of the bestest feeling in the world...

It has been a long day today, but i am not complaining. My day started at 2.45am this morning when wifey woke me up to tell me that her water bag broke. It's now 9.42pm and i just got back from the hospital.

Here's the result that we got at the end of the day. Everyone stand up and say hi to Sue Yi!















it's been a long day. I'll do a longer blog entry later.

update:
Wifey and I yould like to thank everyone who have supported and prayed for us. We do truly believe that it will be messier, more painful and unbearable, more stressful and noisier if it hadn't been for your support and prayers. Do continue to pray for us as we step into this new world with Sue Yi.

of single digits and anticipation...

We are now down to single digits. According to lilypie.com we are now 9 days to go. I am getting pretty excited. Somehow it feels like every moment I have I need to spend with wifey so that I can be there when she needs me.
Wifey have already packed the stuff that she will be needing for the hospital and confinement house. She have also packed a few extra things and labeled them just in case she needs me to bring to her during her stay at the confinement house.
Seeing the bags and stuff that she packed makes me feel like I am missing her already. I hope I can survive the 1 month that she’ll be away.
Wifey is also showing signs that girl girl is coming. Her tummy is now really pointed out sort of like dome shaped. That is putting her in a bit of discomfort as it made it a bit harder for her when she sleep.
Girl girl still kept to her preference to sleep of the right side and it really shows. At times wifey’s tummy will look like it is bulging on one side when girl girl is doing that.
I am also getting pretty excited as the day approaches, but I think the good thing is that the feeling did not really overwhelm me to the point that I get panicky.
So again, do pray for us. Pray for wifey’s strength and prey for girl girl’s safe arrival.

of appointment and red alert...

We went for our usual appointment with Dr Tan again tonight and again we were unable to see girl girl's face. According to Dr, she is in a curled up position and facing the back. Dr Tan also mentioned that girl girl's head is now engaged. I don't quite know what that was but i think it could mean that her head in positioned in wifey's pelvis now.
Dr Tan also said that wifey can deliver any time now!!! so i guess we are now officially on red alert. So do pray for us especially for wifey to have a safe and comfortable delivery. Also, do pray for girl girl's safe journey into this wonderful earth.

One thing though, Dr Tan seems to keep refering to girl girl like she is a boy. Do you think we are in for a surprise?

of warm fuzzy feeling and booties...

We are getting nearer to D-day now and I guess momentum is starting to build up. Anyway, we washed some of girl girl’s clothes last weekend. I know it sounds silly but somehow, hanging out her clothes and seeing them makes us keel kind of warm and fuzzy. I guess it’s one of those things that makes us feel and get a grasp of the physical being of her.
Here are some shots that I could not resist taking.





























btw, got notice any differance in photo quality or not?

Updated: more pictures*.

more booties...

we did the colors today...

* I know, I know, what's so interesting about a bunch of photos of baby's clothes, but they are to us, something more than that.

of a question and a long answer...

I was asked a rather interesting question by geekchic the other day. The question was “Why do you want to be a parent?”. That got me thinking. I guess it’s one of those obvious but potentially profound things that you ask. In any case, in the spirit of “There’s no stupid questions, only curious idiots neurotic engineers”, I will attempt to answer the question.

I guess one might ask back “Why not?”. Isn’t that the nature of things. Grow up, go to school, get a job, buy a house, get married, have a kid or two, grow old and become a prune and eventually expire? Probably that is the easy answer but we all know that it is just avoiding the question. Besides if that is the nature of things, then we might as well be a production line running on generic sequence of events.

The grandiose and utopian part of me would like to think that I am bringing another life into this world and shaping her to the person that she will be. I have always loved the idea of mentoring or you could say teaching a person to bring out their potential. I guess mentoring might not be the right word, but it’s the idea of teaching and sharing knowledge to someone. So, having a kid will be like having a captive audience that hopefully will listen to me. But in all honesty, even now, I just relish the idea of introducing the world to girl girl. There is some special quality about this thing called ‘knowledge’ the more you share it the better you feel because you know that you have in a way made another person’s life better.
Then there is also this thought that with wifey’s good looks and my ….er…… brain (perhaps?), it would have been a big waste if we do not pass down out good genes. But we all know that who am I fooling anyway. Girl girl will be her own person and I bet that the will definitely be the improved version of her parents.

Or perhaps it’s a form of insurance for our old age. I sometimes worry that when wifey and I become old wrinkled prunes, we would have no one to clean up after us. Or take care of us in case we break a hip or something. Or update wifey with the latest celebrity gossips when her eyesight gets too bad that she’s not able to read the gossips megazines. So probably it’s a good idea to invest in some insurance. (note to girl girl: no pressure la. Just make sure we get our yearly overseas trip and daily meals at 5 stras restaurants and we will not complain)

I do also have to admit that I am selfish, what I have, I want more. I am talking specifically about this quality that every human being has: Love. The thing about love is that it come form a bottomless vessel. You can never get enough of it and you can never give out enough that you run out. There may be times or people who have difficulty giving or accepting, but it is to my believe that everyone is capable. So, what is this with me and this selfish thing. For one, I realize that there is a special quality about love. The more you give to others the more it will grow in you. It can never run out. Sort of like the perfect investment. The more you give the more, the more it will grew in you and as a bonus, to more you give it to someone, the more you will receive. So I guess in a way, being a parent allow me to sort of indulge myself in this ‘selfish’ habit of growing myself and my daughter into more loving persons.

Or probably, I get bored easily and need entertainment. So probably a wriggly pink little human being will give me hours of entertainment. But on the downside though, with joy there comes work. So probably I will need to think of ways to make diaper changing and night feeds a fun event. (Mental cue: Tom Sawyer and his white fence trick)

But after all is said and done, I guess the most important to me is that It’s not even about the question of why does one wants to be a parent. It is about What have I done right that God have chosen me (and wifey) to be parents. We must have done something right in out life that God has chose to delive a life through us. I guess there is no greater blessing or privilege than to be handed something so precious and to be entrusted take care of for the rest of your life. Interestingly enough, in a lull during a meeting today, my mind wondered why they call the act of giving birth as delivering a baby. There’s no UPS nor DHL nor poslaju guy to hand anything to you. So why deliver. Then it occurred to me that it is actually the act of something (in this case a little human being) being given and entrusted to you. And then it hit me. this is some heavy stuff. Big responsibility, if I can say so. But whatever God has given to you, He will also provide the necessary add ons, upgrades and accessories to you. In this case, patience by the truckloads, strenght and preseverance by the bundles, good health by the bushels dan lain lain lagi.

of letter and full term...

Dear Girl Girl,
Today marks the day that you are considered full term. This means that you are now fully developed with all the necessary facilities to enable you to survive in the world outside. You are now a complete little person! Yay!
You are also now sitting very low on mommy’s tummy which is an indication of your pending arrival. Mommy and I have noticed that you tend to sleep on the right side on her tummy. I guess you have found a nice sweet spot there, but guess what, weather you know it or not, you already have already placed yourself in a sweet spot in my heart. I think you also like to sleep on your side and there were a few times that I think I can feel your leg through mommy’s tummy. As always you will give me a treat by moving around to assure me that you are there and is responding to me. And yes, it is the greatest feeling in the world. Sometimes when I felt you move and told mommy, she mentioned that she did not feel it. Probably because of the area when I felt it or probably it was just a little movement. Selfishly, I felt some kind of an unexplainable joy. Not because I was selfish and don’t want mommy to feel you moving, but I think it’s like realizing the fact that that was a moment that is purely just between you and me. I guess probably what people call it as a father and daughter bonding moment.
By now, we have got almost everything that we think will be needed. I am strangely still very calm and so is mommy. I guess that is good so that we do not create any unnecessary stress on ourselves and also to you. Needless to say, we do have our concerns and worries about taking care of you and bringing you up, but I do believe that we will be providing you with the best that we can give (plus a whole bundle of love).
Anyway, here’s a snapshot of the world around us these days.
Johor and in most of the southern part of our country was hit with flood since December last month. Lots of people (in terms of hundred thousands) have been evacuated, but the situation is beginning to get back to normal. The experts say that the floods were due to the changing weather pattern and most probably will be a yearly occurance. I guess we are living in times of change. I do hope and pray that the changes are for the positive and you are now living in an environment that is better that what we are seeing today.
The hot issue these few days is on the case where 2 bloggers who were being sued for allegedly defaming certain people in one of the major newspaper. People are making a big fuss out of that because some people claim that this is an act to stifle the bloggers and other’s freedom of speech. Then there are other camps that claims that they have the right to take legal action when people write things that put them in a bad light. I guess these things will never change and probably will happen in your times too. Probably you will meet people like that in your times too, but I do hope that in whatever you do, be humble and treat everyone with respect. Given that some folks might seem that they do not deserve respect, that doesn’t mean that we still can treat them honorably. Never be nasty to others just because they are nasty.
The popular TV show that people are watching now is a reality show called American Idol. It’s something like a talent search show where people who aspires to be singers will audition in front of 3 judges and get picked. Then they will move into the final where people will vote for them through phone. I think people like to watch the show because the judges (Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell) sometimes gives very nasty remarks and comments to the people who went to the auditions. It doesn’t help too that some of the people who went are really bad (borderline delusional). I do wonder if they will still have that show when you are reading this.
I guess this is the world that we are living in now. Flaws and all.

Anyway, I think the next letter to you will be when you have arrived to the outside world. Until then I will be waiting for you with open arms and open heart.

Oh yeah, if I am still around, do come over and give me a hug. I’m a sucker for that you know.

of 37th week and being calm...

According to lilypie.com today marks the 37th week of our pregnancy and this means that girl girl is already considered to be in full term. This means that she should be arriving any time soon now. somehow I have not felt the panic or kan cheong yet. All I felt was just a sense of anxiousness. Something probably like an oblivious state of calm. Probably that is good because that will keep me sane, but somehow I do wish that I feel a bit of nervousness or worries because that will keep me on my toes. But let’s not wish for something that I might not be able to handle lest I really get what I wish for.
Wifey is already starting to work from home and will be staying at home until girl girl comes. That means no more free rides to work for me. Have to drive to work myself. And that feeling that I mentioned last time, the one about missing wifey, guess what? It’s back. I miss her even though I know that she’s at home sleeping soundly. I guess it’s probably more to the concern I felt as girl girl is now quite low (in wifey’s tummy) now and that makes wifey’s movement a bit more difficult.
I was chatting with Zowiy the other day and was mentioning about building a PC (since she had done it recently). She mentioned that I should go down to KL (specifically Low Yat) to get all the components as it is very much cheaper there. I told her that I can’t because I am pretty much grounded due to obvious reasons. But cheeky zowiy responded that It is wifey who is grounded and I am actually free. Suggest that I do a weekend trip when wifey goes to confinement. It’ll be only one day and wifey won’t even miss me. (Zowiy, I think you are gonna kena from wifey!). I guess I was kinda surprised (with my own response) when I told her that it would be like ‘main kayu tiga*’. But the actual fact is that I find it hard to be away from wifey these days. Zowiy thinks that I am ‘jiwang’ but I think it’s more of a concern about wifey and girl girl after the delivery.
But I think enough of these soppy stuff. I’d better get to my project and write the full term letter to girl girl.

*main kayu tiga is a malay term for fooling around.

of 36weeks and 6 days, and hand me downs...

We are now 36 weeks and 6 days into the pregnancy and wifey told me yesterday that her boss have allowed her to start to work from home. Looks like we are on our final stretch now. Wifey did a round of rearranging all of girl girl’s clothing items last weekend and I was surprised that we actually have quite a sizeable wardrobe for girl girl. Most of them are hand me downs from my SIL and also some of my ex-work colleagues. So, thanks to those who have been generous with the hand me downs and I think you know who you are. Probably you can recognize some of yours in the photo below.

of the dog that ate a fish that swam somewhere and superheroines...

This is a really backdated post and have been sitting in here for quite a while.

It all started on the way back from dinner at my inlaw's place. As i was driving i notice a slight hint of what might have been a cross between the smell rotten fish and doggie poo. it was only a small and faint odor and i asked wifey is whe smell it too just to check if it was my mind that was playing tricks with me. Wifey said that she did not smell anything. but the odor continue to linger and when we stopped at the traffic lights turned my sandals over and see if i had stepped on something nasty. Nope. Wifey also didn't see anything on hers too. So I sort of dismissed it off as probably it was indeed my mind that was playing tricks on me.
At the next traffic light, i noticed that there was a big truck a few cars ahead of us. Suspecting that the odor might have came from it, i wind down the car window, stuck my head out and took a sniff (in retrospect, it was really the dumbest move). .....And that's when it hit me. It was one of the worst stench that i have ever smelt. It's as if some fish have been swimmnig in a pool filled with dead rotting fish and then get eaten by some tapeworm infested dog and got pooped out at the business end.
Yes, it was that bad. Really bad.
No no , it is not that bad. It's worse.

Wifey also got hit by the stench. I think it must have came from probably rotting fish in the truck.

Then, a few days latter while relating back to the incident, wifey commented that how come i have this super sensitive sense of smell. I have never been known to have very good senses especially my hearing and sense of smell.
Then wifey concluded through her mind boggling logic that I must either be pregnant or have stolen stolen her heightened senses associated with pregnancy. Well, i do believe that women have heightened senses when they are pregnant and I also do believe that sometimes the husband exhibit similar symptoms, but this is really odd. I guess probably this is just one of those mind playing tricks thingy.

Now this got me thinking about something. If superheroes or in this case superheroines have super senses, then it will be really nasty for them if they get pregnant. I mean the sensory overload will be so overwhelming.

of emails and roller coaster...

I checked my emails just now and got this update from babycenter:

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Babies born between 37 and 42 weeks are considered full-term; a baby born before 37 weeks is pre-term and after 42 weeks is post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position by now, which is optimal for a smooth delivery, but if she isn't head-down next week, your provider may suggest scheduling an external cephalic version, which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to turn your baby manually, by pushing her from the outside of your belly.

Then the thought dawned on me. Oh my God. We are now heading for the home stretch.
I guess it's like that feeling you get when you are in the roller coaster cab all strapped up and waiting for the operator to turn on the switch to start the ride. Brain tells you that you will most probably come out OK and they will be in capable hands, but heart is beating so fast in anticipation of the events to come.
I know for a fact that we have done the best that we can do and we have made sure that we cover as much angle as we can but i guess it is only human to have that lingering worrisome feeling. I geuss having a little bit od worrying feeling is good, coz it keeps you on your toes. But having said that, i should keep it in check so that it does not overwhelm me which will be detrimental.
Wifey is still pretty cool and collected, which really helps. Only occasionally mention minor worries.
In any case there is no getting out of this ride now, so the all I have to do now it to try to enjoy the ride and do what i can along the way.

of still being shy and talking to the hand...

We went for our normal appointment with Dr Tan again last nite. And as usual girl girl is still shy. Anyway, other than that, everything is normal according to Dr Tan and I guess that’s the important thing. One thing though, we really got to see her hands and fingers very clearly in the scan last nite. She raised up her palm for us to see. I guess she must be thinking that if we can’t see her face, at least we can see her hand. Or probably she was giving us attitude and gesturing us to ‘talk to the hand’.
Speaking of attitude I got a major lesson on how some people nurture certain attitudes in their kids, courtesy of the parents that sat beside us in the waiting area last night (Next post).

of 31 days and 4 fingers...

We are exactly 31 days to go from today. So technically it’ll be 1 month to go. I know that the aunties aunties out there will say ‘no lah, will be early for first one lah’ or ‘girl one will be early one lah’ and this and that, but we don’t care. It’s 31 days and even though it’s can be any time from now, I would still like to think of it as 1 month. OK, let me list out what thousands of years of Chinese aunties wisdom in predicting when the time will come.
There is one theory that says that if you can put your four fingers flat on the area below the sternum (basically it’s the lower part of the area between the mommy’s breasts – a bit hard to explain). Anyway, if you can put the 4 fingers flat, then it’s about time that baby will come out.
Then there is the one about feet swelling. There are 2 versions. One states that if the feet swells up and then recedes 3 times, then it’s time for baby to make an appearance. Then there is another version that simply states that if the feet swells, then it’s time. But wifey and I have a question, wifey’s left foot swells up much more than her right foot. Does that means that girl girl will only be playing peek-a-boo with us?
Then there’s one I heard from the ladies at work that if the tummy is very low, then it’s time, but I think that’s subjective, how low do you consider low?

In any case, I guess what matters more is that when girl girl decides to pop out, that it will be a safe and trouble free journey.

of worries and morons...

I just remembered a conversation I had with wifey in the car some time ago.
Wifey: Are you worried or scared about being a parent?
Me: Dunno la. Not really la. Will be exciting i guess. Why?
Wifey: I scared that there are so many things we might not know.
Me: Aiya, actually I also scared a bit also, but I think we should be able to manage it one la.
Wifey: Hmmmm
Me: You see there are people who are morons* and they still manage to raise up their kids. We might not be smart but we are not morons right? So I think we can manage la.
Wifey: ok la

Good save or not? Anyway, as a normal and neurotic human being, I too am worried, but i think i'll manage la. But just to be safe, i'll talk politely to my parenta and my in laws for the time being :P


* actually hor, we are not trying to say we are any better than anyone, but wifey and I have always think that people who let their kids cross the road without holding their hands, or people who let their kid ride in the front seat of their car then had an emergency brake causing the poor kid to be flung to the windscreen and it on the head till the screen cracked, or parents of people who share their traumatic childhood experiences in Oprah’s show –deserved to be called morons

of club membership and blouse lifting...

Wifey and I just came to the realization that being pregnant is kind of like getting a membership to an exclusive club. I am not sure if the mommies and daddies have experienced this when they were pregnant but we (actually to wifey only, but I just tumpang glamour) seem to have more strangers (not the wiredo stranger type but just the normal stranger) either smiling to us or talking to us. We live in an apartment and sometimes when we were in the lifts people who will not even give two hoots will sudden seem to be friendlier. Out of no where people will be asking things like ‘when will you deliver?’ or just gave us a friendly smiles. Now that girl girl has been growing bigger and wifey’s tummy is really round and protruding in your face out, we get even more people who are asking abt this and that. Even little kids seem to be oogling staring at wifey’s tummy. I guess it must be some kind of fringe benefit of being a parent to be.

One funny incident that wifey related to me is that there was one incident where my BIL explained to his 2 year old son that there is a baby in wifey’s tummy. The little fella then went up to wifey and lift up her blouse to see for himself!

of water retention and smooth skin...

For some time Wifey have been piling on the kilos. That's pretty much expected considering that she is pregnant. Based on what we know, most of it is due to water retention.

Anyway, in our last visit to Dr Tan, he sort of helped us discover something quite interesting. He squeezed wifey's ankle and when he lifted his fingers, there were indentations on wifey's ankle. This gave us something new to do to fill up time between boring commercials on TV. ;)

Check it out:



See the indentations left by wifey's fingers?











Anyway, i also wanna note that all these putting on weight and getting poofy thing does has it's advantages. Wifey's skin has become so smooth!

of a baby's gender and hubby's size...

I was having a conversation with a couple of ladies from my department and our department admin the other day and the subject of my baby’s gender came into the topic. They were telling me all these oldwives tales about signs on the baby’s gender.

Then remembered those conversations that I have with those older operators. I used to work as the equipment engineer in the factory production area where most of the operators were ladies. As one would guess, due to my charms *ahem* I get along with most of the operators fairly well. History have taught us well most, if not all wisdoms in the world comes out from the mouths of old ladies in between their free time. Therefore, due to my time spent with this age group of demography, was inevitably schooled on these old wives wisdoms.

From what I know there are various ways of determining the gender of the baby by evaluating a few conditions:

1. the tummy shape method: according to the method, the shape of the mommy’s tummy can be tell if the baby will be a boy or a girl. If the shape is round, then this age old wisdom states that the baby will be a girl, but if the shape is slightly pointed to the front (cone shaped), then the baby will be boy.

2. the face method: then there is this other method that suggest that if the mother’s face is obnoxiously ugly breaks out a lot and all puffed up, then the baby will most probably be a boy but if the mother’s face did not change (still look the same as before pregnant), then the odds are that the baby will be a girl.

3. the look from behind method: there is this other method that says that if you look at the mother from behind, you can basically figure out if she is carrying a boy or a girl. The method states that if the shape of her body does not look like she is pregnant i.e., still curvy etc., then most probably she is carrying a boy and if the from a quick glance, the shape does tells you that she is pregnant, then she might be carrying a girl.

4. then there are those other methods that are a bit more vague, like the baby’s kicking style etc.

Having said all those, I remembered this one conversation I had during lunch with a few female ex-colleagues quite a while ago (before wifey got pregnant). According to one of them, the gender of the baby can be influenced by the husband’s pee pee. The basis of the theory is that the little swimmers that carry the female gene can swim longer distance but is slower while the male swimmers can swim faster but are lazier (therefore don’t swim as far). So the deduction from this is that if the hubby got a long peepee, then the male swimmers will win as they are faster, but if the hubby got a short peepee, then the female swimmers will win because they can swim longer distance.
But I guess I have proven this theory wrong by having a baby girl right? ;)

but all in all I think these are all based on the individual’s experiences and there is no real conclusive evidence to prove if the methods are true or not. For us I think, it really does not matter much, as we do not have a strong preferance for either boy or girl as long as she grows up to be a successful multi trillionaire and lavish her parents with all her riches healthy and happy.

of some extra kilos and a confirmation...

We went for out monthly checkup last night. Our appointment were actually supposed to be on Saturday (21st) but since it will be deepavali and coupled with the long break, we decided to go early. So wifey and I went for the evening session.

On the weighing scale, wifey had put on 3+ kgs since the last visit. When wifey inform this to me, I just thought that probably baby is growing.

Anyway, during the doc’s consultation, the doctor noted that wifey had gain a lot of weight. (In fact, wifey told me later that the nurse asked her to take her weight again before seeing the doctor. Probably to make sure that the first reading was not a mistake.) According to the doctor, baby has now turned and her head is pointing slightly downward, which is an indication that baby is on track. Her hands and feet are very distinct now. We can also clearly see her little heart beating and at one point we even caught a glimpse of something that we think might be her intestine. The good doctor also did another scan around the pelvic region and to confirm that we will be having a mei mei. Can’t see any extra appendage there, so he confirmed that we will be having a girl.

That was a good relief to me as it just so happen that I was reading an entry in this forum. In one of the threads, some women shared of their experience where the initial scan indicate the baby as girl and later to find out in the subsequent scan that the baby is actually a boy. Even though our gynea have been known to be very accurate, there was always that small inkling worrying feeling. But I guess with this confirmation put all those worries to rest.

Doc also said that baby’s size is normal and concluded that probably the extra weight gained is probably gained by wifey rather than baby. So I guess wifey must be in a way, enjoying this pregnancy by indulging on her favorite preoccupation, Food!.
Doc advices to cut down a bit on rice, bread and carbo stuff. So, I guess, it will be more vege from now on.

of getting poofy and wedding ring...

The latest update from babycenter is that we are now 22 weeks pregnant.

Your baby now looks like a miniature newborn, checking in at 10.9 inches and almost 1 pound. Her skin will continue to appear wrinkled until she gains enough weight to fill it out, and the fine hair (lanugo) that covers her head and body is now visible. Her lips are becoming more distinct, and the first signs of teeth are appearing as buds beneath her gum line. Her eyes are developed, though the iris (the colored part of the eye) still lacks pigment. Eyelids and eyebrows are in place, and her pancreas, essential for hormone production, is developing steadily.

From the size of wifey’s tummy, it seems like we are pretty much on track.

But an interesting bit of info that we found out is this:

This Week's Activity:
Take off your rings. You'd be surprised how many pregnant women need to have their rings cut off by a professional jeweler because their fingers have swollen up around them. If yours are feeling the least bit snug, do yourself a favor and take them off now before it's too late. If you can't bear to be separated from your wedding band or another important ring, loop it on a chain and wear it close to your heart.

Wifey have been mentioning that she have felt that she have been getting poofy already. While we have anticipated this, we were pleasantly intrigued by it. During church a few weeks ago:

Wifey: see, I can’t even get my thumb and ring finger to touch when I put it around my wrist”
Me: ya loh. Poofy oredi. *walking a very thin line between agreeing with her and give her any impression that I am saying fat*
Wifey: *Looks at me and whispers* Michelin Girl!
Wifey and me: hehehe…

Her feet have also been growing and filling up her shoes too. Just this week she mentioned that one of her shoes (the brown one) cannot fit anymore. Hmmmmm… could this be her subliminally trying to influence me that she needs to go shoe shopping?

Anyway, back to the ring thing. During church last Sunday, wifey took out her ring and showed me her ring finger. Wah lau, there is a big indentation because the ring was squeezing into her finger. She only wears her ring when she goes out and from my guess she must have been wearing the ring for a few hours tops. And now it is making a big mark on the skin. Wifey mentioned that better not to wear it already and i agreed.

Wifey have always teased me that I am single and wanna make myself available in the dating market whenever I forget to wear my ring when we go out. So with her not wearing her ring now, I will be having a good time getting back at her already! ;)












but then, could it be that wifey is already sick and tired of me? and she is doing this to get herself back into the dating market!!!! OMG!!

of being pregnant and a bowl of tomyam...

I’m not sure about the rest of you but I think we have at one time or another come across these people who likes to ask the obvious. You know, those people who asks;
‘wah, having lunch ah?’ when they see you chucking spoonfuls of chap fan into your mouth.
‘wah, taking a leak ah?’ when they see you at the toilet while putting out that small fire in the urinal.
‘wah, shopping ah?’ when they see you at the supermarket, pushing a trolley loaded with foodstuff to air them out.
‘aiyo, you are crying ah?’ when they see a little girl coaxing her tear glands to release some liquid for her to clean up her dirty fingers.

Wifey had a similar experience yesterday while we were having dinner at the food court.

Wifey and I : * talk talk talk*
Lady serving me my tom yam: wah, you are pregnant is it?
Wifey: no lah, it’s just my sai toh (pot belly – in hokkien)

Woah hahahaha….

Actually wifey didn’t say that last one la.
The lady was just being helpful and ask if we needed a babysitter to take care of baby when she comes out. In a way we think we were pretty blessed because there are people from out of no where who are concerned and helpful thoroughout our pregnancy period.

of farts, burps and hiccups...

Wifey and I had an interesting conversation of sorts when she picked me up today.
Me: Have girl girl been good today?
Wifey: girl girl today very active today. I think she pang phui (fart) quite a lot today.
Me: Eh?! Where got fart one? Inside all water mah. If fart mah come out all bubbles.
Wifey: Or maybe she burp lah. Got feeling like burb like that.
Me: Like that also can meh?
Wifey: I think hiccup lah.
Me: ya ya. I think can hiccup one lah.
Wifey: *malu*

Anyway, like wifey said, our girl girl have been very active lately. According to wifey, girl girl is constantly kicking throughout the day but not as much during the night. Probably sleep already.
Good, let's hope that girl girl maintain this sleep pattern after she comes out.
Tonight, I got to hear girl girl's movement for the first time. While relaxing at home this evening, wifey suddenly called me over to the sofa. "Baby is awake!" i quickly went over and cupped my ear on her tummy and there it was. Initially it does really sound like small burping sounds, then there is the very distinitive soft thumping sounds. It went on for a while and then stopped. Girl girl must have thought that should be enough for one night and gone back to sleep.
Sweet dreams little princess.