It wasn't December after all!

This year's Labour day is special. Mum, Papa and Jason came down to KL to attend my cousin's wedding in Dynasty Hotel. We got to spend some time with Theng and babies. The lunch at Jusco Kepong was great, not forgetting Byan's cheeky face really make us all laugh and tired as well. Bhui's performance on that day was A+. She felt comfortable with Mum and Papa, though this is actually their first time spending time together.

After the wedding dinner, I drove them back to Taiping. The next day, I went over to Apollo Medical Centre where I see Dr. Jeya, my gynae back in my younger days where I always go over to consult about my irregular periods. To think further, she must have been very surprised to see me after so many year of getting MIA.

I told her about my pregnancy and asked for her advice and also the growth of my little one. Little didn't I know, she told me I was in my week 11. Abit surprised since the other doctor in KL told me I was only at week 8. Hmmm, somehow Dr. Jeya gave me a due date for delivery whereas the other didn't. The due date is 3 weeks earlier, 20 November 2009.

Never thought I'm way forward now, and I can actually see my baby is formed completely and sleep comfortably in my womb through the ultrasound scan. The baby is now 42.2mm long. The doctor gave me folic acid, B-complex and Duphaston. I must continue to drink my milk and more water plus fruits and vegetables to prevent constipation.

She gave me a printout from the scanning machine, and advised me to checkup regularly and to avoid getting too active.

I took the bus back to KL. I kept on praying in heart that it will be a smooth journey with no traffic jam. God blessed me. My husband picked me up at the bus station and we went to the Homedec in KLCC Convention Centre. He was very particular in checking the prices for our electrical appliances for our new home. We even stopped by the Nippon paint centre and got ourselves samples of paint. He is excited to get different colour for each section of our new home. I can't do much to help him, since he'll be all alone in the painting and also moving to the new hse. Poor thing, I can only support him morally.

After dinner, I went to Isetan KLCC and got myself a Miki three quarter pants. I must say that maternity wear is not cheap at all. One thing for sure, this pants can support until my full term of pregnancy as the waist strap is adjustable. I also went over to Modernmum and got myself a long black pants. I love the soft material alot. Didn't get any blouse since I thought I can continue wearing my own shirts. The dresses are lovely but too pricey for me though. My husband is thinking isn't it early to shop? I don't think so, as now I can still actively shopping, and I don't want to get things last minute. But from now on, I will make some survey on the blouses and dresses. I love to get one or two dresses for myself.

God's Gift

I'm expecting!!!! Hurray! I did my PT on 21 March 2009 and it shows perfectly clear positive line. Went to a clinic to reconfirm and it was about 9.4mm. I saw a dot in the ultrasound machine screen, though it's still very very very early, I'm already excited in heart. My husband did not actually saw the screening, and he asked the doc to reconfirm. How pathetic! He doesn't even believe my words!! Guess he is also nervous and excited too.
Things went on well for the following weeks, with the exception that my appetite run haywire. I don't fancy all my favourite food, I always felt a weird taste in my mouth and didn't eat much like what I expected. My meals turned into smaller portion and I always complain that everything I eat wasn't tasty after all. How bad! The only good habit of mine; I always drink at least a cup of milk everyday and a folic acid as my supplement.
On 11 April 2009, I went to see a gynae and he confirmed that I'm now in my 5th week. This time, my husband saw the screening. He actually took the initiative to talk to the doc about my diet and lifestyle. A lot of things to avoid = cabbage, onions, nuts, spicy and oily food. I wouldn't say I totally avoided them all, but I'm trying to. At least I stop eating cabbage and big onions now. I don't fancy nuts that much, so that is not the problem. My problem now is the spicy food. Because of the weird taste in my mouth, I like to solve it with spicy and sour food which is totally unhealthy. I'm trying to stop them bit by bit. I just needed time to adjust my lifestyle.
And now, I'm reaching the 7th week. Still a long way to go. I do not know why, but somehow I find myself talking to the baby everyday. I kept say the same word, Bb, are you growing? Ha ha, I must be mad, curious, anxious, nervous to welcome my Bb. My husband on the other hand is not as anxious as I am. I'm still into housekeeping and washing clothes myself. I reminded myself to walk slow and steady so I wouldn't fall. I'm also into listening to the prayer chanting, kept praying in heart that I would be blessed with a good health in order for the Bb to grow healthy in my womb.
And the best thing of all, if the date calculation is correct, I'll be having a December baby. Remember I always say that I love December the most, until the baby is out, I can happily add in another important day then.

My very own personal gadget

My husband and I never failed to miss any of the PC fair throughout the years. And this round, 12 April 2009, right at the very last minute of the last day, something caught my eye. It's the HP Pavillion Touchsmart TX2-1115AU. I have been eyeing this laptop before, simply bcoz it's small, light and comes with touch screen facilities. And this model turns out to be the improved version of the previous model. We went to several booths, all with the same price, but different free gifts. The one that I picked gives us the following:-

1) Laptop backpack
2) Mouse
3) Keyboard protector
4) Laptop lock
5) Cooling pad
6) 2Gb Kingston pendrive
7) HP DVD-R

With my new gadget, I get to do my own work without the need to use my husband's PC. I get to have my personal space here. Somehow with the touch screen facility, someday I'll teach my kids how to write and read. Ha ha!!!!

My tonsillectomy

Right after my Cameron trip, we took a trip back to Taiping. I was scheduled for a tonsillectomy surgery on 16 Feb 2009, 2pm. I had tonsillitis problem since young and depended very much on the antibiotics. The antibiotics seem not helpful anymore and b4 I get myself pregnant, I decided to go for this. My husband drove me to Columbia Asia Hospital in Taiping and I got myself admitted at 11.01 am. Mum came along too and three of us admired the building designs since it just started its operation less than a year ago. This is the first surgery I had in my lifetime. After they left, I was alone in the room till 1pm, the nurse asked me to change and get myself ready. She gave me a sleeping pill too. I was asked to lie on a bed and they pushed me to the operating room, where I was transferred to another bed. The nurses and doctors were friendly enough, asking me alot of questions, and surprised that I'm not sleepy at all. Blood pressures and heart beat rate were checked, they were all perfectly normal. The anaesthetic doc said I'm not nervous at all. I was then pushed into the operating theatre and transferred to another bed again with a donut shape pillow. The doc gave me oxygen to breathe in, and what I remembered he injected something through my hand and the next minute I woke up, it was 4.20pm.

I was transferred back to ward, and Doc Sudha came to say that i'm her 521st case of tonsillectomy and 2nd difficult case she had. I was only given ice cream and soya bean at 8.30pm. Today, I'm glad that I can eat on fish porridge and kuey teow soup. And I'm now discharged and resting at home. I'll be returning to the doc for checkup after a week's time.

One new experience I had, proud and happy that I can face it bravely. Thank you to hubby, Mum, Papa and Jason who were there to visit me and to all friends and colleagues who text me. Also thank you to Kuan Yin Ma for blessing me. I'll be recovering very very soon.

V-day celebration

It's truly special as he arranged for a V-day weekend in Cameron Highlands. He booked a 3-rooms apartment under his company, situated right opposite the golf course. Good view! Places we went: Cactus Valley, BOH Tea Centre, Healthy Strawberry Farm, Cameron Bharat Tea Plantation, KEA Farm, Rose Valley...Back to nature this round, different from b4, always dinner, dinner and dinner. He enjoyed this trip, breathing in gallons of fresh oxygen. It's like a recharge vacation to us. We let go our work stresses right away. We had charcoal fire steamboat with organic vegetables. He bought me a dozen of peach roses, I didn't demand a nicely packed ones as it is pricey during this season. We even invited my friend and husband on V-night and she prepared a steamboat meal for us too. I'm indeed happy that we took time off for this trip! Happy Valentine's Day!Ha ha ha.....next trip???

Spending in IKEA

Today mark our 2nd month of marriage. And today also mark the final day of us spending in IKEA. IKEA cash vouchers of RM 1,000 were given to us when we bought our house. The vouchers were issued on 19 Feb 2008 and they are valid for one year, in which the expiry date coming very very soon. Can't remember how much times we went there, it should be less than 10 times, and today, we spend our final RM 300. He he....we did our shopping smartly, especially my hubby, who always take note of special discounts offered then only make the purchases. He does irritates me, when I can't buy the things I wanted. Still in the end, I'm glad he did that, at least we get to buy the things we really wanted and no regrets!

Antilop Highchair (white)

Art flow rose (red and pink)

Charm Grater

Chopping Board (big and small)

Colander (Steel)

Cutlery (2 sets, 24 pcs each)

Dralla n Bend Chopboard

Droppar Oil/Vinegar container

Dudero Floor Lamp (2)

Egg beater (2 types)

Egg slicer

Flackig Colander (white)

Fniss Wastepaper Basket (Red) (2)

Green deep plate (6 pcs)

Green plate (6 pcs)

Heat Pot Stand

Ikea 365+ turner

Jall Drying Rack

Klack tray

Koncis Snipper

Laundry basket (blue and green)

Lottorp oven glove (red)

Mammut children stool (blue, pink, green)

Measurement cups (4 pcs)

Ngaku biscuit

Paper bin with lid (white) (2)

Patrull N Bathtub Mat

Plastic clipper (30 pcs)

Plastic ice cube tray (blue, pink, green)

Plastics Nn Dishwasher Brush

Projs Desk Pad

Rationell Variera Drawer Mat (3 rolls)

Reko Glass 17Cl (1 dozen)

Rigga Clothes Rack

Salad Servers

Saucer (4 pcs)

Signe Rug (2 pcs)

Skrapa Rubber

Soup Ladle

Spice Jar (4 pcs)

Svepa Glass 22cl (2 sets,12 pcs each)

Tie Hanger

Tool set

Trojka Household Scissor

Viren Toilet Brush (red and pink)

Window wiper

Wok spatula

Chinese New Year 2009

This year's CNY would definately not be the same for me. Unlike previous years, I'm now with my husband and we are spending our CNY in parents-in-law's house. I have to make myself to adapt to the way they celebrate the occassion. It's like moving into another different world...from a modern family environment to a traditional, rules based family environment. I do admired the way they prayed to the ancestors and the Gods. All steps are well taken care of and I tried best not to disobey any one of them. My mother-in-law always make the best soup ever!! And my father-in-law will always smile and I think I can click with him in any topic. Perhaps, this is only the beginning....things will change again when the special someone comes into our life. And I'm sincerely waiting for it to happen! God bless!

Gong Xi Fa Cai and may the Year of Ox will bring us prosperity and good health. May this year will help us both in our career.

10 Rules For A Happy Marriage

I came across a blog and they quoted these 10 rules. And when I searched further, this list came from a couple who reached their 50th wedding anniversary and successfully made their marriage a promise for life. Now, I posted the rules here, and see how much rules we can live by:-

1. Never both be angry at the same time.
2. Never yell at each other unless the house is on fire.
3. If one of you has to win an argument, let it be your mate.
4. If you must criticize, do it lovingly.
5. Never bring up mistakes of the past.
6. Neglect the whole world rather than each other.
7. Never go to sleep with an argument unsettled.
8. At least once every day say a kind or complimentary word to your life partner.
9. When you have done something wrong, admit it and ask for forgiveness.
10. Remember it takes two to make a quarrel.


It may sound simple, I do not know if I can stick to these rules..hahaha.. at least I'm now entering these 10 rules into my brain from now on...

Life After Marriage!!

40 days had passed since the wedding ceremony. Life goes on as usual with an additional title; "Husband & Wife". Our life is now promoted to the next level and I can say I enjoy it so far. It is our effort to make it legal and to add up the love chemistry for both of us. We used to think differently, but now we learn to give and take with each other. I always reminded him that whatever decision he takes, he need to think for both of us. Not him alone anymore.... Hahaha, seems scary isn't it??

We are now waiting for our new home to complete. Until then, we just have a shelter to live in, hahaha, PITY US! Right now, both of us are busy with our own work. I'm tied up with my company's year end closing and he is in transition period of changing his job function.. He worked most of the weekend, sometimes from night till morning.. He must be under stress!! I thought of asking him to share with me his problems and pressures, somehow he doesn't have the time to sit down and talk to me. Even if he worked till morning, he'll just take a short nap and will bring me out to "jalan jalan", which I think is his way of relaxing himself. We both can seriously jalan jalan, sometimes turn out buying nothing. This is one of his strengths I love about!

Honeymoon Trip

We went for our honeymoon trip to Pattaya and Bangkok for 7 days, 6 nights. Many friends wonder what we did there. The answer is WALK AND SHOP, WALK AND SHOP!! The first night was at Pattaya, we engaged on a tour guide to bring us to the Mini Siam, Tiffany's Show and Underwater World Pattaya. Too bad, I did not know that this place was happening, we only had a night there. Pattaya, we'll return to explore you more.

In Bangkok, it is seriously walk and shop, walk and shop. The only places we visited is the Grand Palace, Emerald Buddhist Temple and Safari World. My husband enjoyed the day trip in Safari. Somehow, he loves animal so much that he can resist to go there again if ever we have our next Bangkok trip. Ha ha...

The shopping malls we went too are Siam Paragon, Siam Square, MBK, Central World, Zen, Isetan, Praturnam Centre, Gaysorn and Big C. The night markets would be Praturnam Market and Suan Lum Night Bazaar. We even went to Chatuchak too.. Too much stuff we bought, majority would be souveniers for relatives and friends. Overall, it is a tiring yet enjoyable trip.

My husband did say this is not our honeymoon trip. I do not know why, perhaps we don't really have time for each other. Everyday was like wake up and SHOP!! Hmm, hopefully I'll have another trip soon!!!!

Brief info on my blog!

I'm 100% new on this blogging, and is now improving from time to time. Noticed my links on the right side. You may view all my pre-wedding and ROM photos in "Pre-wedding". And all photos on my wedding (both day and night) in "Facebook". I'm pretty much inactive in friendster now..

Feel free to drop any comments!

A beautiful end to Year 2008!!

Of all the months, I have always love December. First and foremost, my parent's wedding anniversary on Dec 1, then my birthday on Dec 2, next my sis's second daughter's birthday on Dec 12, Mum's birthday on Dec 15 and my sis's eldest daughter's birthday on Dec 28. Everyone is enjoying the most during this month too as it's Christmas time, the year-end sale and counting down to the new year.

And this round, I added up one important date to December to make up to six, my wedding anniversary on Dec 6. Two weeks had passed.... I remembered, what I did was, to make reservation during Dec 2007 for the wedding reception. Then to take two photoshoots in May and June 2008. We were pretty much relax relax, and when Oct comes, wow, everyday was like a ticking bomb.....every minute....it went down real real fast and it was crazy. How we created our own dvd slideshows, how we picked up our favourite songs, how we build up the guest list and seatings....huh...tiring. Though tiring, but I enjoyed every single minute of it. I received tonnes of blessings and gifts from my loved ones. I would always always remember my Hen's night on Nov 28, how he turned up on time that day, how my husband went through all the challenges (hahaha, for the first time, he wore bra), except for an average song performance.. and what he said during the reception. I knew he truly love me as much as I love him!!!!

I would say this year's December would be the special December of all years. And this ocassion perfectly ends up the year 2008. Merry X-mas and Happy New Year to all...