Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Gastric or Something Else?

Last Sunday, I woke up around 9ish feeling really hungry but felt really tired so I decided to continue sleeping.  I finally woke up around noon and started having this really uncomfortable cramp like feelings just below by breast and above my belly.  So the first thing that came to mind is gastric.  For the whole day I regretted not waking up the first round to have something light to bite knowing that I was really hungry. 

Anyway, we decided to go out for lunch so I suggested to go Summit in USJ because I just found out that there is a Babyland there.  So I thought why not since I've decided to buy the Medela Swing Breast Pump.  So we had lunch at Black Canyon but boy I really didn't have much appetite but I thought I should eat slowly and hopefully the gastric will go away.  After lunch, we were walking looking for Babyland and in between we went into some sports shop which I suspect that the Nike shoes they are selling are not genuine.  Anyhow, because it's cheap I bought one pair of slip-ons from them.  After buying the breast pump from Babyland I told hubby that I want to go home because I was really not up to walking anymore.  All I felt like doing is just lie down and curl up into a ball because the cramps that I'm feeling comes and goes.  Anyway, before we left just to satisfied our urge for coffee we went back to Black Canyon to have a cup of coffee each.

We spend the rest of the day at home watching the series Lie To Me till dinner time.  In between I was tossing and turning trying to find the most comfortable position and as usual baby was also doing his rounds of exercise routine inside punching, kicking, moving around.  I must say recently I noticed that baby's movements are getting stronger and stronger and I'm so happy that finally hubby can share the same experience as me.  I can tell that he gets so excited everytime he felt baby moved.  Sometimes, he will even try to play with baby by poking my stomach! But so far baby only responded to him once.  Most of the time, he had to put his hand on my belly for quite sometime before he can feel it.

Anyway, back to my "gastric" episode well besides from feeling the cramps..I had diarrhea too! Thankfully the cramps was not as bad on Monday so I still manage to go to work.  The diarrhea still maintains for the whole day.  Then suddenly it strike me could it be something else? I was thinking to myself maybe the cramp like feelings is actually not gastric.  Maybe it is Braxton Hicks contractions.  I mean I am in my final trimester now.  So once again, I started google-ing about Braxton Hicks contractions and realised that the result I find mostly says that it is painless and you feel your stomach hardens for just few seconds.  Then I started to touch my tummy and felt oh no I can't tell the difference because certain time of the day it always feels hard! Then I continue searching and then it somehow links to pre-term labour which one of the signs says diarrhea! Then I got really worried and started thinking hmmm cramps + diarrhea not a good sign.  I thought to myself give it another day and if I still feel the cramps I should call the Dr to ask about it. 

Today is already Wednesday and thankfully I did not feel any more cramps today but still had a little bit of diarrhea.  Then suddenly my brain function properly and I laughed to myself how can  I be in labour when the cramps are above my stomach! If it was a real contraction I should be feeling it at my belly right? I mean if the information online is correct it should feel like menstrual cramps then it should be just above the pubic area.  Silly me! Worried for nothing!!  

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Tiramisu...Attempt No 1

My friends and I were planning for a Christmas dinner at my place but unfortunately the main chef fell sick so we had to postpone our dinner to next week.  Anyway, I told my friends that my contribution for the dinner will be Tiramisu for dessert.

I found this recipe online from Jamie Oliver and it looks very simple.  Since the dinner was postponed, I told myself that I will test out the recipe today.  Well everything went well until the recipe says to slowly fold in the beaten egg white into the mascarpone mix.  Silly me did it the other way round! I pour my mascarpone mix into the egg white and started folding and notice hmmmm this doesn't seem right...  oh well too late to do anything so just continue folding...On top of that, the recipe states to briefly soak the sponge fingers into the coffee...without even testing one I straight away put in 5-6 sponge fingers and they soak up so fast that I didn't have enough coffee left and they started to be really soft.  Hopefully, after setting it in the fridge overnight everything will still turn out OK.

But I had another concern... Half way through making the tiramisu it suddenly hit me that perhaps I shouldn't be eating it until I deliver.  Why? Well, the recipe requires 3 eggs and because there's no baking involved it means that the eggs are not cook at all! Isn't raw eggs a big NO NO to preggers? AAarrgh! Maybe I'll just try a little bit tomorrow!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

27 weeks and 4 days..........

Yay....I'm so proud of myself that I went through 1st and 2nd trimester without much problems.  I don't know about my hubby that seems to be complaining to my friends ever since I am pregnant.  It started of with my ever changing cravings for food which to me it wasn't a big issue! I heard that there are some preggers who go to the extend of asking their partners to drive like miles away just to buy some particular food and mine was just Mcdonalds! It's always around the corner somewhere!

Then once I entered into 2nd trimester he started saying that I'm clumsy.  Yeah I mean I do have butter fingers at times but not ALL the time.  As for the bruises on my thighs or legs or arms, I get bruises from knocking over something even before I was pregnant anyway! So no difference to me.  So other than that, my cravings for Mcdonalds still maintain just that it upgraded from a Fillet O fish to a Double cheeseburger yummy! Not bad for a first time preggers right?

Well, now that I'm in my 3rd trimester, honestly really getting very excited and worried at the same time.  Excited because I can't wait to see my baby boy...Worried..oh boy what's labour like? It will always remain as a big question mark till the day comes.  First, I will think how do I know whether I'm in labour? Then once it is confirm I've been thinking to have epidural or not.  I read about the procedure of an epidural and OMG it gives me the shivers down my spine! But then again friends been telling me that the labour pain is so great and intense that we can't feel the epidural procedure.  Is that true? Shall I just be strong and just go with normal pain killers? Some even tell me that there are possibility that with epidural we can't feel how to push when the time comes! So many thoughts run through my mind that I get cold feet at times.

Besides from labour, we still have a few more things that we have not bought like the car seat, breast pump, diapers, wet tissues, cottons, powder and the lists goes on and on! On top of that, since I will be staying in the Condo after giving birth, the condo doesn't seem to be equip enough.  Number 1... I will definietly need a washing machine and thinking where to put it is also another problem.  No 2.. is time to set up the dryer since we can't hang clothes at the balcony which I also don't intend to do it because clothes hung on our balcony is as good as not washing it! It will be full of dust from federal highway! No 3.. I must have an internet connection. 

So, baby's daddy... please look into it yeah? Love ya!

   

Friday, December 17, 2010

Sleepless Night....yawwnnnn!

Last night was the first night that I was awaken not because I need to pee but I was awaken by my baby boy.  Not too sure what makes him so active last night that I was tossing and turning to get the most comfortable position to fall asleep and he did the same inside me too! Well the difference is that he was playing inside more than trying to fall asleep.

I've tried lying down on my right side it was OK for a while but then I started to feel ticklish on my right tummy maybe because my tummy was lying against the bed.  So I switch to the left, oh boy at one point in time i could feel as if there's thunder in my stomach! He's move in my stomach last night was pretty strong and when I put my hand on my tummy I could felt my stomach moved quite vigourously.... Maybe because of this reason I got more and more awake at 4am! I even tried lying on my back but that was not comfortable at all because after a while I started having backache.  I think for about an hour or more I was trying all sorts of position and trying to calm him down by stroking my stomach and finally I could feel that he's sound asleep and so did I......

I must say eventhough when the alarm rang this morning and I was so reluctant to get out of bed for work I still woke up with a smile on my face thinking back what I went through in the middle of the night with my hubby snoring beside me.  I guess this is one of the moments that I will not forget about my pregnancy....

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

A Step Closer to Final Trimester

Last Friday we went for baby's monthly check-up in Pantai Hospital, Bangsar for the first time.  The wait was really long but thankfully we manage to occupy our time by exploring the hospital.  Anyway, we reached there about 9.15am and the nurse took my blood pressure, weight and requested for my urine and asked us to come back later at about 11am because I am actually number 10 in line. 

So we requested to view the labour ward since we have so much time to kill.  The nurse was very kind to assist us to call the labour ward and guide us the direction to the labour ward.  The moment we reach there we were greeted by another really friendly nurse showing us two different wards.  Well according to her there's only 2 wards not occupied at that time.  The first room is the single room with attached toilet.  I was taken aback the moment I stepped in, because firstly the bed doesn't look comfy at all and there's so many wires hanging everywhere honestly kind of freak me out.  So we went to the second room which is the suite.  The difference with the suite it comes with a sofa.  Oh by the way, I manage to see the water birth pool in the suite.  It's exactly like what I saw on discovery channel.  Of course if we do not intend to use it, it will be removed and the room will look much more like a suite.  I have yet to decide which room I will want to go through labour in but definietly not the suite because it is way way to costly. 

After the visit, we asked about ante-natal classes and the nurse referred us to Sister Elizabeth.  So we went to look for her and had a long and informative chat.  First she was explaining what all the classes is all about.  Briefly as below:-

Session 1 Breastfeeding & childhood survival / feature of newborn
Session 2 Process of labour / tour of delivery suite / post natal ward
Session 3 Miracle of stem cell / care of newborn
Session 4 Pain relief in labour / nutrition in motherhood
Session 5 Prenatal exercise

After all that she was very nice to give us some tips on what type of clothing to buy for newborn and what type of car seat.  She even explained that the best way to bath your baby is to put the tub ontop of our dining table is the best! Initially, we were very proud that we didn't had to go to that extend but after listening to her we felt a bit foolish because we totally didn't think about what happen after the baby bath! Sister was asking us if our stand is just enough for the tub then what happens when the bath is over.  How do we dry the baby? She further explained we can't carry with one hand and wrap the towel because baby is very slippery.  It is also very dangerous to carry a wet baby around.  So best is to have a place right next to the tub so that we can dry and dress the baby before moving him around.  Looks like we will need to move the tub with the stand into the bedroom instead. 

Anyway, looks like we should be more clear after attending the classes which will commence next month.  After our long chat, we still had half an hour to kill so we decided to have a drink before going back to see the doctor.  We check out the cafeteria and I got sucked into ordering the waffles.. Oh my god it taste like homemade pancakes! I think the next time, we will just stick to starbucks. 

At 11am we went back to the specialist area and waited for about 15 to 20mins and then it was our turn.  As usual, because this is our first time, doctor asked us a few questions like allergy and medical history.  Then she reassured me a few things like the discharge or the muscle pull.  After that we started with th ultrasound and again she explained to us what we are looking at because most of the time I can't tell what I'm looking at!  Baby progress is very good.  We even manage to see him move his mouth and doing lots of stretching! After the scanning Dr told me that she will send me back to Bangsar Women Specialist and then she will see me again after CNY.  Well, as expected the bill came up higher than usual and we were quite surprise that we actually have a CD to bring home.  This is what's in the CD



Well there's a lot of clips but one is taking really long to upload and looks blur.  Looks like I have to figure out whether can we compress the file. 

Thursday, December 9, 2010

English Tea @ Ritz Carlton

One of my galfriends msn me saying that she would like to see my belly as the last time we see each other was during her daughter's fullmoon and at that time I wasn't showing yet.  So anyway, because last Tuesday was a public holiday we decided to meet up for tea.  I guess initially both of our ideas was maybe just coffee at a cafe.

Both of us couldn't decide where to go because I personally am quite bored with Delicious.  So as usual I open my favourite browser and start googling where to have tea in Klang Valley and wahlah! I came across this blog that had a write up on English Tea at Ritz Carlton.  The pictures on the blog was very impressive and with the price for the tea set it was even more impressive! So it was decided that we give it a try.  Anyhow, in my mind how wrong can Ritz Carlton be right?

They serve English Tea from 3pm-5pm everyday except Sunday.  I was wondering whether should we make any reservation but then we were so confident that it will not be full house so we decided not to make any reservations.  Anyway, so we met at the hotel at 3pm and I drove there myself trying to figure out where is their parking and when the valet pointed me to the basement parking I was shocked! First I had to pay RM20 to the security guard and I get no receipt whatsoever! I was told to park my car at B2 so I did.  The parking was kind of dark so I choose a parking right next to the entrance of the lift.  Unfortunately, the lift was not working!! I was thinking to myself how can this be? This is Ritz Carlton! I can't imagine that I need to walk up the staircase in a 5 star hotel. 

So anyway, I arrived first (as expected my friend will be late) and noticed that the lounge is really warm.  Luckily while waiting for my friend they served me a glass of cold water to cool my body temperature.  I thought to myself goshhh just by climbing up the staircase I felt so warm already?! So when my friend arrived we told the waitress that we are ready to have our tea.  So the waitress pushed a cart full of tea leaves 40 different types to be exact and introduced to us a few types of teas.  There were so many teas that we didn't know where to start smelling! So anyway, I quite like the tea called .... Rose (can't remember the name) and my friend had Earl Grey.  So the waitress said she will get us one set with additional pot of tea.  We just assume it should be the tiffin set. 

The teas were served in a nice looking English teapot with warmer and the "Set" was served on a 3 tier tiffin set.  The top layer were 2 warm scones (one plain & one with apple), chicken pie and a quiche.  The scones were very good but very fattening! Well... fattening for me because I choose to have it with butter and fresh cream! Oh by the way, on the table there were 3 different Jams (marmalade, erm.. something berry and can't remember the other one) which we were suppose to have it with the scones but I bypass that and jumped straight into the cream.  Anyway, I also like the chicken pie and the quiche too.  2nd Tier there were pickled cucumber sandwich (bread was a bit dry), smoked salmon canape (can't comment because I didn't try it) and another canape that both of us did not take coz we were so full.  I think is cheese canape.  As for the last tier is more towards sweets... fruit tart, mango cheesecake, macaroon and somethingelse with nuts that I was not interested. 

Overall I would say is a very good experience.  Eventhough the lounge was a bit too warm to the extend that it was a little bit uncomfortable but minus that, I don't mind having tea there again.  At least we chatted without needing to shout at each other throat! Oh by the way, the set which includes one pot of tea and the tiffin set is RM68++

Friday, December 3, 2010

24 Weeks and 5 Days

According to my iPhone application, today I am officially 24 weeks and 5 days pregnant.  It didn't hit me that I am officially in my 6th month until today when I was bored at work and was doing some mental calculation how many months is 24 weeks and it hit me!

Wow.... time really flies I must say.  I still can't believe that I am 6 months pregnant! It felt like I haven't done a lot of things especially my exercise routine! I was very adamant to do yoga at home but I only manage to do it twice.  Swimming only once so far... but to console myself I did lots of walking since the day I was confirmed pregnant.  Hubby been very nice to accompany me to ensure I fullfill my walking exercise on a weekly basis.  Every weekend without failed we will walk for hours in a shopping mall from Mid Valley to Pavillion to Sunway Pyramid and even Carrefour! I told myself I must swim at least once a week starting from tomorrow.  :)

Well, we also manage to shop a few large items for our baby.  Hubby decided that we should start buying gradually so that he doesn't feel the pinch so much.  We have bought so far :-

1. Inglesina Zippy Stroller...this stroller only requires one hand to operate which is the reason why we bought it.
2. Baby Cot with latex matress (it comes with one free bedding set by the way)
3. Playpen
4. Fisherprice infant to toddler bouncer
5. Baby bath tub with netting and hubby purposely buy a stainless steel stand from Ikea for me so that I don't have to squat and hurt my back while bathing baby
6. A cupboard from Ikea to put baby's stuff

I think that's about it.  Hopefully, from now till my due date we are only left with the car seat which I am thinking whether should we buy from newborn or wait till he is 6months old and smaller items like bottles, clothes, sterilizer etc.

Can't imagine what it will be like when baby is here and definitely can't wait for my next check up on Friday to see my baby progress.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Holiday in Hong Kong with Hubby and Baby --- Day 5

We woke up just in time to freshen up and pack up before checking out.  The bus suppose to pick us up at 12.15pm but the driver was late.  As usual, he will go round a few more hotels to pick more passengers before heading to the airport.  The queue to check in was really long but thankfully the waiting time was bearable.  Anyway, baby was getting hungry as after we settle everything it was already 1.30pm and we haven't had anything to eat. 

We were walking around the airport and decided to splurge a little at this really nice looking chinese restaurant that serve dim sum.  Initially our intention was to have dim sum but then when hubby told me that they have roast goose rice I agree to it immediately and I would say it was really really good! I told hubby if we ever return to Hong Kong we must come here for their roast goose.  The sour plum sauce that comes with the goose is also very good.  Can't get it here in KL.  Anyway, hubby ordered wanton noodle and he still insist that the wanton and noodle we had the first day was still the best.  The portion was small for him so he ordered roast pork rice to fill up the balance.  Initially, I was sceptical about trying it but he said I will love the roast pork and so I tried and I agreed! Hubby found a new way to enjoy roast pork that is to dip into mustard but for me I still prefer it without any sauce.
Roast Goose Rice--yummy!
 The roast pork rice was so good that we forgotten to take any pictures of it.  Overall, it was quite a relaxing trip besides from all the walking... food wise a little dissapointing maybe we were having too high expectations.....definietly failed in terms of shopping!  

Holiday in Hong Kong with Hubby and Baby --- Day 4

Well technically this is our last day to explore Hong Kong.  Hubby decided to go to Causeway Bay.  I think he wanted to go there because of the movie 'Young & Dangerous'.  Anyway, since the guide book also mentioned that they have shopping malls there so we decided to go ahead anyway. 

Hubby decided that we should take the MTR from Mong Kok East station instead of walking all the way to Mong Kok station..of course I agreed ! So we bought the ticket all the way to Causeway Bay and we know we had to change train a few times.  The planned route was Mong Kok East-Hung Hom-Tsim Sha Tsui East-Tsim Sha Tsui-Causeway Bay.  Everything went perfectly fine until we reach Tsim Sha Tsui East and we know we must have made a mistake somewhere as the Tsim Sha Tsui East and Tsim Sha Tsui station is not connected.  Well not connected in the sense that once we exit the Tsim Sha Tsui East station we can't get the ticket back! Which means we will need to buy another ticket to Causeway Bay from Tsim Sha Tsui... sighh major boo boo on our last day. 

Finally we arrived at Causeway Bay and we walked towards Sogo from the MTR station.  We were thinking hmmmm don't all these people need to work? Geez it's a Friday and is not even lunch time and Sogo is so crowded! I guess the sale must be really good because I see people with loads of shopping bags! We decided to have our brunch first.  Since is our last day and we haven't had dim sum in Hong Kong I insist that we have Dim Sum.  So we were walking along the main road and noticed that there are some restaurants situated inside the office buildings.  We decided to check out one of the restaurants and the moment the lift open we were in the restaurant already! We were kinda shocked because we wanted to do some survey first.  Anyhow, we were to shy to turn back so we decided to go ahead.  Thankfully they do serve dim sum but hubby was having problems understanding the dimsum menu in chinese so we decided to take their set meals instead.  The price is reasonable and this is what comes in the set:-


Fried Beef Hor Fun (Dry)--- VERY GOOD!

Fried Carrot Cake-- Not Bad

Chives Dumpling--No comment


Black Bean Chicken Feet---Not soft enough but tasty

Char Siew Pau---VERY VERY GOOD!
After our dimsum, we went into Sogo hoping we could get some cheap clothes or diaper bags or any baby stuff back but after the price conversion there's not much difference than buying them in KL.  Therefore, we failed in terms of shopping in HongKong! We didn't want to waste time so we went back to Tsim Sha Tsui. 

We decided to explore Tsim Sha Tsui and manage to stumble across this Macau Restaurant which sells the Polo Buns! I told hubby I must have it! Otherwise, I won't have chance anymore! So we decided to have tea in a Macau Restaurant.  We ordered a Polo Bun with Butter, hubby ordered a Macau Pork Chop Burger and we also wanted to try the chili pepper squid.  I've been telling hubby I actually miss the chilli pepper squid tentacles in Perth.  Well, there are alot of things I miss about Perth especially their food...perhaps my tastebud is much more accustomed to what they serve in Perth.  Oops...drifting away..


Polo Bun with Butter

Macau Ice Coffee

Pork Chop Burger---the ommelet is GOOD!

Chilli Pepper Squid---No Good :(
After our tea break, we decided to head back to the hotel for a rest as the weather was getting gloomy. 

Our last dinner was bad.... we decided to walk along Fah Yuen Street if I'm not mistaken and because we kinda have no idea what to eat we just simply pick one that has some roast meat hanging as their ornaments...thinking that the roast should be their specialty.  Boy were we WRONG! The roast pork that hubby ordered tasted like 'lap cheung' to me! Thank God I've learned my lesson not to order anymore pork dishes... I ordered mince beef with egg and rice and luckily it was OK..I kind of felt guilty for having this as the egg was raw and because I'm pregnant I shouldn't be taking anything raw but anyhow I didn't finish it because I know I will feel very guilty until my next check up if I do. 

On our way back, I told hubby that I must get some dessert from Hui Lau San and I take away a cup of snow jelly and they were very good! A little too sweet but bearable.  Well since it's our last night, we went back to the hotel to pack up and enjoy live TVB Anniversary show. 

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Holiday in Hong Kong with Hubby and Baby --- Day 3

Day 3.... we were so tired that we slept all the way through till the hotel woke us up asking for laundry.  Anyway,  the plan was to go to Apliu Street.  According to the travel book that we bought this street was supposely well known for second hand items as well as electronics.  So we took the Mtr to Sham Sui Poh and decided to look for breakfast first. 

We started walking looking for food and finally this 'Char Chan Teng' caught our eye because they were selling pastries outside.  So we decided to try it and the waitress was nice enough to explain what was written on the wall which is their set meals.  Hubby choose to have noodles and I choose the baked spaghetti.  The set also comes with drink and soup.  I must say their borsch soup is very tasty! I wanted to finish the whole bowl but hubby stopped me by whispering the word ajinomoto.  As for the main meal I quite like the spaghetti but not so much on the beef.  Didn't like the noodles that hubby ordered though.


The soups that comes with our set meals


The fried noodles


My baked spagetti with beef and scallop
 Any brunch, we commence our walking around Apliu street and I must say it is an eye opener! We were expecting second hand items but not to the extend of selling TV remote controls or used Woks! After we got enough of exploring we decided to go to Wong Tai Sin temple. 

I was expecting a grand temple like how we see it on the TVB dramas but I was kind of dissapointed when I saw the temple.  Somehow it doesn't look as grand as what's being shown on TVB.  On top of that the temple is doing some renovation so we can't get a closer look at the altars.  Nevertheless, we still spend some time there as the whole area is very peaceful. 



After that we walked into a shopping mall next to the temple to get a drink and adjourned back to Kwong Wa street which hubby saw a row of shops selling adult toys and what I meant by adult toys is like remote control cars, BB guns etc.. 

Because my feet was already aching and I saw a dessert shop we decided to have a break and have some dessert.  Erm... I would say the good thing is they are not sweet but the bad thing is they are kind of tasteless!  

Honey Dew with basil seeds


Mango with LOTS of Sago

After walking around the "hobby street" we couldn't decide where to go.  So we decided to look for Langham Place which was supposed to be a tourist shopping mall.  We were walking in circles trying to locate this mall and finally just when we were about to give up and return back to the hotel it was right infront of us! So we went in anyway just to see what's it all about and the only thing that we were very facinated about is the escalators! They have escalators that runs non stop up and down 4 floors! 

The 4 stories high escalator

The view from the top after taking 2 sets of 4 stories high escalator
After all that, we decided to return to our hotel and I bought a pair of Scholl insoles for my shoes as the pain on my heel is getting unbearable.  Even when I walked barefoot in the room it is very painful. 

I decided that we should return to Temple street for dinner as I saw one of the restaurants that have occupy many shops within the same vicinity and it was crowded when we first went there.  So after checking the map we took the Mtr to Jordan and started walking towards Temple street.  We walked from one end to the other and the street doesn't seem familiar to us! We walked back to the main road and looked for the tourist signage that shows Temple Street and it pointed us back to the same street that we were walking! Honestly we were so puzzled at that time! Then I tried to recall the Mtr stop that we came out from the first day when we had the beef noodles it hit me that we were at the wrong station! We were suppose to stop at Yau Ma Tei! While we walked back to the Mtr station we were discussing if there are 2 Temple Street in HK??  We are still puzzled till now because when we look at the map it is not linked.... Anyway, we went back to the Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei and I finally had my porridge and hubby ate Beef Pot Rice and we also ordered a plate of vegie.  I would say the chicken porridge is very very tasty!! I think is the chicken fats that makes it so tasty hahaha
On the way back to the hotel we take away Yau Char Kuai and another fried dough that is huge but is just made out of flour nothing else and also a bowl of "copy" sharkfin soup. 

See the reason why I used the word "Copy" is because as we walked along Ladies Market or Temple Street all we can hear is people shouting "Copy bags" meaning they are selling imitation branded goods.  So I don't know how to describe my bowl of sharkfin which is not made from real sharkfin I decided to call it "copy" sharkfin soup.  Unfortunately, this "copy" sharkfin soup is so salty that it is impossible to drink more than one quarter of a bowl.  We end up wasting it.  After all that supper baby and I were so tired that we just knocked out and slept........
  

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Holiday in Hong Kong with Hubby and Baby --- Day 2

We had a very early start for Day 2 because of the free half day tour.  Anyway, we were very lucky with this tour as initially, we were suppose to meet at another hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.. but we got a message that the tour company will come and pick us up from our hotel instead.  So yay we don't need to wake up so early afterall. 

Hubby and I decided to have our breakfast in the hotel itself as the bus will come and pick us up at 8.45am.  Anyway, we went for the buffet breakfast and well.. we have come to a conclusion that any hotel in Malaysia can serve better breakfast. 

The tour starts of by bringing us to visit the Typhoon shelter area where it was optional for us to pay for the boat ride visiting the fishing boats and boathouse.  While we were on the boat ride I was more impressed with the yachts that was docked there! For eg:

Dream Yachts

 
More Dream Yachts

Boat House
So after the boat ride, the tour took us to a Jewellery Factory and as expected like what we went through in China, they have to lock you inside a small room explaining their history blah blah blah before they allow you to walk around the retail area.  Clearly, we were not interested to get any jewellery from there so it took us 10mins and we were out of there.  After the jewellery factory, we adjourned to visit the Tin Hau Temple at Clear Water Bay and also the beach.  The temple was crowded with tourist from all over the world. 

The last stop was at the peak.  We decided not to follow the bus back down to Central as we would like to experience the tram ride.  And also, I was getting hungry and I saw Mak's Noodle and that's one of the restaurants that was highly recommended online... so the more reason to stay longer up on the peak.  So hubby just snap snap a few pics and off we go to the Mak's Noodle for more noodles and wanton!  But after what we had the night before Mak's Noodle seems nothing special anymore.  Even the wantons cannot beat what we had the first night.

View of Central from the Peak

Prawn Roe Noodles

Wanton Noodle

After lunch,we took the tram down to Central and walk and walk and walk towards Lan Kwai Fong to get the famous egg tarts.  After asking for directions and finally we found THE place also highly recommended online for egg tarts.  The bakery is called Tai Cheong  Bakery.  There were also chicken and bbq pork pie so we bought one each and 4 egg tarts.  Guess what we got cheated! We didn't see when they were packing the egg tarts so we assume everything was in order.  And what a surprise when we went back to the hotel for a break we decided to try the egg tarts and guess what there were only 3 in the box! Not going back there anymore!  By the way, the pies taste much better than the egg tarts.



As some of my friends are probably aware, I'm so addicted to watching TVB dramas that I was looking forward to check out Lan Kwai Fong... you know with the steep road with pubs by the side eventhough I can't drink now but just to see what is it like.  Unfortunately, what we found was the street called Lan Kwai Fong flat street with no pubs :( Also, we remember clearly in almost all TVB dramas we see them walking down a very long flight of staircase and finally just when we were about to give up hope we found it!



We didn't do much exploring in Central itself so we decided to leave and went to Citygate Outlet Mall and bought nothing there as things were not as cheap as I thought they will be! After that we decided to go back to the hotel and rest before going out again for dinner.

Of course, while we were resting I took every opportunity to watch some TVB dramas! LOL Anyway, because we had the pies and tarts for tea we had late dinner at Ladies Market.  Again, we will walk from one end to the other end looking for dinner (by the way there were many Japanese Restaurants along Ladies Market) and end up in this restaurant that serves everything under one roof from roast meat to fried rice.  We ordered 'pot rice' with pork and salted fish, a plate of vegie, roast duck & char siew and beef fried rice.  Out of all that I have just mentioned, only the fried rice was good.  The 'pot rice' was the biggest mistake I made for ordering it coz the pork smell was so strong that I couldn't take it so I end up swaping with chris for his lovely beef fried rice.  I told Chris NO MORE PORK in HK! 



Holiday in Hong Kong with Hubby and Baby --- Day 1

One day after dinner hubby gave me an ultimatum about our holiday plans.  Actually, he has been bugging me to plan for a holiday but I was too lazy to plan.  I would rather be the follower instead.  But anyway, since I'm already in my 5th month of my pregnancy hubby said in a stern voice "I don't care we are leaving next month...pick a destination and plan for it" Of course then he continue if we don't go now we won't be able to go till baby is at least 2 years old.  I guess that really hit me coz I love my holidays!! So, me being very worried with getting DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) and also worried about being pregnant and on the plane I thought better not go tooooo far... so I decided Hong Kong. 

We took the Cathay Pacific package which includes:-

1. Return air ticket (economy class of course)
2. Hotel (we choose Royal Plaza Hotel in Mong Kok)
3. Return airport transfer
4. Half day city tour

So, anyway the hotel was very good.  Somehow they upgraded us to a deluxe room AND free broadband connection too! Anyway, I was a little dissapointed with the weather in HK as I was expecting winter-ish weather but the temperature was way too high to be in winter.  On top of that it was very hazy!

After checking in, we started exploring so the first thing is to figure out how to get to Mongkok MTR station.  Oh yes by the way our hotel is actually situated on top of Mongkok East MTR station which takes us no where! But, we've been told is about 10mins walk to the Mongkok MTR station and our walking holiday begins......

First stop was to go to Mido Cafe for polo buns but unfortunately, I forgot to take down which exit from to get out from once I reach the Yau Ma Tei station... so we just took a guess.  We were walking and walking and walking and guess what we found Temple Street! So we were very proud of ourselves for finding that.  Anyway, we continue walking and walking and finally we found Mido Cafe but by the time we got there the polo buns were all sold out! So we decided to return to the cafe another day.

So we continue walking, and stumble upon this Beef Noodle Shop which looks quite good.  Chris ordered a beef noodle and I ordered their Wanton Soup.  OMG the beef noodle was really good and so is the Wanton!  The noodles was really springy and tasty and the beef is so tender! As for the Wanton they serve one prawn in each Wanton...



Then I thought ooooh HK food is really good!  So with a satisfied meal, we continue strolling on the street and found a stall selling more street food ie. curry fish balls...cheung fun... etc...So we decided to try the curry fish balls and the cheung fun and sigh what a disspointment compared to the noodles that we had! The fish balls were so tiny and the curry well very obvious is just curry powder and water! As for the cheung fun is tasteless..




After that, both of us noticed that we were very thirsty... hmm sign of MSG in the food? Anyway, we continue walking and went to a newly opened dessert shop.  Chris ordered a set of tong sui (almond, red bean and black sesame) and I ordered a mango souffle.  I would rate my dessert 8/10. 




After all that, I told Chris I think we have to stop eating coz I felt like I'm going to explode! Anyway, it's time that we take the Mtr to Tsim Sha Shui for the Symphony of Lights which starts at 8pm every night.  So, we manage to find a spot to see the lights but somehow we didn't manage to see where's the avenue of stars!! It's suppose to be in the same place!  Anyway, after the light show we decided to call it a night as we have an early start for Day 2 and plus after all that walking we were very tired already! But after shower and all we decided to have supper that's when I had my french toast and milk tea and chris ordered pork chop rice.  The french toast was good as they provide us with lots of honey while the pork chop rice was clearly over tenderised.  Overall, is OK. 

Friday, November 12, 2010

22 And A Half Weeks!

Went for my check up this morning with my hubby and amazingly I put on 4 kgs!! Dr said that because I'm catching up what I lost before so it is OK.... hmmmm perhaps 4kgs is too much in one month! Looks like I gotta lay off Mcdonalds for a while now.... :(

Well.. Dr is very happy with my progress as well as baby's growth.  The only thing lacking is my iron level. I need to eat more leafy vegetables which at the current moment is not one of my favourite food! Cos lettuce YES ! But spinach... choy sum... Baby don't like it ;) Hahaha So anyway, I've been on this supplement for iron called Iberet Folic to boost my iron level but the side effect is constipation!

YES I've been complaining about my constipation problem with all my dear galfriends... With this supplement it makes it even worst! I've been taking papaya as per Dr's advice nearly everyday but certain days it helps but certain days it doesn't.  And mind you with my breakfast in the morning which is consist of

1 teaspoon of Lo Hong Ka Bird Nest (Thank you BB--my hubby)
1 glass of Orange Juice (Peel Fresh)
2slices of bread or toastie waffles or bacon with eggs
1 cup of EnfaMama
1 slice of papaya

So judging from the above for a normal person I think logicially thinking OJ+Milk+Papaya = Diarrhoea but not for me! And I heard that constipation will get worst in third trimester! HELP!!

But after looking at the ultrasound this morning ahhhh it's all worth it ! Plus Dr said baby at the moment baby have my features too! I think daddy is abit jealous he said baby face will change.... Can't wait to see my baby...

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Hmmm what to blog??

What do I write in a blog? I told myself that I will start a blog to put down happy moments or sad moments or anything that I would like to share throughout my pregnancy.  Well... I am officially 5 months pregnant now and why start only today?

This is how it all started... I was well kinda bored at work today and I saw my msn-buddy online.  She's like my online encylopedia on pregnancy.  Thank you my dear friend! Anyway, everytime we chat on msn she's been asking me whether have I started my exercise routine and I've been giving her the same old answer which is NOPE! Finally, I manage to swim on Deepavali day and the moment I saw her online I msn her and told I finally swam! So again she did some consultation over msn on some little trivial matters that I've asked her and she was encouraging me to blog. 

So here I am with my first entry.....