When It Is So Windy Nowadays

It was so cold this morning as if it was one of the recently passed winter morning. It might be because of the continuous rainy weathers since yesterday's night. Even the wind up until now is blowing quite strongly too. Well, at least this kind of atmosphere is more comfortable rather than coming scorching hot summer. I don't really look forward for the coming summer since it is gonna be much hotter compared to in KL. Anyway I couldn't sleep last night and I think I only dozed off at past 3.00 am. My sleep is going topsy-turvy nowadays causing me to fall asleep late at night and wake up late in the afternoon. I usually continue back to sleep after doing some studying and reading right after hubby goes to work and take my breakfast. I try to sleep early but weirdly even when I'm so tired and sleepy, I just can't keep my eyes shut. I hope this sleep deprivation will not last long. Anyway... I just enjoy the present state of myself. There must be goodness behind this sleep deprivation thing. Which is... I tend to sleep more often every day which also means that I'm letting myself to be pampered with enough sleep hihihi :) Moreover I'm sure I'm gonna miss this precious sleep privilege once after the little one pops out soon. Am I right?

Truly I just feel like want to blog something today so I hurriedly make use of this mood before it fades away. I hope to finish this up fast since I have yet to create financial record file on Excel. Actually the plan has long been wondering in my mind but I kept procrastinating up until today. Before this I have been monitoring our expenses through housekeeping book only but it will be more easier too to monitor all the transactions through the using of software view. Moreover, there had been a few times I lost track (due to procrastinating) with the recording thus that's why with the over-expensed of the budgets allocated. So, I really need to take it more seriously after this... especially after I had discovered that hubby secretly spent quite a big sum to play bowling early this month. He said it happened when he was sulking with me... he got stressed and didn't know what to do keh keh keh! Comel ke tak ek? ;P Well... after all it is his money by the way... but at least I should control him from spending unnecessarily. Even he himself regretted over that incident... a bit hihi ;P He loves bowling by the way... what to do? Plus he never do shopping anything for his own already for a very looong time... so okaylah... it was an exception... forgiven.

Besides that, during in the morning nowadays I'm learning Ni*ongo more seriously... err not that serious lah but at least consistently. However it is kinda hard for me when I have no teacher to teach me. Especially when my supposed-to-be teacher is sooo not like a teacher urghhh! ;P So... I use to get stuck at here and there every once in a while. Like for now... I think the most challenging par for me is to master the writing system... the katakana and kanji. Err actually I couldn't find the katakana table in the book and have yet to ask hubby, my so-called Nihongo teacher :P Hopefully I could see some lights after this to guide me through. My vocabulary is increasing too but then I think the biggest obstacles is I don't have the chance to practice speaking which apparently may help me to memorize all the words. 'My teacher' is not so encouraging enough lah. He just follows my paces despite of actually I'm kind of need someone to keep forcing me though ;P Hihi suka je nak salahkan hubby jugak. Never mind... at least I have to keep moving and be disciplined in my learning process that is what more important. Macam ni lah belajar sendiri2 je huhu ;P

Honestly, what makes me want to blog today is because... on last Friday after coming back from work hubby told me that we are offered to move into a new home by the company. This house has the concept of typical Japanese house and it isn't a new house. But of course the condition is still good because it has been taken care by the company all these while. The house of course is much bigger compared to our current house since it is 2LDK which means... there are 1 dining combined with the kitchen and 2 rooms that you can actually select which room to be the living and which one is the bedroom. It is also not an apartment house which also means I can make use of the ground like gardening? if we move into that house. Most important of all... the rent of the house might probably be only around a division to 5-10 of our current house rent! How good is that, right? Our current house now as I mentioned a few times before... is actually not a family house. This is house is intends for single or couple to stay. So it is actually only 1LK? I'm not so sure how to write it since describing a house in J*pan is a bit in a different way. Anyway 1LK means we only have I kitchen without dining and a room that's all. Go figure yourself. Shocked huh? But well as I said before... we are indeed comfortable still. Sometimes you won't know your limit until you try it first and at the end you won't believe yourself!

So... back to the house. We are still weighing all the pros and cons. Already at the first thought it is indeed a good opportunity to be missed. Even other people also said so. The house is actually situated right besides 3 other houses occupied by the trainees from M*laysia. These trainees are all guys and they are replaced with other trainees every 6 months. Usually they are about 4-10 of them. So this house we are offered to is all these while had been made as a transit house by a boss from other branch every time he came here for work. Which means most of the times the house is empty. Hubby went to have a look at the house on last Saturday and he said he is quite satisfied with the condition of the house. Some of the things in the house are owned by the boss which have yet to be taken back. If... we are going to move into that house... it is indeed would be a great comfortable and savior in many matters. There are many blessings along the way that I noticed upon the arriving of the little one. One of the major ones is now... this house. My mom said... these blessings from God are upon the coming little child. Yup... I think the same too... Alhamdulillah. However there is still... no final words yet about the house but... there are 70% probability that we are going to move into that house asap. Anyway, what do you guys think? Should we take the offer?

Last but not least, I have been attacked by foods craving symptoms quite badly recently. All my cravings are more towards kuih-muih M*layu. Mana nak carik weyyy?! So want it or not I have to scour the net for the recipes and fold my sleeves up preparing to declare 'war' in the kitchen. In previous entry I made the kuih pau for the first time after nearing 2 years salivating over the pictures of pau I saw in the net. Then after seeing pictures of Fadh's pau in her Fotopages recently, I said that's it by hook or by crook I had to buy the steamer set no matter what and hubby got me the biggest size available hihihi ;P We kept holding on not to buy the steamer all these while because there is no room to store the steamer in the kitchen. So now we keep the steamer on the cabinet placed on the rack. Got what I mean? hoho ;P Harap2 xjatuh timpa kepala dah la. By the way the pau was simply delicious and soft! I used instant red-beans as the fillings and perhaps I'm going to try making it again with kaya fillings or curry. It is pretty easy to make too. Thanks Fadh for sharing the lovely recipe :)

Following after the pau, I made kuih seri muka on Saturday. I got the glutinous rice sent by my mom previously together with other things. Anyway does anyone knows where can I but the glutinous rice at especially online? B*ticrom xde kan? Ini lah susahnya duduk kampung ni. Mana la nak ada kedai Asian ke apa ke. I used cake tins since I don't have proper dulang to make the kuih. The kuih turned out to be superb only that it tasted a bit lack of sugar but still nice though. Moreover I still have to limit my sugar intake so after all the kuih was perfect for me. I devoured the kuih heartily and after a few pieces I realized that the pulut part tasted sebijik like lemang! So I put some sugar in my plate and ate the pulut with the sugar. Hmmm simply blissful and sinful too! Banyak lemak okeh! Nasib baik xde rendang if not lagi la makan macam xsedar diri dah bulat. I was so lucky that I got to taste 2 different foods from 1 type of kuih I made. Alhamdulillah... rezeki Tuhan bagi... dapat jugak mak buyung ni merasa sob sob! ;D However hubby didn't really fancy the kuih seri muka though. As my MIL said... dia ni suka kuih ala2 modern sket macam cake ke brownies ke tart ke keh keh keh! Yeke Ayang? ;P

For my next mission... I'm thinking of making kuih cucur badak and cucur udang. Hopefully there will be no more addition into the list. Dah tak larat nak masak satu hal. Yang penting... dah xlarat nak pikir berat yang dah naik banyak nih arghhh! Below, I'm presenting the pictures of my kuih seri muka. Owh please excuse the presentation of the kuih since it was my first time making it. But never underestimate the taste though! Anyway I got this delicious recipe from here. Thanks to the owner for sharing ;D

The first batch. Looks nice but a bit hard for the bottom layer due to over pressed-down.

The second batch. I found some people said that in order to get the smooth surface, the steamer lid has to be covered with clean cloth. But err in my case it turned out the opposite though. But this batch was nicer in taste and texture.



That's all for now. till then :)

When She Doesn't Really Has The Mood To Blog

To be specific, I don't have the mood to blog only in this blog because most of the time my mind is pretty occupied with the thoughts of coming Lil' Munchkin. As if my life is revolves around his coming presence and the world exists around me is all about him. Ooops... yeah no more of "...my life is everything all about you (beloved hubby) only..." hihihi :D You are already down to number 2 in the list. Just pray that I won't forget about your presence once the little one arrives soon ya honey ;P Takkan la bleh lupa ye tak? Actually I do have soo many things to tell but only that I'm not feeling so keen to write about them unless again... anything related to my pregnancy and the likes. So that's why you can see that I update the other blog so often while this blog is progressing as slow as at the pace of 1 entry per month only. I even determine to write something in here today merely because for the sake of I don't want March 2008 entry to be zero hihihi ;P Moreover I only felt like want to blog when I was having fight with hubby. So I better not right anything at all or else the entry would be very miserable... full of tension... accompanied with personal matters. Owhhh tidak boleh! Hubby la suka carik gaduh! hihi ;P

Okay hmmm where to start? Truly... I was down with flu started a fortnight ago. I got it from hubby and once he was getting better I was already getting worse. The peak was last week on Wednesday... the same day I went for my 7th pregnancy check-up at the hospital. I told the midwife and doctor that I was having flu... with the hope that I would be prescribed with necessary medicine but unfortunately I got nothing :( The doctor only made notes in my report card while the midwife said it is common for people to catch with flu and fever at this time of the season thus only advised me to take hot foods and drinks... keep myself warm with thick blanket and clothes... and yada yada yada. Everybody knows that duh~! From what I heard and experienced... kat sini memang macam tu. If kiter sakit sket2 je... not a severe one... and sememangnya akan boleh baik withour risk and so on... memang diorg payahhh nak bagi ubat. Their intention is good lah sebab ubat2 dadah ni xbagus. Kadang2 rasa macam diorg ni xpercaya dgn ubat2 ni je. In fact diorg akan nasihat to jaga makan... exercise... and so on supaya sakit tu akan subside naturally. Macam aritu sakit gigi n dapat ubat pun... dentist kata kalau boleh jangan la makan. Kecuali kalau dah tak tahan sangat2. So I just tahannn jela sakit tu ritu.

I did everything I should but despites of all that, I really couldn't hold on anymore with my worsening condition. My beloved hubby boleh buat perangai plak malam tu! I had already told him that I wasn't going to cook and asked him to buy onigiri from the kombini for me and reminded him not to come back late. Just so you know, he went to play bowling with the trainees and only came back nearly to 12 midnight! Surely I was freaking mad at him once he got home! I was hungry and sick for God sake but still he couldn't care less about me. Okay... I'm exaggerating. Of course I knew he couldn't come back early since there were about 4 or 5 of them so of course it was going to take long for everyone's turn to throw the ball. The trainees usually have the Wednesday off so that's the only day they could ask hubby to take them out. However I was thinking that he shouldn't have gone out at all at the first place. I am his wife thus he should had been more concerned about me and why should I care the trainees couldn't go out or not DUH~~~!

I nagged fumingly at him non-stopped once he was home... even though he tried to explain to me why he was late bla bla bla but I just couldn't care less lah of course then he took his bath hurriedly. Owh fortunately he bought obento and the green tea for me. So then after that he prepared everything and I just went wash my hand and eat with the tears running down my cheeks. Ehhh sungguh marahhh okay! I stayed silent all the time. After eating I brushed my teeth and got ready to sleep. He was feeling guilty lah tu that he came to me rubbing my back, legs, feet and head with balm gamat panas and Vicks. Fortunately I was kind that night and gave in after his efforts on coaxing me. Huh! On the tomorrow of the day he bought a packet of patches for my flu and Vicks medicated drops for my cough. Kat sini banyak sangat jumpa diorg suka guna bukan ubat makan tapi patch yang lekat kat kepala and dada bila demam... flu and etc. But it was good I tell you! I could breath easily no more stuffed nose after that and the mucus kinda subsided a bit too.

However... still lambat jugak nak lega. Till today my voice still macam org selsema. Dah tu asyik nose-bleed aje. Might probably because of the recently winter season and because of the pregnancy, the tissue inside receives more blood than usual... so it becomes more sensitive and easily luka especially when I keep blowing my nose. Both of us hadn't been sick for already a long time! So might probably that was why we were down ill quite badly especially me. Hubby makan panadol so cepat lah lega. I on the other hand wants so avoid taking any medicine as possible. I just take my Shaklee supplements as usual. Even though it progresses slowly but it is natural and good for the body in long term. I started taking Shaklee since 2 years ago and since then Alhamdulillah I rarely get sick and in fact I feel more healthy. Owh I'm not promoting ya but it is true. But then of course la if Allah nak bagi sakit jugak... sakit la kan. This is only ikhtiar sahaja to stay healthy.

Sigh... despite of Friday is my favorite day but it always turns out that Friday is the most boooring day for me. Why? Because hubby will go play archery in the evening right after work and only come back late at night and also... the TV programs on Friday are so not entertaining except for Sin Chan and Doraemon. Argh!... again... I will be boring to death tonight. Hubby said he got work to do tomorrow so he will be going to the office which means... might be there will be nothing interesting taking place tomorrow. I'm planning to go out to find some stuffs for the baby... and to buy hubby's bento box. I urge hubby to bring obento to work since he doesn't want to come back for lunch anymore nowadays. I'm excited preparing this obento thing for him because I could do cute-cute stuffs for him. Hmm definitely it means I have to be rajinnn too lah kan hihihi! Never mind... I'm enjoying it. The first obento I prepared for him were 2 slices of Upside-down Pineapple Cheesecake and 2 strawberries. He said he gobbled down everything hurriedly. I asked why and apparently he answered that he didn't want anyone to see him bringing obento and ask many things towards him. Then I asked him was it because of he was ashamed I put in strawberries too but he said no. I really couldn't really understand what this man actually had in his mind lah ;P Anyway when I asked him what was he thinking while eating the obento then he said he remembered of me lah for preparing the foods for him with love. Elehhh poyo je ;P Ntah ye ingat ke tak ;P

Other than that... mmm what to tell? So many things to tell but I'm just lazy to type. Never mind I'll try go short with each points. I'm going to give birth on this coming end of May InsyaAllah. We have decided that my mom or MIL no need to come which means from A-Z will be done by only both of us. Mind you... we are living in kampung here and no any Malaysian or Muslim lives nearby. I pray hard every day that everything is going to be easy without any problem for us from the starts until forever, InsyaAllah. Sometimes when you are all alone and you realize that nothing else that you can do after all the efforts you have done... the rest... you have to leave it to God. This is when the mind strength really plays its' part and in order to seek that... is to get myself as close as I can to God. Some people asked why am I doing all these to myself... why I just don't go back home or why my mom is not coming. I don't simply made this decision without any strong particular reasons okay. I'm not that stupid to simply risk my own being. We had weighted each option and this is what we found best for us. Even the other options we didn't choose might be better or safe for us... they might not be best. We know what we are doing and many others had done this. In fact, I seek courage and strength from them too. Please don't simply judge and make conclusion on my situation when you only know near to nothing. Just shut up!

We are still living in this house. Because of a few circumstances... we think that it is better to stay here first and might be after the baby is like 3 months old then only we move out to a better house. No... not that the rumah is buruk or nak roboh yer. You won't believe it if I tell the condition of our house. Even me myself sometimes just couldn't believe it of what I'm going to do or what I'm going to face. Sometimes to compare the things that I used to have with the one I'm having... could make me feeling sad. It makes me feel as if I am close to poverty. Well... of course I am exaggerating. We are not even close to that. It is just my feelings though since I tend to be very sensitive and over-thinking due to the roller-coaster pregnancy hormone. But of course I knew we can survive so that's why we dare to take the risk. Sometimes we are just playing with the state of the mind. In this case, I knew our limit. We won't go over limit though because we never dare to risk the comfort privilege of the little one's.

The more the big day is coming nearer, the more I tend to think of the worst more often. Not that I want to but sometimes I just can't help it. Sometimes I just need to think of those scary things because want it or not if it is happens... we are the ones who have to face it all by ourselves. Honestly I don't know what am I going to do yet but at least when I've thought of them... perhaps I won't be in the state of losing my sanity at that time. Because at least I am already a bit mentally ready? It surely gonna give more problems if I can't think properly. I need to be rational all the time... and put aside my emotional needs for a while. Somehow... again I pray to Allah not to test us with all of these. Please guys... help pray for our safety and happiness ya... thanks... :) Perhaps I'm thinking too much like some of my friends said. Hmmm... I can't take it anymore to play with the so many emotions and thoughts everyday. I can't wait for the baby to arrive. I'm scared... nervous... but I'm eager to feel and see what he looks like. I pray the best for my baby and hope Allah will grant it all.

I wished I could write longer but it is Maghrib already and I need to do whatever necessary especially cook dinner duh~~~. Boring! Anyway I know this entry is kinda mixed-up and vagued. But I simply did it that way. Too much revelation is not good sometimes hihi ;P

Lastly here are the pictures of some foods I made previously :D

Sedap kan? (angkat bakul sendiri hihi ;P)

My Full List & Hospital List

..........Transferred from My Little Munchkin & I


Alamak... I've just reviewed back this entry from Kak Azra's blog. I don't know her personally but I am one of her avid silent blog reader. I've read this entry so many times before while doing my research about FM. Although I plan to exclusively breastfeed my son but no harm on searching extra knowledge right. In fact, honestly, I gained a lot of useful side knowledge along the way. I really really forgot on what I've read before and apparently all the information and facts already got mixed up without me realizing it. As mentioned in my previous entry... I bought the Beanstalk FM for infant as to be used in unexpected circumstance if it might happen that would cause me not able to breastfeed (I'm praying hard this is not going to happen though). Unfortunately I've just remembered (after reading back the entry) that there is no any infant milk which is not using animal-substance in it. In this case, the FM I bought contains taurine derived from ox-bile. However somehow in the entry also mentioned about the istihlak and istihalah fatwa which apparently if I choose to follow istihalah fatwa, the FM I bought is actually can be considered Halal though. Since this is khilaf, so I can choose which fatwa to follow while respecting others who choose differently. But... I'm kinda not so fond to settle with the istihalah fatwa...

How eh? I'm feeling confident that I can give enough BM to my son... so rasa macam xpela buat slumber je xyah prepare another new FM kan? :D But... I'm worried at the same time how if such situation as I mentioned in my previous entry is going to happen (Na'uzubillah)? I just want to give the best for my son. I can't admit failure la... sure nanti I will be so frustrated I tell you. Also I don't want to be forced to choose option yang tak best when actually I could have prepared for at least a better option earlier before that. Adoi... malas sungguh nak pesan FM from my mom. Because I went GAGA towards her about my plan to breastfeed... so nanti kang dia kata ni apahal lak nak order FM ni??? Aritu poyo sangat kan??? Okay I'm exaggerating hihihi :P :P :P Lagipun my mom dah post pun brg2 I ordered. Menyusahkan plak nak post 2 3 kali. I will discuss with hubby later lah. Tapi xla mahal mana pun FM tu. If not boleh la I finish up the FM myself at least... I loike! (Just so you know, one of my most favorite junk foods is baby's foods. Although the baby's foods isn't actually junk food ;P) Even if we opt for istihalah fatwa tapi if can seboleh2nya nak elakkan lah jugak guna istihalah fatwa ni. Apsal la diorg xamik taurine from fish? Never mind... will decide about this ASAP! :P :P :P Owh I recommend to anyone to read the URL I mentioned above... very good information though especially for moms living abroad.


*Updated: Hubby just got back and he said takpela no need to oder from mom. FM tu pun guna if betul2 terdesak je. So... we have to doa banyak2 and tawakal mesti ada BM nanti, InsyaAllah; Amin! Owh still have much time... kena banyakkk kan lagi amalkan zikir Ya Matiin tu! :D :D :D


Anyway actually I want to post on my full list and hospital list. So that it will be easier for me to refer and also as my future reminder too. I really have to work on each thing in the lists so that tak kelam-kabut nanti. Plus it will be easier for hubby too to take care of me and the baby. These lists may not be similar as yours because these lists are more to my detail personal needs. Somehow if you have anything else to suggest for me to add into the lists and so on... you are welcome to do so, thanks in advance :)


Full List

For Mom

Nursing bra
Nursing pad
Short pants
Disposable panties
Maternity pad
Sweater
Socks
Kain batik
Front-buttoned shirt
Long-sleeves shirts
Long pants
Body towel
Face towel
Ointments- minyak cap kapak, balms
Toiletries
Facial set- lip balm
Nipple shield
Breast shield
Cocoa butter cream
Nipple cream
Batu sungai/ botol kaca
Ice cubes
Shaklee vitamin stocks- Soy protein, Vita-Lea, Vita C, B-Complex, Alfalfa, Vita E, Herb-lax, Lecithin, Zinc
Confinement set Tropical Herbs Amway
Necessary food stocks- Milo, biscuits, milk, oat, cereal, fruits (apple/ strawberry/ peach/ prune/ grapes/ oranges) and so on
Necessary do’as and notes prepared
Confinement recipes
Daily schedule

For Baby

Shirts
Pants
Booties & Mittens
Rompers
Cap & bonnet
Sleep suits
Swaddling blankets
Blanket
Body towel
Bath towel
Gauze handkerchiefs
Baby binder
Baby oil or lotion
Baby powder
Minyak Yuyi
Baby bath
Diapers
Diaper cream
Baby wipes
Cotton buds
Grooming set- hair brush, nail clipper
Cotton wool
Breast pump & container
Sterilizer
Feeding bottles
Fork and spoon
Pacifier
Sippy cup
Nursing pillow
Water resistant blanket
Bath tub
Stroller
Car seat
Infant head support
Baby crib
Bedding set- mattress, pillow, futon, blanket, crib bumper, sleeping net
Bedding cover set
Diaper bag
Nasal aspirator
Thermometer
Special baby clothes detergent
Drawer
Washing net


Hospital List

For Mom

Nursing bra
Nursing pad
Short pants
Disposable panties
Maternity pad
Sweater
Socks
Kain batik
Front-buttoned shirt
Long-sleeves shirts
Long pants
Body towel
Face towel
Extra tudung
Going home clothes
Slipper
Watch
Toiletries- facial wash, body wash, shampoo, cotton buds, facial tissue, tissue, toothbrush, tooth paste, shower cap
Grooming set- lip balm, lip gloss, comb, compact powder, foundation, creams, lotion, perfume, hair band, hair clips
Minyak cap kapak & balm gamat
Flask
Fork & spoon
Food container
Breast pump, container & feeding bottle
Nipple shield
Breast shells
Nipple cream
Biscuits
Milo
Mineral water
Boshi techo
Alien card
Hospital card
Insurance card
Hospital module book
Plastic bags & laundry bag
Pen & paper
Al-Matsurat, tafsir Quran and small do’as notebook
Camera & digicam
Spectacles
A book
Multivitamin
Coins and phone card

For Baby

Shirts
Going home suit
Swaddling blanket
Body towel
Bath towel
Gauze handkerchiefs


So... that's all for today. I need to go to cook for dinner. Hmmm I better update my own blog plak lah nanti. Kesiannn blog tuh ;P

The Seventh Check-Up At Week 30

..........Transferred from My Little Munchkin & I


On last Wednesday we attended the 7th check-up but this time at the other hospital. The one where I will be delivering my baby at soon. So far this is only the 2nd time I had check-up at this hospital. Not like the usual hospital near our home where I had gone through my check-up routine, this hospital is much bigger and busier of course. Our appointment was at 12.30 pm and we were done with everything at about 2.00 pm. I went through the same typical procedures again and this time there were a few other things came along too.

As an overall... both of us are fine, Alhamdulillah :) Firstly.. it was the second time that I took my blood pressure reading without the midwife using the electronic machine with hubby's help only. Turned out, that was the first time I got good blood pressure reading already on the first check. Maybe next time we should do it again only by ourselves so that I can stay relax during the reading is being taken. Secondly.. it was quite a shock to find out that I gained 1.15 kg only in within 2 weeks time since the last check up. The weight seems increasing very fast. Probably might be because of the baby is now developing more fat in the body and he is now at the peak phase of gaining weight too. Lil' Munchkin gained 96 grams since the previous check-up and he already weighted 1366 grams during this latest check-up. So now my total weight is 55.8 kg. Hmmm somehow I just hope I won't exceed my overall-weight-gain limit. As usual, I'm gonna have to go on to maintain and control my weight gain.

Besides that... thirdly, my urine test was okay only that I maintained to get '+' for my sugar in urine test just like the previous check-up. Again... as usual the midwife mentioned about that and asked the same question all over again... whether my parents have diabetes or not and I said no. Sigh... I can assure you I really don't take much sugar these days but it is still so hard for me to get the good, '-' result for my sugar in urine test. Might be only when I throw away all the sugar in the kitchen then only I will get that frigging '-' eh? What can I say more? My sugar level really goes haywire... becoming so silly throughout my pregnancy duh! A friend of mine said she ate chocolate almost everyday throghout her pregnancy and she maintained to get '-' for sugar in urine test. I think I'm just so not lucky like her haih...! Fortunately nothing to worry about that though, phew! Fourthly, the abdominal scan was quite fun this time because we got to see Lil' Munchkin's face! We saw his eyes, hands, legs, stomach, heart, head and yup his 'peanuts' again ;D Unfortunately we couldn't see his full face because he was covering it with his hands grrr! ;P We only able to see his eyes and forehead which I think he takes after hubby's. So... I think he is going to have jendul macam hubby hihihi! Org tua2 slalu kata... kalau ada jendul ni pandai hihihi. Memandai je org tua2 ni buat andaian ek. Takpela amin kan ajela! :D I was a bit disappointed because I couldn't see his nose. Hubby said he is going to have my nose. But I hope he is going to have hubby's nose instead hohoho! Dear Lil' Munchkin, please don't cover your face again next time ya... so that we can see your face clearly. Somehow... looking at the picture scan making us so eager to see his real face live soon! InsyaAllah :)

Proceed to the fifth point, I had to undergo the vaginal check-up again like previous check-up sigh... It is going to be a compulsory procedure during every visits after this until I give birth since the doctor need to ensure with the condition of the passage and dilation so that actions can be taken prior to any uncommon conditions detected. Now, I've started attending the check-up once in every 2 weeks and very soon it is going to be once a week. So that's probably gonna be like 5 to 7 check-ups more I'm gonna have to attend to before I give birth. Sigh... I really hate this vaginal check-up. It hurts! I just can't wait for all of these to over... While on the 6th point, my blood was taken again for the second time as much as four syringes. That's not little isn't it? Habis darah aku ;P The blood was taken to check on all the many illnesses as I mentioned before during my third check-up entry. I will only know the result by next week. I pray that I will get all good results especially no gestational diabetes presence detected, Amin! Takutnya! :(

Then on other some important things, we still didn't get the confirmation for bringing-back-the-placenta-home yet. Since it was other midwife we were having consultation with so she just said that she will check on the matter further. We also got a form which consists of questions like... what position I want to be in while giving birth... what do I want the doctor, midwife and so on to know about me or what message I want to deliver to each of them... does hubby wants to cut the umbilical cord himself... what do I want to do with the baby straightly after birth... do I want to cuddle and breastfeed the baby right away after birth... do I want to breastfeed or plan to formula-feed my baby... why I want to give breast milk or why I want to give formula milk to the baby and so on and so forth. Lastly, we also have to bring back other form given by the doctor which consists of explanations of a few illnesses, risks and tests towards the mother and the newborn. So we need to decide like whether to do the hearing test towards the baby or not and etcetera.

So basically, that's all about the latest check-up and this is the latest scan picture of Lil' Munchkin.

Lil' Munchkin at Week 30. That's the 'peanuts' and his legs on the left and the picture of his head and half covered face on the right. His right hand is covering his nose :)

A little updates on Lil' Munchkin, we have settled about 97% on the preparation of Lil' Munchkin's arrival. Almost all of the baby stuffs are already completed except for the car seat since we plan to buy it the latest possible merely because there is no space in this tiny house to keep the car seat, the bath tub which I have yet to take it from my friend R and a few not really important stuffs for baby and confinement sent by my mom which have yet to be received. I hope the parcel will arrive before I give birth since my mom sent it using sea mail. I also can feel that Lil' Munchkin is getting bigger each day since I can obviously feel his movements. He is very active I tell you especially during the midnight until dawn. Thus making me to tell him everyday to be a good boy soon, please SLEEP at NIGHT, PLAY only during the DAY, please don't be a cranky baby and bla bla bla hihihi :D Pengsan la parents dia ni nanti if Lil' Munchkin suka stay up malam2 ;P Since the space is getting limited for him to move, my tummy is somewhat getting to look like a big sack filled with full of potatoes. Kadang2 ada ombak2... perut senget sana-sini... dapat rasa jari garu2 at my lower abdomen... ada macam ketuk2... ada macam tendang2 kuat sgt continuously... ada macam menggigil... menggeliat n macam kena elektrik pun ada. However I find those movements therapeutic for me although sometimes they could be hurting.

Anyway, we did some shopping on last week and yesterday. So these are what we got. As you can see below, there are diapers, swaddling towel, rompers, sleep suits, toys and others. Owh can you see a small tin of formula milk there? It is soy milk formula for infant actually. Hubby thinks it is necessary to prepare one because we don't know what brand the hospital is using. Of course I plan to exclusively breast feed my son and I am confident InsyaAllah I can do that. But we don't know what the future might hold for us and we don't know what's God has planned upon us. Just in case anything happened and things turned out to be not as we expected like let say I would be unconscious because of painkillers in a very long hours, certainly we don't want the baby to be fed with formula milk which consists non-halal animal-based substance especially pig-based substance. Dah la kena minum FM... ada b*bi plak tu. Ouhhh tidak! So I better be well prepared. Setakat nak yakin saja tak cukup. Tak guna for me to menggelabah n menyesal kemudian. Tak suka. Anyway, I do feel that the probability of this to happen is very low, InsyaAllah. But again... only God knows best. Owh this reminds me to write note about this in the form given by the nurse... so that the hospital won't feed my baby with any kind of FM without our approval but to give only MY BM, InsyaAllah.

Hasil rembatan

Last but not least... regarding my condition... as an overall everything is still going on smoothly for me, Alhamdulillah. Except for I had been infected with flu very previously. I got it from hubby. Fortunately it is already easing off now only that my nostril is still aching a bit and I get nose-bleed a few times a day. I really don't know why. I hope it will be gone very soon. Then... most important thing I want to highlight is I'm getting heavier from day to day. It is so hard for me to especially transit from sitting-down-on-the-floor to standing-up position. It will always be easier if I hold to something in order to support my heavy bottom. Owh I'm having the shape of a pear body shaped already. What a sad thing I have to admit :( Other than that... I commonly face heartburn, leg cramps, frequent urination, sleep deprivation, fatigue, Braxton Hicks and followed by a few other symptoms but only sometimes. As for my next agendas, I have yet to re-pack my hospital list, wash some more of the baby clothes, re-arrange the things in the cabinets and drawers, re-arrange the baby stuffs especially the clothes and finally to gain some more knowledge especially in order to be MORE mentally strong and physically prepared towards the arrival day of the baby.

Just so you know, we are going to do everything from A-Z ONLY by both of us soon... so we really need to be really prepared... especially in the MIND part, InsyaAllah.

Ya Allah mudahkanlah jalan bagi kami dan permudahkanlah segala urusan kami, Amin.

The Sixth Check-Up At Week 28

..........Transferred from My Little Munchkin & I


First and foremost I present to you Lil' Munchkin's latest scan picture..... Taraaaaa!!

Can you see the 'peanuts'? Yup! It's a BOY! :D :D :D

This is gonna be a very long entry. Ehh selalunya memang xpenah pendek pun kan? ;P On last Friday we attended the check-up at 2.00 pm. As usual bila sesi petang memang isolated je hospital tu. Both of us memang suka sebab xperlu tunggu lama compared to bila pilih sesi pagi. As I said before, the doctor prefers all his appointments to be done in the morning session. Tapi untuk kali ni hubby chose afternoon session. Lagipun kesian hubby if kena tunggu lama sangat banyak keja dia kat kilang yang tertangguh. Lagipun pagi2 selalunya dia busy sangat. So the doctor has to bear with us lah kan. Ada gak sorang patient lain yang datang after us. Datang2 je terus started with the check-up. Surprisingly this time, I managed to only gain 700 grams of weight since the last check-up yeay! Padahal makan macam biasa je only that since the fourth check-up I am more careful with my food intakes. In other words, makan benda2 berkhasiat je and try to avoid makan berlebihan. As usual blood pressure kena amik 2 times. Even the 2nd reading pun xbagus sangat resultnya. I just really couldn't relax xtau nape. While for my urine test, last time it was '+++' but this time dah turun tu '+' only. Tapi this time I got '+' for protein in urine. Last time it was '-'. I also had to go through vaginal check-up sebab I told the doctor about the pain in my abdomen yang ala-ala macam dah nak bersalin tu. He checked me and fortunately nothing unusual happening down there phew! The passage is still closed. Kalau tau memang okay awal2 xnak bgtau about the pain. Tak pasal2 je kena vaginal check-up yang sakit tuh.

Regarding the abdominal check-up, as usual; the most exciting part of all... the doctor started to scan my tummy... and my head looking up to the screen. I could clearly see the baby's head but not his face though. Dah besar kepala dia. Then he showed us the baby's spine... pun dah makin panjang. After that he showed us the baby's leg bone, the beating heart and besar perut dia. The doctor said the baby is in the correct position just like before. Hopefully he will maintain to be in that position until the big day. Untuk berat baby plak, sekarang berat dia dah 1270 grams which means he gained more than 500 grams since the last check-up. Which also means, I only gained 200 grams since the last check-up! hihihi :D At the end on the scanning session, he searched something on the baby and suddenly we saw the 'peanuts'!!! So the doctor said he is confirmed that the baby is a boy and we need not to worry about the baby's gender anymore. I was excited and felt like wanted to laugh tapi I was more focused on seeing hubby's reactions :D He was smiling and giggling at the same time macam tak leh nak stop je while looking at the screen. I of course didn't want to add up the keterujaan tu kan. Kena la control sket depan doctor. Dah la when I laughed perut goyang2 and so the scanner and tangan doctor pun goyang2 hohoh! I felt so sweet that I could see the excitements on hubby's face hihihi! His looks was indeed a very priceless sight to be missed... :)

The conclusion were I still need to control my sugar intake sebab kalau boleh doctor nak tengok the result to be '-' instead of '+'. The doctor and midwife highlighted more on my blood pressure... they said I have to control my salt intake. Memang lah I couldn't be calm and I am easily to get adrenaline rush but somehow just to reduce the possibility of the blood pressure from arising too much or too fast, I need to take care of my food intake too. As for the vaginal check-up the doctor said there is nothing to be worried about. If I feel such pain again, that might be because of the baby's movement, or the abdomen is practicing for the coming labor, or I need to change my position or I need to lie down to get some rest... that's all. Unless if there is obvious extraordinary signs like sakit sangat2 or ada blood stain noticed haa baru cepat2 pegi check. Other than that, I still need to maintain my weight gain since my weight now is already 54.65 kg. However I am not so worried since I have like 3 kg more I could gain. Andai kata terlebih pun... most probably takkan sempat nak terlebih sangat2 hihihi :D Sukaaa! Sebab I really determine to be a cute and vogue mom after bersalin nih hohoho! ;P Then, we preceded with consultation session as usual with the midwife. As an overall, both of us are fine, Alhamdulillah :) Masa balik je from the check-up... I couldn't help feeling happy all day long hihihi. Yela mana tak nyer. Cuba kalau result check-up tak best macam b4 this, sure rasa hangin je satu hari ;P

On yesterday... we straightly went to do some shopping on Lil' Munchkin's stuffs dekat Nihsi*matsuya in Ina-shi. Jauh sket la tapi naik highway ada lah dalam 45 minutes je. Best shopping kat sini sebab it is specific department for baby stuffs and maternity. Nasib baik ada 1 branch shopping department ni nearby our house. Barang2 dia mostly memang very good qualities, sangat banyak choices, cantik2... cute2... fancy2... and yang paling best sold with very reasonable price! I loike!!! :D If compared dengan other baby store like BabiesRUs, sini memang jauh murah. Bila compare diapers pun... harga2 kat situ memang lagi murah compared to yang ada jual kat supermarket or shopping complexes lain. We departed from home at about 12.30 pm and reached there at about 1.15 pm. Memang rambang mata... pastuh dengan over excitednya sampaikan tatau mana satu nak pilih. Banyak sangat beli sampaikan trolley yang besar gabak tu penuh dengan barang2. Semua orang tengok je kitorang. Malu gak la hahaha! Tapi yang diorang sibuk je nak pandang2 tu apsal sibuk je tau huh! :P

We were kinda pening masa dok pilih2 barang tu. Macam xtau nak warna apa. Takkan semua nak biru kot boringnya kan. Hubby pun dah pening. Last2 main amik je mana2 yang agak comel and sedap dipandang mata. Kebetulan for newborns warna2nya takla fancy and striking sangat. We were more focusing on buying for newborn essential stuffs... like baju2 nak pakai kat rumah... towel... handkerchiefs... swaddling blankets... blankets... grooming set and so on. Owh talking about grooming set. Mula2 nak amik P*ooh set tapi tak jadi. Ada hair brush yang buat daripada bulu b*bi ye. So be careful masa membeli tu. I told hubby to check first pun sebab I always remember that selalunya brush2 yang lembut sangat ni made of bulu b*bi. Konon2 fine sangat lah. Cisss najis jer :P I also bought some things for myself tapi sket2 je mana yang tak cukup and tak beli lagi. Ada jugak beli nursing pillow. Itu pun xtau nak pilih mana satu. Ada P*ooh and M*iffy but then I took the stripy blue one sebab dia macam lagi besar sket je and siap ada baby head pad skali with the same price jugak. Lagipun it looks nicer and sweeter :) We paid all for the total price of 24,000 Yen ++ kot. Xingat. But I think it worths it lah sebab memang banyak kitorg beli and barang2 tu very good quality. Some stuffs like diapers and baby car seat xbli pun siap2 semalam sebab nyer we were running out of time. Truly, reason sebenarnya sebab malu trolley yang gabak tu dah penuh hahaha! ;P

After that we went to eat sushi at K*appa Sushi nearby the Nishi*matsuya. Then only we went home. During the night, I opened all the packagings and susun2 all the things sebab excited sangat okay! However only after that I realized that warna2 that we chose almost all sama aje. Mcm monotone je huhuhu. Tapi takpela sesuai la untuk newborn sebab baby baru lahir kan macam ala2 suci gitu hihihi ;P Tapi yang tak bestnya boleh plak terbeli nursing bra yang salah size. Cisss! Macam mana boleh grabbed saiz lain masuk dalam trolley? Hubby la punya pasal nak cepat2 sangat. Dah lapar la nak makan la nak apa la :P Hmmm pakai jela nanti sbb dah terbeli. Bila dah susun2 all the things jugak... baru boleh nampak apa lagi yang kurang and perlu dibeli. Baju2 semua dah cukup rasanya. I even bought a few extras but in bigger size so that boleh pakai lama sket. Jadi jimat lah dan tak membazir kan. As for after this, I plan to buy a few more things yang tak cukup lagi and baju2 jalan2 sket tapi kali ni all the colors must be bright and fancy plak. Baru lah meriah sket taklah dull aje. Hubby kata the baju2 can wait... tapi I just really can't wait lah. Sangat excited okay n geram tengok baju2 yang comel2 tu. I'm going to make my check list for both of us in my next entry. However here are the pictures of the things we bought yesterday.

Comel tak?

Owh yer... baju2 tu dah selamat dihumban dalam washing machine tengahari tadi... dah dibasuh... dah disidai and dah kering pun. Tinggal nak lipat je lagi and simpan dalam drawer. Eee geram tengok. Tak sabar nak bagi Lil' Munchkin pakai :D

Talking about Lil' Munchkin is a boy... Alhamdulillah we are going to have a son as our first child as we wished. Hubby suka sangat! Dia kata as first born, hopefully the son can take care of his family bila dia dah xde nanti. Some more he said he feels lucky sebab sekarang dah akhir zaman... so susah nak dapat anak lelaki. So after this if dia dapat anak perempuan berderet pulak pun dia dah tak kisah. Janji dah ada sorang anak lelaki. Honestly, I feel the same too. However I said to hubby that how I wished I would get a pair of twin. Lagi best sebab dah boleh guna nama baby girl which I had been thinking macam nak pecah kepala day and night tu. Lagipun tak dapat lah nak pakaikan ribbon dekat kepala and skirt kat Lil' Munchkin nanti. Even masa shopping semalam rasa gerammm sengat tengok all those baby girls clothes hihihi ;D Owh tak dapat la nak kumpul pinky-pinky stuffs! I love pink! Ishhh ngarut je lah ;P Tapi andai kata tetiba the scan pic tu tipu and baby girl yang lahir. We will still be grateful... asalkan baby tu sihat... itu yang penting kan? InsyaAllah :)

Last but not least, I have started to read children stories and sing children songs and rhymes for Lil' Munchkin. I'm kinda sooo excited buat benda ni sampaikan I ended up couldn't stop rewinding Itsy-Bitsy Spider Song in my mind setiap masa! Nak tido elok2 tgh baca doa tetiba kuar lagu Itsy-Bitsy Spider. Bangun2 celik mata je tetiba terus nyanyi Itsy-Bitsy Spider hihihi! Kronik tak? Luckily it only lasted for one day phew! I practiced singing the song with hubby siap buat gaya lagu tu skali. Fun sangat and so cute! Even hubby pun kata geli hahaha! Owh not forgetting to tell too that I have started producing milk yikes! Saya sungguh teruja! :D

Entering Third Trimester! Yikes!

..........Transferred from My Little Munchkin & I


Hello... What's up everyone? I'm fine here... Urghhh this keyboard is making me annoyed. Suddenly the symbols appeared not similar as what shown on the keys duh! Yikes! I've officially entered the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. How time flies so fast! I'm feeling excited when realizing about this... but honestly I'm nervous too most of the time. I have finished 7 months of my pregnancy so I have like more or less 3 months left to go. The clock is ticking! ;P

Anyway hmmm I have just eaten a slice of home-made white bread smothered with creamy peanut butter and strawberry jam MMMMM YUMMEH! We went out last night to shop for groceries since we didn't do so on weekend as usual actually merely because we got into a little fight... as usual hihi! Owh hubby started it not moi okay ;P The reason was because hubby had promised to take me out shopping for baby stuffs but then ended up he went to work on both Saturday and Sunday. I knew he was tired and all and I tried to be understanding that he got so many works delayed because of overloaded works came in and he really needed to settle them one by one since there will be new tasks coming in also. However... I just really couldn't contain my disappointment and my emotion also rose over my rational state of mind thus... I exploded! I was so angry, I blamed him, I cried and I refused to talk to him. Sometimes I just couldn't stop being selfish and I just really need to fulfill the requirement of 9-desires-and-1-mind which made a woman... well... woman ;P Sorry la Ayang I always made times hard for you. I know it is not good for the baby and I also don't want him to take after me. Just pray that we won't team up to 'fight' against you then okay. I can imagine how worse if it is going to be :P

Owh back to the peanut butter. Actually I have been dreadfully craving for the taste of peanut butter. The view of Smucker's Goober Peanut Butter kept playing in my mind and I just couldn't stop salivating when the nights came sigh... I miss the Goober peanut butter and jelly or Goober peanut butter and chocolate the most. I didn't know what actually triggered me towards peanut butter lately but I'm sure there was something that cause this. Previously I had craving towards tiramisu once browsing the recipes websites so I ended up baking a tiramisu cake last week. Just before that, I craved for a beef burger after watching the McD's advertisement on the tv so of course I did make the burger and the list goes on ;D So last night, we found the InsyAllah edible peanut butter for us and hubby helped me baked the white loaf right away after we got home. Fortunately we have the bread-maker and all we needed to do was to toss every necessary ingredients inside and let it do the rest. At 11.00 pm sharp, there came the nice warm smell of fresh baked white loaf. I let it cooled down and cut 2 pieces out of it. 1 was smothered with margarine and peanut butter for hubby while mine as mentioned above. We enjoyed the warm soft bread slice with a cup of cold fresh milk. My feelings? Definitely I was so contented. Hubby said that he noticed my appetite is getting big. Actually it is not big since I just eat as usual but only that the cravings towards so many other foods is increasing.

Other than that, last night I stayed up late until about 2.30 am because I was busy browsing and searching for children's story, song and rhyme websites. I managed to find a few which are quite reliable. They are very interesting and I'm just so eager to start reading the story for Lil' Munchkin like... now? hihihi! I did mention about this in my previous entry and even my MIL reminded me about this too. Ahah The Ugly Duckling story sounds interesting! Or maybe Thumbelina or Hansel and Gretel or... okay I better stopped already! ;P This is going to be my new everyday activity with the baby. I even came across the Ikan Kekek song in one of the websites and it really amused me that how a Ma*lay song can be there too? hihihi. But there is no lyric for the song, only the music is available. I also tried to find websites which contains kisah-kisah nabi in Ma*lay especially for kids. But unfortunately I couldn't manage to find the proper one. So, I have to sort the stories first before I can choose one which is suitable. I'm talking about reading for the baby here, so that's why I want to find the easy, simple, and interesting reading materials rather than more serious and complicated ones.

Talking about this, somehow it reminds me to read the surah-surah lazim specially for the baby more with the intention to teach him too. Rather than simply recite the Quran as usual more towards myself and just make the intention that The Almighty will bless both of us. Besides, it also hit my mind that I should teach Asma'ul Husna, some short and simple zikir, common do'as like... doa makan? ;P and a few common interesting nasyids. Or maybe it is just too early for most of that??? hihihi. Maybe I should wait for the baby to pop out first right? Do I sound too enthusiastic here? hihihi. Well... it is just too much to do everything at one time. I will make the links of the websites later at the side bar and you can take a look at them and... as for the activities... I should make my own list and schedule perhaps. I will just do whichever I feel like want to do at a time. I'm sure the baby can here me already and perhaps at least I can nurture the good habit of reading and other good personal qualities at the same time as early as now :)

This coming Friday we are going to have our next check-up. I hope its is going to be just fine. I'm so eager to get confirmation with doctor regarding Lil' Munchkin's gender. I hope he could give the certain answer soon. So that I can be more enjoyable while shopping for Lil' Munchkin's stuffs come this weekend, InsyaAllah. On the other side of thing, I'm a bit worried about my conditions. I'm having this once in a while pain in my abdomen area. I'm not talking about Braxton Hicks or pain because of the baby's movements here because I'm sure this is other thing happening in there. Actually I don't know whether this is normal or not. But I hope the doctor can sort it out soon and perhaps... it is just nothing to be worried about, Amin! :(

Last but not least, I haven't finished troubling my mind with the baby's names yet hahaha! Truly, I don't mind about it though seems honestly I found it quite therapeutic for me ;D Right after having breakfast and before continue back to my sleep everyday, I will spend like 30 minutes to 2 hours browsing the baby names' books, scribbling the names at here and there, comparing the number of alphabets, considering the sounds and meanings and so on. Err not really everyday actually since I do spend the time to read other books too. On heavy materials of course. Huh~~~ I think I just can't help it to have a short name for the baby. Even if I tried, the names keep staying to be long hohoho! We will see how it progresses later. Owh yeah... I wake up realllly late nowadays... Apparently because I can't really sleep early at night even though when I feel so sleepy. It is not like what I'm facing during the 2nd trimester. My sleep pattern was really really good during my 2nd trimester. Somehow I'm going to fix this condition I'm having now because it is not good habit for the baby... and myself... and hubby too. Since he can't sleep peacefully whenever I stay up late ;P

Till then, toodles! :)