Sunday, September 30, 2007

Fortunate Piglet!

Piglet is a fortunate baby! My Mum, siblings, cousins and relatives all bought gifts for her even before she is born! My only fear is that Piglet might turn out to be a boy coz all the gifts bought are in pink color or dresses!

Mum bought my confinement herbs, PJs and some piglet stuff. She bought a set of clothes for Piglet to wear during her 1st month celebration! All are pretty stuff!

Ah bond bought a McDull bolster for Piglet. He wanted to get an Elmo but Mum stopped him from getting it from me coz i simply hate Elmo!

HK Auntie bought a set of baby clothes and a baby potty for Piglet. Not to mention, Doris bought a Mickey blanket for her too!

Michael & Polly passed some hand me downs clothes of Grace and they bought a set of clothes, receiving blanket and a gold pendant for Piglet!

Based on all these, Piglet is a really fortunate babe! Even Pirate King also commented that she is so spoilt!

I m just keeping my fingers crossed that Piglet will be a good gal when she grows up! :)

Monday, September 24, 2007

Couple's Watches

Yesterday, Pirate King & I got a pair of couple's watches. This pair of watches are our birthday gifts to each other for 5 years starting from 2007.


What watch did we buy for each other? Its a pair of Tudor watches and both of us are paying it via a 24 months interest free instalments. Anyway, the simple reason for getting the watches, our old watches are dying on us and if we sent for repair... It will be a major overhaul & expensive... We might as well get a quality watch within our budget.

Piglet Updates

Last Friday, I went for my gynae appointment. That was definitely not my day, the escalator broke down and I gotta climb a long flight of stairs. I ended up reaching Dr Chan's clinic perspiring like MAD!

Piglet is 35 weeks old and estimated to be 2.7kg. Dr Chan commented that I might have an easy labour and i m keeping my fingers crossed on that. Mum told me not to eat too much junk for the fear of a big baby and a difficult labour for myself!

I bought a sarong sling on Saturday so that I could carry her around if we goes out or when i ferried her to and fro Bedok & Redhill. I wanted to get a toy mobile to put on her bed but they are so expensive especially those nice ones!

The things i m left undone for Piglet is tidying up her room, washing some of her stuff and packing my hospital bag! I m keeping my fingers crossed that she will be born on her EDD, 26th October 2007!

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Items to get from USA

Sis is in San Francisco now and we are compiling a list of items for her to get for us from US.

The 2 major items that we are thinking of getting, a Samsonite suitcase & a breast pump. It never crossed my mind to get a breast pump but Pirate King was the one who did all the research for the cost of breast pump and breastfeeding accessories.

The breast pump that I was eyeing is Medela Pumped in Style Advanced, it is selling at SGD$754 whereas in US, it is selling like USD$280 = SGD$450 or even lesser based on the exchange rate. Its liked 40% cheaper in the US for the same thing. Pirate King advised me to buy, my only concern is that if I dun have the necessary milk supply.... Won't the pump become a white elephant? He assured me that we still could sell off the pump!

Anyway, I m still contemplating what else to buy..... I think US is such a big market that they have all sorts of things that can't be found in Singapore and some of the things they sell are applicable to the Singapore market!

Scared the shit out of me!

Yesterday was a scary day, i faced the same symptoms again.
Contractions in the middle of Orchard Road! It must be due to the food that I had for lunch & dinner. I had 五香 & Roti Prata for dinner and not to mention a heavy lunch. The last time I contractions, I also had an oily lunch & dinner.
The contractions were so painful that I was listless and Pirate King was so worried for me. By the time, i got home, it wasn't so painful and the contractions sort of stopped. But, I had diahorrea at home! That's the price to pay and the contractions really scared the shit out of me!

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Piglet Update at Week 34

Went for my routinue check up yesterday at Dr Chan's place. His pretty nurses gave me a piece of paper that has all my health details. They told me to keep this paper with me at all times as I m ready for delivery anytime now.

According to Dr Chan, Piglet is 2kg and i find it strange. How could my little piggy lose weight? He told me that Piglet is 2.1 kg in my last visit. I have a feeling that he might have eyesight problem as he is squinting at the screen. He commented that Piglet is long for her development.

Suddenly, everyone is skeptical about his judgement on Piglet's gender since he has made the error 20 years ago on Bond's gender!

My little son, Hendrik claims that Piglet is a boy! I guess he said that coz he is a boy himself!

6 more weeks to go before meeting Piglet in reality! :)

My day...

I m writing this post from my Sis new laptop, staying for the night at Mum's place coz i m sending her off at Changi Airport tomorrow morning!

Went to my in laws' place for lunch today. Nothing much happened except that my Sis in law gave me some used milk bottles and baby magazines. She even asked me about the baby stroller and diapers. I have no choice but to accept them all. My in laws are kind enough to send us to Bedok so that we can send my Sis off.

Mum gave me a big lecture on eating sweet & cold stuff and chocolatey stuff at Changi Airport. Sis buey tahan and asked Mum whether is she sending her off or lecturing me. I know what Mum did is for my own good. Its just that its kinda scary on her method of expressing her concern!

After sending Sis off, we went to Bedok Swimming Complex for a swim. Pirate King managed to see how the way Dad swam. The way Dad swam is as if a shark is going after him, I told Dad to relax but somehow, he wont!

We went to Parkway and had MOS Burger for dinner, Dad went home first to help Mum run some errands. We window shopped for a while before catching a cab home!

So now, i m just waiting for the ZZZ monster to invade me! :)

Gathering

We had a gathering at Mum's place yesterday. It was a small one, with my family, Aven & Sandy, Hendrik, Darryl & their father.

The gathering is for Sis' farewell and Bond's welcome! Lian Ann went to the Naval Base to pick ah Bond up and at the same time helped him lugged his stuff home coz Ah Bond is still walking with a limp!

Ah Bond told us about the funny incidents he encountered in Vietnam & Brunei. He din get to spend much time in Cairns due to his torn ligament. Bond was telling us that everyone will keep on asking them whether they want prostitues in Vietnam. I believe it s the way that Bond and his fellow Navy colleagues are dressed. They have to be in their smart Navy attire, meaning white shirt, pants & shoes when they disembarked from their ship!

Sis' room was streaked with stuff for her San Francisco trip. She lamented to Bond and how is she going to pack. Bond's answer, "Just zipped up the suitcase!" I was helping her out with her packing and she got all the stuff sorted out. She did not bring a lot, its just that the things are disorganized. Sis is funny, she told me that it will be better if Piglet is born before her return so that she could buy the right type of clothes especially now everyone is skeptical of Dr Chan's judgement on Piglet's gender!

Will be going to my in laws place for lunch later and sending off my Sis at Mum's place. Tomorrow, i will be sending Mum off too. Mum is going to HK on Monday, Mum told me that its her final holiday before she is tied down with looking after Piglet! :)

Friday, September 14, 2007

Personal Assessment

In my current situation, I m awaiting for the arrival of my little Princess and at the same time assessing my options for the future.

At work, i have this fanastic work title, "Management Accountant" but the amount of work i do is increasing and getting more shitty. Somehow, its promotion in job scope but not $$$. At first, i tot it was my pregnancy that led to this conclusion but after checking with my fellow colleagues, i realised its not my hormones that caused such a feeling. Its the REALITY!

As for the arrival of my little Princess, called me paranoid. I m worried and stressed over the arrangement of ferrying her to and fro Bedok & Redhill when i m back to work. Guess, i might be thinking too much in this aspect. I could just let go of my worries and let nature runs it own course.

Mum did suggest to me about taking no pay leave to look after Piglet for a while. I told Mum that its not feasible in my current company. Plus, financials will be tight if the whole family depends on Pirate King to support us. Ie, i have to give up my personal indulgences!

Mabbe i should just adopt a wait and see attitude towards things after the birth of Piglet and when my maternity leave ends. I will only leave my job when i had taken my maternity leave. No point in forsaking the money in a moment of folly!

Lunch!

Lunch today was a busy affair! My colleague and I went to buy mooncakes!

My colleague has a friend who is working in OCBC and OCBC has this mooncake roadshow whereby the mooncakes from top notch hotels are having a 25% discount. This discount is more than what the major credit cards are offering!

I bought 2 boxes of durian mooncakes from Goodwood Park Hotel. One box for myself & family while the another box is for my parents in law.

After getting the mooncakes, my colleague drove us to McDonald to buy lunch. I was quite happy with my Chicken McNuggets lunch and i m still quite full with it now.

Just now, i had a small piece of lotus paste mooncake! It just tastes so good coz the yolk has oil in it! :)

Blog reading.....

Been reading alot of people's blogs recently and i find that it is entertaining and at the same time, mabbe intruding on others' privacy especially if there're photographs etcc....

No matter what, humans being humans... Blog reading is really a good source of entertainment, the only problem is to be glued to the PC and causing my myopia to be worsen further.

As for my own blog, i guess its boring but its a way for me to vent my frustrations and for my friends to know my latest updates. Pray that I dun get into any legal lawsuits over my posts that I had written!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

My cousins....

HK Auntie has 2 children, namely cousin Michael & Doris.

Doris came to Singapore to study when she was 16 and she lived with us till she got married in 2000.

Doris has no children and i guess she dun intend to have one either. I find her quite "crazy" due to her behaviour last Saturday. Last Saturday, we went to her place for a swim. While waiting for my Sis to arrive at her place, I was sitting in her living room patting my bump.

I dunno what strikes Doris, she patted my bump quite hard till you can hear the rebound sound of my waterbag... and she was amazed by the sound.... Piglet kicked in response to it! It was so painful and she find it so amazing that she wanted to do it again! Mum commented that Doris is "psycho".

The next day, we met again for some shopping. I got tired and wanted to go home, Doris commented that I m "useless" for not being able to shop for long. I told Mum & Sis about her comments, Sis commented that Doris will be even more "useless" if she is pregnant.

As for my cousin Michael, he is in HK and he dislikes Singapore as Singapore is not a free country like HK. He is married with a daughter, his daughter is turning one in Oct. His daughter, Grace is being taken care by Michael's parents in laws.

HK Auntie wanted to "show off" Grace to her friends and requested that Michael let her looked after Grace for one day. Both Michael & his wife refused, HK Auntie was so upset that she complained to Mum. Mum told HK Auntie that if HK Auntie has agreed to be the main care taker for Grace, such situation won't happen.

Anyway, I guess my 2 cousins are sometimes too absorbed in their matters that they dun realised their actions hurt others.


My siblings....

I have a younger sister and brother, my Sis is 5 years younger than me and my brother is 10 years younger than me.

I will say the 3 of us are pretty close and both of them are my great helpers in many ways!

Sis is working as an IT auditor, recently she has been promoted to the rank of a Senior and her workload has increased significantly. She is going to San Francisco on this Sunday for 6 weeks to work and she is not looking forward to it. As her bosses had told her and her team that they are expected to work late till 2-3am in San Francisco.

Bro aka Ah Bond is doing his NS and he has signed on with the Singapore Navy. He is returning from his training soon. He has been out at Sea for 6 weeks, travelling to Vietnam, Brunei & Cairns. During his 6 weeks stint, he hurt his ligament in Cairns and Mum was worried about his injury especially when he told us that the Naval medical officer might want him to go to the hospital in Cairns for X-ray.

I will say both of them are doing very well for themselves as compared to me. I m just an ordinary salaried employee with not much accomplishments except for the fact that i m going to be a mother soon. That i doubt both of them can match me! :)

My dear siblings, your useless eldest Sis will miss you folks terribly when both of you re out for work or training! So, i m telling my little piglet to be born when all of you are back in Singapore from your overseas stint!

Rainy day

This morning, I woke up early to meet Mum to pray at the temple in Bugis. It wasn't raining when i left my apt but it was raining cats & dogs when we reached Bugis.

Mum and I were stranded at the MRT station, we decided to walk to the temple even though we had one small umbrella. Before, we walk to the temple, Mum adjusted my dress so that I won't be cold. While walking to the temple, being sheltered by Mum's umbrella. Its like back to the those days that I m a little girl well protected by Mum. I felt very fortunate to have Mum around me. Guess no matter how grown up i am, I will forever be Mum's little girl! I think it will apply to my little piglet when she is born!

Friday, September 7, 2007

Yippee! It's Friday!

Finally, its Friday! I dun have to do Saturday duty tomorrow! :)

Will be meeting Mum & Pirate King for Sushi dinner and followed by mooncake tasting!

I must admit that my piglet is a smart girl. Yesterday, I was telling Mum about how i dread bedtime coz I can't sleep well due to piglet's movements and cramps etc.... Piglet let me had a good nite sleep yesterday... Perhaps, its due to Fat Bond's doggie or she knows how to sayang me..... This doggie is a soft toy gift to Bond from my younger Sis & me as a reward for his "A" Level results!

Bond loaned me his doggie as a companion to Piglet whenever i stayed over at Mum's place. Mabbe Piglet missed the doggie much and last nite, she has the doggie as her companion. She was satisfied!

On Wednesday, Pirate King & I went to Mothercare to get the belly support belly. The salesgirl did a demo on me on how to wear the belt. The belt was uncomfortable even though it supported my belly but it seems to compress my tummy. The minute, i took the belt off... Ms Piggy protested by kicking me as if to tell me, "Dun buy it coz its making me uncomfortable!"

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Idling.....

Yup, idling during office hours or rather multi-tasking at work! Anyway, I have got tonnes of things to do....but you know..... Its the month end closing at work... Had a long day at work yesterday, the first time i reached home at 11.55pm last night!

This morning, i woke up and asked Pirate King, "Can i resign and be a tai tai at home?" I usually popped him this question when i m frustrated with work. His reply is, "U can be a "dai dai" (meaning a goon) coz i can't afford you the lifestyle of a tai tai."

Little Piggy is quite active these days and man, her punches and kicks are something to be afraid of...... She weighs 2.1 kg during my last checkup on last Saturday. My only consolation now is that the weight i put on now, 80% will go to her... ie I dun have to exercise too much to get back to my pre-pregnancy shape..... At the same time, i m worried that I might have difficulty in giving birth to Piglet if she s too heavy!

Okie, some updates on my weekend. Went to Mum's place on Saturday and met up with the family for lunch on Sunday. Oh, ah bond is sailing back to Singapore from Cairns today... Poor Bond, he overstrained his ligaments and on MC (on board the ship) for a week!

Had dinner with my parents in laws & my sister in law on Sunday nite. Well, its lament time whenever i mentioned my in laws. I simply find my sister in law strange. Last Sunday, they came up to my place and saw the baby chair that my colleague gave it to me. My in laws shook it and proclaimed it wobbly..... On the way to dinner, my Sister in law asked me whether do i need cloth diapers.

I told her a flat no as i had bought 2.5 dozens of it. I find her strange coz if you want to pass me baby stuff... You should have just passed it to me but not when you seen people passing stuff to me and asked.