A tribute to Yap Chin Yong

This is a tribute to my bil - Mr. Yap Chin Yong

Oh boy, I missed you! I know everyone will wonder how can a sister in law feel this way, and more so that I just married your brother in April. But yes, contrary to all beliefs, I really miss you. 

Whenever I'm watching spongebob, you'll be the first person who I'll think of. And you are also the first person who taught me how to eat right. I'm a very vain mummy, always thinking how fat I am etc, but you taught me that it's okay to eat carbs during lunch, cause my body will burn it off throughout the day. Just not to eat high carbs food at night right? See Cy? I remembered.

You weren't the fittest person I know, but overall to get a Gold for IPPT, yes, you really are physically fit. You are also quite into brands, donning on t-shirts frm CK and Levi's. You also always joke that I should sell my mum's landed property so that you can use the cash in casinos and multiply it by 3. Hahaha!! 

This was a pic of you that my uncle took at my wedding, where you were the ushers. Btw, did you know that I have friends who were saying that you look quite cute? You always were the better looking one. 

Oh well, I'm going to see you tomorrow so smile when you see me okay? :) 

Miss you little brother. I wished the army took you seriously. One harsh lesson learnt: NEVER EVER EVER ASSUME! I know now, don't worry.

You have yet to see how pretty Leia is. But like what your kor says: Reincarnate soon so that you can marry Leia. And in all honesty, if Leia has a hus like you, I'm very happy! Because I know I can trust my daughter in your care. :) 

Ginger cream review

So as most of you guys would know, I'm a user of Origins slimming ginger cream. And I was elated when a reader actually emailed me and asked me about it. 

Thus, here I am writing a true review on the ginger cream. This ISN'T a sponsored post, so Origins isn't paying me to say good stuff. 

I gave birth in Sept 2013 naturally and therefore could start my massage with the lady quite fast (I heard that c-sect mothers need to wait at least a month before they commence their massages). I enjoyed the WHOLE massage thoroughly. In fact, I actually managed to sleep throughout! Goodness galore. 

After an hour of body massage, 15mins is spent on the binding of the tummy. What was applied on the tummy was the ginger cream and slimming jamu/tepil paste. This was the result of my tummy after 5 sessions:

It's NOT entirely flat by then, but from having a massive bulge to this stage, I must say that the slimming cream applied on the tummy before the bind was good. :)

This other picture was taken 1 week ago when I went for my swim:

My pregnancy line is still there, it won't fade that fast. It's a sign of motherhood! Hahaha!! But anyway, yes, this pic was taken 1 week ago and no, I'm NOT breathing in or holding my breadth whatsoever. If you ask me if this ginger slimming cream works, I'll say def yes for me. =)

The slimming cream is a product of Taiwan, so you know you're not purchasing counterfeit china goods. It looks like this:

 

As You can see, it's a product made from Taiwan. I do hope this review would be quite useful for those who thought of giving the ginger cream a try. 

Last but not least, MERRY CHISTMAS PEEPS! 

Gonna do the ginger cream review after birth! Decided to do one as I received an email from a reader who caught me by surprise. Hahaha!! For ladies who wanna find out what works and what doesn't, stay tuned! 

Guess its time to wipe cobwebs away from this blog! :)

In the meantime, a mother-daughter photo! :)

It is really a great joy to be able to wake up to a laughing baby! Words CANNOT describe how I feel. 

To work or not to work?

So I was having a good convo with cw the other day about me going back to the corporate world. Yes! I know I'm mad what with elusyfcity and TheClothesShopp! I told cw that I'm abit bored staying at home. Maybe because I've left the corporate world for the past 8months! 

And mind you, with a desk-bound job it means theorectically, I'm having 3 jobs! 2 online and 1 offline. Ask me if I'm throwing TCS aside, the answer is NO! My hard labour, from sourcing garments to models. So no way am I giving that up! And not to forget losing all the weight to advertise my own clothes in my own body as well! Hahaha!! 

On a happier note - I'M NOW 46kg!! Yes! I dropped a whooping 8 kilos! So who says a woman can't go below 50 after birth! I've proved you guys wrong! :))

Okay, that's digressing now. Why

I'm in a Dilemma now is also because I'm having offers from 2 companies to be their marketer but I got to travel. Yep! Company A needs me to travel once every month - mainly to Malaysia and Vietnam! Company B needs me to travel as well mainly for their golf events! If I'm single or un-married then yes, I'll take the offers but now that I have Leia, it's hard to say yes.

And today, was the first day I actually stimulated Leia with a book! And she was all smiley and looking at the bright colors etc. A peekture of her smiling: 

Look at how cute she is!! Hahaha!!! After today's stimulation, I kinda regret started job hunting. I don't wanna miss these little details in her life. So I told myself, stop sending resumes out and just see what happens. 

And when I made up my mind (cause cw didn't force me to go back to work, he told me that I can stop work) StarHub and AsiaTravel called! CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I'M ACTUALLY WORKING FOR ASIATRAVEL.COM?? 

Just in case you guys dont know, AsiaTravel.com advertises on TLC! Urgh!! Such a good opportunity and yet I feel that I need to be home with Leia! 

Also, thank goodness cw and I signed for the flat! Cause with this new job and his new job, we actually won't be able to apply for a HDB a both incomes exceeds 8k! And honestly, no way am I staying in an executive condo! It's way too small for three of us! And we obviously can't afford a landed. The minimum is like 2.5mil? And depending on location too.

I know I should be thankful to be offered such good opportunities and somemore with traveling involved. And thank goodness the flat came before both of us commence on our new job, if not we gotta bid goodbye to a flat and say hello to small overpriced condo's! 

Sighs! A first world problem eh! On a side note - Trying to act all girly on a date with the hus:

I'm THIS tempted to buy slimming pills! I know, like wtf right? @_@!! 

Good night, little love! I'm thankful that even though you're getting more and more colic-ky and always crying, mummy still loves you.

Ask me if I'm afraid of her being whiny, my answer is no. In fact, I'll rather she whine as babies can't express themselves and if crying is their form of communication, at least when she cries, I know that my little lady would be in discomfort. :))

I love her from the bottom of my heart and really, even though I'm outside either at work or meeting clients, I just can't wait to rush home to look at her. 

I'm exhausted. Meeting potentials and settling a daughter ain't fun! But I've told myself, no matter how tiring it is, PERSEVERE! You never know what you'll get.

Its having the same concept for TCS! I told myself once I have my first parcel, more will come! And it really did. =)

For now, I just hope that everything will go smoothly for tomorrow's launch! In the meantime, I'm still looking for peeps who would like to share the biz for me.

On a side note, lots of compliments for this bustier dress!! :))

I'm looking for people who are interested to do business with me! :) 

My nature of business: an online shopping lifestyle portal. Think the whole stretch of orchard road combined into a one-stop e-commerce webby! Yes! I'm talking about 250 over merchants (international brands)!

My website will go live on 26th of October! In the meantime, please let me know if you guys want shopping vouchers. I have some to give away! So do support my shop! :) 

On a side note, a private closed door launch will be held at Expo on the 26th as well, and this is by invite only. I have 8 tickets to give away! So if you'll like to know what I'm up to, contact me for tickets! :) 

Miranda Kerr inspired skirt

TCS's next launch is on Thursday @ 8pm! In the meantime, we're selling Miranda Kerr inspired skirts! Visit: http://theclothesshopp.livejournal.com for more details

So my bdae was spent putting my daughter to bed and hurriedly heading off to get my glasses altered and getting a facial done. This is how my nose suffered from all the squeezing of blackheads which were stuck in my nose for 9 months. 

Surprised my hus with his favourite drink before dinner. It wasn't a sumptuous meal as I didn't know what I can eat outside that's confinement-ish so I just had hor fun which was simply delish! Hahaha!! 

Other confinement myths that I've busted which so far didn't cause me any health issues: 

1) Bathing - I know some ladies are stringent and some follow the rule of not bathing for one month, but I CANNOT abide my that, as the weather's too hot! In fact, truth be told, I've been bathing TWICE every day. 

2) Traditional confinement food - I don't know what's confinement food. To me, it's just loads of ginger and red dates tea. That's my main meals for lunch and dinner. As for bfast, I usually have half boiled eggs or cornflakes. My grandma did mention that I should avoid cold drinks, so for cornflakes, I'll have hot milk instead of the one from the carton. So I have no idea what's confinement bfast.

3) Sleeping in aircon room - Old wife tales said that the confinement lady shouldn't be exposed to wind. But no, hus and I would still on the aircon if the weather is too hot, and my daughter sleeps extremely well in the aircon room too. 

So these are some of the confinement myths that I didn't abide. I'm not sure if my body will suffer 10yrs later, maybe I'll blog about the aftermath 10yrs down the road. 

This is my happy baby for now:

I really love her big eyes!! 😍😍

Leia says good night for now! Ciao! 

Life made simple

Life as a mum has taught me many things - your life isnt that precious anymore. But in a good way because now, everything I do, I have to think about Leia first. Being a mum really made me change for the better like what my Hus says.

I wanted to get a confinement nanny to help out, which my mum there after insist not to as she is a nurse cum trained midwife, so she knows better. However, due to some posting issues, she couldn't take leave and thus, I'm left on my own. I almost broke down, without hus knowing, but like I said, with a daughter, you must be strong! I keep telling myself that if I collapsed, what will happen to my daughter. So yes, I put on a brave front and did what TMC taught me - from changing diapers, to feeding, to pumping of breast milk, to bathing even. 

I'm proud to say that I'm a mother of a 12 day old daughter, and I looked after her solely by myself! :) Yes, it very tiring. Nowadays, I'm having only 1.5hrs of naps every 5hrs of being awake (this is also because I must continue with the pumping of breast milk every 3-hourly).

My appetite has dropped, and I think due to the massages that I'm getting from the massage lady, I've somewhat slimmed down. I haven't tried on my usual clothing due to the stitches. So I really can't wait for them to recover and don on my shorts, tank tops etc.

Call me insane, but after my stitches are healed, I'll start my jogging regime! Hahaha!! I've been jogging twice a week pre-pregnancy, and this is going to continue no matter what. I'm THAT determined when it comes to slimming down, that's for sure! :) 

This is me, 4 days after giving birth: 

Hope I can regain my previous figure! 

Spree 2

So I'm glad my first ever spree went well. The only downside is that I gotta mail them tomorrow! But since I'm in my "confinement" days, cw will do it on my behalf. I finally know what its like to so called "start your own business". Very gratifying indeed!

 

And now, I can run TheClothesShopp and look after Leia all together. Take it as extra "pocket money" since I'm no longer in the corporate world.

 

My next spree is blazers! Available in black and white! :) Readers can find out more about TheClothesShopp by liking our Facebook page here.

 

Pictures of the blazers are attached. I personally love the white one. Too many blacks in the wardrobe can be a downer at times. Black = bleak = dismay.

 

 

 

Really love the white to bits! <3

Princess Leia

I shall not go into details of labour, mine wasn't really a "naturally feeling contraction" kinda labour, as I was being induced, but after 18 hours, my darling daughter was born. It was quite an abrupt moment when suddenly my gynae just put baby girl onto my shoulder, blood and all. I looked at her face, my first reaction to hus was "she's not crying" and because she wasn't crying, I started crying. @_@!! Yea, dumb I know! 

So he just kept quiet, maybe because he knows better or Sth, but even when the pediatrician came in to check on her, she wasn't crying as well. That's when I asked the gynae "my baby isn't crying." I really cannot help it. New borns are supposed to cry isn't it? I think I made cw nervous because he looked at my face and told me to mop that up. The worse news ever was when PD took Leia away and said Leia will be in the NICU for observation. That's the last straw I! And that's when I said "WHY????!!!!??" 

Bottomline: Never ever give a crying mother bad news, she'll shriek at you. Hahaha!!! I guess I behaved like a mad woman, but hey, you cannot blame me when after all the shit and induction you go through, they're taking your baby away to the NICU with your hus along but without explaining why. It was when cw was back that's when he explained that because my water bag burst for 18hrs and I had fever in between labour that she might be infected. If you look at her legs when she just came into this world it's all pale: 

So hence that 1hr stay in NICU! But 1hour later, PD came back, said she's all rosy now and screaming at the top of her lungs! So yes! That one hour wait wasn't that bad too because after 18hrs of labour, they'll still ask you for your order of food! Hahaha!! 

I request for breastfeeding even though my milk hasn't been out yet, as I wanted to latch her on to stimulate the flow, hence I'm up at this hour blogging about this! Thanks to all those who came to visit Leia! 😁

And I'm extremely sorry about the incident about Cw's boss! He came with some colleagues over and when cw intro-Ed me to them, I blatantly said "oh... So he's the mean and lousy boss" RIGHT INFRONT OF THE BOSS!! Yes!! I know right! Sounds like some chick lit shit that happens. And I didn't even realised it till the next day! @_@!! 

This is totally my fault! No excuses whatsoever for my behavior! The ONLY consolation I can tell myself is - maybe this boss of his might actually get some little hint and change. =X But okay, my fault I know! Now I feel soooo bad and feel embarrassed for cw as well! Doesn't reflect well on him that his wife is behaving like that too! 

Moving onto lesser gloomy things, peektures of Leia, cw took this when I'm carrying her and I loved it when she's looking at me! 

Okay! Time to self-reflect! Bye now!!! 

My first ever spree accomplished! Jackets will take 5 days to arrive, afterwhich I'll be mailing them out at my earliest! Do not be alarmed if I can't mail them if by then, I'll be in the hospital or doing my confinement, hus will be mailing out the parcels on my behalf! Thanks for supporting TheClothesShopp! Webby will go live this month - dates to be confirmed.

This sticky describes my life now:

Spree #1

As the title suggest, this is a spree for jackets in this insane cold weather. I have only 8 more slots left, so do let me know if you're keen! Email me at theclothesshopp@hotmail.com or leave comments on either my Facebook or theclothesshopp Facebook page. :)

Peektures are shown below. These jackets come in pink, black and brown! You can get these for SGD$19.90 WITH FREE NORMAL POSTAGE! So don't wait!

I was looking at some of my friends family portrait and I felt sooooo heart warming. It's something I can't explain explicitly. I think this is something only mummies/daddies can feel. And no, it doesn't mean that because you're not one, you won't feel that warmth! It's just.... An unexplainable feeling! Haha!

Yes, we're all ready for little lady's arrival! Am hearing diff stories from diff mummies. So what I concluded on my own is: All natural and if possible (I dunno the strength of my willpower), no epidural! I told hus to remind me of constant future back aches and since he is giving me a 1-room stay in a private hospital, I'll save that 1k for him! We'll see how I fare.

My hospital bag is all packed now. Mummies-to-be, just a run down on what I'm bringing:

1) A whole pack of sanitary pads (overnight)

2) 2 packs of disposable undies

3) Baby clothes (I ziplocked them as its cleaner this way and easier to find everything in that ziplock)

4) Marriage cert (to register Leia; saves the hassle of going down to immigration center)

5) Admission letter + IC (I've put them

in a wristlet and placed it at the side pocket for easy removal at the hosp)

6) dry shampoo + dry body wash 

7) breast pump (I'm delivering at TMC and I know lactation nurses are there every morn, so best to bring the pump and bombard them with qns)

8) nipple cream

9) nursing bra 

10) 5-6 pcs of breast pads 

11) going home clothes for yourself

12) shower gel for husband (cw will be staying overnight with me at the hospital since its a 1-bedded so I'm preparing the shower gel for him)

A picture of my bag (I've placed my breast pump in a diff carrier):

Those in white are the breast pads and ziplock with Leia's clothings! :)

I just hope mummyhood will be a good journey for me! 

And because I don't need to be induce since Leia is at a healthy weight of 2.4kg,  I'm definitely a very happy mummy! Hahaha!! At least this means that my daughter can choose to come out when she wants to - when she feels it ready to see the world. 

In addition, I'm currently 1cm dilated. Mil says once dilation starts then anytime soon. Abit TMI here, but to mummies-to-be who wants to know how we are checked for dilation - your gynae will simply put her finger into your vagina, all the way into your cervix and well, measure. @_@!!

So now hospital bag has been partly packed. Waiting for some items like dry body wash and dry shampoo to be here. I really don't know how I'm going through labour pains. Loads of mummies told me don't even bother taking epidural as it will cause very frequent back aches and you'll suffer in the long run, so I'm trying not to opt for epidural. 

Like I said, it's either I die inside the delivery room or I come out with Leia. But for now, time to do my hair and make things easy for confinement. I'm not sure if I'm dating enough to opt for a pixie-style bob. I'm not Emma Watson, I can't pull that style off, but for the sake of confinement, I'll have to seriously think it through. 

This is a happy me now! 

Yes, I know I'm getting chubbier! Boo! 

I'm in trimester 3 now and honestly almost 1 more month to go! Cw and I are hoping for the best that Leia comes out when she feels like it. But of course, my bag is almost packed in case she hafta be out next week! Breast pumps are even packed. Even cw's bath soap as we opted for a single room so he is staying overnight during my length of stay! <3

So far, in case some mummies-to-be are wondering what pregnancy is like - All I can say is, I only get to enjoy trimester 2. My whole trimester 1 was a nightmare and while trimester 2 saw me eating a lot and gaining the much needed weight (my pre preg weight is 40.7kg), trimester 3 was a bout of giddiness and nausea. I literally have to hold food in to avoid me from purging.

However, having said that, I must emphasise that ALL pregnancies are different. So please, it doesn't mean you guys will go through whatever I'm going through, I've resigned to fate that I'm just one of those unfortunate souls. But it's okay, the final lap is almost here. :)

Little lady's stuff has all been bought. I just need Cw to head down to the biggest baby fair in expo to get more diapers. We so far have 2 packs of NB (new born - I can't believe I'm in the mummy lingo now) which might only last us 2 weeks. But we daren't stock up on diapers as babies feed and grow up so fast, soon, Leia will be wearing size S/M and all the NB diapers will go to waste.

But okay, enough of babies stuff. All you readers would boycott my blog soon. 

Anyway, not sure if most of you guys know, TheClothesShopp (TCS) is moving to a .com soon! Live in sept! Dates TBC but I'll give a shout-out once we are nearing. Go and like our FB page and share it with your friends! :) 

Little men and little ladies clothes are on sale too! :) Despite all the shit I go through this pregnancy, this is what keeps me going:

And yes, to all customers - please wash baby clothes first before wearing on kiddos. Not that the clothes we sell on TheClothesShopp are dirty, but children's skin are really more sensitive! 

Okay! Gonna go and rest now! Shall blog about what's coming in store on TCS soon too! Find out what's boiling.. Stay tuned! 

I can't sleep! The thought of giving birth next week is starting to freak me out. I've actually asked V "what if I don't love her? Like I'm gonna regret giving birth to Little Lady" but V said that she can totally understand where I'm coming from seeing that like me, she opted for abortion as well just that her Mil stopped it as they are against it.

Unfortunately for her, she's only living for her son now. So maybe I'm more fortunate in a sense where at least I have a hus who is in sync with me. Who can understand where I'm coming from, and if he doesn't, he'll make known to me his stand. But okay, enough about lovey-dovey shit. And I'm sure you guys are so darn sick and tired of pregnancy/baby stuff. So here's a pic of the vain me again. 

I kinda miss times when I can go out and partay, drink till I'm dead drunk (not missing the hangover part though), and do other girly things. But now, I'm facing more serious issues like responsibility! I believe that God has a plan for all of us, maybe he wants me to take up responsibility like anyone else! And yes, I really do hope I won't fail him. 

Please teach me how to be a good mummy! I just want Leia to turn out the EXACT opposite of me. That's all I ask for. 

This is my life in a nutshell before Leia is born! Let's see how my life will be when my daughter comes into this world.

I'm an extremely happy girl today! Reason being: hus knows how to treat me well. Okay, I know every woman will be like "hello! That's the basics of a r/s" and yes I do admit, the fundamentals to a good and healthy r/s is one whereby there is mutual respect. And guys must always know how to treat a lady well. 

But after sat's quarrel when hus left the house and I just stayed in fuming, today I apologized to him. Yes, I put down my pride and said sorry! I know some girls might go "don't be ridiculous, a guy should apologise first" but I know pregnant or not, I shouldn't say accusing/hurtful things to my hus. 

When I saw my hus crying on sat, it broke my heart. But I felt happy, cause only a guy who truly loves you would do that. <3 So yes, FULL MARKS PLEASE TO MY HUS in the love department. Hahaha!!! 

This screen shot is how scared hus was on coming home. He wanted to go back to his mum's place as he thought that if I were to look at him, I would feel like strangling him and if he is using the computer to game, I would feel worse. So he thought that the space would do us good. But I of course thought otherwise, hence this convo:

My silly boy! All marriages go through shit but strong marriages will pass through shit! I'm glad mine did. Mind you guys, I even took off both my rings and threw it onto his side of the bed!! Yes, call me ridiculous, bitchy, ungrateful, fucking mean etc.. I can take those insults cause I'm in the wrong! And no, this time round, I'm not really blaming on pregnancy hormones. So it's fine. I'm admitting it myself.

But all's well that ends well. Today, he paid special attention to me (although he is still gaming as I'm typing this), asking if I need stuff and even got down to making the crib! Although the bed sheets are not made yet, but now we're compromising. Since he said it'll be a 1230am thingy then it's okay, I'll wait till 1230am for him to make the sheets. (in case you're wondering why a wife can't make the sheets that's because it's getting harder for me to bend down now that my belly'a bigger than ever)

So a peekture of hus fixing the crib:

And this is a very happy me now! 

Pics of the fatty me taken a few days back:

Gonna go and design some icons for the webby! Hope it'll turn out nice! :)

MFinally got down to downloading the blogger app! Convenience oh convenience! Had a major ballistic fight with hus. I cried, he cried. And now he is not back yet although it's 11:30pm. But it's okay, gives us me-time.

What can I say? I just feel that yes, maybe I should be a more understanding wife and stand in his shoes. It's not easy for a man to raise a family ON HIS OWN! Yes, I do know that. And I'm thankful that he has managed to do it. I just feel that there are some things that are worth giving. But people don't see it that way. Maybe they don't give that much so they don't see the need to. It's true isn't it? But that's your style not mine.

I don't understand why people want me to conform to their views. Very disheartening actually. I think I'm mentally exhausted and I'm actually giving birth in almost a weeks time. 

But today's crying has exhausted me out to a point where I'm at my lowest low. So whoever wanna add their insults, go ahead. I won't rebut back, I have no strength already. Honest! You guys should be happy ain't it? So really, be my guest! Call me names, go on. What will I do? I think I'll either cry or ignore you. But still, feel free!! (: 

TheClothesShopp is making a move, in approximately 3 weeks time.

Yes, we're moving to a .com - More details will be up soon!

In the meantime, baby clothes have arrived. Mummies who ordered baby girl dresses and rompers will be getting them soon, by next week as I'm mailing these out tomorrow! :)

Mil is passing us more and more baby clothes. Apparently, some member from her religion has huge packets of baby girl stuff to throw. But when Mil looked through, ALL the clothes are branded and in good condition. So she's taking everything back to wash for Leia. VERY VERY GRATEFUL. Not that Leia needs branded clothes, but its the THOUGHT of my Mil and bf driving all the way down to get these bagful of clothes.

My mummy as well. She was passing by amk area and then she saw cute baby accessories - So she bought towels, 12pcs of blankets (I have no idea that Leia needs that much) and napkins (although I have diapers bought already). I'm waiting for the 19th to know if I need to be induce, and if I do, then I'll start all the washing of baby clothes next week to start packing my hospital bag.

Hus is getting excited for Little Lady's arrival. :)

So I'm progressing quite finely into pregnancy. It's weird as I'm starting to feel nauseous, akin to going back to good old days (aka trimester 1). As my pregnancy journey ends, some pregnancy myths I'm going to bust!

Myth 1: No scissors is allowed. (Why? Cause your baby will have cleft lips)
I've been using the scissors and even sat on my bed to use the scissors. At 20 weeks, when we went for a full detailed scan of the baby, NO BIRTH DEFECTS! So no cleft lips, no out-of-shape stuff. :)

Myth 2: Pregnancy will make you fat
Before I start on this sensitive topic, ask yourself what's your definition of fat. Some ladies have phobias of triple chin, fat thighs, round face, flabby arms etc. The list can go on. But for me, if you ask me, gaining weight doesn't mean fat, WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT. Pregnant ladies needs the fat to sustain her baby. And this is me when I'm 8mths pregnant.

A clearer picture would be:

Yes. My face grew rounder!! But I have people telling me that I finally look more human. @_@! So all, in all, it really depends what fat means. Proud to say that I don't have flabby arms and thunder thighs, but everyone, I have to add the word YET. I'm nearing 30, which means that soon, my metabolism rate would dwindle too. For ladies who really thinks that pregnant means FAT. Then, really, do what I'm doing - WALK. As long as I'm out, I walk as much as I can. Tones up those thighs anyway right?

I have other myths to burse but that would take place after pregnancy. Hope these two myths will be good enough for now. :)

Back to cuter stuff, I was trying out Line with Cw, and this is how we communicate:

HAHAHAHA!!!!

Alrighty! Time to go off!! Bye minions! =X

Food Review - Suriya Curry House

This blog should only fit happier post now. Time for another food review -

Chanced upon this curry house by accident. However, once we stepped out of the car, Cw was all "THIS IS THE SONG KEE FISHBALL HOUSE" So I was getting all excited, but song kee was closed. DAMN!! @_@

Seeing no choice, we had to make do with the Suriya curry house just next to song kee. So bryani it was. I didn't think much of the mutton bryani that I chose deeming it as "another bryani cuisine". However, this curry house made me THINK TWICE!

Pictures can't tell viewers much, you guys gotta go down and consume this for yourself. :)

If you notice something different, its the onion salad. YES! That's how Indian cuisine should be done. Onion salads goes well with Naan too, actually. Maybe because Singaporeans are not that used to the authentic taste, most prata stalls do not have the onion salad to go with their food.

Do not belittle this dish as it is a huge portion. Can't really remember the pricing but think it cost SGD$8? But even so, cw and I agreed that its totally worth it. Sometimes its not the price of the food that matters but the quality. You can pay $3 for a lousy dish but it does not satisfy you at all. So what's the point in doing so.

And this is me now getting the runs. Pregnant mummies, please do not fall sick during pregnancy. You might not be able to avoid it, but if you can, then really, STAY HEALTHY!

Don't ever ever drink KOI when you're pregnant. :S

So things are quite busy at the moment - Getting website done, thinking of logo etc.

Not sure if any mummies know whats happening. Leia has been moving quite intensely "down there". It makes me think that she is getting engaged, meaning head down. But I'm not too sure.

Gonna blog about my favourite bryani house soon! Introduced by Cw accidentally. Didn't know my hus know of good eateries. HAHA!!!

Loads of thoughts running through my mind. Maybe cause I'm nearing my due date.

I'm just extremely sick and tired of people getting to me, telling me how dumb I am to land myself in this mess. What mess are they talking about? A baby of course. How they're telling me that it's not easy to raise a child and don't forget, you got to raise her for at least 20years.

I know what I signed up for when Cw and I decided to have the child. I've left the company to raise this child on my own. Both my mum and Mil are working so there's no-one to help and I just can't dump Leia onto my grandma when she have the whole household to look after. SO YES, I AM QUITE ALONE IN THE TAKING CARE PART! The only time when I have help, would be when hus gets back from work. So yes, for the final time, I really really know what I'm in for.

I'm going to be puked on, pee-ed on, salivated at and baby girl might be crying a whole lot. I'll go through sleepless nights, (Tip: I'll sleep when baby girl is sleeping, so that I'm in sync with her. And I know that if I don't sleep when she's asleep, I would definitely feel tired when I feel like sleeping, but she's awake), changing of diapers and so on and so forth. I know typing these out are easy, when it comes to hands-on, its tiring. But at least I know how to keep myself mentally prepared.

Stages of life I've gone through when I found out I was pregnant:

1) Thinking of aborting. Read it here
2) Threw my proposal ring back to cw once
3) Had to deal with the most hurting comments ever (I had to hide my tears from Cw as it might upset him and stuff)

And now, I've told myself this:

So go ahead and slap me in the face. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you, I mean it. I'm just walking away from negative people that's all. Cause I know that these people don't mean anything to me. If that's the case, I don't see why I should live my life for you.

Things are going great at the moment. Leia is kicking healthily. Cw and I had a scare when she didn't kick for quite some time, but our fears were assuaged. Frankly, when you're a mother, your child starts becoming your priority.

We're shopping for baby stuff in August - Breast pumps, milk bags and diapers. Don't intend to purchase any formula at the moment. Going to try out breastfeeding. It's good for both mummy and baby and costs zero dollars!

So Cw and I deciding where to go for dinner and we decided to head to bliss café. Had a quick drive down for their pasta. I have absolutely no bad comments on their Aglio Olio! Lovin' it to bits! However, I'm sticking to their sausage Olio as I went to try out their chicken olio but was disappointed. Don't get me wrong, bliss still tosses their aglio olio just the way it should be - Good olive oil, finely chopped garlic and a tinge of chili. Very good job indeed.

It's the chicken that's very salty! It's like the chicken is marinated in salt and nothing else.

 

But yes, I love how bliss toss their olio! The thing to go for is the cheese fries. They serve the cheese separately instead of spreading it around the fries. The only downside - Once the cheese is left in the open air for long, its very "gelat" and melted cheese isn't melted cheese anymore and the rest of your fries is best left eating on its own. So my advice is spread the cheese around first, cause even once the cheese gets "gelat" on the fries, it still stays. But the fries are how I love it to be done. Not soggy and crisp! LOVE IT! 

 

And yes, I'll be busting some pregnancy myths! So mummies-to-be and mummies who are due soon need not scare themselves like how I've scared myself in Trimester 1-2. This is what I tell myself now to stop letting people affecting my every mood:

 

Very true indeed yea? So happy mummy it is for me.

Oh, and of course before I end, TheClothesShopp will be moving onto a new platform. It may take awhile, but I'm confident that it will excel.

Mummy loves you Leia! Please remember that. (: