Sunday, February 28, 2010

Japanese Salad Dressing

 


For me, this is the winner.

We've tried several salad dressings now and my search for the yummy Jap dressing is over.

It is not too tart, it is tasty with soy sauce, vinegar and vegetable oil/sesame oil...not sure if yuzu was in it as well.

You can get this bottle at Meidi-Ya Supermarket at S$4.80.
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Hobbit Toes

 


I just noticed my swollen toes.

Yikes.

The watch on my wrist is also having a bit of tightening issue.

Thanks to the weather lately?

I hope I am not developing a case of pre-eclampsia.
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The Good & Not-so-good About NUH

Having gotten used to/ spoilt by the dedicated service of Raffles Hospital, here's my take on the good and bad sides to going to NUH:

The Bad
The waiting time is way longer ;
More people in the waiting lounge;
The seats are uncomfortable (otherwise there are only 4 couches available);
There's only water dispenser as opposed to hot-drink dispensing machines;
The staff makes it a point to flash price charts at you;
The recept staff pushes a pee stick to you (& expects you to know what to do with it) and expects you to take your own weight when you've just handed them the used stick;
Parking is an issue;
You don't get to see your baby at every visit 'cos there's no ultrasound machine in the gynae's room;
You have to wait again to take an ultrasound since the machine is in another room;
You don't get to pick and choose your next appointment date.

The Good
They offer to guide you through the delivery and post-natal wards;
A water birth mid-wife is assigned to you;
The hospital promotes in-rooming with your baby;
The bill is half of what I used to pay.

The bad outweighs the good but I'm keeping the big picture in mind - I know Wei & I will be in good hands for Bud's arrival on D-day and that's all that matters, ultimately.

Monday, February 22, 2010

My Humpty Dumpty

On the last day of the CNY holidays, Wei & I did some grocery shopping for dinner to be cooked.

We were at the car park heading towards the car.

The next thing I knew, I saw Wei on his side, laying on the floor with the 2 armful of shopping bags, motionless.

I cried out and in my pregnant, ass-swelling state, I touched him to see if he could be helped up.

I remember 2 cars heading out and they must have witnessed the commotion.

It was an epoxy flooring and a small pool of what looked like oil, blood or red-liquid of some sort.

According to my Humpty, he said thanks to bball that he learnt the art of fall smartly. He was motionless for a while 'cos he was trying to access his body damage, if any.

He could have hit his head on the cement block. That person on the floor could've been me.

Silly guy was more worried about the goods in the bag being damaged.

It was a close one that still makes me shudder.

Free Spirit

 
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There's something about this shot that I like - never mind that the husband looked white as sheet.

There's a certain energy from the photo that speaks to me.

Maybe it's because at least half of them weren't looking into the camera and the frozen moment in time captured the light-hearted event.

Maybe it's the 2 dudes at the back with their fist pumped in the air.

It's cozy without being too posey.

I just like it.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Glam Cam: 34 weeks

I haven't gone window shopping for a while and what's a girl to do when she's got some time to kill? Try on some clothes, of course.


I was tempted to get something pretty to wear for the Lunar New Year. With a few more weeks to D-day, I walked away & made do with my existing wardrobe.


Still I had fun changing into the various outfits.











All clothes from Topshop

Friday, February 19, 2010

Ever Wonder About Print Ads?

I just couldn't figure it out......




Like why in the world is she cross-eyed in this picture?



or why does she look so pained to be carrying the bag?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

A Stupid Swell

In case you didn't get the butt of the joke, the acronym from the title of the blog spells "ass".

From lifeisajoke.com

This cartoon set the general tone for my whole of last week.

After being sent home to rest for 3 days (of course going in to work even for a couple of hours on a daily basis didn't help the situation much), the swelling persisted and it made sitting really excruciating and standing unbearable. This is a stupid thing to have.

Sharon cracked a joke to make light of the situation and I guess I couldn't see light in the tunnel to laugh at myself. Then she said something like it's part of being a mother - not the words I wanted to hear but it drove the message home. I was being a baby. I wanted to wallow in self pity and lament why my smooth expectancy didn't take me all the way to delivery.......sentiments that weren't helping myself at all. Sharon has gone through this twice now and she should know what pain is. I'm just at the tip of the iceberg and already I'm willing to throw in the towel.

I went back to the GP who in turn got me an urgent appointment with the Colorectal Specialist in the same afternoon. He said that I had probably seen/felt the worst of it and it doesn't look very 'angry' like the way I described it. Surgery is not an option this late in the pregnancy and it may recur again. The only thing I could do now was to control and reduce the swelling, continue to eat my roughage and wait for Bud to pop.

I felt despair upon hearing that nothing could be done. As the news from the Specialist wore on, I felt an inner peace with the situation. The only way is up from here; I couldn't expect a miracle cure 'cos there was none. If it was going to be a long road to recovery, so it will be.

I think I ran Wei pretty thin as well for the week. Poor fella had to fight traffic home from work to bring me food with greens. He took care of me and my ass when I was too scared to even touch or look at it.

He bought me a donut seat for the office.

I made peace with the swell, laid my cushion of air on my office chair and got to work.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Sent Home To Bed Rest

I cannot believe that I got sent home to rest for the next 3 days.

I can hardly sit still so this is a welcome reprieve. But with a colleague taking quite a long break ahead, this ordered holiday seemed extravagant to take.

I knew there was going to be a downside to this pregnancy sooner or later. I've been having it good for the past 6-7 months....too good to be believable.

If I can take this pain in the ass, I should be able to take the surges in labour.

I just hope I don't have to bear the constant pain and discomfort to the next month until Bud emerges.

I think the problem was serious enough for the GP to call Dr. Chong up on medicative solutions.

I hope the pain goes away....soon.

I feel like a blooming baboon.
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