The Wedding and A Class

Lastnite we got a last minute invitation to attend ‘some celebrity’s 1001 Arabian Nights-theme wedding’. Don’t asked why we got invited, suffice to say the last minute invitation came when the organizer freak out coz so many table were empty. I don’t mind the free RM100++ per head dinner… and I got nothing against the pengantin either… but being part of something so lavishly membazir just not my thing of lately.

We went to the ante-natal class last Sunday for 1st time parents and I learned dat:

• At 31 weeks, I got the smallest tummy as compared to other mummies wit the same due date. But probably the heaviest :P
• At 31 weeks, I’m still flexible n can still stretch n reach my toes without so much problem.
• Mothballs iaitu ubat gegat can caused jaundice in babies
• No need to buy those overly-priced cream for stretch marks, olive oil is much better (but messy laa…)
• You can learn a lot about labour from YouTube, especially unassisted ones
• I saw how baby actually came out during normal birth n C-sect, how the uri got extracted and how perineum cut was done... OUCHHHH!!!!

No more turkey for thanksgiving

And I have decided:

• I will not allow my husband to even take a peek down there wen the time comes.
• I’m taking epidural. Period.

A guy asking the doctor wat to do if the father 'takut darah'... hahaha

But most importantly, my husband finally understand 100% why I decided to breastfeed the baby until God’s willing... or at least try

Thanks to her

But the most controversial issue is the pantang part. None of the doctors (both Chinese and Malay) advocate berpantang makan during confinement. According to them, there’s no such things as cold/ hot food. And kesian the baby coz during confinement some of them will not get enough nutrient since the mother sibuk mau berpantang. Coz wat u eat = wat ur baby eat thru breast milk. Imagine eating ikan masin wit nasi everyday! Totally different from my reading “Ensiklopedia Perbidanan Melayu” (hehehe... thanks Ctot).

Then how, I also very confused...

The Year 2008

This summed up wat I think about 2008

Its “My Life in Fast-Forward-Button- and-on-roller-coaster-mode”

I always have a thought dat if it wasn’t because you have a very supportive and loving family, your life is pretty much meaningless and messed up…

It’s hard to break from dat…

From someone who constantly feel like “I have nothing”, I finally have something…

2008 give me a husband, a soon-to-be-born baby and a dream house

Alhamdullilah, dats all I can say...

I've been blessed

@~`~

The Curious Mom-to-be and Busy Dad-To-Be

Last Saturday we went to KLCC coz Chabs wants to buy some extra cable for his HT… which I also sneakily took d opportunity to scout for baby’s stuff. Found nothing much there, not even the cable (but I was so tempted to cabut the gingerbread man from the huge Xmas tree… cute n yummy!). So we tried Low Yatt, found the cable but obviously mana ada baby stuff there… tetapi tidak begitu keciwa kerana Chabs bought me dat spongy headphone for my tummy. Yeayyyyy…..

Mummy Adam Mikhail told me di Subang Parade ada baby sale, akibatnya saya terpaksa cancel hajat ke OU dan Ikea, then detour ke Subang Parade. Gosh… I remember Subang Parade was the 1st shopping complex I went with Kar and Noi after our orientation in PPP eleven years ago, siap naik komuter lagi tu... still remember how Noi ajar how to buy and cucuk the ticket hahahaha…

At last, after extensive research and cuci mata on the net, I finally bought Tommee Tippee Bpa-Free Closer to Nature and Lindam feeding bottle (just coz of its weird shape) and Smart Nappy from Mothercare. Almost buy Madela Swing akan tetapi I saw LilWhiz got gud discount on tis product, so dat can wait…

Pls don't tell my mum...

Sampai saja rumah, while d DTB busy fixing his HT… tis curious and inexperience MTB telah melakukan post mortem terhadap semua barang2 berkenaan, lengkap with disposable gloves, cello tape, gunting dan tissue!

Verdict: I love love love it.... Saya amat berpuashati dengan belian-belian berkenaan. Boleh la diconsider untuk kegunaan baby saya nanti. Next, wanna experiment dat MAM's bottle, as being recommended Farrah n Kar.

Adakah ianya sudah dikira sebagai shopping for the baby? I like to think not, just a preview, experimental buy. I’m reserving my shopping til nearing xmas, kiasu MTB can demands extra feebies!!!


Sunday

I’ve noticed that lately my Chabs is so stressed out with extra workload, not to mentioned long and ridiculous working hours. I feel so kesian. Maybe I should find ways to help him relieve his pressure… Something therapeutic… something other than golf. After cracking my head off then I remember, he likes to draw…

Wallaaaa!!!!!!

It’s gotta be painting. And he loves his buncit-wife’s idea..

Gosh, I’m telling you… finding kedai selling those painting stuff isn’t easy. We went to Subang Parade to KLCC to Pertama and CM. Lastly, almost giving up I just asked this abang pelukis jalanan where to get those oil paint etc and he just smiled at me and said “belakang nie je dik”. My husband, from bermuka tidak bersemangat terus beaming with excitement. Like membawa budak2 masuk ToyRUs…. Hahaha, glad u r happy Chabs!

Didn’t know oil painting can be tricky, but I’m sure he’ll be fine. Hopefully he won’t make too much mess at home unless dia ingin melihat his wifey bertukar menjadi dragonball, nowadays bending down to pick up stuff pun sungguh menyiksakan... d tummy feels like a compressed balloon.

"Just remember to paint me a picture of a ladybug and safari animal… I wanna put on the nursery."

While he’s busy painting, I made these lil' babies:

Mini Blueberry Cheesecake.

The rasa is not bad for my 1st attempt. Actually I don’t really know how to define good cheesecake, I don’t even like to eat them... despite my family craziness over memborong cheesecake di The Loft. So I just brought them to the office dan wakafkan di pantry. Kalau ada yang puji sedap, then saya mengaku la I did d cake… kalau ada orang komplen, lick my wound and diam2 ja la.

So far, no case of cirit-birit reported here...

The Launch of My New Hobby

http://mymatahari-aseanacloset.blogspot.com/

Please help me to become a Tai tai.... Happy Shopping!!!!

The Different Kind of Splurge

My parents came last week. Dad got meetings while my mum... well, my mum tumpang ikut for a memborong spree (weeeeeeeee.... i like!)

During dinner I was telling my mom how the baby loves to kick me during meal time. And my mom said “bawa la ia bercerita” (translation: talk to the baby la).

“Err… I sing to him all the time, does it count?”

And my dad, knowing my predictable reply said “read him stories, mengaji banyak2”

Ok la, pardon my ignorance... bikin shy only. We don’t really need the internet to know dat we should start interacting with the unborn baby now, even my ol’ skool mum knows about it. So, berdasarkan keinsafan yang masih fresh, last week I ignored the urge of shopping for other baby stuff and splurge on these instead:

I love tis book! Reminded me of my own book zaman dolu2

And tis:

Tis book is funny coz it was written and published by an arab dude but the cartoon semua muka melayu

I think I spend 1 hour sitting at the lantai of MPH (coz my feet is killing me!) and finally choose 4 books. Dan saya pon dengan bersemangatnya membaca buku2 ini aloud tiap2 malam sampai suami saya pon sudah boleh hafal the stories.

We hope for the best for our children.

No harm hoping, no harm trying...

The Period When Weight Gain Is A Good Sign

Apart from being forgetful and nyanyuk… I lost the interest in writing.

Beside that, I got nothing interesting to share wit u, bunnies. I mean who would want to read about me having wardrobe malfunction every morning or how I farted a lot nowadays or my fascination with the variety of cloth diapers and breast pump or the type of bengkung dat I should choose while dalam pantang nanti.

To date, I’m reaching to 56kg already… 9 more kilos to go before I exceed the normal weight gain recommended (15kg). Nevertheless I feel like a bloated whale already. Just as I was about to enroll to one of those prenatal yoga class… then Majlis Fatwa decided to consider whether to banned Yoga or not. Ok laa.. I’m too malas to read the whole thing and with my limited agama knowledge, I better don’t pandai2 argue and just scrap the idea laa. Pilates it is.

Anyway, (I hope my mum is not reading tis) we already bought a stroller! Ok, wasn’t my idea to buy the stroller too soon but believe it or not my chabie has been eyeing on the 3-wheeler even before we got pregnant. Wen Farrah told me dat Kerul had the same fetish, I made tis conclusion: anything wit wheels is a guy thing. I’m telling ya, the 1st few days he keeps on jalan2 from room to room in our apartment wit the stroller and a silly face… gila sudah laki aku nie!

Me to hubby: “Huh... tambah sikit lagi duit boleh beli kapchai sudah nie. Bukan ada enjin pun!”

Well, at least we can strike off stroller from the newborn checklist and concentrate on other stuff. Now researching on cot and ‘milking’ device. I’ve taken off my piercing already coz I don’t want it to pop out suddenly and also coz my MIL like to touch my tummy (before kedapatan better do pre-emptive measure). And I vow not to wear those typical maternity dress coz it make me look like this:

Dulu saya macam guppy, skrg saya adalah Nemo's classmate Pearl

Maybe I'll have something more interesting to share nanti. But for now, just bear with my mom-to-be story k?

The Flight MH20

At 2325pm tomorrow, I’m suppose to fly on MH20 for 13 hours to accept this invitation.

And I already got the Management's approval

And I already prepared the all the necessary materials for my presentation.

But I've decided not to go...

We all make our own choices. I will not lie and say I'm not a lil' bit dissappointed. But then again, missing an opportunity (intentionally or not) will make u work harder.

All these can wait...