Time flies..
Day 1 of a new week is back again.. November will soon be here to stay and will the rain clouds come by too - to remind us that it is winter soon?
Bosses not around. And this is my other sentiments of today:
昨天是个" 大日子"，今天很多人没有来上班。。。
Who's big day?
That "ah lian" in my company's Wedding Banquet(& Birthday)
I know its rude to call her 'ah -lian" but i know she wun mind...
Apparently rich lor, i guess she got a wedding planner company to 'bao' all her videos, camera, banquet and all.
And her 'face-very-big' - although dun have bosses around this time, she has VIP table not just for her relatives but her guests.
And some colleagues were involved in her wedding prep, thus they all took leave today..
I reach Amara hotel at 8 plus, i tot i was late cos i "over-napped".
BUT i was not late - consider the rest were too early (most of them girls from Operation Depts) - were snapping picture non stop - some were dressed up like D&D.. hehe.. but its good to see how a Globelink family celebrate their colleagues wedding dinner.
Heng, i was not too bad looking either for a preggie lady. =P
Cos i was wearing my brand new yellow dress which caught my eye at AMK Hub after my lesson in the afternoon - it was a chiffon yellow dress with chiffon flaps v-neck down the chest and i liked it (Jul liked it too!) as it was not too thin chiffon. I din even try on cos since its one size anyways. (U can see when I upload pic to FB tonight... wow, I got a lot to upload! including the chalet pics on Friday.... )
So after walking around the shop - i think its call Top 20, or something -2nd floor, take escalator from 1st floor - can see the shop on the left hand liao.
i decided not to resist - i parted with 33 bucks from my wallet.
Dinner only started at 9 plus. We were all famished and after every one got into the ballroom, my table was anticipating the couple to walk in and start dinner. But,they wanted 6 mins more from us to play the cartoon clip of how the both of them met. Apparently it was so detailed, i think i do know more abt this colleague of mine.. love maranthon as they knew each other since 1996 and persisted in their love. They ROM on 2002. I think they are those 'dream-wedders' - thus use 6 yrs to plan this wedding banquet and save up money to dump on this special event!
4 videos, 4 gown change plus 3 different march in styles, and 1 birthday cake:
1. traditional couple wedding march, 2. Groom walked in and wait for bride to walk in - in a hand held mask (akin masquerade), 3. walk in with violin-player (but i feel its just an act- not the real violin sound)
Throughout dinner - there were not just the 'morning session videos'...
(Akin to Fann/Christopher, they had their 'morning groom fetch bride ceromony' at Amara hotel.....)
Also the video clip of their Taiwan photoshots! ( just like those we watched of F/C in Maldives) - showing the my colleague, Valerie in her nice gowns posing in the freezing strong taiwan wind - of cos the pictures all turned out very nice
Last but not least - a video recording of the bride's very long, thank you video (pre-recorded) played for guests to see. (She explained she would freak out on stage and plus (Ah-lian) she not very good with words one.. but very good at "shouting" - serious!)
But i would prefer if she did not have to look and read line by line from her clipboard. Really lose the human touch and sincerity..
Yes it was a different wedding dinner -but it started too late. Banquet only ended at 11.30pm..
Yam dessert was not nice =(
But okay, it was a fun filled night - with colleagues.
Thus i guess this 'freshness' has sustained me this morning..
I would be sleepy - cos i did not had a good sleep last night - i lay in bed, read my book, play my game, but still couldn't sleep until like 3am!
Was flipping in bed to get into a comfy position... i am afraid im beginning to dread sleeping at night - all becos of this 'little' tummy of mine... =(
Rewind:
Friday -
After appt at Changi, i went to Simei to get a gift for Jul's birthday. He had wanted a soccer tights. (to prevent him from injury that will scrap his butt/thigh skin off when he slide his opponents on the field - so far working well)
Since the cheesecake was quite a failure, i was not confident anymore to be able to bake him one within such a short time. Thus, the tights would be his gift. He currently has one but its a swimwear tights.
Got home and work abit then Jul returned from work. We proceed to the chalet.
The SAF Chalet was a very nice one! Very much like a resort, very well facilitated, large bathrooms, sleek TV and aircon and it has mini kitchen, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, all sea view one - so very relaxing feel. As it was a friday, there was not much crowd and thus it was more of a 'private' resort feel that we got. Very shiok!
Together, there were 6 couples , including Jul and me. And it was such a coincidence, we got changed into brown tops and black bottoms that night.. hehe.. so sweet.
I was quite hooked onto the “家好月圆” which was playing in the TV in the living room. I was asked not to go near the soot and heat. I did helped myself to the marshmallow though eventually. Yummy!
After we were full, we cleared up and brought all the leftover food into the chalet -and turned on the aircon. It was entertainment time..
I joined Yanlin, Adel's husband, Shawn and Jen's bf, Kenny at mahjong and then at midnight we celebrated Lynn's (and Julian's) birthday. We had shared money to buy Lynn a makeup palette and for Julian (i have no share in this gift), they bought him a beanbag (from Sydney -->cos i think it was cheaper) and they even bought him 3 bags of 'styrofoam" for him to fill the beanbag... (but what is his, is also mine.... keke)
Then the games continued.
The rest were very entertained with our Wii set - they were playing baseball, boxing, tennis and bowling. Cos got penalty - so things were very fun. They even paired up and in the end, Julian & Jennifer had the lowest score at bowling and had to finish 1.5 litres of water.
Then, Wanyu and bf,Thomas went home as the bf need to work the next day.
Left with 5 couples, who was to camp behind. I was hesistant at first cos it doesn't seem we had enough bed space. But i had wanted to hear more of the sea waves the next morning (yes i haven been to sea for a long long time!!!!).. and thus we decided to stay behind.
Bathing in the large bathroom was a luxury.. everything was brand new and clean. Staying behind meant that the 3 girls (lynn, yanlin and me) had to endure "cramping" into one queen size bed.
The gals were amazed i had such energy as a preggie mum to stay awake till wee mornings. i explained that i am 'playful' so when there is company, i will stay around and awake as well.. Frankly, i also have no good answer why i could stay up so late.... I only caught some winks, cos jul was not beside me. It was also my first time sleeping beside Yanlin... keke.. (i told her i shy, haha!! Hilarious!)
Then I woke up at ard 9 and walked to where Jul was sleeping and joined him. We snuggled together for a while then realised the rest also got up already one by one, couple by couple...
Saturday:
I assumed all of us din have enuff sleep - cos some stayed up to watch video clips of "Xin Guang Da Dao" from Kelvin's laptop.
The guys went to Changi market to buy brekkie..and guessed what - i was so pleased when i saw this indian food - "Putu mayang!" - seeing it is just like seeing my childhood friend!
Seeing putumayang also killed my craving for hotcakes instantly at that moment. Hehe... Im really crazy abt the orange (brown) sugar... not so much the coconut shavings.
hehe... And there were other food, like buns, fried carrot cake and chwee kway.. After that, we all bid goodbye to Jennifer and Kenny - kenny was the one who is with SAF and was able to ballot for such a nice place for us.Taking this chance, the couple have asked other friends along, so they will be having bbq food for another 2 days (Saturday night and Monday night). Really admire their spirit of hospitality.
Rushed our way down to Dr Heng for our 11.25 appt, but she had earlier on went to deliver a baby - so there was a lot of "backlog" mummies waiting. I had to wait for an hour.... that i was feeling very lethargic and i was fearing Julian (who did not have enough sleep) would lose his patience sooner or later. I had gained 2kg this month, weighing at 53.2kg since september.
Baby Faith is 1.9kg at her 33rd week !!!
i did hope she was heavier. Cos it means she had only gained 700 grams since last month as she was 1.2kg.. but anyway Dr heng din say anything. Baby Faith was head down again this time. Her head is low down at my right side, her spine is on my left side and legs on my right. She was moving during the ultrascan thus the scan iof Faith's head din turn out very clear.
Next, they took a swap from my vagina - explaining that this is to test for bacteria/infection as this is the place (my birth canal) where baby would be passing thru when delivered. So if there are infection, have to treat early so baby would not get the infection at birth. If not, then its okay.
Was a 40 bucks test and i was kinda shocked - cos i din hear my online friend told me abt this test..
Anyway, not much answers i got from Heng cos she felt these questions I had for her were too early.. she say would discuss more in my next visit which would be in 2 weeks time. Unfortunately,they cannot fix it on Sat so i have to take half day leave on 10 Nov, Tuesday to see Heng after work - and to see how much have Baby Faith grown..and to discuss more question about delivery etc.. I did asked about going to the dentist. Cos i can feel a wisdom tooth trying to erupt from my limited gum space on my right upper gum.Drats! It bettet not give me trouble until i deliver. Limited space liao, i dunno where it will pop out from, probably this is another slanted growth - pls God dun let it "langga" my last molar....
We head home for nap. Until it was time for Julian's soccer. Then he sent me to Hougang Mall to pick up Wenlong and dropped me there for my manicure and shopping. Shopping wise, I burnt a 300 bucks hole in my pockets at Perfect mum for nursing bras - since they were comfy and were having promo -so i bought them at one go- have underwired and without wire ones. I need to wear at home too... for support of my breast during breastfeeding. So treat as investment bah. Then also signed their membership card since i hit 300 bucks of spendings. Perfect Mum has branches at Kovan Mall, Suntec and Tanjong pagar. The staff was also friendly and helpful.
From another 'kiddy' shop, I also bought for baby Faith - A pink baby cap (For her to wear on her birthday at ESH) and a set of white with pink linings cotton mittens and booties.. =)
Wanted to try to buy as much things possible from the Baby List that we have.
I will ask my mum what is receiving blanket... and how should it be like.. cos i dun wanna buy myself and get the wrong thing.
After that, i went to do nails at Hougang mall, took the LRT. Chose another pink hue for my nails..
Then was about dinner time so expecting Julian to tell me where they are and i will take cab down to meet them for dinner.
Julian was supposed to treat LA dinner as a form of his birthday treat. But things had went wrong at the Bukt timah field.
<Back from lunch....>
Wenlong had injuried himself and seemed like it was serious enough to have them call the ambulance to send him to NUH A&E. No one knew what was the condition, except that Wenlong could not walk by himself after his left leg was hurt. I wanted to keep Julian company, since he was alone at NUH, supposed to wait for Wenlong on his diagnosis, also dunno must wait how long. So i made my way down too by cab.
At NUH, Julian was playing PSP when i arrived. We waitied at the food court until Wenlong sms-ed us about his condition. We were expecting the worst. Like, he had broken his bones or something.. maybe he might even need to be warded. But thank God! The x-ray showed that there was no bone fracture. He did not need to be warded, but he had to use clutches and cannot strain his knee on his left leg. It was not casted in plaster just bandaged up from his lower thigh down -just to restrict his movements.
Wenlong was given painkillers and then asked to wait for their call to fix appointment with specialist.
After he got out from A&E, he was famished. So we went to Hougang for dinner. And the rest of LA arrived at the kopitiam too, to cheer him up using the "LA way" - teasing and suaning. Tiang called him "Tie Guai Lee".. which suited him very aptly that night.. Later the guys accompanied him back to his house as there was stairs he needed to conquer from the nearest lift to his flat... I guess his legs are thankful for this short bed rest. His painkiller were wearing off by the end of dinner.
Wondering if he has seen the specialist and have a detailed diagnosis done.
Jul felt he was to blame as he was the one who "jio-ed" Wenlong to this soccer match. He paid for the medicine and stayed worried and 'head-shaking' mood all night
(but it did not last, cos on Sunday, he went to play soccer with Ken)
Boys are boys - they are scare for awhile, then they forget about it. Jul calls it passion. He cannot live without soccer.
Sunday:
Julian had to be at showflat, we woke up, drove to AMK Hub and in time for some New York New York lunch.
We had teriyaki chicken chop, i ordered their cuppucino mushroom soup and a side order of mushroom fritters to share. For drinks, Julian was so satisfied with his "Rootbeer" size mug filled in his favourite Diet Coke and Vanilla icecream.
I ordered a hot chocolate (forgot to ask them to remove whipped cream - but heck - cos they decorated 4 marshmallow around the cup and made me laugh cos they looked like 'ears'!)
Was late for my lesson at Mrs Wong. Walked in and took my seat - the video was playing - already heard the woman in the video screaming in pain.. Haiz.. i cannot run away from this i guess. So right in my face, was video of a baby's crowning head peeping out from a woman's vagina.
This video, was something Julian should watch! (So he doesn't freak out on the actual day!)
I was also glad to have watched this video - cos i was kinda apprehensive to watch these videos alone by myself when I was selecting a few to watch in Youtube a few days ago... (i was afraid i might go into early labour!! haha)
Video in total showed 6 styles of birthing methods, including water birth which really amazes me - the way the nurse was there to ensure the baby was not in danger of gluping in water when she was out... the mum really pushed her out in that tub of water. Of course, part of delivering babies is the "labour" part - we had to be very patient when watching the mum go thru their labour -cos pain and endurance was the only word written on their face... plus a lot of deep breathing plus pushing. And a supportive hubby beside her.
The video gave me a mental prep for my actual delivery/labour day and i feel more prepared that this was what i would face. Epidural?... i am hesitant
1. Yes - i duno my threshold of pain towards the contractions which all women says are "terrible, menses pain x 1000 times".
2. No - I really would like to try not to have someone poke a needle into my back (spine) and later cause me side effects.
So would i endure the pain and all to avoid this?
Still a big question mark..
Julian is supportive i get epidural.. i guess he does not want to see me in pain. Guys do not like to find themself in a situation whereby they have no solution to and can only watch and see... I think if labour was our pain then when our husband watch us "suffering" - that is their pain.
For me, I would have to rely on his patience and presence. Will he do a good job?
Ok, i shall not frighten any unwedded/ unpregnant readers here. So i shall not go on.. Until i relate my own story about the day of God, Faith and me!
Like what Mrs Wong said: these videos was not to be showed to ppl who are not pregnant... becos they are not prepared.
Lesson ended and since i was unable to figure out if i had other questions for Mrs Wong so I left.
I shopped around at Top 20, as i wanted to get a cardigan. Took fancy on the yellow dress that i mentioned above.
I proceeded to SweetTalk and bought a green apple juice plus pearl! It was very shiok to munch and squash on them. I took Bus 25 and sat behind the driver, munching the rest of the pearl bubbles away.. while tuning to classical music.
Prep up at 648 for valerie's wedding dinner, while Julian went soccer with Ken.
This was my weekend..
And as im typing on a Monday evening, i am looking forward to my next weekend already.
Julian is going on a company trip to bangkok on Friday. I will be alone this weekend.
Before he fly, we will be having a birthday dinner at The Line on Thursday, his birthday.
It was planned that the HT gals will meet to buy gift for TYS's daughter's first month celebration. It would be held on Sunday, 1st Nov and it would be my first time going to his house too.
No additional plans yet - except i may plan a dinner at Mum's place this week. Maybe Friday. Need more meat for Faith.
Mrs Wong would be in Berlin for some discussion, so we will have our parentcraft lesson on 8th Nov instead.
No more need for manicure this week as my next wedding invitation is in Nov - it is jul's army friend - Soon's ROM. Congrats to him - for he has finally 'made himself" settle down with his Thai gf...calls for a celebration for the end of his bachelor lifestyle. His wedding banquet at Meritus Mandarin would be on 8th Dec, and this one i surely have to give it a miss. Jul will also decide if he wants to go.
Maybe a pedicure will be nice.. a "rub-a dub & scrub for the feet" as a "wind down" to the end of the day... change the striking pink colour to a lighter hue and let the nails rest soon in time to come.. yes, i will miss the colours..
Ok. i shall update you all again and upload more pictures!
Have a good week ahead peeps!
Love, Me.
Currently listening to: Din have time to on mp3 today at work
Currently reading: Re-reading "Blink"
Currently watching: One last email to VP then i shall go home
Currently feeling: Getting warmer in office! Drats!
Big Hugs, Small hugs, cute Hugs, smelly hugs, Bear hugs, quicK Hugs, LonG hugs...... 
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