I hope Baby enjoys swimming!!

It's summer and the outdoor swimming pool is open to public. I just stayed indoors as the pool water is warmer and less crowded. But still, I was at the shallow pool for young children, as the deeper pools are filled with teenagers who loves to dive into the pool. It's comfortable to just dip in the pool and kick slowly around the pool with my floating stick. There are a few jacuzzi pools but I think Baby does not like the vibration so I just dipped my legs in and sit on the edge to relax my legs. As it's summer, all lessons are on stop. So I can only start the aqua-lesson for preggies in mid-august.

It's a great place to bring children where they can enjoy the indoor and outdoor pools and playground while the mums can just bask in the sunshine or enjoy the jacuzzi. However, there's no separate shower-room. There's only a shared wetroom with 10 showerheads. There's no way for me to wash my hair or body properly as I'm still wearing my swimming costume and there's no place to hold my toiletries. Otherwise I would love to go there everyday!

Baby loves FOOD!!

Baby will kick when baby taste, hears and sees food.

Baby will always kick me during meal times or when I'm snacking.

When we visited the midwife yesterday, I mentioned to the midwife that I've a hearty appetite and baby will kick me whenever I'm eating, and at that very moment, baby kicked me! Either baby was embarrassed or thought that I'm going to eat soon!

I'm going to stop watching 'Celebrity masterchef' because baby was kicking me throughout the programme when the celebrities were cooking!

Next time when I go grocery shopping or cooking meals, I shall take note whether baby will be kicking. Who knows, baby might become a masterchef one day!

*Note that I have been saying 'baby', not he or she, cos we wont be able to know the gender of baby until the day baby is born!!

Happy (Belated) Birthday to all June babies!!

Best Wishes to :
- my cousin Lynn - hope you enjoy being a barista!
- my fren Keow - all the best in your keep fit regime!
- my fren Trashbin - enjoy your pregnancy!
- my fren Slacker - continue to have fun with your bunny!
- my ex-student HZ - all the best in your studies!
- my ex-student & fren Angie - stay pretty!
- my hubby's fren JH - have a wonderful wedding!

Picture of me @ 20 weeks

That's my belly @ 20 weeks!
One of the most comfortable attire for me to wear at home is hubby's T-shirt and shorts.

Just wana say Thanks!! to those who have left messages on my blog.
I'm now enjoying my pregnancy. No more morning sickness!
I've stopped work since early June so I'm now a full-time stay-home pregnant woman! And I'm enjoying everybit of it!

By the way, my expected delivery date is 5th November. My parents and grandma will be coming at the end of September. And we hope to go back for CNY next year.

A sleepless night

Time now = 5am
I can hear the birds singing.
The sky is beautifully colored in baby blue.
I've been up since 2am.
Baby is very active today, happily kicking me softly.
I've been up since 2am, drinking milk, eating bread, watching tv, reading book, surfing net.
Tried everything but I just couldnt get back to sleep.

Initial plan for friday:
morning - visit the weekly open market in our neighbourhood. This is one of my favourite activity. They sell food, clothes and crafts stuff!! Perfect for my baby scrapbook.
afternoon - window shopping (i hope). There's so many sales going on! And all the summery dresses are perfect for my bulging tummy.

Updates on baby:
We went for our 20 weeks ultrasound examination on wednesday. Everything is going fine for baby. My weight is steadily increasing, from 59kg to 65kg! (my goodness! that's already 6kg! and there's 20 more weeks to go!) We have been eating alot more but fish really puts me off. I can only eat certain fish cooked in certain ways. Baby has been kicking me since 17 weeks and I will tap or rub my tummy back in response. It's been fun to sing and talk to baby, guess sometimes I get abit lonely at home so it's nice that baby is keeping me company.

Daddy cannot wait to ask the question : Is it a boy or girl??
Well, baby is kind of shy in front of strangers (the gynae of cos) and is a kneeling or crouching position, so we cannot see from the ultrasound. Guess baby wants to give us a surprise!

Baby Blues - Introduction

hello everyone!!
My name is baby!! No no, daddy and mummy have both thought of a name but it's not finalize cos they don't know whether I'm a boy or a girl yet!!
You see, I'm now only 11 weeks and 5 days old.
The 1st time daddy and mummy saw me was when I was only 10 weeks old. I was only about 3 cm big then. But based on mummy's diet, I must have grown bigger now.
My favourite sports are cycling and kick-boxing.
My favourite food is Tom Yam soup and sushi. And I hate mushroom and seafood and fish and garlic.
I love to sleep, alot. Mummy sleeps from 9pm to 7am on most nights. She has many weird dreams and has to wake up to pee in the middle of the night for a couple of times. But that does not bother me, I get back to sleep easily.
Mummy vomits, feels dizzy and has bad headache when I'm hungry. But we will both feel better when mummy eats delicious food, or when daddy gives us a massage or watch a cartoon together, or just lie in bed.
Tonight, daddy is not at home so Mummy has promised to watch a film - Stardust together.
Tot ziens!

Just started on new job!!

Good news! I've started on a new job!!

Good reason to use my make-up and buy more duty-free when I do go back to Spore. Good reason to wear my new clothes and shoes and bag!! Good reason to work hard for that Berkin bag! I'm not exactly brand-conscious ok. It's just when I look at my current collection of bags, they are quite rubbish. It would be good to have a classic bag for work, for dinner, for social gatherings, for all events!! A Gucci bag would be good at the moment.

Ironically, job = holiday!! Now we can make more plans to explore Europe. One fren from Japan has been going on holiday every month!!

Think I'll be even more unwilling to update my blog. Ok, I'm just lazy to post my pics, just want to watch 女人我最大 and 康熙来了 every night. Maybe play some word games to improve on my dutch cos most of my colleagues like to converse in dutch!!