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After a few afternoons of shopping for a maid, dan and i decided on hiring a maid from myanmar... surprisingly most of them are university qualified!!! Hmm... though i don't know what's the standard of the education system in myanmar, it's strange at times to have a graduate to work as a maid... hmm... it's like sometimes it doesn't make sense to have a graduate to earn lesser than someone who doesn't have a degree....
So... what's the use of studying? Unless of course one is interested in the academic path, would one really need so much of education? Does education make one's value go down? Would i want my girl to study so hard? Hmm... if between IQ and EQ, i hope my girl would have the latter than the former.
The pressures of giving the child a headstart is constantly around.... especially with friends who read up so much.... About the right-brain/left brain and all the other enrichment courses.... would i fall into that category? that's what i am scared of.
I came from an only child background.... which means i got the attention and also the over-shelteredness from the 'world'.... sometimes that would mean my parents would decide things for me and my independence was probably developed in the later stages...
Now as i become a parent to my kid... i hope i would learn to let go.... would i? Oh well... whatever it is... I'm sure with the kid along, i would learn new lessons... and sometimes the humbling thing is i won't be the teacher... but her... I pray that i would though allow her to...

Counting down....

This week would be week 38 for Chappy..... Just went for dinner with daniel last night at My Humble House... Had a special tasting menu... It's sorta like a little couple time before chappy comes out. So... if by sat, chappy doesn't come out... we'll be going for another dinner on Sunday again... just to have some time together... So hopefully she doesn't come out till much later. :P
Well, other than that, my legs look like elephant feet.... bad... ugly... it's just terrible lah... Sigh... all the water retention isn't improving...
Going to see my doc tomorrow... wonder how heavy is she now... :D That's the only exciting thing to learn... how heavy is she. :D At least it's good to know that she's passed the 3kg mark... which is what i wanted her to be. :D
Well, that aside... almost all her stuff is all settled... and i am quite proud of that. :D Very good. :D Now just waiting for her to settle in...
Been reading a few books... 3 in fact.... simultaneously....
1. Signing to baby
2. Tipping Point
3. Secrets frm the Baby Whisperer
QUite fun... signing to baby teaches mothers sign languages to teach to the kiddo so that they could sign to them before speech comes into picture. Tipping point is a little like a psychology book... about how small things make a big difference.... Secrets from the baby whisperer just give tips and hints on how to look after the newborn... so yea... quite fun. :D
Okay... off to a maid agency to see if there's any maid we should hire. :D

Updates Updates Updates....

Just when i thought i got the hang of blogging again, i got lazy and slacked again... haha... Oh well, so a quick update...
Chappy is 37 weeks as of tuesday... doc says she's ready to meet the world now... but we're hoping to keep her in as long as possible cuz it would mean that a) i have a longer break and have my maternity would be longer as well... b) she would have lesser chance of jaundice :)
That aside, she's currently weighing abt 3 kg... so longer inside me, she will be heavier and she would be easier to carry later. ;) But being so big, i am a little worried about her coming out... oh well... we'll see..
Managed to get a massage lady to come for 10 days.... $50 a session... highly recommended by one of the nurses from my gyn clinic... she would massage me and massage and bathe my girl as well... Which seems good. Esp when i don't have any confinement lady. So it would help me settle that part... Sigh.. but that's a good $500 for 10 days... Oh well... no choice... if there's any consolation, $50 is the market rate and normally it's without baby bath and massage. So i guess i should be happy.
Looked for a maid today... With daniel... Wow nowadays maids are damn expensive and also very demanding... despite the horror stories of maids... but thinking of value of money... Losing my privacy though.. but no choice... Currently having a part timer will cost me $320 per month... that's only 2x a week with 8 hrs.... If i engage this maid, it will cost me $520... Oh well, Okies... it can be cheaper like $470.... but this maid i saw has 8 years of experience in singapore... which means cooking and looking after infants would be of no problem for her. And communication is not a problem.. since she's familiar with the surroundings.. :D
Other than that... baby's room is done... just worried i might have forgotten some stuff... Oh well, besides that, everything is going well... just keeping fingers crossed and waiting for her arrival.. :D

A rested weekend...

Weekends are always a great way to chill.... This weekend is no exception. I always like weekends... in fact... to think of it, Dan and I have been spending loads of quality time together. Loads... Which is good. Even if it's just a normal weekday night.... 9pm onwards is completely no work but just us either watching movies in our entertainment room (which was how we spent Sunday) or just chilling... Tonight we're going to catch Harold and Kumar... :) Quite looking forward to it.... Probably I would go for a swim when i reach home, if i am not too tired. :)

My backache's getting bad especially when sleeping.... Haha... was quite amused when Dan told me why it was painful, upper pain - due to enlargement of boobs, lower pain - due to the baby... SO yeah... the whole back's a pain... and water retention - due to lack of water... how ironic. Women who don't drink enough water get water retention since the body has to store water...
Anyway, was just so amused that my husband can tell me what is happening to my body... which shows his commitment to the whole process... Well done! :D This Sunday, would be our first lesson with the preparation course for the labour and all.... Hmm... Dan just reminded me that after everything is over... it's about the same time when i pop. Now i am anxious.... I don't know if I'm exactly up for it.. but I guess we got no choice... Whether or not we're ready... she's still coming out...
In a way i am looking forward to seeing her.. but then again, i am worried about the restless nights and all... :( Sigh.... which reminds me, Chappy's room (Chappy is a nick for our girl) is not ready!!!!!

That aside, saturday was great... with Art therapy.. :D Will post the pictures i've been drawing soon... :D Not that i am an artist... far from it... but it's a cool thing to blog/journal how i have been progressing... :D

Bucket List (1)

Haven't really decided what we are going to have in dan and my bucket list.... but.... we thought of 2 things already....

1. Go for dancing classes (after the baby is born) :D
2. Start own business (know what to do.. but will blog about it at a later time) *so exciting* :D

We'll add on and continue later.... for now at least i'm glad we got something to do. :D

Shopping on Sunday...

Dan and i went to get some baby stuff yesterday..... We got the baby car seat, baby cot (that's the killer item cuz it can be used as a bed in future), daily essentials like bottles and all..... so.... Guess how much we spent?????

P.S. This is only for SOME of the items.... Shopping for the baby will be continued next week.....

The Bucket List...

Recently, dan and i caught the show - the bucket list... boy did it bring buckets of tears man... A truly meaningful and interesting movie... i highly recommend it, if not for the show, for the main actors - Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman..... It's a must watch i tell you... Basically, about two men who developed a beautiful friendship in the last few months of their lives... Both dying from cancer, they decided to come up with a bucket list and get those things done. (If by now you still don't know what's it, it's a list of things you do before u kick the bucket.) After watching this show, i wanted to come up with my own bucket list... :) but have not exactly decided what should be on it yet....

Life's very unpredictable... many have said and heard this phrase before... recently, i've the misfortune of hearing many of my friends' loved ones' passing... Just as recent as this morning, when I heard my friend's father passed away.... she's the same age as me, only child... and hmm... i reckon the father to be the same age as mine too...
While i understand that the angel of death knocks on each one of our doors at the unexpected times of our lives... question now is would i want to know what time would that be. If it is unexpected, I guess i would want to leave it as unexpected.... Yet to experience the phase of dying without knowing when you would die makes it such a b***h.
Would people come to my funeral? What would they say about me in my funeral? Who would remember my life when i am alive? Who would say i made a difference - good hopefully...

Whatever it is, i think God knows that at this very point, i am not ready to meet him, despite the many warnings that we should be ready all the time.... But i think he knows that I have yet to find out my purpose of him making me, and to finish certain tasks he has assigned me to... and i hope he would give me more time here on earth to enjoy his other gifts.... That's my birthday wish.... and my prayer each day.... to live life and breathe....
Okay... maybe life isn't that bad afterall.......

House Deco....

Here's how our place looks like.... Well some parts of it...

The main hall.... No prizes for guessing what theme our house had.... But now with our baby girl coming... We've got requests for the soccer table and pool table..... Just wait....

A big hall, so we divided the area and have a section to chill and relax... that also leads on to the entertainment room...The place where we spent hours watching movies, play Wii and just to chill...

Every house needs an altar.... well, mine's not so conventional but still works....

A Just Because Gift.....

Dan surprised me today with a Just-Because gift....

Don't know what's the reason... but shan't ask. :) Whatever it is.... :) Thank you baby....

The phrase we engraved in our wedding bands... after watching "Click".

Weekend full of dinners....

Tonight dan and i are going to an engagement party... how sweet.... :) Looks like tonight's topic would be all on questions like "how he proposed", "did you expect it?", and the million-dollar question "how big is the ring?"
It's nice to see how couples getting married and all... :) Proposal... unique experience... I remembered my proposal(s) from dan... He first proposed to me on 30th December, 2005... haha... Well, that's the year we broke up and had loads of hurdle to overcome. We were getting ready for our New Year Eve's party the next day, and he brought me to Great World City.... He played the music i wanted to walk into for our wedding and did a "Stepmum" Proposal.... For those who didn't watch stepmum... it's the one when the guy gives the lady a ring box with a spool of thread in it, got the lady to close her eyes, slips the ring into the thread, ties a knot in her ring finger and slides the ring down... :) And dan's proposal line, "Will u wanna take the bus ride with me forever?"
Well... smooth huh? That's his first attempt, a year after we ROM-ed in 2007, he proposed again.... well... cuz i asked for it. A surprise proposal.. :D And a surprise it was. It was over dinner and he passed me a stack of envelopes. Think the idea is similar to Love Actually, but i think this would be his editted version. So quite original... The stack of postcards started with the first postcard i gave him. Then with each card that comes along, there would be a small little note which forms a poem.... So if the phrase was "through this whole time" the next postcard would show a picture full of clocks... "there were moments when i made ur hair stand on ends" (and the postcard that follows would be a fella with his hair standing....
U get the idea... that really moved me and made me cry... :D It's moments like these that amazes me how romantic this nerd-looking fella can get.... hahah.. A for effort.. :D
But our nerd-looking fella is still very practical... Recently i asked if i should upgrade my diamond... he said it's cheaper to work on getting me a pair of magnifying glasses to wear instead... How smart.
Oh well, prob would put up photos soon of tonight's dinner and all.. :D

A little late but.... better than never.. :D

Here's some sneaks to my 0707 wedding.. :D