today 1 year ago (part 1)

today 1 year ago... 

most probably I'm still being stitched up in the labour room.

today here I'm reflecting on how much I've been through

In my mind, today 1 year ago was a 2nd chance my little girl gave me.

some people were puzzled when they found out I wanted to have a normal delivery after a cesaerean ... 

but only perhaps God, me, baby and ah dear know how much I wanted a VBAC

and how much I've gone through physically and emotionally.

I still remembered clearly that Saturday morning 

my due date is still a week away and I still have unsettled business at work. 

Even my bag for hospital was not finished packing.

I feel like having diarrhea around 4am++ in the morning so I rushed to the toilet bringing with me a magazine (yes, I read while detoxing). 

I didn't suspect much although having diarrhea like episode was one of the signs I had for my 1st labour.
It was only when I notice I had a patch of bloody discharge on my underwear that I started to panic. Yah, I know this is not my 1st time but I still get nervous and worry if baby is alright. 
I scrutinized and sniffed and looked and sniffed again to confirm whether are those blood fresh. Honestly I didn't know if labour is starting anytime soon. I only felt slight menstrual cramp.

I tried going back to sleep but I woke up the very next hour to the loo again. The bloody discharge seem to get lesser.
I started researching on the internet, some say that the actual labour could start in hour / days from the 'bloody show'.

So I reassured myself that perhaps I still have time to relax a little. 

That Saturday afternoon (29/10/11), I've actually promised to meet a representative from one of stem cell banking company. When the rep asked for my estimated due date, I steadily told her still got a week to go... not knowing I'll be giving birth the very next day.

As usual, a trip to tesco without actually going into tesco is pointless for me...haha. 
So, with many reasons ... such as wanting to walk more, easier to deliver and wanting to buy this and that, I managed to persuade dear to accompany me and little boy to tesco.

After tesco, since I still have slight bleeding, we decided it's best we go to the hospital.
So around 3pm that saturday, we went to hospital. I insist that ah dear do not drop me at the O&G emergency doorstep because I still want to walk for easier delivery.

Contraction come and go ... or so I thought they are braxton hicks contractions ... which I have during my 3rd trimester.

.... to be continued

re-cycle toys

remember those wooden peg which sometimes we use in art subject during our school times.
I stumbled upon some at the hypermarket alley during window shopping and couldn't resist getting them.
So with RM1.50, I brought all these little pegs home (i think about 20 of them.

 I always tell my kid I've new games for them (eventhough I have not thought of any yet) and love seeing their 'looking forward faces'.
So when I opened the pack, I thought him how to clip and unclip (his fine motor skill a little lacking and still room for improvement).
Then I started making the pegs stand and he follows what I did. Here, he puts most of it up with me pretending to put the same old one again & again...lol



lazy to prepare the stuff for water colour to paint the pegs, I took the short cut and dished out magic colours. This stack scribbled by my little boy.





and this stack is those salvaged by mama ... as usual, all things colourful.

next upcycle project : making a photo line with some photos hanging with these clips on a metal wire =)

oh... and these are the cardboard cut out for playing memory game / matching game courtesy of campbell soup and pudding cardboard. 

wish me luck in coming up with more games for little ones to avoid me giving them empty promises ... haha

when he thinks we are sleeping

This is one of the many proof of things he has done when he thinks we are still sleeping..
Not only does he applied lotion to his 妹妹's face ... he also applied lotion on the poor little fella's face. 

8月15

an outdated post ... this year mooncake festival was celebrated like this ... and we get to eat the 'ling kok' the fruit that look like kerbau head with tanduk... 

 and this was my pre-mooncake festival 'sweating exercise' ... at last i managed to finish my 2 week supply of office attire...phew








*** ps. can't wait for morning to come... one of our buddies is getting married =) wishing them 白头到老 =)

dogs have their lookalikes too

 There are 3 puppies here, one from Bandung & 2 from Cheras
(1) Solo's princess 
(2) 我家的 wishbone
(3) 我妹家的小白

Can you guess which is which? =D

you light up my life! you keep me warm!

Got this microwave oven at a bargain price. 
Now I get to eat warm food conveniently without needing to reheat using steam method. 
Knowing the lazy me...sometimes I just skipped the heating part previously.
Thank you so much CY for bringing me this! 
and to SY too for sharing with me some secret recipes! 

Birthday + mooncake festival present for little boy from my sis.
Comes with lights & music. both of them were fighting for it that it now has to be hung up high where only papa can reach. 
Thank you mei mei.

1st big item purchase from IKEA @ RM69.
Again, was bought when ah dear out station for work else I may have left it as it is @ IKEA...hehe
Nevertheless, thank you ah dear for suprisingly assembling when I was at work previous Saturday =)

these 2 ... i got myself from the hinode RM5 shop. Pretty sure it's waste money but I've been looking & relooking the design since 2-3 months back (all the while considering whether to buy or not to buy). At last the devil won.




** the mosquitoes spray vehicle just passed by 2 rounds this morning around 5am. 
Thank you very much to the person who take his job seriously in helping to eradicate aedes mosquitoes and fight dengue fever. God bless this person(s).
There were quite a number of cases @ this part of the town lately.