baby bassinet or not?

Dear SG,

I'm wondering.... should we get this? Andrew's all ready to buy it. I'm still debating... and there's only 4 more weeks to go! Although I have to say that I won't be surprise if she's coming sooner. I'm suddenly carrying even lower than before and feeling easily exhausted. I just spent my weekends in bed because I was so exhausted! I think I slept for nearly 18 hours each day for the last 2 days!

Anyway, here's a picture of the baby bassinet I am pondering about.


Can you imagine us pushing one around? Gosh I felt I've really grown up! :p

with love from NZ,
J

Families and friends

Dear SG,

Since coming to NZ, I’ve promise myself that I would dedicate myself to my family. It’s a whole new experience for me to put family first rather than spending more time with my friends than with my immediate family. Being an only child, my friends have become my family, especially many of those that I regularly met up with.

But with Andrew’s siblings, I’ve great fondest and a great time getting to know them. It wasn’t hard to be involved as a family when the family itself is close knitted and their bond and love for each other is strong. But I’ve missed my friends… my surrogate family.

I’ve been with the company for over a year now but I haven’t gone out with any of my mates at work. The previous team consist of all married men (yes, I was the only female) and because we all had families of our own to return to at the end of the day, we didn’t really consider meeting up outside working hours.

However, since moving to this new position within the company, I’ve join a team where we are all around the same age group. The energy’s different and the environment is different. I’m actually based away from my own team because of the location where I lived. I would go over to the HQ every now and then, however, this means I couldn’t really get to know the folks that I worked closely with.

But that all changed in the last 5 weeks. We had an American consultant working with us and I moved my base over to the HQ to because I am heavily (pun intended) involved in the action. In these short weeks, I’ve learnt more about them and gotten closer. We are friends now, not just colleagues or comrades at work. When our favorite consultant goes back to the States next Wednesday, I will be returning to work in the other office. I am going to miss the vibe and the jokes we share.

I look forward to the next engagement which will bring our good friend back from the States and back to NZ in a warmer season.

From home to office in the hosptial, where I'm based

From home to the office in HQ North Shore. Congestion in the main CBD area and the harbour bridge but where the rest of my team are based

With love from NZ,
J

New tentative date for the baby

Dear SG,

We went to our obstetrician today as part of our routine check-up. I’m weighing 70kg now (Gasp!!!) and I can’t get out of the examination bed on my own anymore. I had to have Andrew lift me up of the narrow bed because my tummy is in the way.

We had a discussion with our doctor and we decided to induce the labour. We’ll most likely see our little girl on 22nd of July. Andrew will need to re-schedule his leave and so would I, but on the bright side, we now know when the big event will happen... unless the baby decided to come earlier without any intervention... :p

with love from NZ,
J

Ute or Pickup?

Dear SG,

I've been tired easily and taking that as an excused not to blog. Here's a quick one for different wordings use between here and SG.

A Singapore Pickup

Image from www.asia.ru

A Kiwi Ute

Image from www.zcars.com.au

Actually, they are both the same thing. lol.... Hence in NZ, if you need a pickup truck, remember to ask for a "Ute" and not a "Pickup" ok?

with love from sg,
J