping but not blogging at this hour of the nite!

I can't get to sleep! Being able to sleep well these days are really hard to come by! Either i woke up in the middle of the nite to pee or my little piglet will wake me up with its fetal movements!

Recount of my day,

1. Went to Mum's place for lunch.
2. Went to a temple in Geylang to pray to my paternal & maternal grandparents for the lunar 7th month.
3. Got the tickets to The Bourne Ultimatium at Orchard Cineplex
4. Got my pedicure (Still prefer the one done at Tg Pagar coz its better & cheaper)
5. Checked out the DVD recorder for Dad (Dad wont be able to buy it till it has been approved by the rest)
6. Bought some items for Piglet & me
7. Went to the Hour Glass to check out Tudor watches, seems like there isn't much selection.
8. Had dinner at Mos Burger
9. Walked to Wisma & Wheelock Place for some window shopping before heading home!

Guess what, i did my ironing etc and realised that I m hungry... Went to cook a packet of instant noodles & finished the whole bowl by myself! I m really a non-stop eating machine!

I was kinda depressed that my wedding stuff has not been sold. Its not that I need the money but you just wanna recover your wedding expenses as much as possible. I really dunno where to find the storage place for my wedding gown & evening gown even though Pirate King & I are living in an apartment that is 115 metre square. That is more than enough to store our stuff sans all the furniture etcc....

Ugly toenails!

Yup, my toenails are really ugly! I have been addicted to pedicure ever since I m pregnant and can't bend down to cut my toenails!

I dun trust Pirate King to cut for me coz he will cut till its so short that the risk of having ingrown toenails is high! Just the other day, i requested his help in removing my toenails' nail polish for me and even though he did a good job in removing them but its painful!

So, I had removed my nail polish and i looked at my toenails... They are so ugly as they are long and out of shape.... And my big toenails are getting itchy and painful, ie my ingrown toenails are back! I think i gotta a pedicure done to re-shape my toenails and ingrown toenail settled soon!

Bonding

As i progress into my pregnancy, the movements from piglet is getting stronger & stronger each day. Its movements sometimes caused me pain and amusement... especially when i feel its hiccups... The bubbly feeling inside my stomach!

Everytime, I feel piglet's movement, I will ask Pirate King to touch my tummy and feel it. Unfortunately, piglet will stop the movement once his hand is on my tummy and resume the movement when Pirate King took his hand away!

Yesterday was the first time Pirate King felt Piglet's movements and he was so excited about it! I was just lying down on the daybed and Piglet's kicks are so forceful that its painful. Pirate King came over and decided to feel it. He put his ear on my tummy and tapped my tummy with his fingers. Guess what, my little piglet responded immediately by kicking the place where Pirate King 's ear is!

Pirate King is so excited that he told me that he will try it again the next day! :)

My "Interesting" Weekend!

Last weekend was "interesting"......

Mum, Lian Ann & me went to Changi Naval Base to send Fat Bond off on last Sat. He will be away for 6 weeks and travelling to Brunei, Cairns & Vietnam. His stops are like this order, Vietnam, Brunei & Cairns and back to Singapore.

The send off is about 4 hours. We board the shuttle bus to Changi Naval Base at 12.15pm from Expo MRT station. We reached the base at 12.45pm and exchanged for pass etc. Fat Bond bought us to his "home" for 6 weeks. The naval ship is of LTS type, I dunno what it means... Bond told me that the ship is used for logistics purposes.

His bunk is buried deep into the ship. We had to climb like 2 - 3 storeys of stairs and the stairs are so steep that I m having muscle ache in my thighs since Sat. His bed width is 2/3 of a single bed size and the ceiling is so slow! The saving grace is that his bunk is air-conditioned!

Seeing such a bunk bought back memories for Mum, she had slept in such a bunk before when she boarded the ship from Singapore to Hong Kong back in the 70s. Mum was pretty worried about Fat Bond but she didn't show it out. We were shooed out of the ship by 2.20pm. Ah bond and the rest of his batch waved us good bye from the open deck of the ship!

Both Mum and me had a hard time trying to look for Bond! As all of the looked identical in their naval uniform! By the time, we went back to Expo MRT station, its already 3.30pm! Mum commented that she wont send Bond off when he is going off for his next sea training in Feb 08 as it is so tiring! :)

Yesterday, I had no intention of going out but to stay home to do my household chores.... But Mum dragged me out as she and Sengkang Auntie are signing up for a tour package to China, if they pay the tour package by OCBC credit card. They will be entitled to an additional $100 discount of their package price.

So, i went to Marina Square to meet up with Mum, Sengkang Auntie & Sis. We had lunch first, Sis fed us well and we went to make the payment for the tour package later on.

Once, everything is settled. We did a bit of shopping, Mum & Sis bought some clothes and I can only looked on at the stuff they are buying! After that, we went home! It was so tiring for me.. I can't imagine that I m able to shop throughout the whole day previously!