In His Time

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Went for another check-up at the clinic just now. PTL, the baby head is down but have not engage yet. So there is possibility that he will turn upwards again due to the extra space in my womb. My weight now is 62.8kg.

We (lady boss, prod manager and me) had a meeting with a MNC company’s top personnel before lunch just now. 4 of them, all Malays. They requested us to blend & fill their lube before the Hari Raya Break. The issue here is, all of them spoke in English but we replied them in Malay. It is as though, our mind is set. We Malaysian, must speak to other Malay in Malay not English. I find it awkward to speak to a Malay person in English. Not that we look down on them but it is so natural for us…

I was having runny nose yesterday. The whole day. This morning woke up with body ache all over! The worst part is, everytime I sneeze, I will surely pee, even after I went to empty my bladder before that! I got to change my shorts twice yesterday! I ended up wearing a sanitary pad so that I won’t wet my shorts again!!! So you ladies out there, after giving birth, be sure to do your pelvic muscle exercise… if you are lazy like me, see what happened!!!

Thanks to Chef Mandrake, my husband complimented my chicken rice tasted better this time! hehehe

Went for Kelas Peneman at GH this morning. It is a 2 days class that we need to attend in order that our husbands will be allowed to be with us in the labor room. Class starts at 8.30am. We arrived there (reached the hospital gate) at 8.30am. It took us 15 minutes to look for parking space but to no avail. We ended up parking outside the hospital and on a yellow line. We just prayed hard that no summon will be sticking at our windscreen by the time we got back to the car.

By the time we reached the seminar room, the class already started but no problem as I gave birth before. Just attend the class for formality sake. Well, this is the class that I did not attend last year which they bring you to the labor room. Last year, I managed to attend one class only afterthat gave birth already. Thank God, they still allow my husband to be with me with just one class attended.

As the nurse was briefing us on the stages of delivery, puff…black outs. So she brought us to the labor room first. It was scary to be there again. All the memories of giving birth came back to me. Good news. The non-active labor room is with TV! So, we won’t be bored while waiting for our servic to dilate until 10cm. My previous, I was in that room for almost 8 hours after they induced me (slow process of dilating) doing nothing but listening to my baby’s heart beat and feeling the contraction pain.

After that back to the seminar room. Power is back. Continue with the talk on proper way to deliver the baby, when to push, when not to push, breasting, food during confinement etc.

Since, my husband has been with me in the labor room before, we get to skip the next class. PTL. By 11.30am, I am back at home…continue my sleep…

I was taking off the staples’ bullet from a stack of paper that my husband gave me to recycle. Here’s an article I found:

It’s Nice To Be A Man

1. Your last name stays put.
2. The garage is all yours.
3. You can be president.
4. You can wear a white t-shirt to a water park.
5. Car mechanics tell you the truth.
6. The world is your urinal.
7. Same work… more pay.
8. Wrinkles add character.
9. You don’t have to leave the room to make crotch adjustments.
10. Wedding dress $5000; Tux rental $100.
11. People never stare at your chest when you’re talking to them.
12. One mood, ALL the time.
13. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
14. You know stuff about tanks.
15. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
16. You can open all your own jars.
17. You can kill your own food.
18. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
19. Your underwear is $6.95 for a three-pack.
20. If you are 34 and single, nobody notices.
21. Everything on your face stays its original colour.
22. You are not expected to know the names of more than five colours.
23. You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
24. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
25. You don’t have to shave below your neck.
26. Your belly usually hides you big hips.
27. One wallet and one pair of shoes, one color, all seasons.
28. You can “do” your nails with a pocket-knife or your teeth.
29. Mustaches are always an “option”
30. Christmas shopping can be accomplished for 25 relatives on Dec 24th, in 45 mins.

Yesterday, followed hubby to paste “For Sale” sign at one of his brother’s apartment at Taman Merdeka. Before that stopped by at a medicine shop to buy Belle’s milk powder and also 2 boxes of Bird Nest for Belle. She loves bird drink. Then we went to buy a packet of kuay teow soup for Belle’s dinner. She was asleep throughout the journey. She awakens only when I placed her on her bed at home. She was very angry and asked her papa to bring her out. I think she was thinking, “I was in the car just now, going somewhere, why am I here! In my room! At Home!” To soothe her anger, I gave her a bottle of the bird nest. Later at night, she sees her papa drinks water. She was asking for it in her own language, which we could not comprehend. So I told her to say, “Papa, I want water, please.” When I said “Papa” she said “Papa”, when I said, “I”, she point at her eyes, and when I said, “want”, she said “two”. I did not managed to finish the sentence as we were laughing away… Anyway, papa still gives her the cup of water and she said “kakut”. That’s for “Thank You”. It is a joy seeing her growing up. And one more is coming… PTL!