Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Bolt from the blue

3 months ago, Brandon SMS registered himself at VMag magazine (from Astro) as a reader to get latest info thru SMS. Out of his awareness and expection, no contest, no slogan, no competition, no SMS comfirmation, last week a marketing gal call him up and told that he won a 3 days 2 nights stay at Teluk Dalam Resort, Pangkor for 2 persons. We was puzzling and thought it was a fake surprise or prize or something need to pay in order to get it...since there is no free lunch under the sun. Consider this time lucky enough la..

So the gal ask him to collect it at the office. And before we actually meet her to collect, for safety we found out the office first to make sure it is a real thing. And yes, after we found out that it is VMag publication office and company name board written 'Astro'. So, yesterday we called again to inform that we are going to collect in the evening. And now, the voucher for staying is wit us now...and expired in May 31st...hai...of coz I'm not the next person who can go along...now till 31st May I got to stay on n take good care of d baby as he'll arrive soon.
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Month of February and March is those remarkable day to us. In our past, we hav go through 3 paktoh anniversary and yesterday (27/2) was our 1st married anniversary. And coming Friday (3/3) is our ROM anniversary and also Brandon’s birthday. Guy particularly not so remember it, but for me I can remember every of this significant day. We not purposely celebrated those important days....but to recall what we hav done n growth in these year and plan what we do in our future. Well, say not to celebrate but I hope we can hav a small yet meaningful celebration on coming 1st ROM anniversary and Brandon birthday...I still thinking what to giv him...

Friday, February 24, 2006

Moms rock!

Have been browsing some blog written by mom, and surprisingly that many mothers are good at blog..and i read it..feel so 'tasty' la...read about their experience and learn from them too...here are the 2 blogs found..

http://shoppingmum.blogspot.com/
http://familyfriendsnfood.blogspot.com/

Going to discover n learn more...

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Hi Boy..

Another round of check aft a month. Thank God, my rash and pain at back was finally heal…especially the pain, I hav try to apply cream to cure it, but it couldn’t help, somemore my skin grow rashes aft apply..sensitive…well…can’t do anything, but to pray and pray and ask more ppl to pray..now it is heal…this pain can happen is because I did fall my right leg into the drain before, so I didn’t do anything about it as that time it not pain. So now it comes bothering me.

I did told gynea abt the pain, so he advised me to do exercise, by sitting down on the chair n twist left n right, to loose it, so that it won’t stretch up so much for the coming months…else it will b more painful…

Scanning time, all organs growing ok…counted got both hand, 5 fingers each..haha…thought ask gynea to print out the scan, but quite blur this time coz his position is facing sideway and it won’t look nice if scan plus the baby getting bigger n bigger....so I didn’t make it…

We hav decided to change the deliver place to Gleneagle Intan, KL…as he complain the in n out environment of Pantai Cheras is not that ideal. Heard my ex-colleague said at Pantai Bangsar have such nursery or so-called breastfeed room, just wan to check out the breast pump brand…not to watch how mummy feeding babies. So I try to check out at Cheras here. Too bad they dun hav one proper room to cater for breastfeed mom, that nevermind, the pump was in used all in separate patient room. So forget about it, got to survey outside lorrr..

Survey shop for baby things hav started weeks ago…looking at the feeding bottles, breast pump, sterilizer, baby playpan, bed, stroller, car seat, carrier, walker..n many more….need to start buying some of it…

As I said before, having baby is not easy…first of all, financially of the family hav to b stable…else can’t provide a good environment when he arrive….now I try to collect second hand used equipment from relatives…trying to cut down those expenses on equipment first….

Just check out about the stem cell blood collection…wow..it really costly…stem cell blood is known to b very precious n useful to cure disease like Parkinson, blood cancer, diabetes…etc…provided your blood type is match…normally if this cell not been collected, the doc will just throw away, right aft the baby is born. This cell not only can used by the children itself, the close family n relative also might get help from the blood to get rid of the disease n save life. The cell can keep for unlimited time. Currently though it is not so popular in used yet, in Malaysia there are 2 organisation which doing this collection, which is Crycord and Stem life. Read about the Crycord organization, which offer this service. Upon registration n sign up for collection RM2,500 n RM250 yearly renewal fee. So we still deciding wan to take this or not.

Roughly counted the spending throughout 10 months of pregnancy period..is roughly about RM3k plus. This include everything (if I’m not left out) Check-up, supplement, milk powder and maternity wear. I spend most on supplement….

I can’t wait to see my baby…every time doing ultra scanning is just another happiness time for me…..now he already start kicking n moving….sometimes when I sing n talk to him, he’ll move to respond like tat…aiyah..really so cute la…even when I sleep he also kicking there, I think he is trying to complain my sleeping style. When I change he stop kicking…haha…

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Happy Valentine's day

For God so loVed the world ,
......That He gAve
...........His onLy
...........BegottEn
.................SoN
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That whosoever
........Believeth In Him
..........Should Not perish ,
.......But have Everlasting life."

~ John 3:16 ~

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

These days

Chor 7 - 4 Feb
Agnes, my best fren in secondary sch came to visit me at about 11.30pm. yeah we hav postponed to met till this day, coz both of us also busy with family n frens…Although I’m very very tired, but I still wait for her to come, coz I really didn’t c her for almost 1 year, as the next day she will b back to SG. Miss her n her baby girl…finally got to see her. So cute of Jane, like to smile n make funny faces. No shy at new environment at all.

Chor 8 – 5 Feb
Sunday as usual went to church, many member hav return back. Giv out some ang pao too. This year even my baby inside hav received a few. Really can feel their love bring to him. Lunch wit FIL and relative at KL then continue CNY visit to my God sis house. So glad finally can see my both cute nephew and niece. Definitely they grow up a lot and like to talk n sing now…looking at children grow up really so happy. Very tiring day, out the house from morning till evening. Didn’t hav any heavy dinner, back home rest early.

During tis CNY I hav heard lots of pregnancy n delivery stories from aunty and cousin sis. I tell u I can feel the pain now n it very scared also. Now I can realize how come being a mother is so scarifies and great. As we always said child is the blood n flesh of mum. Every though n move, mums will more realize and understand than daddy.

Yesterday, stay at home, as hav call the washing machine technician to repair the machine. Because of using softener, it cause my top load machine hav heavy black stain coming out n stick to the cloth when it wash. Really so terrible n troublesome every time aft the clothes washed n saw those stains. The technician told me that normally top load mac will having this problem. Gosh! My machine used for 1 year and with 4 bottles of softener, it cause that thick stains. He explain to me that is because we fill in the softener into the softener container since beginning of washing n yet softener only be used at the end of the washing, so when in the middle of washing, spinning and rinsing, the softener can be easily spin away and it goes stick to another layer of the tong inside. So when we used it for long it stick more n later it become stain. Believe me it is real thick stain and it takes 2 hours to clean the tong. So his advice was if u wan to use softener, DO NOT put softener into the container, put it in directly to the water when it come to last round of rinsing. It greatly reduce the softener being spin away n caused stain aft sometimes. He added that front load mac also having the same problem aft sometimes, but not as fast it happen to top load mac. Thru his experience, for front load machine brand Electrolux is good and for top load mac continental brand is good.

Today, everything back to normal…work, work work!..hav a nice work day to u…Holiday is over!!!

Friday, February 03, 2006

My first married CNY

Since last Friday, our office hav shut down and off for 1 week. Today Friday, as follow government working day, we hav start to work, but the traffic outside still in d holiday mood.

For myself, since start working, the mood for CNY not much b fulfilled, not because this year start I wan to giv out ang pao, the feel in my heart become more n more faded each year. CNY is not much of CNY, just wan to hav more rest and go for holiday. I think is the best. Recall back my most enjoyable time for CNY is during my childhood time…whereby firecracker is still allowed, nice dishes serve at home, and all peers’ cousins around, playing cards, of coz not forget those ang pao. Childhood CNY is sleepless and simply fun!

Summaries what I hav done on this hot hot CNY.

27-Jan
Final light cleaning at home and final shopping for those left-out CNY item. Pack up those CNY gift which we wan to send out to our relative and arrange the food at the dining table and watch TV.

28-Jan
Before noon, back to Seremban (his grandpa’s house), the traffic went slow beginning from Nilai. The initial plan was visit his aunty first before back to his grandpa there, but dunno what happen to him, he forget the place of his aunty. He tried to recall by rounding the Seremban town. We passed by major Seremban shopping malls, railway and bus terminal and many other shops and roads, he also can’t recall where is it about. I was a bit impatient and start to get angry, as the hot weather, stuck in jam and slow moving at the town. I suggested him to call up FIL and ask for direction, but he still keep on to find out. So at last spend 1 hour+ at the town, cannot find the place, he give up finally. Continue the journey, back to the highway and exit at the next highway exit point and back to his grandpa house at noon. We can’t wait to take the lunch first before my FIL and sis back. Very hungry.

Aft lunch was the most “torturing” moment. The day was very very hot and with only ceiling fan at the dining area and the speed is slow even turn to max. I really beh tahan, even stay under the fan also no cure. I keep on walking n fanning to cool down myself, as u know pregnant women was very easy to get hot. I dunno how to pass the other 4 hours+ there. So no eye see, I sit at the sofa without fan and sleep for 15 min. My neck n back all wet with sweat.

Finally the reunion dinner was start and aft we finish around 7pm+, giv ang pao to the small one and we leave the house and back to home sweet home around 8pm and brought home Mc.Donald’s set, I’m hungry again! Aft cold water bath and stomach full that’s what I call comfortable!

29-Jan – First day of CNY
Early morning back to FIL’s house visit, greet, served tea and giv ang pao to the sis. At noon back to my uncle house to visit each other. One year didn’t see my father’s side nephews, niece and cousins after married. Of coz many of them also first time seeing me after married. The feeling of missing so deep….very happy to see everyone once again. Baby Jovan 7th months now…also first time seeing him and of coz the lady’s topics are not away from pregnancy n children. Wah…suddently feel very different now…everyone was so concern about what I’m having and taught me a lot in feeding baby. My niece Lyly was so cute enough, coz she is the only girl among the nephews, she got no girl to play with during family gathering..all boys only…she was so hope that I’m having a baby girl to be her younger sis. I can see her face a bit disappointed. When she try to touch my tummy…Ahh…sorry dearie…girl this one is a boy again…

Gathering section end around 5pm and again we back to my FIL house for dinner. That’s how I pass my first day.

30-Jan
Mom and bro back to Ipoh. We not following, as this is the first year I got to follow husband side now. Of coz again I miss the relatives, nephews, nieces and cousins there. This day we didn’t go to any relative house. I visited 2 of my frens. 1 pregnant, another one baby just arrived. Again, the topic is around.

31-Jan
Visit his side of uncle and aunty from morning till evening. At night dinner with my uncle.

01-Feb
My own secondary mate came to my house. Mum and bro back to KL, visited me and chit-chat for another half day.

02-Feb
Brandon’s primary and secondary mate came visiting. Mum, bro and one of my aunty also came visiting. Wow.. this day so happening. Many ppl in the house, came batch by batch. Half way coz too pack, my family member go back first. Aft they went back I got a bit time to take a nap. Left Brandon with his mate about 10 of them playing mahjong, watching TV, drinking n eating. At night about 20 of us went to dinner n Lou Sang at Cheras.

So during this CNY week, sleep early n wake up late and also I’m not having good rest, cause my back ache and having some skin rashes at the back too. Dunno how now, the skin problem cannot b cure even I try to apply some cream recommend by pharmacist. But, luckily wit my aunty recommended ‘powerful’ liquid apply on it, it can see some recovering result. I haven’t seek my gynea advise. At this stage I can’t take any swollen, especially back ache, really ruin my day.

Today wake up early also, need to work, can’t really sleep….a bit head ache in the morning…tonight my secondary mate visiting. Especially Agnes, really miss her as our meeting day is keep on postponed. Coming weekend, my primary mate is planning to visit our teacher, hopefully I can go along coz also long time not seeing them.

:: CNY = Gathering