Swallowed a Basketball???

that's how big i am now!!! and ppl keep telling me i look like i swallowed a basketball. hahaha... well, am waiting for the time till the little basketball pops out :p. i look so fat already, sigh... but doc says i need to put on weight cause apparently to him, i have yet to put on enough... but i think i have. worried i can't lose it le... but nowadays can't really help it cause i crave for a lot of chocolates and cakes!!! oh well. like i said in my previous post, 3 more weeks to go... woohoo... can't wait to get back into my jeans again :)

ok, that's it from me, sorry about all the small caps, this is the first time i'm blogging using my bb and th caps doesn't seem to work...or more like i don't know how to use it... haha.. sad sad ;p.

goodnight for now!

Almost 37 Weeks of being Pregnant...

At this stage:

• I can't sleep on one side for two long, my ass gets cramped on the right if I sleep on the right for too long, then when I flip to my left (which is a pretty tough task) and sleep too long on my left, ass gets cramp on the left. And when I finally wake up in the morning after tossing and turning to the right and to the left, both sides of my ass hurts from the cramps throughout the night. It only goes away by noon.....hahaha......and when I walk into my office, I try to pretend as if nothing hurts.....:P
• Surprisingly my feet has yet to swell and neither has any other part of my body from water retention.....I guess when that happens, it probably means I'm so much closer to labor!!! Well, hopefully that doesn't happen anytime soon.....since I'm planning for a C-section.... :D
  
• I keep craving for sweet stuff....and i drink lots of ribena these days....hopefully my baby doesn't come out purple...hahaha...like barney :P
• I can't sit down properly cause no matter how I sit, its just super uncomfortable....
• I can't lie down flat cause I can't breathe if I do so.
• I walk at such a slow pace these days, that it's just sad!!! And after I finish walking up the steps, I'm seriously breathless.....that I'm not use too.....I don't recall being that way when I was carrying Sera...I guess age is catching up!!!

I could go on and on and on....but you get the drift.....the only consolation to everything that I'm going through now is that I only have to tolerate this for another 3 more weeks!!! WOOHOO!!!!

And at the end of it all, when my little miracle baby comes out......IT WILL BE ALL WORTH IT!!!

3 more weeks!!!! That's all 3 more weeks!!!

That's it from me....GOODNIGHT!!!

P/S. If you never see a tummy move with a baby inside, check out my previous post....I videoed my tummy....very cool I must say!!! Something I can show my baby when he grows up ;)

My Active Little Miracle Baby in My Tummy @ 36 Weeks!!! :D

I'm 36 weeks pregnant and my little miracle baby doesn't really have much space left in there. So for those of you who have never seen how a tummy looks like when the baby moves at this age....then, here it is!!! Happy watching!!! He is one active little sweetheart....I introduce to you, my little boy!!! TA-DA!!!

That's it from me.....over and out :D

Voting is TOMORROW!!! Jeng Jeng Jeng!!!

The day that everybody is waiting for is just around the corner!!! So Mirians, vote wisely!!!

Whether it be,

BN

or

DAP

Let's all try to be as civilised as we possibly can tomorrow :) After all, we are all Mirians wanting the best for our dearest Miri. Right??? :D

Note: The logo's in there are put randomly. I didn't choose one over the other. So please don't criticise me....

All the best Mr.DAP and Mr.BN for tomorrow!!!

In my area its either Mr. Fong Pau Teck or Mr.Andy Chia...and MY CHOICE IS....(drum roll)....trtrtrtrrtttrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtrrrrrtrtrtr........ takkan lah I tell you, haiz...nanti percuma saja I kena sumpah.....hahaha...:P

I must say despite all the growing tension, this is going to be one hell of an election in Miri, never like before. It will indeed be very exciting to find out who WINS!!! Feels like the WORLD CUP all over again...hahaha...

Happy Voting Peeps!!!

Ta for now!!! And sleep well tonight everyone, if you can :D

Over and out!!!

To Vote or Not to Vote....that is the QUESTION....

So I have been contemplating this pass week on whether I should vote or not. Haha...I know as a Sarawakian, it's my duties to do so....but have you seen how aggresive it is this year??? It makes me so tempted to just stay away from my duties to do so....

All I hear is people saying bad things about one party or the other...if you check out miricommunity.net, people are getting aggressive!!! I mean seriously, just because one person say something about another party that you don't like, you don't have to push your opinion on them as well. I mean everybody has a right to their own opinion, so lets no push it till we start getting to aggressive. I know everybody means well, but I feel this is getting out of hand and Miri people are losing their "BEING NICE" ways. Come on Mirians....lets try to be civilised...can we???

I'm sure in everybody's minds, everybody has basically decided who they intend to vote for. I know for me, I have...but I ain't gonna tell no one...cause if I do, someone will probably try to enforce their opinions on me....which I really don't like and I think a lot of people don't either. And I'm guessing you would feel the same way.

I know there are a lot of questions out there, like, should we vote for the young or the old, should we vote for the more experience or the inexperience??? Should we vote for change or should we just remain the same??? If we vote for change will Miri develop faster??? Do we want Miri to develop any faster than it already is??? If we vote for no change, will Miri continue to grow as it is now??? And do we want it too???

Questions, questions and more question.

At the end of it all, we just have to wait and see the outcome at the end of this week.

I wish all parties GOOD LUCK!!! And may the best win!!! (without any aggression and chaos, that is).

That's it from me. Cheers! and have a Blessed Day ahead!!!

Miri, Miri, Miri...hahaha....sorry, I just couldn't help it, I so needed to post this here..:P

Please don't get me wrong...I love Miri to bits and pieces!!! I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the world, but this article is just so funny!!!

Miri now a modern riverside city with high-class hotels and malls

Source: http://www.starproperty.my/PropertyScene/TheStarOnlineHighlightBox/11169/0/0

MIRI: Just like Rome, Miri was not built in a day, but the pace of development of this oil town in Sarawak over the past 20 years has been nothing but phenomenal. Ok, this I have to agree with, Miri has definitely change a lot in the last 20 years, from having cows and goats at the side of the road feeding on grass to having none of that any more :). I even recall one particular calf, which me and my mom use to pass by every morning on my way to school, the calf was always places next to the one-way sign, and hence we name him 'One-Way'. Not sure what happen to him, hopefully he wasn't part of my meal....:( Can't even recall when he disappeared from that sight. Btw, why compare to Rome leh??? Curious.....

The once-sleepy fishing village with soggy black soil that emitted smelly gas is now a modern riverside city dotted with high-class hotels and huge shopping malls. Hmmmm...oklah...we have maybe one high class hotel name Marriot Resort and Spa, but I think that's about it. The others are pretty good but not so high class le. Maybe Imperial Hotel also not bad cause it has service apartments (so definitely good for people travelling with family). Grand Palace also not too bad especially for those people who likes the night life. Overall, better than 20 years ago lah...definitely!!!

Things have certainly changed from 20 years ago when a visit to a tamu or a big shop in a row of five lots was described as shopping. Yeah, I remember getting all excited when my mom said we are going to 'Sin Liang'..haha...best shopping place ever, when I was 8 years old!!! ;)

Multi-storey complexes such as the Bintang Megamall, Boulevard, Merdeka Mall and Imperial Mall, which offer international brands – which some locals cannot even pronounce – has brought a new meaning to shopping in this northern hub of Sarawak. Bintang Megamall with international brands, maybe lah. But how international is international le??? Let me think, we have Levis and.....and.....and....oh yah...maybe cosmetic products got a lot of international brands lah...but clothes wise...hmmm....not much le. Boulevard got international brands meh (besides cosmetics)??? Even G2000 also hilang from boulevard...what international brands got again le??? Can't say much about Merdeka Mall cause I haven't been there just yet. As for Imperial Mall, I think it's pretty much the same as Boulevard only bigger :P. Ahhhh...I just realise, we do have KFC and Mc Donalds as INTERNATIONAL BRANDS!!! ;) Btw, when is the hotel at Bintang Megamall going to be completed???

What you mean we locals cannot pronounce??? I can eh....hahaha...sounds as if we are so uneducated...oh well, life goes on :P Maybe some cannot pronounce lah...so oklah....that can be correct... :P

This has rendered the tamu, including the famous Tamu Muhibbah in the city’s centre, as a place for senior Miri folk and outsiders. I have to admit, I can't even recall the last time I went there :P. But I know for sure my MIL goes there some times....I usually get my groceries from Boulevard....muahahaha.....got air-con bah...I admit I super spoil already!!!

For the older locals and outsiders, especially those from neighbouring Brunei, Tamu Muhibbah is among the few places in Miri where they can get a supply of the precious Bario rice. Mmmmm....Bario rice....good stuff I must say!!! I married a Kelabit...soooo....Bario rice is a must in the house...:P Lucky me!!!

This rice is regarded by the Orang Ulu and natives as the finest from the highlands of Sarawak.It is grown in the cool and unpolluted environment at 1,200m above sea level.According to natives, this rice is eaten only by longhouse chiefs on special occasions.It has long been regarded as one of the finest rice in the world. It is famous for its soft texture, fine elongated grain, mild aroma and splendid taste.

The rice is a laboriously planted and harvested by hand with age-old methods and zero use of pesticides and chemical fertiliser and is thus perfect for health-conscious people.Bario rice is air-flown from Bario and the Ba’kelalan highlands.This coupled with its limited production, results in a kilo of the lowest grade costing RM13.The price is lowest in Miri compared to other parts of Sarawak as it is the closest city to Bario. Wah! Bario rice must be a hit with the person who wrote this, cause he/she sure did write a lot about it. Hahaha....can't blame him/her cause there is nothing much to write about Miri anyway :P Plus the fact that Bario Rice is defintiely one of the bestest (I know there is no such word as bestest but I just like using it, cannot kah??? :P) rice in the world :D

A trader at Tamu Muhibbah was unperturbed by the declining popularity of the market, saying there would always be regular customers as the young would eventually get old.Their turn would come once they grew older and start looking for jungle fruits and vegetables not found in the megamalls. Also, various seafood not sold at the megamalls was available only at places like the tamu, said the trader. Haha....yah, probably when I am the only one left to buy this things in my household, then I probably won't have a choice :P. Usually the jungle fruits (as the call it) can be found all over Miri at the side of the road...even next to Boulevard, so maybe I won't head to Tamu either for the frutis, since it is so accessible elsewhere :D. As for seafood..hmmm...maybe lah terpaksa go there :D. Btw, we only have one Megamall...and its not even Mega enough to be called Megamall...so there is NO MegamallSSSSSS...only A Megamall....just in case people keep thinking we have so many megamalls...just trying to keep things as truthful as possible, so as to make sure that people don't get over-excited to come to Miri, only to get disappointed....true or not???

Businessman Rebi Lampas, who specialises in rice, said business was not bad despite the mushrooming of big shopping complexes. Mushrooming of big shopping complexes??? Hmmm....fair enough since we are having the MYY Mall and the Permy Mall coming up....but not to sure when it will be completed.

“We don’t expect youngsters because they have better places to lepak" Like the malls....

“We have regular customers and a constant stream of outsiders who keep the tamu breathing,” she said. Good to know our Tamu is still alive and kicking :D

Revenue from the petroleum industry, which has been fuelling the development of Miri since the discovery of oil in the town in 1910, also saw the improvement of infrastructure such as roads. True kah??? I thought most of the revenue from our petroleum industry goes back to West Malaysia to develop KL??? Have you seen KL??? Its a never ending of mushrooming malls there compared to Miri!!! If we had more revenue come our way, then maybe we would have a much more improved infrastructure!!!

Super-smooth roads now snake around the city of 320,000 people.Four-lane roads connect the city to almost all outskirts such as Bandar Baru Permyjaya and Senadin.With almost zero potholes, the owners of old cars have no reason to upgrade. Super smooth??? Aiyo!!!! If you want to know what super smooth is, go to Brunei!!! Their roads are fantastic!!! And why??? Cause all the revenue they get from their petroleum industry goes directly to them!!! And four lane roads??? Where??? Am I missing some part of Miri that I have yet to come upon??? Zero potholes??? I got to take some pictures of potholes at Pujut area....later ah....

The large number of Brunei-registered Porsche, BMW, Ferrari and Skyline sports cars that zoom past is another indication of how smooth the roads are. Zoom past??? I think the Bruneians drive safer then us cause they are worried their cars would get damage on our roads. I think Kelisa's and Kancil's fly by faster...haha...:P Yes, am being sarcastic here....muahahaha....I once read somewhere where someone ask a Bruneian on how he will know when he has reached Miri (this was when they were on their way down to Miri). The reply was, "when you start feeling as if you are on a boat!!" And it is so TRUE!!! If you use the road to Brunei, it goes up and down and up and down, just like when the waves hits the boat!!! Try driving faster!!! Then it feels like you are on some kind of fun fair ride!!!! hahaha....and it's FREE some more :P Just don't blame if you can road sick and start puking at the side of the road :P

Despite the physical changes the town has seen since the discovery of the Grand Old Lady on Canada Hill 101 years ago, the politeness of the Miri folk remains unscatched. Ahhhh....finally something I TOTALLY AGREE ON!!! I think Miri people are such nice people, including me :P. Of course there are some out there who are not lah....can't expect everybody to be nice can you!!! If everybody was nice...scary leh....it could mean that we were probably brainwashed by some aliens or something like that. But nevertherless, in general, I have to say people in Miri are definitely nice!!! On occassion you will find super super nice people like my mom who smiles at everybody she meets and talks to anyone in general!!! ;)

Being the city that gave birth to Malaysia’s petroleum industry and hometown of international singer Zee Avi, Miri is still the best example of Sarawak’s dynamic, multi-racial and harmonious communities. Ok, agree!!! Btw, I wonder when was the last time Zee Avi came back to Miri??? Even in her 'Mee Kolok Sigek' song, she was talking about Kuching...no Miri mention leh??? Well, can't blame it if the Mee Kolok in Kuching is better :P Zee Avi, if you are reading this, how about writing a song on Miri??? What say you??? :P

Oklah...enough crap from me today!!! Ta for now!!! Over and Out!!!

Gloomy Blog??? No lah!!! :P

If you are wondering why my blog looks so gloomy....its not!!! Hahaha...it's just that since I'm not good at designing blogs or trying to figure out how to use one that can be found when you google..I've decided to just use the template that blogspot already has... :P Can't blame me for not being web designing/web copying (or whatever you call it, hahaha, I hope you get what I'm trying to say :P) literate!!!

It's either I blame it on NO TIME to LEARN...or I blame it on NOBODY WANTS TO TEACH ME!!!

But in plain fact, I'm just TOO LAZY TO LEARN and TOO LAZY TO ASK SOMEBODY TO TEACH ME... :P

So welcome to my new looking blog which probably will look like a lot of other ppl's one out there :D. Nevertheless, I'm happy with it. And it ain't gloomy!!! It's just that I like rain and I like the darker colours to it... :P

Seriously, If you knew me, I'm one HAPPY HAPPY person!!! So whatever you do, don't judge the person by its blog... ;) Then again, the picture of my daughter smilling, should be a good contrast to the colours in there :P.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know, just in case you thought that I have gone into some weird form of depression :P. Trust me, I'm still the same old me.

That's it from me, over and out!!!

What is the World becoming these Days? Children are Murdered & Children are Raped :( What has become of our Society????

Though I have yet to mention anything about Tifanny Wong's murder case, it was indeed a shocking news for all of us here in Miri. She was only 17 years old. Then there was the murder of a 20 year old girl a few days later, in Miri as well. Then in the news there was the case of a 4 year old who was raped by a kindy owner....I mean seriously....what are these ppl thinking???

It freaks me out as a young mom (as I like to think I am still young...:)) to think about bringing up my daughter in this world or my son (in my tummy) for that matter.

The truth of the matter is that, no matter what you do and how much you try to protect your children, sometimes there is just nothing you can do to keep them safe. If we are over protective, I'll children will probably grow up rebelling against us, but if we give them too much freedom, then they might get influence by the wrong group of friends and then rebel against us as well....so either way, nothing seems right.

So how do we give the right amount of love without being over protective and without giving too much freedom???

That is still a mystery to me. What am I going to do? I'm still clueless...but for one thing I'm sure of at this point of time is to make sure that my children grows up knowing who God is....and I think in some cases I just need to put my faith and trust in the Lord to take care of them. Honestly, I think religion plays a very important role in our children's life. I don't think I need to elaborate further on this....as I'm sure you all would understand where I am coming from.

If everybody was brought up with religion as their foundation, I have a feeling this world would be a much safer and better place to live in.

Don't you think so???

Anyway, to close this blog out, here's a beautiful Christian Prayer I found, which we could use pray in our daily lives for our children. It is titled:

"Protection for My Children"

Father God, I lift up my children before You.
I ask You to watch over them.
Hide them under the shadow of your wings.
Protect them from the evil in this world.
Let no harm come to their spirit, souls, or bodies.

Lord I thank You that Your angels go with and before my children.
Thank You for protecting them and keeping them safe from danger,
disease, and harm of every kind.
Let no evil befall them, let no plague come near them.
I thank You, Lord, that my children are safe in the shelter of Your arms.

Protect my children from injury of any kind.
I pray that they would be sensitive to Your Spirit
and that you would direct their steps.
Give my children courage to say no to friends
and activities that would put them in danger.

I thank You, Lord, that You protect them from spiritual,
mental, physical, and emotional abuse from others.
You protect them from the enemy's evil plans to bring them harm
because Your word says that the evil one touches them not
and that no weapon formed against them shall prosper.

I thank You, Lord that water shall not overtake them
and fire shall not consume them.
Wherever they go and whatever they do, You protect them, Lord.
In Jesus' name I proclaim it.

Amen.

I told you!!! NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE for GOD!!! ;)

Sorry for MIA-ing....(if that is ever a word) :P Well, a lot of things have happen in my life since the last time I wrote (noted it was April last year :P). After the surgery to fix my tube, I was extremely busy with work hence I didn't have time to blog. Was way to tired to do anything by the time I got back from work.

Anyway, to update you on what happen after the surgery in April last year, I somehow manage to get pregnant in June, but I miscarried at 5 weeks...was very sadden by the experience and cried my eyes out (which by now you should know I always do when I'm sad...haha...but its a once off thing, where I cry and cry and cry for that time, and then I get over it and move on with my life again ;) Honestly, its good for the soul to cry!!! :D). And due to that, I had to go in for another minor laparoscopic surgery, cause Dr.Mattu couldn't see the baby anywhere, so he was worried that it could be another ectopic pregnancy. By this time, it was the 5th time, I was going into the operating theater and going under general anesthetic.....nothing new I must say.

The only problem is that I seem to be getting more and more forgetful these days...hahaha....I swear its not old age!!! After the surgery (which was two hours) he said the tube was fine and it wasn't an ectopic pregnancy, therefore it was a miscarriage...so that was Good News in a way cause that meant I could get pregnant after fixing my one and only tube!!! And that means that my surgery in April was a success!!! WOOHOO!!!

So, after that I decided not to think about getting pregnant anymore, and buried myself in work and church activities to forget the whole ordeal (did however get a priest to offer a mass for my little unborn angel). Kept myself pretty busy all the way till November. And by December, was pretty much glad that work and church activities had slowed down tremendously, cause I was seriously worked out. Took a whole 2 week break for Christmas which was nice!!! And somewhere in between the 2 weeks of my break, I found out I was PREGNANT!!!! WOOOOHOOO!!! and another WOOHOOOOO!!! Who would have guessed I would be so blessed so fast!!! The best part was that when I went to see the doctor, I was already 7 weeks into my pregnancy and I could here the little angels heartbeat!!! That was way too cool!!!! I didn't know whether I wanted to cry or to jump for joy or to smile like kambing!!! My hubby and my daughter were also smiling from ear to ear....hahaha....that was like the happiest moment of my life!!! From being in the saddest moment of my life when the doctor told me I could never get pregnant again after my ectopic pregnancy in 2008, and now to the happiest moment of my life that I could actually get pregnant....is such an unbelievable feeling!!!! BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER I must say!!!

Now I sure am glad that I decided to spend so much money (a lot I tell you!!! for me a lot lah, maybe to some of you that is just peanuts....but for me, it sure did burn a hole in my pocket...hahaha....but it was worth every penny!!!!) to go for that surgery!!! No regrets whatsoever!!! Dr. Mattu is definitely an Angel sent from heaven!!! Anyway, after listening to my little angel's Heartbeat, Dr.Mattu said that this is indeed a miracle baby!!! And I sure do believe this baby is!!! He even prayed with me after the scanning, which was wonderful :D.

So as you can see....I'm still the happiest person alive!!! I'm 5 months preggy now and wish time would fly by faster so I get to smell the little sweetheart in my arms ;) Of course I think I have somehow manage to forget what it is like to have a new born baby around hence my excitement. Lets see how I feel when the baby finally comes out....hahaha.

And before I end, my advice to all mom's who can't seem to get pregnant after years and years of trying is, please go see a gynaecologist, or even better still, if you are in Miri, please go see Dr.Mattu!!! If you're tubes are block, there is always a chance that you could unblock it, even in MIRI!!! It maybe a bit costly (well that could be an understatement) or pretty costly I might say, but it was sure worth my money!!! Having a baby in your arms or in your tummy like mine for now is seriously PRICELESS!!!

And like I said before, "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD!!!" ;)

And that's it from me!!!

TA for now!!!