just another week of work left. my gynae says once i reach 39 weeks (and if i don't deliver yet by then haha) he'll be issuing sick leave for me. the work at the office isn't really a concern for me, we're not very busy right now, but dragging myself out of the bed in the morning and the drive to and from work is getting increasingly tiresome. luckily, it's the school holidays now, so the traffic is actually not so bad.
anyhow, in between all of the baby stuff i've been busy with lately, i've had some time to make traveling plans for next year. last month, R found out that MAS was having an online sale - so as luck would have it, we got to grab a pair of return tickets to KK for the both of us, for just rm500. i was quite pleased, as the normal price is significantly more expensive -even if we travelled by AA. so now, we have traveling plans for june, just a couple of weeks before fasting month starts. i guess it'll be the first time we'll be traveling with a baby by flight, so that's gonna need a little bit of coordination (we even have to wait til she's born to buy her infant ticket, which is kinda funny to us) - with the stroller and car seat and all, but i think we'll manage.
i pretty much have a rough itinerary planned out (yes, i know it's still six months away but a little early planning never hurt anyone) - its gonna be a 5D4N trip, so i'm pretty excited cos we'll be able to spend a night in kundasang (a place i've always wanted to go, for some reason - just not to climb Mt Kinabalu, haha) and then spend the rest of the nights in the city.
we haven't managed to travel long-distance after i got pregnant this year (luckily i managed to cram in quite a few trips in the first quarter of the year) so i think i've been bitten by the wanderlust bug. i'm kind of suffering from travel withdrawal haha. so next year, baby in tow, we're gonna still try to work out a few trips.
we already have sabah scheduled (it's actually one of the last few malaysian states i've never been to - i've even been to sarawak!) for june. my mom has mentioned something about singapore next year - but they'll be going to europe around may, so we'll have to find a suitable time for that. but singapore isn't that difficult, just gotta buy flight tickets and book a hotel and we're good to go. also got tentative plans to visit bandung by the end of next year with the usual bunch. we haven't done a trip together in quite awhile. and since R's never been to indonesia, thought it would be a good idea.
guess all that's left is to make sure we save up lots of money for the traveling! not sure how life is gonna be like with jigglyboo in our lives, and eventhough a lot of people say it's gonna be tough, i have friends who have made it work. so let's keep a positive mind :)
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
live
so today is a public holiday for one of the states here. sadly, my office isn't located within that state. so R and a bunch of my other friends are having a lovely day off while i'm stuck in the office. well, it isn't so bad cos R sent me to the office today, since we have plans to go grocery shopping at publika after i finish work today.
i was super-hungry today and since we ate out last night, i didn't cook anything and there were no leftover/supplies to bring to work today. so ended up making a quick pit stop at a stall near our place on the way to work to buy something for my lunch at the office later (since R sent me to work, i can't drive out) and also made another stop at a starbucks near the office to takeaway a cup of hot choc and their yummy banana-choc-chip muffin.
anyway, there have been a few friendship dramas brewing around lately. if this had happened like years ago, i would probably care more. not that i care about my friends less these days (i think i appreciate them more, actually) - i mean, i try to listen to the updates, but i try not to get too emotionally involved. i just give my perspective, and whether people want to listen or not - that's really up to them. we all deal with our demons differently, no? i can't force someone to deal with issues the way i would/do. and i always like to remind myself that there are always two sides to every story. so that i always try to look at something from all angles.
a lot of people think that i'm way too chill when it comes to certain issues. honestly, sometimes, these things get to me too. but sometimes, no matter what you say or do, things are just the way they are. and some people just refuse to change or even try to see things from other people's views. so why get so worked up over something that is beyond your control?
as they say, live, and let live.
i was super-hungry today and since we ate out last night, i didn't cook anything and there were no leftover/supplies to bring to work today. so ended up making a quick pit stop at a stall near our place on the way to work to buy something for my lunch at the office later (since R sent me to work, i can't drive out) and also made another stop at a starbucks near the office to takeaway a cup of hot choc and their yummy banana-choc-chip muffin.
anyway, there have been a few friendship dramas brewing around lately. if this had happened like years ago, i would probably care more. not that i care about my friends less these days (i think i appreciate them more, actually) - i mean, i try to listen to the updates, but i try not to get too emotionally involved. i just give my perspective, and whether people want to listen or not - that's really up to them. we all deal with our demons differently, no? i can't force someone to deal with issues the way i would/do. and i always like to remind myself that there are always two sides to every story. so that i always try to look at something from all angles.
a lot of people think that i'm way too chill when it comes to certain issues. honestly, sometimes, these things get to me too. but sometimes, no matter what you say or do, things are just the way they are. and some people just refuse to change or even try to see things from other people's views. so why get so worked up over something that is beyond your control?
as they say, live, and let live.
Monday, December 9, 2013
blessed.
so the past week has been quite eventful. i like to think of it as one of my last all-out weekends before we gotta take it easy and wait for jigglyboo to come.
my actual birthday last week was a quiet one. the night before my birthday, we actually had pizza night in. we went a bit crazy and pretty much ordered whatever we felt like (we had lots of leftover for days after hehe). i took the day off from work, just because. spent the day at home alone, cos R had a meeting that he couldn't get out of. so i mostly cooked for myself the whole day, nothing much.
anyway, the little sis came back as usual, and two of R's lil siblings also came from M to spend some time in kl that weekend. kicked off the weekend by catching a movie that i'd been looking forward to "kolumpo" - it was a good movie and we went with a bunch of friends and the lil kids in tow. R had told me a c ouple of weeks earlier to reserve saturday for ourselves - he didn't say much but if course i knew there was a bday thingy planned for me with the usual people. this year, we had a bday brunch at one of my fave bfast/brunch places. R had ordered a spread of various cakes and cupcakes from my SIL and my brother, who have a lil cake business going on. everything was yummy!
afterwards, the girlfriends threw a surprise baby shower for me! after the brunch fiasco a few weeks back, that wasn't really a baby shower (haha) - i had actually resigned myself to not having one at all - unless i had the energy to throw one for myself. mostly cos im so far along by now, and i just don't have the energy for it. but my girlfriends - led by two of my best friends - threw me such a lovely one. it was a small affair but we had so much fun with the games - courtesy of another of my bestfriend back from my old workplace. while this was ongoing, the boys just went to grab coffee amongst themselves at another place, then came and joined us towards the end. we also got a couple more additions of gifts for jigglyboo - i loved them!
anyway, although i'd been out since the morning and was pretty much exhausted, i genuinely loved the whole day. i spent it with people that i loved and i knew would always be there for me - i feel so blessed to have these people in my life. i seriously could not ask for more. so much love.
got home late afternoon, had a short lie-in before bringing out the lil siblings to dinner. my sister begged off because she's busy studying for her upcoming exams. R's siblings had gone out during the day with their other brother so we decided to take them out that night for a nice dinner. i had a strong urge for italian food, so we went to my fave italian joint. food was yummy as always, and as luck would have it, right after settling into our table (the place was quite full that night) - who should be seated at the table next to ours but one of malaysia's most well-known chefs! yup, chef Wan, in the flesh.
this was especially exciting for R's lil brother, who was a HUGE fan of his - he loves food, loves cooking, and knows pretty much all the cooking shows. so we let him have dinner with his family in peace while we went on with ours - and right before he left, the lil ones asked for a photo with him. he was actually super nice and funny, and very accommodating - much like his persona on-screen. anyhow, we had a happy fan going home by the end of the night :)
kick-started sunday pretty early the next morning for our ultimate agenda that weekend - the BBW sale. i had planned to leave home by 6am (we tried going around midnight last year - lets just say it was a different kind of madness, especially the lines at the cashier counters haha). anyway, we learned our lesson from last year, so this year decided to try our luck going super-early : my theory is that the midnight crowd would have already gone home by then and the morning crowd would probably only descend after breakfast-time. and lucky us, our theory was pretty good. there was a thin crowd, but nothing crazy. we got to roam around for a good few hours. this year, i decided to just focus on the areas that i really had interest in. i left R to his own devices to find books for jigglyboo in the kiddies' section, hehe. our two lil guests also seemed to have fun walking about searching for their own books. i'd already told them the book-hunting was my treat - it's only a once-a-year event and i'll pretty much do anything to encourage kids to read. the fact that the books were all super-cheap didn't hurt either, hehe.
we left the warehouse just as the morning crowd started to trickle in - and headed off to grab some breakfast. then we had to go on and run some errands which pretty much took up the rest of the morning. got home around noon and everyone passed out for a good few hours from the lack of sleep, haha. woke up and had a little light lunch and lazed around for til it was dinnertime. i whipped up a quick dinner - fried fish fillets, potato wedges, steamed green beans. then right after dinner, R led them all out (i only sent them to the door - i was exhausted) and dropped them off at their destinations - his lil siblings at the bus station to head back to their hometown then sent my lil sis back to her hostel.
so all in all, it was a tiring but fun weekend. i'm 37 weeks now, so just taking this week easy - have dinner plans with an old friend tonight but apart from that, just gonna stay home with R and chill out. hope this week goes by fast, i have another week and a half at work before starting maternity leave - with my gynae's approval. jigglyboo can stay in my tummy for as long as she needs - as long as she's not overdue, haha - we still have a few things of hers that need changing and buying and washing. our next appointment isn't for another week and a half - the same day i start my maternity leave. so lets hope all is well until then.
my actual birthday last week was a quiet one. the night before my birthday, we actually had pizza night in. we went a bit crazy and pretty much ordered whatever we felt like (we had lots of leftover for days after hehe). i took the day off from work, just because. spent the day at home alone, cos R had a meeting that he couldn't get out of. so i mostly cooked for myself the whole day, nothing much.
anyway, the little sis came back as usual, and two of R's lil siblings also came from M to spend some time in kl that weekend. kicked off the weekend by catching a movie that i'd been looking forward to "kolumpo" - it was a good movie and we went with a bunch of friends and the lil kids in tow. R had told me a c ouple of weeks earlier to reserve saturday for ourselves - he didn't say much but if course i knew there was a bday thingy planned for me with the usual people. this year, we had a bday brunch at one of my fave bfast/brunch places. R had ordered a spread of various cakes and cupcakes from my SIL and my brother, who have a lil cake business going on. everything was yummy!
afterwards, the girlfriends threw a surprise baby shower for me! after the brunch fiasco a few weeks back, that wasn't really a baby shower (haha) - i had actually resigned myself to not having one at all - unless i had the energy to throw one for myself. mostly cos im so far along by now, and i just don't have the energy for it. but my girlfriends - led by two of my best friends - threw me such a lovely one. it was a small affair but we had so much fun with the games - courtesy of another of my bestfriend back from my old workplace. while this was ongoing, the boys just went to grab coffee amongst themselves at another place, then came and joined us towards the end. we also got a couple more additions of gifts for jigglyboo - i loved them!
anyway, although i'd been out since the morning and was pretty much exhausted, i genuinely loved the whole day. i spent it with people that i loved and i knew would always be there for me - i feel so blessed to have these people in my life. i seriously could not ask for more. so much love.
got home late afternoon, had a short lie-in before bringing out the lil siblings to dinner. my sister begged off because she's busy studying for her upcoming exams. R's siblings had gone out during the day with their other brother so we decided to take them out that night for a nice dinner. i had a strong urge for italian food, so we went to my fave italian joint. food was yummy as always, and as luck would have it, right after settling into our table (the place was quite full that night) - who should be seated at the table next to ours but one of malaysia's most well-known chefs! yup, chef Wan, in the flesh.
this was especially exciting for R's lil brother, who was a HUGE fan of his - he loves food, loves cooking, and knows pretty much all the cooking shows. so we let him have dinner with his family in peace while we went on with ours - and right before he left, the lil ones asked for a photo with him. he was actually super nice and funny, and very accommodating - much like his persona on-screen. anyhow, we had a happy fan going home by the end of the night :)
kick-started sunday pretty early the next morning for our ultimate agenda that weekend - the BBW sale. i had planned to leave home by 6am (we tried going around midnight last year - lets just say it was a different kind of madness, especially the lines at the cashier counters haha). anyway, we learned our lesson from last year, so this year decided to try our luck going super-early : my theory is that the midnight crowd would have already gone home by then and the morning crowd would probably only descend after breakfast-time. and lucky us, our theory was pretty good. there was a thin crowd, but nothing crazy. we got to roam around for a good few hours. this year, i decided to just focus on the areas that i really had interest in. i left R to his own devices to find books for jigglyboo in the kiddies' section, hehe. our two lil guests also seemed to have fun walking about searching for their own books. i'd already told them the book-hunting was my treat - it's only a once-a-year event and i'll pretty much do anything to encourage kids to read. the fact that the books were all super-cheap didn't hurt either, hehe.
we left the warehouse just as the morning crowd started to trickle in - and headed off to grab some breakfast. then we had to go on and run some errands which pretty much took up the rest of the morning. got home around noon and everyone passed out for a good few hours from the lack of sleep, haha. woke up and had a little light lunch and lazed around for til it was dinnertime. i whipped up a quick dinner - fried fish fillets, potato wedges, steamed green beans. then right after dinner, R led them all out (i only sent them to the door - i was exhausted) and dropped them off at their destinations - his lil siblings at the bus station to head back to their hometown then sent my lil sis back to her hostel.
so all in all, it was a tiring but fun weekend. i'm 37 weeks now, so just taking this week easy - have dinner plans with an old friend tonight but apart from that, just gonna stay home with R and chill out. hope this week goes by fast, i have another week and a half at work before starting maternity leave - with my gynae's approval. jigglyboo can stay in my tummy for as long as she needs - as long as she's not overdue, haha - we still have a few things of hers that need changing and buying and washing. our next appointment isn't for another week and a half - the same day i start my maternity leave. so lets hope all is well until then.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
waiting game.
back at work after taking a couple of days off for my birthday. not that i did anything special; this year's bday has been the most chilled-out bday ever. although there weren't any celebrations, i guess i didn't mind - guess we mellow with age, huh?
R took the day off on monday - to accompany to run errands the whole day. yup, i'm still running around all over kl to settle stuff -some that isn't even my responsibility. but what to do. anyway, slept in a bit then headed over to the sister's uni to settle some of her accommodation stuff; which after all the never-ending drama, i just wnted to settle once and for all. luckily sister goes to one of those 90210 campuses which has their own starbucks; so we had time to grab a quickie breakfast - mine was hot choc and choc chip banana muffin - can't go wrong with that :)
once that was done, we headed over to check on the baby nursery that was in our shortlist for jigglyboo. by early march, i'll start work again and my mom will take over for a couple of months but i don't wanna burden her with taking care of an infant - she has other stuff she wants to do as well - her morning walks, her vacation trips, etc. and she and my dad and other sis are going on a two-week trip by the end of april, so we've decided to start sending jigglyboo to the nursery from may onwards. she'll be about 4months plus by then so hopefully she'll be okay. R's parents are worried that we're sending her to strangers instead of our own relatives - i guess they're kinda surplussed why my mom doesnt wanna take care of jigglyboo full-time like they do for their other grandchild. but i feel like this is the best solution for everyone - this is our little family, and i don't want anyone to feel obligated to be taking care of our infant child; it's not an easy job. plus i want her to get proper care. and all of my siblings grew up in nurseries, so it's not a new concept to us.
anyway, it'll just be for the first year or so. as soon as there's an opening at the creche downstairs at the office, we'll definitely move her. just gotta make some tough choices for now, but hey, no one said it'd be smooth sailing. but as of now, i'm happy with the choices we've made and insha Allah, we'll be happy parents to a bouncing jigglyboo soon enough!
after stopping to buy a quick lunch at home, headed on to our appointment with my gynae. as usual, we got there a bit earlier and were the first patient to see him, yay. spent a little bit more time talking to him than usual - because i had a list of questions i wanted to ask him. he explained a lot about what to expect - everything else seemed to be normal - then set our next appointment for another three weeks, in week 39 (if i don't pop yet by then haha).
only planning to work for another two and a half weeks; so planning on asking if he can issue medical/rest leave by then. i think he'll be okay with the plan. also got the letter that HR needed to process the issuance letter of my GL. everything seems to be on track so far so lets just hope for the best. at this rate, it's pretty much just a waiting game for us.
jigglyboo, your daddy and i can't wait to meet you. and we just want you to be safe and healthy.
R took the day off on monday - to accompany to run errands the whole day. yup, i'm still running around all over kl to settle stuff -some that isn't even my responsibility. but what to do. anyway, slept in a bit then headed over to the sister's uni to settle some of her accommodation stuff; which after all the never-ending drama, i just wnted to settle once and for all. luckily sister goes to one of those 90210 campuses which has their own starbucks; so we had time to grab a quickie breakfast - mine was hot choc and choc chip banana muffin - can't go wrong with that :)
once that was done, we headed over to check on the baby nursery that was in our shortlist for jigglyboo. by early march, i'll start work again and my mom will take over for a couple of months but i don't wanna burden her with taking care of an infant - she has other stuff she wants to do as well - her morning walks, her vacation trips, etc. and she and my dad and other sis are going on a two-week trip by the end of april, so we've decided to start sending jigglyboo to the nursery from may onwards. she'll be about 4months plus by then so hopefully she'll be okay. R's parents are worried that we're sending her to strangers instead of our own relatives - i guess they're kinda surplussed why my mom doesnt wanna take care of jigglyboo full-time like they do for their other grandchild. but i feel like this is the best solution for everyone - this is our little family, and i don't want anyone to feel obligated to be taking care of our infant child; it's not an easy job. plus i want her to get proper care. and all of my siblings grew up in nurseries, so it's not a new concept to us.
anyway, it'll just be for the first year or so. as soon as there's an opening at the creche downstairs at the office, we'll definitely move her. just gotta make some tough choices for now, but hey, no one said it'd be smooth sailing. but as of now, i'm happy with the choices we've made and insha Allah, we'll be happy parents to a bouncing jigglyboo soon enough!
after stopping to buy a quick lunch at home, headed on to our appointment with my gynae. as usual, we got there a bit earlier and were the first patient to see him, yay. spent a little bit more time talking to him than usual - because i had a list of questions i wanted to ask him. he explained a lot about what to expect - everything else seemed to be normal - then set our next appointment for another three weeks, in week 39 (if i don't pop yet by then haha).
only planning to work for another two and a half weeks; so planning on asking if he can issue medical/rest leave by then. i think he'll be okay with the plan. also got the letter that HR needed to process the issuance letter of my GL. everything seems to be on track so far so lets just hope for the best. at this rate, it's pretty much just a waiting game for us.
jigglyboo, your daddy and i can't wait to meet you. and we just want you to be safe and healthy.
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