Dear SG,
In another 12 hours, I will be admitted into the hospital to prepare for birth. Excited am I? Strangely not. There are heaps to do before this evening and we are expected to be busy for the next couple of days or weeks even (until a routine is established). I'm more concern about the preparations than about the actual event, probably because once we induce the whole process, it will be up to nature and the skill of our obstetrician to bring this baby out.
I don't believe in fretting about the things in life that's out of our control.... (Zen music please.) But if it's about the part of life where our destiny is in our hands, I am a control freak! lol....
To all the friends and families that has endure the wait with me, I will post pic of the little one as soon as I could. To my beloved Andrew, I have an errand list for you, they need to be completed before 5pm today. Thanks. hee.... ;)
with love from NZ,
J
(one of the items on my errand list....
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4. Sneak the cup noodle I bought into my maternity bag. Make sure my mom didn't see that.
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update at 4pm: Hospital has called to postpone my admission, because they didn't have enough staffs today, we are postpone to thursday morning, tentative date for baby to be born will be friday morning.... haiz... back to the waiting game.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
More family members
Dear SG,
No, the baby's not here yet. She's due but she's staying put n refusing to come out early. It's the 39th week now and I want her out! :p According to the doc, I have all the signs of pushing past 42 weeks if we were to wait for it to happen naturally. But my body's stress, hence we will bring her to this world next week.
Anyway this topic isn't about the kid but my parent who has just arrived from Singapore. We pick them up from the airport today and like a real winter day, it was cloudy. We did have a couple of days of sun but unfortunately, it's becoming cloudy again today. But at least it's much warmer today as compared to the previous week. Coming from a tropical island like Singapore, it's pretty cold for them.
Dad had lost a lot of weight and aged a lot since I last saw him. Not seeing your parent for a while makes you realise how much they can aged. I never did realise the image I had of them in my head are what they looked like when I was in my teens! I guess we'll always remember them when they are at their best.
All in all, today went rather well. They were really happy to see KiKi again and ZoZo was so excited by the new attention he slept like a baby tonight (not bothering me at all). There isn't much for them to do now especially with the wet spell we are having but next week onwards, the baby is going to entertain them and that will be her job. :D
with love from NZ,
J
No, the baby's not here yet. She's due but she's staying put n refusing to come out early. It's the 39th week now and I want her out! :p According to the doc, I have all the signs of pushing past 42 weeks if we were to wait for it to happen naturally. But my body's stress, hence we will bring her to this world next week.
Anyway this topic isn't about the kid but my parent who has just arrived from Singapore. We pick them up from the airport today and like a real winter day, it was cloudy. We did have a couple of days of sun but unfortunately, it's becoming cloudy again today. But at least it's much warmer today as compared to the previous week. Coming from a tropical island like Singapore, it's pretty cold for them.
Dad had lost a lot of weight and aged a lot since I last saw him. Not seeing your parent for a while makes you realise how much they can aged. I never did realise the image I had of them in my head are what they looked like when I was in my teens! I guess we'll always remember them when they are at their best.
All in all, today went rather well. They were really happy to see KiKi again and ZoZo was so excited by the new attention he slept like a baby tonight (not bothering me at all). There isn't much for them to do now especially with the wet spell we are having but next week onwards, the baby is going to entertain them and that will be her job. :D
with love from NZ,
J
Monday, July 7, 2008
Protesting in strength
Dear SG,
Coming from a country that doesn’t encourage protesting, the last few days has certainly been interesting for us.
Truckies Rolls
Pic from TVNZ.co.nz
On Friday, we had the truckies (truck drivers) protesting against the sudden increase in road user charges when they were promised that a notice will be given a month in advance. It was pretty impressive how they did it. On Thursday, there were notices coming in all form of communications telling the whole country that the truckies has planned a protest during the morning peak hour traffic to drive very slowly into the town centre and city area. The roads they were going to take and how long the whole protest would be for were all detailed so that drivers could plan alternative road or just take the day off from work. Hee…
We happened to have an appointment with the doctor in the morning so we took an alternative road. The protest went well and was supported by the general public. We saw teachers with their students waving from the pedestrians overhead bridge to all the motorists stuck on the motorway. Most of the cars were following slowly (not that they have much of a choice) behind the trucks but everyone seemed to understand the need for the protest and were willing to accommodate it. The truckies left one of the lanes open for emergency vehicles which I thought was really considerate and it was pretty impressive to have over 2000 trucks in Auckland city central itself. There were around 4400 trucks protesting around the country beside Auckland, they were also in Hamilton, Wellington, Tauranga, Christchurch and Dunedin.
Asian March
Pic from tvnz.co.nz
And the next day on Saturday, we had the Asian marching in protest against the crime. Crime rates were going up here and with the recently violent death of 3 Asian within months of each other, it kind of got the community really upset and worried. We weren’t in the march but because we lived opposite the town centre where they are protesting, we saw the whole procession moving from one end to another. 15,000 Asian were braving the hail storm and cold strong wind to be in the march. It was quite a sight. Like the truckies, they weren’t expecting the numbers but I guess the issues of crime affected everyone. I only wish it wasn’t just an Asian March but in general, a country in protest against crime. Local kiwis told me that 10 years ago, a violent death on the newspaper would be a big nation-wide topic because there’s so few of those. Now, it’s getting common and depressing. What a blot on such a beautiful country.
Both protests were a success because of the number of people supporting them by being a part of it. I doubt we’ll see that in SG. We’ll probably get more spectators than protestors during a march. Hee…
with love from NZ,
J
Coming from a country that doesn’t encourage protesting, the last few days has certainly been interesting for us.
Truckies Rolls
On Friday, we had the truckies (truck drivers) protesting against the sudden increase in road user charges when they were promised that a notice will be given a month in advance. It was pretty impressive how they did it. On Thursday, there were notices coming in all form of communications telling the whole country that the truckies has planned a protest during the morning peak hour traffic to drive very slowly into the town centre and city area. The roads they were going to take and how long the whole protest would be for were all detailed so that drivers could plan alternative road or just take the day off from work. Hee…
We happened to have an appointment with the doctor in the morning so we took an alternative road. The protest went well and was supported by the general public. We saw teachers with their students waving from the pedestrians overhead bridge to all the motorists stuck on the motorway. Most of the cars were following slowly (not that they have much of a choice) behind the trucks but everyone seemed to understand the need for the protest and were willing to accommodate it. The truckies left one of the lanes open for emergency vehicles which I thought was really considerate and it was pretty impressive to have over 2000 trucks in Auckland city central itself. There were around 4400 trucks protesting around the country beside Auckland, they were also in Hamilton, Wellington, Tauranga, Christchurch and Dunedin.
Asian March
And the next day on Saturday, we had the Asian marching in protest against the crime. Crime rates were going up here and with the recently violent death of 3 Asian within months of each other, it kind of got the community really upset and worried. We weren’t in the march but because we lived opposite the town centre where they are protesting, we saw the whole procession moving from one end to another. 15,000 Asian were braving the hail storm and cold strong wind to be in the march. It was quite a sight. Like the truckies, they weren’t expecting the numbers but I guess the issues of crime affected everyone. I only wish it wasn’t just an Asian March but in general, a country in protest against crime. Local kiwis told me that 10 years ago, a violent death on the newspaper would be a big nation-wide topic because there’s so few of those. Now, it’s getting common and depressing. What a blot on such a beautiful country.
Both protests were a success because of the number of people supporting them by being a part of it. I doubt we’ll see that in SG. We’ll probably get more spectators than protestors during a march. Hee…
with love from NZ,
J
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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
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
Sunday, June 15, 2008
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
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 basedWith love from NZ,
J
Friday, June 6, 2008
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
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
Monday, June 2, 2008
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
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
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