tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Thursday, December 09, 2010
12:16 PM
It seems like an yearly post..Wedding was the event a year ago. Our marriage is already a year old. Things have moved on.. we are preparing for a new addition to our family! =P
Our little one, as named "Man Tou" by me, is doing well at week 29. He is coming in February 2011. Things started quite shakily for us.. At week 11, we opted for the DOwn's syndrome scan. Thought that WZNN and I are so young, nothing will go wrong. But the scan suggested WZXMT ( Wen Zai Xiao Man Tou) is at higher risk of DS. Apparently he has thicker neck skin fold than norm. That was bad news and I couldn't rest for quite some time. We went to see a private doc at Gleneagles and was told to go for amniocentesis too. So, off we went. That morning was all panic and anxiety as I was told that there will no be any anesthetic, the doc will locate position of amniotic fluid and after cleaning with iodine, the needle will go in......
The needle was thicker than normal, very much like those used during blood donation, just longer, about 15 to 20 cm.
I didn't feel any pain.. just a disgusting feeling when he pull the needle out. Amniotic fluid is a yellowish solution. I didn't dare to exert myself for the next two weeks, so worried that the hole will start leaking. The risk of miscarriage with amniocentesis is about 1%, low but still a risk.
Three weeks of sleepless nights.. no phone call from KKH... GOOD! No calls means good news, each time a unidentified number calls, I panic. A month later, on the next visit, through the scan, we see man tou.. a BOY! WZNN was excited and asked to see his pp.. haha... it looks like a ltittle corn.
The genetic report states that he is well with 46 chromosomes, XY.
Appetite has been good, in fact extremely good since day one. No sign of morning sickness except for occasional nauseousness, headaches and slight cramp when I am exhausted. Constipation is my nemesis and the biggest struggle of all.
No more squatting to do business in toilet after 5th month.. tummy has grown to impede movements like tucking knees to the chest.
Taekwondo has to stop and no more jumping around. Weight increase is tremendous.
Today at seventh month, I am a gigantic 69Kg preggie. OMG.. that's 13kg above my pre-pregnant state.
Yesterday's visit has confirmed that WZXMT is growing well at a normal rate, good weight of 1.2 - 1.5kg at week 29. Thus... it means that..... the weight is ON ME! Oh man.... how to lose the weight??!!
Anyway, we have decided to get Dr Edwin Thia to deliver WZXMT. He seems to be nice and patient dr, someoone else on the forum say so too... Hope that he will be available when WZXMT is ready to come bursting through his amniotic sac.
another 11 weeks and I will be a mommy... there is still a number of things to settle like sleeping place for WZXMT, the care for him after 4 months of my maternity. I have already ordered the confinement food, so food wise is settled for myself. For WZXMT, i hope to breast feed him and 4 months later, put him on brown rice milk once a day. But which milk formula to choose is a headache and which brand of diapers?
Slowly la... still got 11 weeks to think. LOL!
Time to get back to lesson plans for CD.. due tomorrow and I am not anywhere near the end... =P
hold me TIGHT; and NEVER let go*
tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
2:32 PM
On a sunday last year.. 2008.. still in the lunar new year period. We went to Danny's house for Lo Hei. That week was terrible. I felt neglected by WZNN.. he kept going out with Danny. I felt irritated started throwing temper at him. I scolded him, quarrel over the phone with him. He beared it all.. Though he too got upset by my scoldings and scolded me, he did not get angry for long.
That weekend, i offered to stay over at his place on saturday such that he dun need to fetch me from home to danny's place the next day. Surprisingly, he rejected me and say no need. I tot he rejected me because he wanted to meet up with danny that night. I was not wrong..
The next morning, WZNN fetched me at 11am. We Lo Hei like the past years. The Lo Hei was good, but too bad, i dun really eat raw meat. After eating, WZNN pulled me to the sofa and told me to sit with him and watch TV programme. Nothing much.. Kolvis (Danny's pet dog, WZNN's god-son) came by and try to get on the sofa with us. WZNN called him to jump up and was playing with him. Kolvis is really cute but also hum sub. he loves pretty girls, so i am always the one who is ignored by him unless there is no other girls around. =(
Suddenly, danny's mum pulled my hand to play with Kolvis, like to sayang Kolvis neck. I was mystified. WZNN suddenly jump up and said "blink blink". Zat came out of the kitchen with a large bouquet of flowers! WZNN took over the flowers, got a ring box from danny (who removed it from kolvis' neck) and kneel on one knee in front of me!
I was first stunned, then i started laughing and tearing. WZNN was incoherent.. i know he was trying to say something in English.. kind of like a proposal speech..but totally incoherent. With a soft curse, he spoke in chinese. He explained that for the past few days, he went out with danny to discuss how the proposal should be and getting the flowers from the shop. He then passed me the flowers.. 99 roses with one sticking out amongst the rest. He said:" The sole rose represent you...." I can't remmber every single word, as i was crying like nobody's business. He then took the ring box, and open it.. with a serious tone, he told me the box is empty because he wanted me to choose the ring myself, so he got the box, waiting for me to choose the ring with him one day. I was speechless and totally touched. I know we are on the path to marriage one day. I never thought he would propose to me formally! NEVER! He is always so realistic and not that romantic. Sweet nothings come infrequently and never praises me with words.
He asked, "will you marry me?"
His friends were cheering and chanting " yes, yes, yes yes..."
I nodded my head, gave a soft "yes".. danny's mum urged me to be louder.. i was quite embrassed but said yes, louder this time. In front of his friends, he gave me a kiss on my lips and sat down beside me. I buried my face into his chest and could not stop crying...
I love that moment. It is the sole moment of the lifetime. =D
Let the pic do the talking:
Since i am already here, i shall just continue with more snippets of our life. Trevor suggested a trial makeover for us (i din know it was him until much later.. thanks uncle trevor!). I forced WZNN to go. He worked night shift the day before. So immediately after he ended work, he went home to bath and we sent for the makeover. As it was troublesome to choose what coustume to wear, we decided not o change and just take photo in what we were wearing. As we did not want to join them as members, they simply gave us two pieces of complimentary photos (one was corrupted.. humpf):
On a weekend last year in sep, we went suntect for a bridal fair. I just want to see see look look. A lady approached us and got us to sit down. After listening to her and looking through the albums, we signed a package with them.. The bridal shop is WhiteLink. After signing with them, then we realise that it is one of the best bridal shops around. Recently, i am hooked on the forum with few other WL brides. It seemed like WL is really reputable. The price is not cheap, but i think it should be worth the money.
We went for gowns fitting in late feb. I had fun changing in and out various gowns. WZNN was simply drolling over what he sees me in. Some were not flattery like the mermaid cut which exposed my fat legs. But other cut that draws attention to the chest area suits me to core. We settled in a pure white wedding gown and a chili red chinese cut evening gown. I love what the designer and coordinator had choosed for me. We will be going for trial makeup and fitting next wed, 3rd june and the photoshoot will be on 15th june. Seeing the pic of other WL brides, i am very very excited!!
Anyway, we have set our wedding to be on 21st nov 2009 at RELC Tang Courts. The guest list is difficult, but will manage somehow. Still toying around with many ideas. Guess eventually it will just be more relatives.. then it will be chalet party for friends.. anyway, i dun think i have so many friends who really want to celebrate my wedding..
hold me TIGHT; and NEVER let go*
tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Suddenly i remember that i have a blog. The last entry was like thousands of years ago... quick update (i know nobody is reading this blog anymore, but i just tot i could write so my own memory, should one day when i am gone, this will stay):
i have completed my practicum 2 at CHIJ SJC a month ago. Now is back in NIE for induction cum enrichment programme. I will be graduating in 2 months' time. i did practicum 1 at Serangoon sec. Mr Koh KT was my sup for both practicum. I am pretty happy that he is my sup as he is realistic and give good advice. Thought he look fierce, but he is just strict as he wants me to do well. I thought life would be difficult to teach in a girls' sch. But i was totally wrong at SJC. The girls were nice and some were thoughtful. I am a slow heater, I do not warm up to students that fast as i couldn't handle how far the relationship can go. I dun wan to be over friendly and in the end lost the stand as a teacher. Regardless, they do no pose big trouble for me. I will work hard and do my very best to teach them.
While i am slacking away at home for these two weeks, i tried to be more proactive in getting ready for my wedding. I know.. can get friends for help, but i have no idea what will happen and my friends are equally clueless like me. Hahaha.. i am a big addict to bride forum, made a few friends there and they provide good advice. I will be going for the trial makeup next wed and the photoshoot is on 15th june. We haven't decide on the location. Somewhere memorable.. hmm.. like TPY indoor stadium where we have tkd grading? i wan to add some tkd into the wedding as this is how we came to know each other. My bridal services is provided by Whitelink. MUA is names Emily. Anyway, will ask if we can wear tkd uniform for the photoshoot. If not, then i will try to add in tkd photo in the montage.
The actual day photographer is simon and videographer is johnny. Meng hwa engaged their services when he got married. They gave a good price. What attracted me was their humor and i felt at ease around them. Hopefully they will not disappoint me.
I am pretty vexed about the guest list. The space is so limited that i have difficulties in deciding who to invite as i have a super big family. I know, close friends... but still got collegues leh? If i dun invite collegues, then maybe things can be less complicated. I dunno la! irritated... see how in sep la..
i bought two pairs of heels to go with the wedding gown and evening gown. Actually i can't wait to see the gowns ready. But i am also afraid that i will see it being worn on others. I know off the rack gowns.. but i just dun wan to see with my own eyes ma..
Well, now with WZNN working at compinte and studying at the same time, finances is going to be bloody tight. I am really hoping that MOE will give out bonuses this july. Otherwise, i seriously cross my fingers and hope that the wedding cost could be covered nicely. I gauge the wedding will cost about 25k.. which about 15k is sure to have from my savings, about 2k has been paid. i wonder if we can really get the other 8k. That amount might be difficult for WZNN esp with the school fees. But i think should be able to get that somehow... maybe borrow from mummy and daddy? Hai.. if times weren't so bad, WZNN could have change job smoother, this headache would not be there.
Anyway, i have decided not to be so bothered, but to change my focus.
here are some pictures:
my 25th birthday
Trip to desaru.. 3 cars, ah peh, daddy and WZNN (all cars not featured.. only the beach is)
My little nephew born on 07.07.07
Will update some past events in NIE, practicum school and... The Proposal
tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
11:45 PM
alright, more updates more updates.. as if it's of any importance.
Well, school's fine, had great fun in all the ICGs. As all the assignments datelines are hot on heels, hard not to be stress. But still, peidi is coping well. The stress is not from school, rather, from human relationship.
Too much shit to talk about. WZNN fell out with the "bright" side of megaforce team. Non of my business. It is a two-way effort. If your boss don't give a damn about your life and gave no respect to your family. When u feel oppressed in a society that pays u no money but expect lots from you without expecting to give you any recognition. For what **## that you stay on, right?
Whatever happens between the people involved, all who were not present should not have any comments. If you already hold a prejudice, then don't influence others. Lots of crap from me...
I am lucky and I know.
hold me TIGHT; and NEVER let go*
tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Monday, August 13, 2007
4:11 PM
Life's good in PESS (Physical Education & Sports Science)! Pay to play everyday.. haha! But timetable is really not that nice to me. I dun mind staying back on mon, wed and fri.. BUT BUT BUT!! The timetable ends at 7.30pm on tue and thus! My precious two days where i will meet my darling tkd kids.. Really shitty. Hopefully next semester will be better.
I miss the tkd children... miss them.. sob sob..
Alright, better give some updates on my life, if not friends will say:"NO NEWS AT ALL!" heh heh heh.. all u guys want is some juicy news and gossip right? Umhem.. I dun have any!
Anyway, I kind of like my class- PGDE 3D- Yr 1. We are relatively close, except for a few who has gf/bf outside of our class. They are, most of the time, not with us, for lunch, for activities or what-so-ever. For our inter-class-games, we had finished volleyball, basketball, touch rugby, badminton. Currently we are in the 2nd rounds of soccer.. heh heh.. I hope that we can do even better in the next round of soccer to emerge the Champs of soccer!
A lot things I see in NIE, a lot of issues to handle and learn. I have learnt so much from my friends in terms of time planning and relationship issues. They might not have realised it, but I am learning oh.. Haha!
Now got to call up the schools for my GESL proj. I hate GESL proj, so non-instrumental!
Update u guys soon.. pls bear with me!
hold me TIGHT; and NEVER let go*
tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
4:08 PM
Registration at NIE. I like my matric card this time round. No more ugly pic like the one i took when entering NUS. Hahaha!
WZNN & me sent the car for sevicing before having breakfast in Mac. After bading goodbye to the cute auntie at Mac, we went to register at NIE. No problem with finding my way! yay.. just within 1 hr, i spent $200+ on reg fees, P.E. camp & locker rental. Wah.. xiong..
I saw Hong stading in the Q beside mine in the hall and i gave her a hard smack on her butt without a second warning. And... as usual, she spin ard and SCREAMED when she saw me! not a big problem if the hall was noisy, but it was silent and hush hush place.. her scream was greeted by "shhh" from me & WZNN. Ha! Silly girl, told her i am doing P.E and Bio as my teaching subjects, yet she claimed that she wasn't expecting me. Chey..
After collecting the goodies, we went back to the servicing center.. the 'baby' wasn't done yet. So we went to the lounge. After some half hour online, WZNN got bored and took a nap on the sofa while i continue to read my book "Thai Girl". At 5pm, we decided to scan the car park area for 'baby'. The number of cars lining up gave me real headache. Just as we decided to give up and return, i saw 'baby' just around the corner, sparkling and ready to go home.
Later in the evening, we met up with zhou and ming for a game of pool before sending me home.
I saw my posting! SW msg me to inform me of my posting, i couldn't believe my luck. erm.. good or bad, i am not commenting now. I am being posted to do P.E and Bio in Maris Stella High. Muahahahaha! Hi shao xiong, i am coming to give u headache in your dept! I am looking forward to the briefing tml and MSHS life (for 1 month) in next week. Thanks in advance to SW's mummy for driving us tml.
I have been reading my friends' blog.. Weiling-mei sounded sad in her previous entry, but i know she will recover soon. Somehow, i feel that she is somewhat like me.. haha.. deep depression but with super high heights. I feel so warm by her siblings and brother-in-law's replies to her confession of depression. Dan's blog on ppl who like him have multiple health problems but living fulfiling lives touches me so deeply. Gosh, i am so emo! Dan said to hell with self-pity and emo of like. i agree, we can control our lives!
T sir's wife got dengue fever in Indonesia, she is getting out of hospital today, i pray that she will recover soon. Sir will be going over to Indonesia tonight, dun worry, i will take care of the classes this week. Last sunday at RTC, J sir commented that he would like to go into semi-retirement and asked if i would like to take over his place. No way, too heavy... that was my reply. *Grinz*
Father's Day---
We (my family, WZNN & me) went KTV at Ming's arcada basement. Xiangming helped us booked a room. Each person ended up paying $10.50 only. Cheap right?! heh heh heh.. I bought Happy meal for lunch.. I got Cordy!
Erm... seemed like my story is not in chronological order.. but who cares.. my life has always been so messy. Hahahahaha!
just one more little to juan juan mdm: Juan, don't be afraid, have confidence in yourself. Sir agree with me that you are cute and pretty. Speak up like how u always speak to us. Be brave! I support u!!
hold me TIGHT; and NEVER let go*
tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Friday, June 15, 2007
11:29 PM
I saw... One of my last year's tuition girl's testimonial in the front display of the tuition center. Her bio improved from B4 to A2. Well, not my effort i will say... as Evan took over 2 months before O levels, but it was still nice. She mentioned about thanks to the notes given.. umhmm, i wrote the notes! Muahahaha! Satisfaction! Serious. Peidi is a happy girl. I guess it's time for me to stop addressing myself as a girl. Hmm, a lady, young lady.. but but but.. i am NOT lady-like. Heh heh heh..
09/01 is having a gathering at my place on next sat! Yay! no need to worry that we will disturb other diners in coffee shops or restaurants! but food is a problem.. i think in the end, we will end up with different food that do not complement, and it's just eat whatever u see la! Regardless, i am looking forward to the gathering, although some good buddies are not able to come.. like Ah Jing, Eng and Diputs. Humpf.. sad sad sad... i wonder, after this gathering, when will be the next. As we start to work, have family. Maybe the only other time we will gathering will be during someone's wedding, housewarming and children's birthday party.
Just now, I went out for dinner with Yi together with WZNN, Ming and Zhou. Ming met Yi before, and that time sparks didn't fly. This time round seemed different. Haha! When ordering drinks, Yi wanted lemon barely, but WZNN forgotten to say lemon. The uncle walked away without hearing the post-order or lemon. Seeing that Yi didn't get what she wanted, Ming stood up and chase after the uncle to re-order her lemon barely. Kek kek kek.. such a gentleman. Even Zhou acted weirdly. He played along with us! normally, he will be the spectator. BUt today, when we asked him to move closer to yi, he did stupid things like shifting the 20 sticks of satay on his plate instead of shifting the staty plate away to make space. Wah lao.. what's wrong with the two guys today? Heh heh heh.. Yi's charm is sooooo... ermm.. =P
When i told Yi that Eng mentioned that Ah Da said Yi had became prettier, that silly girl was simply over cloud 9. She couldn't stop laughing and grinning from ear to ear!
Gosh.. silly. I am happy that she got a job. Just last night she told me she was jobless, 24 hours later, she is employed! Ha ha! good good good.
Alright, gotta go and sleep. Need to wake up early to pack the stacks of paper that have been packed in the dark corner of the cupboard since a freshman in NUS.
One of my favourite pictures. Jun (my niece) and WZNN. Isn't that SWEEEETTTT?
hold me TIGHT; and NEVER let go*
tAke my H@Nd; and GUiDe me through*
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
12:24 AM
my dearest daddy and mummy are home from tibet! yay.. no more maggie mee and takeaway food.. LOL..
we sisters had done well on last sat in the preparation for the prayers to ah ma without mummy around..
we woke up ard 5.30am and started cooking.. er gu came by at 9 with some dishes while da gu and si gu came ard 10 plus with the roast chicken and duck.. and we had fun with throwing the 2 coins (as indiators if ah ma has arrived for the feast).. everyone made their offerings and after some 15 min then i realise that we didn't ask ah ma if she has reached our place for the feast.. lol! bro got it at the first attempt. It must be because ah ma felt happy that bro was at home to invite her for the feast. i prepared bobo chacha too.. but it was not very pretty.. taste alright.. but need to improve more.
Here's a pic of our proudest dish - cabbage wrap minced meat:
My aunts kept asking me about the dishes.. Haha.. i must say, the presentation was done by me, but ultimately the taste (very much dependent on the fillings) was determined by my da jie.. She was the one to put all the seasonings.
After a morning of cooking and attending to our relatives, us, the four siblings fell asleep together in the living room until er gu came by again in the evening to help us reheat the dishes. Luckily er gu and her whole family had dinner with us, if not, the amount of food that we have left from lunch would feed us for another few weeks!
I left after dinner with WZNN to fetch his grandparents to the temple, returning home near midnight. WZNN watched tv through the night while i (again) feel asleep on the sofa. (Mocha really don't work for me! I won't be kept awake by it..) At 4 am, bro came home from a night out with his friends and woke all of us up. By 4.15am we were all ready to set off to the airport. I took WZNN's car while my bro drove my sisters. My silly bro, didn't keep close to us and didn't know which terminal to go. He ended up in T2 while we were suppose to go T1. Luckily, i called my sis before they alight. Anyway, we had to wait for at least another half hour before seeing daddy and mummy. The airport was cold and my little sis kept herself warm by eating sweets and imagining herself in the desert.. Ha! Funny girl.. acting abnormally since entering JC.
Daddy bought 2 bottles of Vodka absolute for WZNN and a Chivas regant for bro. They came back with 4 bags more than when they flew off. We head straight to Geylang for tau hue and pork-floss pies before going home. Hahaha.. this is the reason that all of us woke up at 4 am.
Once hitting home, my little sis and bro drift into dreamland immediately. WZNN helped daddy to set-up the camera and display all the pictures in the com while me and da jie helped to unpack. My parents bought back whole box of books about tibet and chinese-tibet medication. Of course there are food and lots of "tian -zhu". Mummy gave each of us (the girls) a 999 silver bangle while bro and WZNN got a beaded braclet with a "tian zhu" for good health
See my parents' blog for pictures they took while in China... =
Also, here are some picture to show what we had done while our parents were away:
Making Dumplings with my cousins
uncooked
my little niece.. well-known in our block as the "dancing mei-mei"
She is really good in shaking bom-bom.. now her hands and legs are synchronizing. And she can call us "Yi" already.
The finished products..
No.. next few pictures ARE NOT THE INGREDIENTS!
Gena's hamsters staying over at my place for half a year gave birth! The hungry father...
The caring mother...
And the babies...
One week plus from birth.. now they are fats cuties with some hair and half opened eyes.. Pretty!
