It's my 2nd last day at work before the loong break. Shall finish up whichever necessary before the end of the day - which is memeningkan kepala juga.

Tomorrow gonna be a half day off for me, so I need to setup the auto-reply for the office mail and whatever not.

Tak sabar dah nak cuti oii. :P

So let's not talk about work, for the next 3 months that is. hehe.

Later tomorrow, we are up for another checkup. The doc gonna reveal the GBS test result (which is no big deal if you ask me as if I have it,it could be easily treated with antibiotic during labour) together with an assessment so we could roughly gauge the real EDD based on the baby positioning and whatnot.

Hope to get another nice print out of the lil precious whilst we're at it. I hafta admit that it's sorta heart-warming each time I could get my hands on those - rasa macam, owh this is all my months of suffering is all about (Please excuse the drama). Ya know, it's like a struggle toward a long term goal as at the end of it, you'll be rewarded with something.

In this case, I'll get a tiny human to call my own. he he.

So yea, to mark the start of my long break, I shall treat myself to a relaxing pre-natal massage & foot spa on Friday. Woot! Yea, I'm aching all over like a nenek and since I've reached full term (read: it's considered safe to give birth like anytime) so I shall not freak myself out with the nanti-pegi-berurut-terberanak-pre-mature-pulak dilemma anymore.

Ya, I finally found the guts to do it now as you could never be too careful, walaupon the spa clearly stated that it's safe for pregnant ladies and whatnot tapi since it's my 1st and I'm pretty much clueless bout everything. Harus lah berhati-hati juga. Yes?

On a lighter note, I think the baby is very responsive to the sound of my voice. I could simply go "Baby, why are you so awfully quiet today? Kick sikit" and few secs later, I'll get myself a hard kick in the ribs. ha ha. Pain is truly a pleasure at this point lah, it's somewhat comforting- macam owh you're doing well in there, bagus bagus. :P

To wrap up my last post before I'm off for the long break (yea, I might be very malas to update from today onwards), here's a pic of us (read: me, C*** and the lil precious in the tummy obviously) during our babymoon. :P


Till then, pray for us okie?

Tata.

Yea, I'm pretty much alive.

It's just that I've been truly caught up with tonnes of workload. Yea yea, just when ya thought that this mak buyong gonna be able to sit back and goyang kaki for a bit whilst waiting for herself to pop, tapi nampaknya tidak.

Yea, sungguh banyak kerja and it's not helping to have the other guy breathing down ya neck sambil bertanya " Are you finished?" sebanyak 40 kali satu hari.

Anyway, I'm waddling instead of walking these days and every fiber of my being just can't wait to start the looooong maternity leave - tho the idea of labour and whatnot scares the hell outta me. On 2nd thought, I'll get to squeeze (the cheeks) of the little precious for real in the next few weeks so the idea of squeezing a tiny human outta yourself is not so bad after all. he he.

Owh, that's the little precious at 36 weeks and everything's dandy. Alhamdulillah. She's approximately 2.6kg and I gained 1kg in a month - a total of whopping 9kg of weight gain so far.

The baby gonna be a full term baby by the end of the week otherwise means that she could finally say bye-bye to the womb and hellooo world if she wants to.

My next checkup gonna be sometime next week and I'm sooo gonna beg for my much needed MC. Yea, I can't stand the long drive anymore. I just can't. Penat oih.

Owh, during my last checkup(which was last week), the doc took a vaginal swap so I could be tested for GBS - which was hmmmppp...super embarrassing. ha ha. It's like "how am I supposed to react? Kena buat muka malu-malu ke buat biasa je?". Yea, I'm just being my complicated-self. Thank God the doc adelah baek hati ala-ala ibu mithali else I would have faint from embarrassment. Pain? I don't think there was any, kot ada pon, I would be too terkulat-kulat kerana malu to notice. :P

That's about it.

I'm hoping for the best. InsyaAllah.

Pray for us, will ya?

C*** came back home yesterday after a day of work trip. Yer sehari, tapi I've come to detest being home alone. So sehari adelah setahun. ha ha. :P

I know I've said this before, tapi driving to work is killing me. Senak, semput, ya name it. I got it - so I'm sorta determine to beg for MC during my 37 weeks checkup next week. It gonna be a bad news for the other guy I'm working with lah, kerana just earlier this week, I've been dragged into an urgent project - which due to the urgency, haruslah drag 2 senior programmers - tho one of em adelah dah nak terberanak (read: it's yours truly). Owh well, as much as I love my job, I'm putting myself 1st these days.

We're done (I think) with the baby stuff over the weekend - it helped to have an other half with eyes for the details together with his "Dear,awak suka yang ni? Okay, kita bungkus." attitude. Macam beli roti canai ke ape.

Anyway, after much contemplating on my side, we finally got ourselves, err..the baby I mean - the stroller, carseat and a cute BabyBjorn in RED (okay, ni mak budak yang beria nak beli, both of my babies (read:C*** and the baby) gonna look owh so cute wearing em.he he.).

Talking bout stroller,previously we were torn between Graco and McLaren strollers, but we ended up with Peg Preego instead. he he. Sungguh terbabas dari list. Well,it's just us, being our spontaneous-self, but we still went for the Ferrari carseat that we aimed for. Thanks darling. Kiss kiss.

Bought myself a Medela Swing to be used during my 3 months off from work then we'll see how lah. If I'm still feeling generous, we might go for FS, else jadi cheapskate guna swing dah lah. It's the effort that matters.

Dad is coming over this weekend for a meeting later next week - with a gift, for me! Alhamdulillah. It seems like I don't have to dig my own moolah for a new cellphone now - tho it's not exactly what I want as I'm not really into the whole BB craze.Tapiii...rezeki jangan ditolak, yes?

My a-gift-to-myself aka the new-ride project is gonna be a bit delayed. Perhaps we'll go for it once I'm done with the makeover for my 4WD - he needs a new paint job and whatnot, lepas dah chantek-chantek and ready to be posted back to Kedah to its rightful owner, baru lah we'll go for the new ride - hopefully after I'm done with the confinement and before I'm back to work in August. One step at a time.

This gonna sound a bit cheesy. Tho I'm a bit nervous about the whole labor thing. I just can't wait to hold the baby in my arms. he he. Yea, last night when I'm all alone whilst waiting for C*** to come home, I was like "why lah baby you are still in the tummy, kan best if you're out already, at least we could sit down together and watch tv". Yea, I was sitting on the couch whilst talking and patting my own tummy. It's a wee bit crazy,I know. On 2nd thought, tunggu lah full term dulu, then sila lah keluar dengan pantas. he he.

I'm going to get a tax refund since I've been overcharged.he he. (Thanks Maksu for the head-up.) Having to pay the income-tax adelah membuatkan saya merasa sungguh grown up.

That's about it. I'm going to make myself a super cheesy omelet for dinner tonite. Nyum!

Want some?

It's funny bout how some people are willing to do everything (humanly possible) to mess with others life.

I mean, even if you couldn't find the justification to your miserable pathetic life sekali pon, it's not a ticket for you to ruin others.

Tell ya what? I'm so sorry that it sucks to be you, but kindly get a life and stop being such an ass for a change.

Just so ya know,God is fair.

Owh, have a great weekend.

My usual 40 mins drive back home from work was elongated to 90 minutes yesterday.

At 35 weeks, the drive back home - especially those with complimentary traffic jams - adelah back-breaking and (literally) suffocating. Yea, it's not fun to drive, or should I say, being stuck in the midst of bumper to bumper traffic jam with semi-marshmallowy feet and a huge baby bump (which sometimes make it hard to breathe).

Sore feet + suffocation = bad mood.

More often that not, I'd lost all will to step into the kitchen once I'm home - hence the utter kemalasan untuk memasak.

So yesterday, I gave C*** a call 30 minutes before 8pm, to tell him that we should eat out, since I couldn't see myself getting back home before 8pm due to the bad traffic which equals to

balik after 8pm = I'll be too tired to cook

Not that I'm forced to, C*** wouldn't mind if we were to have cereal for dinner - tapi I take it as a responsibility to at least make something for dinner, nak eat out pon dah tatau apa nak makan.

Anyway,the other half gave a green light to my request - (he'll say yes to most of everything these days, urgh..except for chocolate, ice cream and sweet desserts. Belum ape-ape dah ade tukang menjaga pantang.).

So yea, I reached home 10 minutes past 8pm - opened the door - only to see C*** slaving away in the kitchen, making dinner.

Yes, my darling C**** is awesome. he he. He told me that he thought it would be better for him to cook so we don't have to rush out for dinner once I'm home - kerana it's obvious that saya adelah penat.

Yea, tho he's not much of the romantic kind, tapi kadang-kadang adelah sweet like chocolate juga. he he. Thanks love.

Hmpp..so darling, what's for dinner tonite?

Finally back to work after a looong weekend.

Our short babymoon trip's blissful. Thanks love.

Nice hotel, goood food and an awesome other half to be with - I simply couldn't ask for more. :)

We reached Kuantan around 3 and C*** brought me to this one particular Thai food restaurant with yummylicious food and the best iced lemon tea ever. ha ha. I kid you not, rasa macam sedap semacam.(Okay, maybe it's just me.) :P I was tempted to order for a 2nd glass but I didn't - since I'm watching my sugar intake.

Checked into the hotel, freshen up and off we went to the beach to soak up the sun for a bit. It was windy and the sun was on the mild side - oleh itu boleh lah bercanda di pasiran pantai segala. Had fun chasing the waves and collecting sea shells on the sea shore :P. Ombak adelah sedikit ganas so the hotel put up a red flag to remind the guests of em, tapi obviously dipantang enteng as some of em still bermandi manda dengan gembira.

We got back to our room for Maghrib and later headed to Tanjung Lumpur for seafood dinner. Well, thanks to our ketamakan, we ordered way too much for two tapi somehow adelah habis (tapi rasa macam nak muntah) and this one particular family sitting next to us gave us 'the look'.

Yea, it's just the 2 of us but we ordered a big fish, a big plateful of sotong goreng tepung (as fanatic as I am when it comes to squid, masa ini adelah rasa hendak muntah juga), chili lala and fried kailan - whilst the family of 4 next to us just shared a big fish and a plate of kerabu manga. Okay, we ate a lot, so? T_T

Moving on, C*** brought me to Teluk Chempedak which was a wee bit toooo crowded and boring for my liking, so after a quick jalan-jalan (sebab dah bayar parking, jalan-jalan lah jugak), we went back to the hotel, hang out at the lobby to check on my FB for a bit and balik tido.

The next day, we had a hearty breakfast. I had fun stuffing myself with freshly baked croissant as the kitchen staff was unloading a tray of em from a huge oven at the pastry and bread section. Yea, I have a soft spot for freshly baked stuff. Crispy on the outside and the buttery softness in the inside. Okay, the thought of it is making me hungry.

Right after the breakfast, we went for a morning walk at the beach (which C*** claimed is good for me, banyak berjalan = senang beranak). I know this gonna sound extremely cheesy but having the chance to spend careless time with each other is owh so romantic. he he. Like, seriously, and with a little us on the way, I don't know when is our next romantic trip gonna be.

Agak-agak kalau pegi babymoon lagi sekali sempat ke? ha ha.Dah jalan macam penguin pon still ada hati. :P

We checked out by 12, went for a bit of unexpected shopping spree. C*** got himself a Timberland shoes for work, size 11 okeh? hehehehehe. Besaq sungguh kaki chek. No darling, I'm not teasing, just a bit amazed. :P

Me on the other hand, found the perfect diaper bag. It's not really a diaper bag lah, it's just an oversized Guess handbag which was on sale and since it's not really a gurlish looking bag to begin with - as it's made from the canvas-like material - it won't look awkward if C*** need to help to carry em later on, jadi harus lah beli.

Yea, I'm against male spouse yang berbaek hati membawak handbag their other half for no apparent reason. Dunno lah if they are trying to be the super gentlemen,super bodek or whatnot. On 2nd thought, even if the female handbag is as heavy as lesung batu, it's her own doing, so just let her carry her own load will ya? Kalau takde sebab yang relevan,tak payah lah nak tunjuk baek nak tolong. It's just too gay. :P

Our short trip ended as we reached KL sometime around 6, tapau the yummo yong tau foo
( we waited for almost an hour for it, tsk tsk) for dinner and the rest is history.

Kegumbiraan yang diiringi penat dan mengantuk.

The next day was a different story altogether as we had a kenduri to attend.

Owh, I took tonnes of pics (mainly of moi feet and C***) and C*** took tonnes of pic (mainly of me). he he. Will upload em later, kalau rajin. :P

Have a great week.

o1. I gained another 1kg in a month but half of it goes to the little precious as she's already 2kg at 32 weeks & 5 days. So yea, only 500g weight gain for mummy. Woot! Saya adelah tidaklah segemuk yang disangka. he he.

o2. The other half called to confirm on our previously tentative schedule for babymoon - we're going this week!. He already booked the hotel and all that - his treat, thanks love :x . It has been quite sometime since my last stay at a fancy hotel, oleh itu keterujaan adelah tinggi. Tak dapat duduk Four Seasons again pon takpe lah (reason being, I'm deemed unfit for Langkawi, tsk tsk). Well let's not waste (too much of) precious money lah kan? Now that we need to menabung for the baby, harus lah berjimat. :P

o3. I'm going to be tested for GBS during our next checkup. Ini adelah scary. I know it's just a simple procedure and all that but I'm a chicken at heart, just like that. Hopefully I could take the swab myself kerana saya adelah malu. When I whined about it to C***, he just laughed it off. Ya I know I should be thankful for having the chance to have such a nice motherly doc that would handle my delivery later, be it normal or not - yea, looking at her adelah sungguh kagum, I mean it's like looking at a normal macik yang sebenarnye adelah seorang surgeon.ha ha - oleh itu, I should just relax and not be too embarrassed. Haih, how la?

o4. Got my 1st dose of ATT shot during our checkup last week, it was not a pain in the butt tho I got em on the side of the butt. He he.

o5. I hafta watch my food intake and go easy on the sweet stuff starting today. Had a blood test again yesterday and the glucose level is normal bordering to high. Since I just had my lunch like 15 mins before the test, the doc mentioned that I shouldn't be alarmed. Tapi as usual, saya adelah takot juga. So no more iced lemon tea for lunch, chocolate for tea time and the sort. Haih. Sungguh kesedihan, chocolate saya masih ade 2 kotak. Mungkin I could still take a bar of em each week instead of the normal 2.

o6. Had a semi-successful shopping spree. We didn't manage to get the big stuff, yet. *sighs*

o7. Bought a huge container so we'd be able to store all the baby clothes and whatnot - that are going to be transported and used when I'm in Kedah. Yea, I'm too lazy for luggage, lagi bagus simpan dalam kotak. he he.

o8. We finally joined the macik-macik-yang-sibuk-mengangkut-diapers-during-sale wagon. Whilst in the midst of our jalan-jalan in Midv after a heavy lunch at the Chillis, we couldn't help but noticed the amount of parents who walked around with shopping carts filled with diapers. Long story short, we ended up with 2 packs of Momy Poko. he he.

09. Finally managed to wash the baby clothes in 3 batches - light colors, dark colors & towel/blankets - yes I'm OCD just like that. Owh, I am so in love with Nappikleen - it reminded me of the sweet smelling babies. Sniff sniff.

10. The generous bonus came in right on time, together with the promotion. Alhamdulillah. More money for the baby & us! Rezeki anak, yes? :)

11. C***'s such a sweetheart. He made us awesome fried rice for dinner last night(yer, diet yang gagal) since I was too tired to stand up after a long day at the mall. Yea, his nasik goreng never never fails to impress me.Sodap. he he.

12. We didn't get any printout of the lil precious (again) last week. She was asleep - with the lil hands covering her face as usual - we just got a blurry glimpse of her face and the side of her nose. Yang tak usualnya, we actually saw her kaki somewhere in front of her face. The doc went "Dear, anak you tengah buat senaman acrobatic". We (me & C***) were sorta puzzled at 1st. Like "Normal ke kaki bleh twist2 sampai ke depan muka gitu?" but the doc told us it's normal. Babies in the womb memang suka buat aksi sarkis. So yea, whatever makes you happy baby.

That's about it, I can't wait for Friday to come - a wonderful beach vacation, here we come!

Tata.

Yea, my last post was about being lazy to write and I'm doing it again.

Perhaps it's the hormone. Sungguh malas yang tak dapat ditolong.

So let's be random for a bit.

o1. Our trip up North was a blissful one. Ate a lot. Had a so called exotic food fiesta. Weird looking ketam, siput sedut & quail all in 2 days.(Yes, saya makan semua benda, am not much of a choosy eater). I even got 2 boxes of the craved chocolates - all I need to do now is to refrain myself from munching on em everyday. Yer, kesihatan harus dijaga.

o2. Our KL - Kedah drive actually took us 3 freaking hours and we didn't even realize it, until Dad was like "Eh, awal sampai?" Errr..yea, surprise surprise. he he. (Note to C***, sila drive secara kura-kura next time walaupon your big car adelah tidak bergegar-gegar like mine whilst driving high speed).

o3. I managed to stay awake during those trips and kept C*** company. Sungguh magical - since I'm the ever-so-tired si buncit these days, balik Malacca yang sejam lebih pon terlelap.

o4. We're going for our 32 weeks checkup tomorrow. 8 weeks more to go. ha ha *gelak nervous* Seems like we're going to see the doc twice a month later on ey? Owh giddy.

o5. We're going for another session of baby shopping spree this weekend. MUST.GET.ALL.THE.BIG.STUFF.QUICK.

o6. MIL made 2 sets of bantal kekabu and a cute tilam for the lil precious. Owh so cute and so empuk.

o7. We're going for our babymoon next month.(yey! I've been wanting to go somewhere for a short breakaway and when C*** mentioned about it, haruslah jump at the opportunity. Thanks love. :P ) The idea of staying at a resort with a private beach is simply idyllic tho I won't get to go to the spa as they don't offer pre-natal massage. Haih, lepak-lepak tepi pantai and later makan sotong goreng tepung pon ok lah. :P

08. I need a manicure & pedicure like asap. It's getting hard to clip on those toenails and C*** won't help - kerana dia adelah takot (and I don't wanna risk losing a toe.Cey, macam potong kuku guna parang je. hehe).

o9. We're going to wash all the baby clothes and stuff this weekend. Semoga berjaya dan tidak malas.

10. Yes, I need to pack the hospital bags.

That's about it.

Tata.

I hafta admit that I'm feeling pretty lazy to write these days.

What's new bout that eh?

Well, I'd like to think that we're sorta done with the shopping for the little precious. I mean, everything's covered except for the big stuff - stroller,carseat, baby cot & the Medela FS.

I reckon we'll get everything covered by mid April, InsyaAllah.

Yes, I still love the shopping sprees - but having to go for a wee wee every 30 minutes whilst roaming the mall is excruciating and a bit distracting.

Owh, all thanks to the fact that I've developed the habit to sip on something whilst shopping, tu la pasalnye asyik melawat cik tandas. Jalan sket dah dahaga, minum then wee wee. It's a vicious cycle. Tsk tsk.

Since we went back to Malacca last weekend, this weekend we're heading up North. Probably my last long trip back home before I pop. 2 hours drive balik Malacca pon adelah tak tertahan, I dare not to think how I'll be feeling throughout the 4-5 hours trip this weekend. Perhaps, all gonna be worth it once I got to spend some time with the family and stuff myself silly with mum's cooking. Ape lah yang nak di 'mengidamkan' this weekend? he he.

Apparently whatever that I crave for will be shoved into my face once I voiced it out. Told mum that I feel like having a box of chocolate( the exact one that dad bought for the little brother) , so today dad called to confirm my 'order'. he he.

It's not like I didn't get what I want before, tapi previously bila order chocolate A, there's a possibility that you'll get chocolate B instead. This time around, adelah 99% confirm akan dapat benda yang tepat. hi hi. Owh the joy of pregnancy (minus feeling like a nenek that is).

We're still on light-dinner routine. Last 2 days we had fish soup with toast and salad.(Going back to Malacca = a freezer full of fresh seafood). Last night we had a small portion of fried noodles, homemade chrysanthemum tea and cubed mangoes for dessert. he he. Adelah magical (& kesian) to see your other half makan tak bertambah, tapi no pain no gain, yes?

On a lighter note, nowadays we start our day with healthy breakfast too. he he. So far it's either milk and cereal or fruit jam/honey/ kaya/butter toast. Dunno lah if nanti rajin buat pancake pulak. he he. :D Sungguh bersemangat.

We gonna have a photo session for the new ID card tomorrow. What a perfect timing la kan? Now that I'm looking like a full moon, sekarang jugak la nak kena tukar ID card. (Yer lah,dulu-dulu pon bulan jugak,but not as full.hehe) Bleh.

We have, well, scratch that. C*** has a small mountain of laundry to fold. he he. Bila nak lipat darling? Ya know I don't do folding except for the small stuff - the lingerie, boxer shorts,handkerchief and socks - else it's all youuurs. Terima kasih. Iloveyou.

The PIL is coming over today. Marilah balik dengan pantas.

That's about it. :P

Ciou.

It has been a week since we started our light-dinner routine and I'm loving it. Pertama, saya adelah malas memasak these days, well, not memasak tapi mengemas.

Last night, it was egg & tuna sandwich for C***, sunny side up egg on a toast for me and a bowlful of mixed salad together with a pot of jasmine green tea for both of us to share. he he. Sungguh menjaga kesihatan bukan? Yes, we're getting there, kononnyer lah. :P

Some would think that it's ridiculous for me to be too conscious bout my diet these days - as many would say that being pregnant is like being in an eating-fiesta, makan lah banyak-banyak and nobody gonna blink an eye about it (Just now when I declined my colleague offer of chocolate, he gave me the "You kena makan banyak sikittt" lecture. Say what?).

I beg to differ lah kan, the eating-fiesta part is sorta true. I mean,ye lah, nowadays it's so convenience to go

"Darling, let's go out for chinese food tonight"

and you'll get nothing but a yes. Tapi when the baby's is out later and you're stuck with tonnes of fat & ya hafta keep on wearing the maternity clothes (& not the fancy tops), sila lah jangan emo.

Knowing myself, I wouldn't want that to happen. It's a huge motivation when ya mum is as slim as ever - even after 28 years of marriage jadi bagi yang baru kawen like few months ini, harus lah follow the foot steps.

Tak kira lah if I don't really look like my mum or not (kerana I'm my dad's daughter - with the possibilities of having the kecomelan genes from his side of the family. ha ha).

Be it the genes or whatnot - it doesn't mean that I hafta give up on hope aight? The hope to stick to my normal size that is. he he.

Oihh..don't get me wrong (Budak ni bercakap macam la dia super kurus, menjaga kesihatan, pegi gym 40 kali seminggu kan? :P ). I lovee good food and I crave for all those fatty-licious food like a whole blardy lot but moderation is the key (sebenarnye tak sanggup tengok progress kecomelan diri sendiri).

I want our baby to have one healthy (tho not so kurus) mummy.

Enough of konon-health-concious talk.

Have a great weekend.

Ciou.

Throughout my 31 weeks of pregnancy, I gained a whopping 8kg - which doesn't alarm anybody, not C***(he doesn't think that I'm fat, I'm just pregnant and buncit), moi parents , PIL nor the doc (as she thinks that I'm gaining weight based on the appropriate scale).

Yea, nobody's alarmed. Not even me. At least I don't really look like a donut (if ya meet me, do tell me that I don't look like one), my jeans still fit(well,some of em) and most of my tops are still wearable (whilst the button-down shirts are not) - minus the fact that most of my lovely shoes,flats etc are no longer wearable due to their...hmmpp... sorta-unsafe-for-pregnant-mommies nature.

So ya see, I'm not alarmed.

Okay, fine. I lied. I'm a wee bit alarmed lah. I mean, it's freaking 8kg (so far, showing or not), would I be able to lose that in...say..3 months? - especially those in my butt? ha ha.

I know that I'm not the skinny type to begin with (or should I say that I don't wanna be the skinny type to begin with), it's just that it would be great to be back to my normal-self soon. The small waist, not so small butt and all that.

Sekarang adelah macam, what waist lah? he he.

Well, in our household, it's not just me yang a bit freaked out bout weight, C*** recently boarded the train- all thanks to his barber who went "Abang, abang dah gemuk sikit, muka pon ada kembang". Hahahahaha.

I mean, it's not often for you to hear your other half whines about his weight and whatnot. Guys just don't do that, so when he did, adelah funny juga. he he.

Owh yes, darling. Blame the marriage, all the TLC will do that to you. Kegembiraan dan kadar perkembangan badan yang berganda.
So in the spirit of living a healthier lifestyle, we're trying to put a stop to heavy meals for dinner - which is great. he he. *cue a lazy wife smiling in the background*

Yes, no more balik-rumah-and-masak-nasik-and-lauk for me (unless there's a special request for it). Yes, I cook - as much as I don't look like the cooking type. I still do, berperut buncit or not - tho sometimes adelah malas and I'll drag C*** out for dinner or make us sandwiches instead.

Well, our mission to eat right started last week (on Thursday to be exact), we promised to stop the nasi-and-lauk routine so I prepared egg sandwiches and grilled mushroom sausages for us instead. Yea, not the most healthy dinner, but we're getting there. Tak boleh lah terus stop makan nasi and go for bird food kan? :P

Tonight I gonna make homemade mini pizza (with low fat mozzarella cheese of course) and salad for C***, whilst I'll be stuffing my face with cereals. Yes, cold milk + cereal = cinta.

Wish us luck. :D

Ciou.

I'm lovin it :)

There's a love and hate thing going on with me and moi current project.

It's like when I'm left with nothing to do (since there's no incident log/ change request for me to code), I'm like bored outta my mind (yea, keje makan gaji buta takde lah best sangat,bosan nak mati). Tapiii..when the incident logs finally come in, adelah rasa macam "Whadda, benda macam ni pon ade ke?".

Ya know, fixing ya own code is one thing, but having to fix the codes that are not yours to begin with, is another.It sucks to recode/fix something that's not yours as it's twice as hard - oleh itu sometimes it's better to recode everything compared to fixing. Daripada pening kepala nak analyze others' code and fix em which equals to keserabutan berganda (especially if it's a high priority fix which hafta be done ASAP), marilah buat code sendiri, it will spare you the unnecessary sakit jiwa.

I dunno lah, perhaps it's just me. For others, mungkin boleh fix any kind of codes yang tunggang langgang dengan sekelip mata.


Talking bout work. Well, it's not often for me to be this..hmpp..free. It's all due to my current condition - since the boss think that I should just stick with the existing projects and non of the new one (kerana if I'm dragged into a big project,it would be a hassle to do the handover and whatnot when I'm about to pop later).

Truth is, I'm aching to do something new. Ya know, new project, new system to code - that's exactly what I love about programming - it's all about going nuts figuring out the logic, how to code and whatnot - and at the end of the day adelah berjaya. he he. The satisfaction adelah tidak boleh diexplain dengan kata-kata. Ya, I'm a geek, I know. :P

Owh, we had our 30th week checkup last Tuesday. Everything is great. Alhamdulillah. Did the usual detail scanning (ya, the doc adelah baek hati, every checkup pon adelah buat details scan), we saw the baby's heart beating, the 4 chambers of the heart, the diaphragm, the yet to expend lugs, the stomach etc.

The doc even reconfirmed that our little precious gonna be a girl(yey!Kot tak daddy adelah botak dengan segera kerana hafta go for another round of clothes shopping). he he.

I gained like 2kg in a month. Yea, a total of 8 kg within 7 and a half month.(Okay, I can't complaint). The baby's already 1.5kg at 30th week, please grow nicely for mummy okeh?(Tapi...errr..not too big boleh ke?eheheh)

Owh, the doc did a quick blood test to check my glucose level and I'm doing fine in that department.

We didn't get any printout of her this time. :( Kesedihan. The baby was asleep and her face was covered by her hand and we could only see a blurry image of her face since she's hiding behind the placenta, itu pon nampak hidung jer. Aih, pagi-pagi bukan main tergedik-gedik, tengah scan tido sembunyi-sembunyi pulak. I'm going to give her a good pinch on the cheek once she's out.

I wonder how it feels like to have a mini us. Few weeks more to go, I can't wait (tapi adelah takot.ha ha).

C*** darling, marilah shopping lagi. :D Yes, I'll try to cook something with the new microwave grill oven this weekend. Pizza can ah?

Well, tata.

Sorry for the lack of update, I'm sorta caught up in the malas mode(read: I've been busy with a system demo & debugging). Anyway,it has been a while since the last pregnancy-dedicated post.

So let's be random bout it for a bit.

o1. The fetal movements are sorta shocking sometimes. Perhaps the baby is jumping around whilst doing cartwheels as I'd feel a quick punch or jolt one minute and sorta geli-geli-gatal (which unfortunately you can't scratch..argghhh) movements in your tummy on another - yea I'm not good with words. Susah betui nak explain, but it's sorta absurd and wonderful all at the same time.

o2. The baby is sangat, tres, very active during the day - so much so that most of the time I'll be working in the office with a vibrating tummy.

o3. I'm having bigger everything these days - not much on the upper body, most of the fat went straight to moi butt (urgghh!) - minus the bladder which equals to wee-wee trip every few hours or so. It ain't that excruciating during the day as I'm still awake, tapiiiiii...it's such a hassle at night. Imagine this,

me taking good few minutes to drag myself out of the bed,
walking slowly to the bathroom like a nenek (& C*** would be uttering something like "yang, where are you going?", nak pegi jalan-jalan la kan? Takkan nak pegi wee-wee pulak tengah2 malam ni.) :P
take a leek for a few secs(most of the time rasa macam bladder nak pecah, tapi hasilnya adalah tidak memberangsangkan.haha. Ok that's gross.),
walk back to the bed,
getting back to sleep whilst trying to find my comfortable position.

Yes, repeat all the above once, twice or more (depending on the amount of fluid that I take before bed) throughout the night. Sungguh menggumbirakan bukan? :P

o4. Getting comfortable in bed is such a challenge now. I'm feeling hot like all the time. Okay, not the hot mama hot, it's the I'm feeling restless and annoyed hot walaupon rumah di atas bukit. Tsk tsk. Owh,sleeping on my back is getting more and more uncomfortable now, so most of the time I'll be sleeping on my side with tonnes of pillows. Si bedmate terpaksa lah sabar dengan his other half yang agak restless(kejap ke kiri,ke kanan, kejap under the duvet, kejap tak) before finally tertido. he he.

o5. I could tolerate most of everything when it comes to food. No more no-kari-no-santan-and-oily-stuff(which explains why I didn't gain much during my 1st 4 months). Sekarang semua pon makan but I am still eating for one. No, I'm not dieting. It's just that I can't take much food in a sitting, else akan muntah or sengkak yang teramat which is extremely uncomfortable. Perhaps whilst my uterus is expanding, my stomach is shrinking (Does it means that the baby wants a mummy yang kurus? Well baby, ya don't have a skinny mummy to begin with.). he he.

o6. I had my 1st 'kaki kembang' sometime last weekend. It was funny, really - as I'm well known by my darling C*** as the one with the scrawny long toes (they look hideous in some fancy flip flops), so when moi feet looked as if it has been stung by bees and the toes looked all short and marshmallowy ianya adelah sedikit scary juga. Thank God it only lasted overnight and everything was back to normal the next day.

o7. Ever since I had a hard time to consume fresh milk, I hafta put a halt to my milk-and-cereal routines. Sekarang tidak lagi. I could actually finish 2 boxes of cereal every week. Cold milk + cereals are heavenly ya know?

o8. I thank God for C***. He's my must-have. He'd bring me out to hunt for stuff in my craving list, calmly entertained my mood swings, burp me like baby, massage away my tensed back and feet whilst telling me that I'm buncit (cey!). Owh well, thank you baby. :x

o9. Here comes the big news, he he. Well, takde lah big. Drama lebih. InsyaAllah we're having a mini me = a girl! Hurah! - the doc has been saying that the lil precious gonna be a girl since the past 2 checkups. So yea. Girl it is, insyaAllah. A good friend once said, "if you're having a girl, I hope she gonna have your eyes and dimple".

My eyes? Well, nothing to shout about here since mine is not big nor that sepet, but while I was younger/tudung-less people would usually think that I'm a Chinese(I got it from moi dad). At some point, bila pegi kedai Cina, they would talk to me in Chinese and I'd be like "Err...uncle, I'm not Chinese". he he.

If our lil previous gonna inherit the eyes from me, okay lah kot(he he), but if it's a combination of our eyes, me + C***, I think our baby adelah bermata sepet(Unless little sepet + super sepet = big eyes). he he. Ya, my other half looks nothing like a Chinese, tapi adelah bermata sepet yang dasyat. :P

As for the dimples, it would be a nice addition(It's a dominant trait right?). he he. Owh well, the truth it, I just can't imagine the female version of C***. He has the manly version of everything (perhaps his long fingers are not as manly tapi adelah best berjari panjang), so adelah tak dapat imagine the feminine side of him. Tapi I do hope that she gonna be as smart as her daddy (& me lah of coz :P )


Owh yes, I can't wait to get my hands on those cute little dresses (on 2nd thought, I already did, well, just a bit lah) it drives you nuts just by looking at them. Grrrr..

Now that I'm already in my 29th week, I guess it's the right time to really really start the shopping spree - on another 2nd thought, we started it last weekend - whilst having the lets-get-all-the-stuff-in-safe-colors mental note in mind, kerana di hati adelah sedikit takot-takot if the gender is otherwise, ya know, to be in the safe side - tapi nampaknya gagal.

We came back home with gurlish pink, purple and blue clothes - even the towels,changing mat and feeding bottles are pink - tapi in another attempt to stick to our lets-get-all-the-stuff-in-safe-colors mission, we bought tonnes of white newborn clothes, mitten & booties. At least if tetiba dapat a son instead of a daughter, takde lah dia kena pakai baju pink on his 1st day,that's just too gay. :P

Well, the truth is, most of the baby stuff nowadays are gender specific, so it's sorta hard to ignore all those too cute to resist girly stuff & go for the safe selections. Rasanya cukup lah beli baju sikit-sikit. I think we shall move on to another bunch of stuff pulak lah(read:Just realized that dah ade almost 40 pieces of baby clothing.Err..darling, I hope you're not reading this).

Rasa seperti hoarders, tetiba jer dah banyak. *mode insaf*

Err..I blame the hormones and err..C***? :P

p/s: Malam ni please get me the grill microwave oven pulak yer? The one with the mirror door please. Heeeee...thanks love. Kiss kiss.

There's no better way to kill(not literally) the high-spirited yours truly on a Monday morning - when she's all dressed-up and pumped up for work - other that the fact that the car refused to start up.

Like yea, way to go lah kan? What a day for the car battery to finally die on me. Tsk tsk.

After a quick call to the Kurnia Auto Assist, almost 30 minutes of waiting. The KAA guy finally came to the rescue. He jump-started the car, check the battery and declared its ma'am-ya-better-get-yourself-a-new-battery condition and told me not to turn off the engine else I'm going no where. he he.

Next, I called the engineer-husband for a shoulder to cry on (still not literally,else it would be awesome). He went

"Why don't you take my car to work instead?"

Ya say what? Your car? The one that I hafta navigate down 2 floors before reaching the exit? The one that I hafta drive through the exit driveways( for each floor) yang keciiiiiik? No thank you. I'll manage if it's a normal sedan or moi 4wd, but the idea of driving his car throughout the basement parking adelah scary. Yea, I'm a ruthless driver, tapi driving someone else's car(especially if it's a huge one) with 0.9 possibility that I'll leave a dent on em, adelah a big NO.

So yea, I drove my car to work and the other half promised to come over to moi office later to replace the battery(as once I turn off the engine, haruslah tak dapat nak start balik) and asked me to stop whining and drive my already-lazy butt to work already.he he.

I reached the office an hour late - which is bleh tapi sabar jer lah. Sabar itu,separuh daripada iman, kaaan?

Owh, moi car is doing fine now. A new batt = a poorer owner (or should I say, the other half of the owner). he he.

Thanks love, I love you. Kiss kiss. :x

Yea, it's time to get me that new ride already. White please. Mariiiiii!!

My day in the office usually started off by texting C*** to tell him that I'm already in the office together with a cheesy loving phrase or two( he already did his part 2 hours earlier, he reached his office around 8 and I reached mine sometime before 10). he he.

After checking the office mail and started working on the unfinished codes and whatnot, I'd usually text him again to either tell him what I want for dinner which equals to eating out (thanks to my endless cravings) or ask him what he'd like to have for dinner (otherwise means that I'll have to cook for dinner, ya he loves my cooking that much).

So last night, he requested for curry(again). I thought he was kidding bout his love for curry, tapi nampaknya tidak. We had like an endless array of curries over the weekend - thanks to the kenduri & mummy(her curry is to die for, especially fish curry lah.he he) - and the 1st thing that came out of his head for dinner last night was still curry. So yea,curry it is.

Who would have thought that I'll get a husband yang gila kari kan? he he.

Owh, did ya know that I've never been to the Planetarium? Heehoo. Yea, I am that pathetic. So when we saw a documentary about it I went

Me : " How come you never take me to the Planetarium?"
C*** :"Laa..tak penah pegi lagi ke, I thought you've been there before"
Me : " Mana ada." *pouts*
C*** : " Nanti kita bawak anak kita pegi okie yang."

Errr..hello darling, I was talking about me. It that his way of saying that I'll get there in the next 3-4 years? Or is it possible to take a newborn to a planetarium? Hmpphh..never mind. At least I'm not getting the same answer each time I wanted to go to the malls. he he. Planetarium tak pegi pon tak pa, that's surely something I could live with.

Owh, we used to go to all those corny touristy places whilst we're dating,the museum, art gallery and whatnot. he he. Tempat yang bosan pon kadang-kadang adelah rasa best juga, ya should try to visit those places sometimes.

Bought myself a coupon for red velvet cake online (Impulsive + credit card = bad). Yea, it was a good buy and the cake adelah sungguh tempting. I'm yet to place my order as I still have a wee bit more than a month before the coupon expires and I just don't feel like having it yet. Simpan dulu buat backup, nanti tetiba mengidam, takde lah meroyan nak cari red velvet cake. :P

My baby bump is getting more and more obvious each day and I'm starting to waddle a bit especially in the morning - when all the muscles and joints are yet to warm up. Getting up from the bed each morning is a struggle, I'd usually take a good few minutes to get on my feet. Macam nenek-nenek.

Besides the nenek-nenek part, last night I actually felt like a turtle yang terbalik and tak reti to turn myself over. Hoh. Well, we're watching a movie last night whilst I was lying down on the sofa with my head on C***'s lap (& he was patting my head like I'm a cat) when I had the sudden urge to wee wee,so I tried to lift myself up, tapi apekah tak boleeeh? It sounds so illogical but it's true - so much so that C*** had to help me to sit up. T_T

Haih, anything for you lah baby. Ya better be good for mummy. he he.

Owh later.

Let's be random for a bit.

o1. I had too much oily fattening food over the weekend - we went to moi cousins' wedding and engagement - which left me with an uneasy feeling in moi tummy for the past few days, not good.

o2. The PIL followed us back to Kedah. They were worried that they'd be too much trouble for moi family and we (me & C***) were worried that they'd be bored and whatnot - which ended up to be unnecessary since semua orang had fun dan happy-happy - dad had someone to borak-borak with and mum and MIL even had a masak-masak session. :P

o3. C*** and PIL went to Langkawi on Friday to visit a relative. It was a quick day trip and C*** decided that I should just stay home to avoid all the CNY-Public-Holiday crowd and my unnecessary whining kerana kepenatan. he he.

o4. Brought PIL to visit the grandparents and introduced them to gedung cak. Well, it's not a store(Gedung as in gedung membeli belah, geddit?), it's some kind of kuih. Not my favourite( mine would be a specific kind of lepat liat.ha ha.Lepat liat what? :P) tapi it's interesting to introduce them to a kind of local kuih yang pelik. he he.

o5. Our usual Kedah - KL 4-5 hours trip was elongated to 10 freaking hours. No thanks to the extraordinary traffic + a bunch of stupid drivers who love the emergency lane. Memang bongok.

o6. I think my spine is like temporary crooked from the long trip and my legs hurt, but thank God for the love of my life C*** and his awesome foot rubs. Thanks love. Kiss kiss.

o7. Yet to schedule another test drive. Blurggh..

o8. I need some nice table cloth, seat cushions for the dining table and new curtains! A home decor store will be a nice place to start with.

o9. We are going to start with some serious shopping spree for the little precious like sooon. he he. It does get easier to shop once ya know the gender ey? Owh giddy.

Have a great week.

Tata.

Right now, I'm already back home in Kedah, stuffing my face with mummy's home cooked food. Yes, this is a scheduled post. he he.

Let's blabber something bout the weekend, shall we?

The weekend had been a blissful one for me.

We reached Malacca sometimes after midnite since we stopped by at BIL's place and all of us went to have dinner together - at an eatery which looks promising tapi adelah gagal since I was served with honey dew cordial drink when I ordered for honey dew juice.(& they don't even have the courtesy to highlight the different when we're ordering. Lain kali cakap la siang siang, sape nak bayar 4 bucks for a freaking glass of cordial drink? I'd rather go for sky juice. Sungguh menipu.) T_T

Saya adelah emo seperti biasa (it's the hormone ya see? Plus I could only tolerate sirap, Ribena and sunquick's when it comes to cordial), I pushed it aside whilst saying there's no way on earth anybody could ever drink it kerana ianya adelah sungguh sucky, so I ended up with a glass of hot barley - which was equally sucky. Owh well, nevermind lah.

On Saturday morning, had plates of yummy home made nasi lemak, watched CSI, went for a 'test drive' (it's not really a test drive since the test drive unit is MIA due to something, dang! Tapi...even before the test drive, I'm torn between the one in red or white. he he)

and later went out with C*** and the PIL for a kenduri and a quick shopping spree as MIL wanna get another rice cooker, so we made a quick stop at the mall tapi when both of us, me and MIL (C*** and FIL waited for us in the car) came out of the store, we ended up with a new rice cooker and stainless kettle for MIL and a stainless steel trash can for me! - much to C***'s and FIL's amusement lah kan?

Cakap nak rice cooker, ended up bende lain pon beli sekali. Yes, shopping is fun. Ya should see the look on C***'s face when I told him that I actually spent 50 bucks on a trash can. Ok what? It's stainless steel lah darling, easy to clean, it won't rust plus it was on discount summore. Mak pon cakap it's a good buy. he he.

Our shopping spree didn't end there, we later went to Tesco for some groceries - the crowd was unbelievable. Seperti biasa orang-orang di Malaysia membeli seperti the country is running out of food supply, oleh it harus lah membeli dengan banyak dan tamak. Tsk tsk.

Much later in the evening, we had sukun fritters and cubed mangoes for tea. Yummo! - going back to our hometowns sememangnya tak akan penah kelaparan. Bertambah kecomelan adelah. he he.


After maghrib, after a light dinner, C*** dragged me out to the nearby mall as I need to stock on some stuff. He even got himself a casual pants and after a bit of jalan-jalan, we.. or should I say, I decided to go for ice cream (it was already 10pm and it was raining outside, tapi ya could never say no to a pregnant lady, yes?) To my defend, it's not really ice cream lah, it was frozen yogurt, the heavenly taste of ice cream minus most of the fat - itu pun if the 99% fat free claim is true. he he. :P

On Sunday, a wee bit after subuh, C*** went to the fish market together with the PIL but I was directed to stay at home since it was raining and the already wet wet market gonna be even wetter and slippery. So yea, not really a place for me and my condition I guess, so saya tido. he he. Only to be waken up by the fishy smelly C*** an hour later.(Yes, now I have a well-stocked freezer. Yey!)

The rest of the day was being spent dengan bermalasan as it was raining all day long.

That's about it, now I'm about to have another blissful long weekend.

Have a safe trip balik kampung, Happy CNY.

Tata.