Hiatus for a week

The school holiday has started. It would be more relaxing for me; no need to wake up that early to get ready little gal for school and cook lunch for hubby to bring to work. Yeap, he has been packing lunch from home lately. Since I am cooking for him, might as well I cook for my lunch too. So I don’t really go to my parents’ place for lunch now.

Since it is a 2-weeks holiday, we will be taking 1 week away from kuching, traveling back to hubby’s hometown, Kapit. So, I probably wouldn’t be accessing or blogging for the whole week. Giving this blog a break as well. Please don’t miss me! Lol!!

We will be going away from 1 to 7 June. Never back to Kapit for Gawai celebration, so I guess it would be a new experience for me to do so this time round. I think Gawai is a big event there, as mostly are celebrating it. *wink* I would like to wish my friends and readers, Selamat Hari Gawai and Gayu Guru, Gerai Nyamai, Lantang Senang, Nuan Menua!

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Planning home interior design

We got a word from developer that our new house would be ready in September and probably handover in November. And that is like 5 months down the road. We didn’t expect the house to be ready this year, but we are happy to hear the news anyway.

So it means that soon we will have the keys to our house and we can start to refurbish and move in thereafter. Gosh. It is time to plan the design, choose the right furniture, get contractor to do some electrical and interior renovation for us etc. I understand that it is not an easy task when it comes to designing the interior of the house. At first hubby thought of getting an interior designer to come up with design, but after much discussion, I think we will do it ourselves. Reading home magazines and books and searching through those useful websites help us in molding the design of what we want for our house. We shall keep it simple and practical since we have young children. Not many furniture, everything will be kept simple and basic.

Don’t think we are in time to move in for Chinese New Year but hubby was saying the other day that he is planning to move in for CNY since my parents-in-law would be celebrating in Kuching next year. Oh dear! Looks like a lot of things to plan, think and survey, I don't know where to start. With baby on the way, it looks like a busy year end for me. But I am definitely looking forward to decorate my own house, may it be before or after CNY.

My little chatterbox

It is amazing to find that my little gal’s command of English has improving since starting her pre-school back in January. She has learnt to speak in proper English and sentence by sentence. She can sing more songs and every day she will sing some songs to entertain and amaze you. Been a great entertainer, she loves attention and praises, so each time she finishes a song, she is expecting applauses and cheers. Otherwise she will ask you to clap for her. Lol!

My little gal loves to talk and sing. Been at age of 3, she is always curious with many things, so she asks a lot of questions, especially questions start with “what”, “where”, and “who”. She is able to ask simple questions like “What time is it now, Mummy?” or “Where are we going, Mummy?” Even if she knows the answers, she still expecting me to answer it and if I purposely answer her wrongly, I will get some scolding and correction from her. Sometimes she just does not care less about the answers, but want to keep the conversation going. Once a while, I feel that irritating especially when I am on the road. Her chattiness can be a distraction to me. Nothing can stop her from talking non-stop. *laugh*

Every night she must read her school books with me. I am glad that she shows some interests in reading. Hopefully this interest will continue till she going to schools and colleges. Lol!! She can recognize some words, and she tends to love to use the “s” for single nouns when she shouldn’t be. I have created a game for her, it is called "What letter for ....???". Example, what letter is apple? It means what letter does apple start with? We exchange questions so she gets to answer them. She loves to play this game, and I thought it is a nice way to introduce spelling and sounds of each alphabets from this game. *wink*

It feels better but still recovering

I did mentioned few weeks ago about the condition of my skin near my upper lip. My gynae prescribed a cream called Acyclovir for my condition. She said it is caused by a virus. I have been rubbing the cream on the affected areas for almost 3 weeks and I can see some improvements on my skin. Not that red and irritated anymore.



The above picture was taken yesterday. If you noticed some black mark in between the lips, it is the black powdery Watermelon frost compound that I put for my cracked lip.




I have been putting too many things on my lips recently i.e. lip moisturiser, Acyclovir cream and Sanjin Compound. Phew!! Hardly able to eat and open my mouth wide last week. On and off the cracked lip surface and I having hard time open up my mouth. Must be I have been taking too much heaty food. Need to cut down on those intake!

Early intruder

We have an early shock this morning when my BIL came up to the room to tell us that there was a break-in early this morning. I was overslept this morning; slept late last night. Thank god nothing valuable was taken, accept my BIL’s car remote. I guess the thief (ves) didn’t have much time to take other things with little time in hand.

My BIL slept around 5am this morning, and when he woke up for a toilet break around 7am, he discovered the break-in. His bedroom is downstair. Few of our window panes and grill were forced opened. Shoe prints were visible on our sofa! Now I have phobia sitting in that sofa! Luckily the thief did not take my BIL’s computer which is in the living room.







It is scary when think of the incident and even more intimidating to think of someone in the house. Now we have to change all the locks and take necessary precaution.

p/s: Yes, I don't know what happen, but I get some of my posting buttons back. Can add pictures and links now! Pray hard it stays like this....

Operation; it shall be

I would be going for Caesarian again. I guess I am getting older. No longer have the guts to try natural birth. Probably I have been there, through there, so I know what to expect out of Caesarian. Just basically nurses get you ready, push you to the operation hall and the next thing you know, you wake up in blur state and been wheeled back to your ward. Lol! No labour pain and incision on that area to worry about.

In earlier months, I agreed with hubby on trying natural birth but after thinking and reading so much about the natural birth experiences and what other people been through, I freaked out! Let say I have a sudden ‘nightmare’ of thinking about natural birth. So in my 3rd month (I think), I told hubby he better stands by additional money as I am opting for Caesarian. No further argument or persuasion. I don’t want to think too much about it.

I don’t know about you, people keep saying that C-section pain is more severe than natural birth. I can endure it last time. It is not that painful as I expected or probably I have higher pain endurance. I did not take any painkiller subscribed by my doctor and I got up from my bed and walk slowly to see my baby in the baby corner down the hall on the next evening after my operation. Yes, C-section is considered a major operation as it is on your lower abdomen and it takes time to heal as well as difficult to slim down those fatty area, but I don’t mind all those. Like I said, been through it, so I know what to expect. Natural birth is totally a new experience for me and for now, I don’t have the heart to try it. *wink*

We haven't decide on the date as it is still early and few more months to go. It is very coincident, like my previous one where nearing to my due date, my gynae would be traveling. This time round she would be gone from 24 to 28 August. I am due on 2 September. The previous time she also gone traveling and I have to wait for her to come back and arrange date and time for my little gal’s delivery. Her previous travelling freaked me out, because what would happen if my baby was due early??? I know it was not end of the world, as other doctor can take over if my baby decided to come out earlier, but the anxiety was there. If you asked me, am I nervous about my 2nd delivery? You bet I am. Every delivery is totally different experience. And a mother’s job is not ending there. It is just a beginning and it begins when you hold your baby in your arms!

Second case of A H1N1 in Malaysia

Second case of confirmed H1N1 virus has been detected in Penang hospital after the first case surfaced yesterday. Both patients were in the same flight. Both have developed fever and flu after returning from U.S!

Guys, please be careful and if unnecessary, it would be good to stay indoor. According to Health Department: It was more sensible for those coughing, sneezing or having running nose to wear masks and avoid infecting others since anyone within a metre of patients with A (H1N1) was in danger of being infected. Do sought treatment if you are developing any fever, body aches and cough, especially high risk group such as young children, elderly and those who have chronic diseases.