Friday, March 18, 2011

Am I Bored?

Some of you may probably be aware that I've been on my maternity leave since 1st March.  All my friends who met up with me or called to check on me will ask am I bored? or What have I done for the week? Am I getting anxious about the delivery? Well, honestly somehow I don't feel bored.  As a matter of fact I do enjoy it very much even on days where I just stayed at home and watch Channel E the whole day! Maybe I'm such a lazy person that all I want to do is just sleep and eat and watch TV.

For instance, since my last blog was on March 8th, let me try to refresh my own memory what I did on March 9th onwards.

March 9th - Wednesday
I was hungry when I woke up so hubby and I went for light breakfast because I already made plans to have lunch with my parents.  Anyway, we decided to just walk outside our house to have roti canai and a cup of teh tarik.  I was surprised that after finishing the cup of teh tarik I was so fulled! My parents came and pick me up for lunch at about 11.30am.  Initial plan was to pick up my grandpa from Bukit Rimau and have lunch together.  We arrived at his house about noon and while my mum was busy transferring some juice from her thermal flask for my grandpa and not sure what else she was doing so I sat there and chatted with my grandpa for while.  Unfortunately, my uncle arranged someone to come and service the air-cond around lunch time so my grandpa said he will stay at home while we go ahead with our lunch and just to 'tar-pau' for him.  We went to this restaurant called Pun Chun that is famous in Bidor that sells wanton noodles and duck noodles.  I was still full from my breakfast so I decided to have the duck soup only and I took some wanton that my dad ordered for sharing.  The wanton is huge and yummy! Another reason why I like it so much is that because it does not have pork inside.  Just prawns and it's crunchy! After lunch we went back to my grandpa's house to drop off his lunch and we went back to my condo to drop off some stuff that my mum will be using during my confinement like sesame oil, blackbeans and I can't remember what else! After that, my parents dropped me back at PJ and I just relax for the rest of the day watching TV.

March 10th - Thursday
Hubby and I woke up quite late.  Late as in nearly noon.  Anyway, my FIL called asking whether do we want roast pork rice since he is going to buy back some.  I immediately said yes because it's been a while since i had the delicious roast pork rice from Brickfields.  After lunch, I took our maid to our condo for cleaning.  Mind you the last round the condo was being cleaned was I think nearly 3 weeks ago!  While, I was waiting for her to clean, I watched a movie that hubby bought from the DVD shop called Last 3 Days.  It's quite a good movie I must say but certain parts was so dark that can't really see anything.  Anyway, my BIL also came over to pick up the clothes dryer that came together with the condo.  As usual, the maid did a very good job in cleaning our condo and we left after she's done and I rest for the rest of the evening.

March 11th - Friday
I remember we woke up early enough to have breakfast because my mum woke me up.  I told hubby that I want to eat chee cheong fun.  Just plain chee cheong fun with the sweet sauce.  He was shocked because I'm never a chee cheong fun fan.  Anyway, as usual hubby was very nice to go out and 'tar pau' for me and we had breakfast together before he left for work while I took a rest and about 11am I got ready to go out with my parents for lunch.  We went to restaurant Lan Jie in Kota Damansara and had steam tilapia.  I was shocked when I went into the restaurant because the patrons there order one fish to themselves! Anyway, we ordered 2 fishes, a plate of fried sweet potato leaves and kung po chicken.  Then I realised why the patrons there ordered one fish to themselves because I myself finished 3/4 of the fish.  The only part that I didn't eat is the stomach which I couldn't handle because of the bones.  But other than that I finished everything! After lunch, we went to Sunway Giza because I wanted to buy milk and also because I have not been.  So we were walking around that area also went into a shop selling baby stuff.  My mum bought more mittens and booties for my son.  On the way back, my dad stopped by a soya bean vendor and bought some herbal jelly.  The herbal jelly is very good! After all that, I went home and slept till hubby came home from work.  We also went out for dinner in SS2.  We've been wanting to try this italian restaurant called Buenosera for quite some time but the last time we tried it was fully booked so we decided to give it another try.  This time round we were lucky and manage to get a table.  I must say the pizza is very good! After dinner,  we went home and hubby and I went to our condo for the weekend.

March 12th - Saturday
Hmm... can't remember what time we woke up but I'm quite sure is quite late because I don't recall having breakfast on this day.  Anyway, as usual we went back to PJ to pick up Russ for grooming and decided to go for Fish Head Beehoon in Kuchai Lama for lunch.  Somehow the fish head beehoon is not as good as before. Well ironically we knew that it wasn't as good as before but yet we still return to the same shop for the same dish.  Why? So far, this is the only fish head beehoon that we tried that really give us the fish head which I am still able to handle.  Other stalls like the famous Woo Pin give all different parts of the fish and it comes with lots of small bones which I hate!  Hubby also sent the car for grooming nearby because it's been a while since the car went for a shower!  After picking up the car, we pick up Russ and head home.  I was looking forward for dinner on this day because one of our friends invited us to his house.  Well actually going to his house is one thing but what's serve for dinner is important! We decided to tar pau food from the pasar malam nearby his house and immediately I look forward to it because it's been a while since I went to pasar malam and it's been a while I had good bubble tea from the pasar malam and all the food! Anyway, the food was quite a disappointment.  Maybe I had too high of an expectation.  There's no tea in the bubble tea! Yes, even the original flavour that hubby ordered does not contain tea is made out of powder! And it was unfortunate that when the man made mine in a transparent shaker I saw that what he added was water and not tea! I also bought meehoon siam as my main meal.  It was not too bad but I find it a bit too dry.  Perhaps I was missing the meehoon siam in Perth... The assam laksa was also a flop.  It smell so good that even hubby couldn't resist but after trying it was a total different story all together! Again, maybe we are comparing it to what we had in Penang near Kek Lok Si Temple.  But at least the apom that I had wasn't too bad.  After the feast, a girlfriend of mine came and pick me up and I must say great minds really do think alike!  We didn't make any prior planning on where should we have our gossip session but both of us had same venue in mind which is Coffee Club in Fahrenheit 88! We were looking forward to the mud pie.  I've always been addicted to it ever since I've tried it in Singapore.  Everytime I'm in Singapore I must have their mud pie.  When I saw that they are opening Coffee Club in KL I was so excited.  I even got my galfriend hooked on it.  But it was very unfortunate that it does not taste the same.  Oh well, at least their fries was good!

March 13th - Sunday
We went to Sunway Pyramid because hubby wanted to get a hair cut so I took the opportunity to get a hairwash too! I like being pampered! Who doesn't right? Anyway, we went to Dragon-I for lunch where I told hubby all I want is the xiao loong pau and maybe some buns here and there.  After lunch, we walked around Pyramid as the hair saloon was packed.  After all the walking, we went back to the hair saloon and got our service and went home after that.  As for dinner, we had a really really satisfying meal which is steamboat.  We ate so much that both of us became so uncomfortable but yet satisfied.

March 14th - Monday
We couldn't think of anywhere to have lunch so hubby suggested we go to Low Yat for roast duck.  Somehow the duck does not taste as good as before.  In fact, I think the roast duck in Kuchai Lama taste better.  But I must say their noodles are still very good.  Anyway, I ordered fried rice with salted fish and chicken cubes but it turned out the fried rice was a bit wet so I didn't really enjoy it and more over the salted fish was not to my liking.  Anyway, after lunch we went for a walk around the mall and we had drink with hubby's friend and went home after that.  As for dinner, we had Mcdonalds! Yummy!

March 15th - Tuesday
Hubby couldn't wake up early so I decided to have waffles for breakfast.  As usual, after hubby woke up we packed up and left our condo to return to PJ and since we couldn't think of anywhere to eat for lunch I suggested to have banana leaf outside our house.  I just had capati with one fish cutlet because I am not very hungry.  After lunch, hubby went to work while I stayed at home watching Channel E!

So I guess I better enjoy as much as I can before the confinement where I realised there's so much restrictions it can drive people insane and of course with the arrival of our son things will definietly be different.......

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Still Counting Down to 'D' Day......

Good news good news! As mentioned in my previous post, baby was at a posterior position.  We went for our check up this morning and the ultrasound scan shows that baby has flipped and is now right in the middle of my abdomen facing down.  Yay!! Clever boy! But but but... now doctor said that he is still not in the position for labour because he's not "engaged" yet.  So boyboy... now is the time to get "engaged" OK? We're nearly there!! Doctor's gut feeling that I should be in labour by end of next week.  I'm getting so excited and nervous! Today, when doctor did a check up down there it was painful!! Can't imagine what it will be like during labour!

Anyway, baby finally got his car seat last weekend! Thanks to Aunty J and her gang.  After nearly ransacking the whole shop to ensure we choose the best car seat for baby we decided to get the Recaro ProRide in Misty Colour.  This car seat should last us from newborn till about 3 years old depending on how heavy baby will be.  The car seat can last up till 32kg.  Daddy was complaining that he don't even get such nice car seat.  Although he's car does come with Recaro seats but it doesn't come with the 5 point seat belt and definietly not so much cushion!


Time to for the next step...to get baby to"engaged" and mummy to embrace labour!

Friday, March 4, 2011

What a Pampering Day!

I had brunch with hubby today.  I told hubby that I felt like having Wanton Noodles so we went down to Petaling Street to have our favourite Wanton Noodles.  This wanton noodles is not your typical really black wanton noodles but not to worry is still very very tasty! We ordered extra wantons too because you can never get such wantons anywhere! It seems that the wantons they added a little bit of salted fish in the filling so is very tasty! Yummy!

After lunch, hubby dropped me home and he went to work.  I decided to go and settle some outstanding bills but because I do not have enough cash on hand so I decided to go to Mid Valley where I can go to the ATM machine and at the same time settle the bills at the post office.  To my surprise ALL the parking in Mid Valley was FULL! I mean geeezz don't all this people need to work?? The traffic within Mid Valley was horrible as everyone is trying to get into the carpark but they are all closed! I decided to head to Bangsar Village instead.  There were lots of people too but the crowd was still manageable.  I went to the ATM first and then took a slow walk to the post office which is situated at the row of shops facing the housing area.  The queue in the post office was really long.  I waited for easily 30mins and then the teller told me that I can't pay the MPSJ 'Cukai Pintu' here.  They told me that we can only settle this bill in February and July.  Other months we need to go back to MPSJ.  Anyway, luckily I stil have my TNB bill to settle.  Otherwise I would have waited 30mins for nothing! On the way back to Bangsar Village I decided to pop into Eon Bank and asked whether can I settle the MPSJ bill there and thankfully I took that step because I can! Hooray!

After settling all the bills, I again took a slow walk back to Bangsar Village and decided to have some pampering session.  I decided to have my manicure and pedicure done.  Just went I was on the way to the nail saloon, I saw this new shop called Spring which sells maternity and baby items I decided to go in and have a look.  Aahhhh I told myself why didn't I discover this shop earlier! They have so many nice maternity clothes and skirts and capri pants! All that I was looking for a couple of months ago! But anyhow, I couldn't resist and still bought some anyway.  Well, the bottoms that I have now is getting really tight! Most of the time, I am wearing T-Shirts that are overly stretched.  Just a few more won't hurt.  Anyway, I can still wear them after I deliver! So I bought 2 spaghetti tops and 1 capri pants.  By the way, the salesperson was really warm and friendly.  I told myself if I need any nursing tops I will definietly come again to buy more!

After my shopping spree, I headed to the nail saloon and had my manicure and pedicure done.  I didn't realised there were another nail saloon operated by the same owner one floor up.  I was looking for a real pampering session but is just too bad the salesperson didn't tell me they have other service! Oh well, is their loss not mine! Anyway, eventhough it was the basic mani and pedi I still enjoyed myself.  On top of that, I only had a clear coat on my fingers and coloured on my toes.  I was thinking if I colour my fingers how am I going to clean it when I start my confinement since there's so many taboos here and there and more over coloured comes off easily on fingers.. I don't want to accidently add some paint into my baby's milk! Anyway, since it's a clear coat.. cleaning it before it wears off I won't feel so wasted which means I can clean it before I go into labour!

After my pampering session, I walked all the way to the old wing to buy a pretzel as I was getting a bit hungry and head back to the new wing walking up and down while eating my pretzel! I saw the time was close to 5pm so decided to leave hoping that I won't get stuck in the peak our traffic. 

Hmmm.... I must say I still do enjoy not working..! Perhaps it will be a different story when I need to bring along my son with limited resources!

Counting Down to 'D' Day

According to my iPhone application, my estimated due date is in 2 weeks and 2 days as of today.  I actually can't wait because my baby is getting heavier and heavier and it's very difficult to move around.  But at the same time, I am also very nervous because I don't know what to expect on D day. 

Yesterday, we went for our routine check up at Pantai Hospital.  Doctor said that I am doing very well as thus far I've only put on about 10kg and the good news is that she said I should be able to get back to my original shape after delivery without any problems.  However, after the ultrasound scan doctor mentioned that baby is doing fine also but is getting too big too fast.  Last week, he weighs 2.7kg and this week he is weighing at 3.1kg! Looks like I have to lay off Mcdonalds for the time being... but...but why NOW? They are having double fillet o fish! Maybe I should have one last one before I go on a diet!

Another concern from the doctor is that he is at a position now that is not ideal for delivery.  He is now lying very comfortably on my right side and facing my abdomen.  Scientifically is called posterior position which means the baby is head down but facing my abdomen.  The most ideal position for delivery is to be on the left side and in an anterior position which means head down but facing my back.  The reason being is that when the baby is in a posterior position the head circumference is bigger than when the baby is facing my back.  Therefore, sometimes their head may get stuck during labour.  But since the doctor said that I still have time, now I will need to talk to my baby and try to get my baby to flip. 

Crossing my fingers that baby will be in the right position when he decided to come out.  Boyboy... remember to turn to my back before you decide to come out ok?! Otherwise mummy will be in a lot alot of pain!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Maternity Leave--Day 2

Today, we woke up early because we had an appointment with our insurance agent to discuss about insurance for our son.  Our agent is also hubby's ex-collegue and a very nice friend.  Anyway, she was also sharing her experience with us as she's also considered a new mom.  She really did enlighten me when she talk about her labour experience.  She said it till the extend that it was such a joyful and funny experienced! She also shared her experienced about buying things for her son.  I guess all new parents to be will have to learn by making mistakes especially when comes to buying bulky items like strollers and car seat and even clothes!

After our appointment, hubby went to work  and I called up the urut lady to enquire about her service.  She said she can meet me at 2.30pm because she's in Subang area so I head to Empire to buy myself lunch.  I bought home sandwich and a cup of smoothie and again had my lunch while watching TVB dramas.  I told myself I can do this everyday!

Anyway, the urut lady arrived about 2pm.  She waited for me at the main entrance to the shopping mall below my condo.  So I took her up to my condo and she started to explain that I can either engage her for 7 days or 14 days or even longer ! I will also need the cream and a bangkung.  A girlfriend of mine lend me hers so I do not need to buy the bangkung.  I paid her RM300 as deposit and she told me to either SMS her or call her when I'm admitted to the hospital and then call or SMS her when I'm back at home.  She said urut can start either 4th or 5th day after delivery.  The earlier the better.  She even mentioned that first time urut may be a bit painful but after that it will be more relax and after 4th or 5th time I should be able to see some slimming result.  She suggested that I try out for 7days first and if I feel comfortable and would like to continue another 7days for slimming then I can inform her then. 

After the urut lady left, I continue watching my TVB drama and it started pouring heavily.  I was suppose to return to my office to pass my airport pass to my collegue for him to renew it for me but in the end I dragged till about 5-ish and I just passed the documents to my collegue at the lobby of my office.  Seems like this early day off is making me very lazy....!

   

A Brand New Life Chapter............

I started my maternity leave yesterday.  Yup.... baby is considered full term now and like how my friend will put it I can 'pop' anytime now! Anyway, why the early start on my maternity leave? Well, since everyone been warning me about the sleepless nights ahead, the struggle at labour and whatever not..... I decided to take two weeks off and pamper myself by doing nothing but to rest and relax at home and to do the final preparation before the arrival of our son.

Well, the first day wasn't exactly I would call it rest and relax.  No doubt that I slept all the way till about 11 and as usual baby woke me up telling me that he's hungry.  I freshen up and decided to have pizza pockets for my brunch together with my orange juice and enfamama infront of the TV watching my TVB dramas.  Anyway, hubby woke up later than me by the way! The privilege of working for yourself ! So he woke up around noon and asked me to follow him around running errands so since I have nothing to do why not? We stopped by to have lunch first... yes eventhough I've been repeatedly telling him that I am very full I still had half a bowl of handpulled pan mee while hubby ordered char kuey teow.  After lunch, hubby started running his errands.  First stop was USJ then we went to Saujana Club to pick up his membership card.  After that, we decided to head to Gardens to get my nursing bra to complete packing my 'runaway' bag.  Hubby is getting very excited as D day draws closer.  He even mentioned that if I don't answer my mobile phone after trying twice he will assume that I check myself into the hospital and he will head straight there to look for me.  I am speechless.... By the way my 'runaway' bag is now perpetually in my car boot.  Eventhough I've mentioned that is nothing like in the movies... there should be time for us to gather our belongings and drive to the hospital in a calmly manner and that baby won't just decided to pop out ... there will be pain first which doesn't last too long (I hope) he said how do I know? Again I am speechless.....

Anyway, back to my first day of maternity leave, we went back to our condo to pack up and drop our stuff back in PJ and head straight to Gardens to buy my nursing bra from Mark & Spencer.  It took me so long because I just couldn't get the right fit! Either it is too tight around me or the cup size is too big.  Aaarrgh ! Anyway, I just bought one set (comes in 2) which is comfortable but my breast doesn't fill up the cup size at the moment.  I thought who cares since I will be at home during my confinement anyway! I will decide later what to do if it really doesn't fit.  After that we bought Big Apple donuts for tea-time and headed home before the peak hour traffic starts.  I even manage to take cat nap right before dinner. 

Nowadays, hubby knows that I will request for supper and so around 10.30-11.00pm every night he will asked me whether do I need any food.  Last night I was a little bit hesitant because to be honest I was actually craving for Mcdonalds Double Fillet-O-Fish! But because I had it less than one week ago I felt guilty having it again! So anyway, I told him let's see whether the porridge at Petaling Street is still open so we went.  Unfortunately, we couldn't find any parking closeby so we decided to adjourn to Pudu to have Teo Chew porridge instead.  After supper, both baby and I were so satisfied that it didn't take us very long to fall asleep!