It is always during pregnancy that I will cry in my sleep.
I cry in my sleep because I always end up dreaming that he is cheating on me with another woman and out of frustration, I will cry.
During my first pregnancy, I went through the same phase - many times.

So during this pregnancy, Alfi was caught off-guard with my cries once.
Then after he was reminded of his experience, he will quickly wake me up when I end up crying in my sleep and said,"No, I am not cheating on you."

I am always very appreciative when he understood my struggles and leftover struggles of losing my dad, when he understood my hormones during pregnancy and of course my fickleness in planning things out.
Women are one of the worst in planning. While I am open to be more impromptu, an engineer brain like him prefers schedules to be more structured.

Last night when Alfi was sleeping and Rania cuddling up to him, I had my own me-time (at 2am in the morning after preparing my presentation slides for today). I was considering whether to play Candy Crush or watch E!News. So I was checking my social media and saw Mufti Menk was on Twitter. I followed him and click on the link of his website.

I diverted my attention.

I clicked on his audio on the topic he just delivered recently in Singapore. I could not get tickets and I didn't quite mind. I did not follow him. I did not hear him before despite a lot of our brothers and sisters share his quotes and speeches on Facebook.
So actually, I really wanted to know what is so awesome about this guy.

I admit work and having my hands tied took me quite far from the things I still need to focus - knowledge of religion.

He shared something which caught my ears despite my eyes were half closed on the bed. I picked up my phone and texted Alfi (yes, while he was sleeping)

"Five years ago when you met me, I was a flower full of colour and vibrance. You picked me up and married me. Over time, I may wilt and lose my colour but remember the flower you picked up. It was your eyes who determined I was the one and I pray you will keep that in your heart."

10 hours later after we rushed off for work and settled down in the office, he replied.

"You are one flower that will never wilt in my heart for you grow inside me and I will always put nutrition and life in you as long as I live."


I teared.

So I told him I am hormonal. I know I married the perfect man for me.

Go pick up your phone and text something nice and romantic to your spouse. You may just end up hormonal like me!
These are rare moments for me and Alfi because most times, our texts are more naughty.

xoxo

So far, like that.

I have so many things to blame on.
I need to blame on my HTC phone for making me so impaired. There was a time where I could not take photos, of which until today I am unable to upload them onto Instagram.

I have a mouthful to talk about HTC services and how they eventually did not repair my phone because they mentioned that my phone was dipped into water. They must be kidding me!
It has not once touched into water and Alfi and I have been wasting our time arguing on the phone and going down to their service centers, the phone was not repaired. They even had the cheek to charge me evaluation fee for my phone which is still under warranty.

Tell me who would not be a hantu!
That, I swear is my first and last HTC.

Cut the story short, my team pitied my phone story (more like the need to have me a phone call away) that they handed over to me a Windows 8 phone.
Good thing is that it saves me money to purchase another phone. Many question me about the phone and mock me for being on a Windows platform. I am in the role where I need to walk the talk on MS Business Productivity.
Yes, it gives huge productivity gains in accessing my emails, referring to my meeting notes on One Note and then being on the move and running a conference with Lync and it is all in the phone.

But I became less social productive.
I don't like the Facebook user interface. I didn't like how everyone reads their Watsapp messages and laughing over it and here I am waiting for the app to launch. Yeah it is laggy like that.

While the Carl Ziess camera can be awesome with still life, it lags in focusing.

So please imagine my frustration.

But life has been great! Maybe because I feel guilty that I do not spend enough time with Rania on weekdays, teaching 7 sessions squeezed into 3 or 4 evenings.
That is the life of any typical working mom isn't it?

Some view it as pitiful that I need to work so hard but tuition is truly one of my passion. It is a time where I can choose students I want to groom and give them confidence in education. Plus, it is very important (in my opinion) that I stay relevant with syllabus so that when Rania goes to school, I am not in shock of how education evolved or how kiasu schools are.

In fact, during hosting one of the schools in Microsoft, I wanted to chat up with a teacher found out that she is my blog reader. Doesn't it just make networking easier? :)

Talking about work, it has been nothing but crazy!!!!
One morning I can be in Woodlands at 9am, the next morning I can be at Punggol at 8am and I most times, I cannot even find time to come by the office. Or by the time I need to head back to the office, I am all exhausted that I will make my way home and have a pile of follow-ups after that.

That explains why I neglect my photography and Her Closet and blogging but I am missing all these.
These are what I love! So I am trying very hard to make a come back.

Which is why I always look forward to weekends. It is my time with my dearest husband and daughter and I will balance the remaining with my own family, my in-laws and my foster in-laws which are like my own.

I have tons of photos on my SD card but these are pictures taken from the phone and a very quick update

This is my little girl, all grown up and mummy is so happy to be able to bunch up some hair to tie (though she hates it!)



Dinner with my family



Disclaimer: This picture was taken only during red-light stop. No one was harmed and Rania went to the back of the car when her daddy needs to move off.



I love gluttony (occasionally)



This is Rania when Mummy is at work. She forgets that people in the house sends me 'report card' like this via watsapp



A weekend at the zoo with my in-laws (though I don't have their pictures here)









Lunch date with my cousin aka my bridesmaid. Its amazing how we rarely meet and yet we sizzle everytime we do.



Now it is time to grab hold of my SD cards and work on the umrah pics, Dubai pics, zoo pics, etc etc.
I will be blogging again in no time.

Watch this space.

p.s: My blog traffic went down my 70% but for the 30% who stayed and constantly came to visit, THANK YOU! It means a lot to me.

xoxo

Tried and tested

The past few days had been interesting and tiring.
Getting my hands on new things and the fact that Rania was sick again got me really tired and exhausted.

I had my laptop upgraded to a Windows 8. The new thing y'all.
That is the advantage being in Microsoft. It is mandatory for us be on the Windows 8 and the New Office. Awesome isn't it?

So I managed to spend a little bit on time understanding the concept of 'all at once' and having no start button.
I also played around with the settings and put in my favourite colour and choosen design on my desktop. While Alfi thought it is a clutter, I love it!
It is so colourful and vibrant!

It makes me to energized everytime I see my desktop now.



Then I got my mom to buy me a Nescafe Dolce Gusto. Yes, I know I already have an existing Krups expresso maker but Alfi and I planned to put that in our Ang Mo Kio home when we move back. But being the coffee drinkers who we already are and the insufficient space in my mom's house, it was nice to get something small and convenient for daily use. Alfi and I love different kinds of coffee and it is perfect because we spend a lot of time in the room, chilling out.

So when I was at Takashimaya, I was just trying my luck to see what was the offer for this Dolce Gusto. Though the price was ok, I could not justify my budget to buy another coffee machine. But mom agreed the very next second and made me a happy girl!

Disclaimer: Since younger days, I do not really ask for things for my parents. It has always been self-earned.

Anyway, this coffee machine was definitely a want not a need. LOL!
Alfi and I got really excited trying out the flavours of the coffee that we are now in search of buying boxes of our favourite flavor.

Right now I am so addicted with the Chococino and Mocha while Alfi loves the Cappucino and Latte. I would love to get my hands on the green tea and finish trying the rest of the flavours.



Seeing the coffee being made was really aphrodisiac!

Since they were having the offer, the best offer you can look out for, there are so many flavours you can try for free!




Except for Expresso, each drink comes with a coffee based capsule and a milk based capsule. So I placed the coffee based at the bottom of the holder and the milk based at the top holder.



Yes, the holder was given to us FOC! awesome isn't it!
I was actually glad that I did not purchase the CBTL coffee machine because the Dolce Gusto can do tea too, though not many choices. But I need not buy a frother to froth the milk.

It is an awesome machine, built with convenience and without eating up a lot of space.



Cleaning is also very easy! Some parts just needed to be wiped with a wet cloth.
Yes, the capsules does not leave behind any residue!

Awesome. awesome. awesome.

This adds to my Krups family now. Thank you Mom! Heeeee....



Now, all my students will have their cuppa of Chococino (for the younger ones) and Latte or Mocha for the older ones. They will find it a joy making their own drink!

Awesome much?

Remember how I lost my external flash. I had a feeling that someone stole the flash when I was photographing an event at Nanyang Poly. I left my bag under the podium and it must be some organiser kids who took it.. $^%&^*&!!! It was my hard-earned money through tuition classes that I bought that 430-EXII (which is no longer available in the market because they are selling either the lower end or higher end)
I swear someday that person who took it will know how it feels like. That's karma.

Ok enough with the anger. Alfi and I felt very handicapped without a flash.
So we resorted to buying one yesterday and while he was trying that out, I got my hands on the EOS M!! OMG!! I have been wanting to get my hands on it!!

So I managed to try out a few pictures was awesome.
Here are the pictures unedited (IN MANUAL!!). I love the clarity of the camera.





Look how good the Nikon looks with a Canon camera. *lol*



But nothing beats the dials on a DSLR! Even my 1000D!
DSLR dials are a lot more and that makes it more user friendly because you can tweak accordingly.

This weekend, I am calling out all IG-ers or an Instagram fanatic like me to tis' the season. I love Christmas season solely because there are always Xmas Specials.
Food, gifts, ornaments. They are all so pretty and nice.



So if you have anything about Xmas that you are instagramming, don't forget to tag #velvetchronicles and have it shared with my wonderful readers on Monday.

Till then, happy weekends everyone!
And yes, if you would like to share what you did over the weekends, do write to me at Nuramima[at]Hotmail[dot]com.

xoxo

Feels like Christmas

I have always loves festivals.
Like for example, I love Hari Raya because you can get tons of food.

I like Deepavali because their lightings are always very nice.
It is the festival of lights anyway.

I like Christmas because though other countries are worried about the monsoons, it is the only time that we Singaporeans get to enjoy cold weather.
And I love it that Starbucks celebrates the season with their yearly Peppermint Mocha and Toffee Nut Latte which is my favorite.

And I love their merchandises.



Imagine sitting down in a cafe with warm coffee topped with whipped cream during a cold weather.
It is perfect with good people company or a book and especially after a busy day at work.



Tis' the season!

xoxo

Surviving with your baby

Having a baby is indeed life changing moments for anyone.

When Rania was born, being a first time parent means that there are a lot of things which I am ignorant of. A lot of money was spent with trial and error with so many things.

I am hoping that the next baby will cut costs to half (or maybe even more)

I started off having two teats and six bottles, thinking I could breastfeed for a long time. Then a week before my father passed away, he managed to buy 4 more Pigeon bottles and a Tiger flask from Indonesia which is cheap!
So that gave me six bottles and made it easier for me. I ended up washing her bottles twice a day i.e in the afternoon and at night.

Her feeds were every 2.5 to 3 hours and I was alternating between breast milk and bottle.

Then came when my dad was in the hospital for two weeks. I was struggling with pumping out milk which I only did once a day and eventually I stopped. Later I added on 4 Avent bottles of 120ml because I did not have a maid and I was managing so many things.

My own family, the baby, settling my dad's things and everything else in the house.
That gives me 10 bottles to work with.

But it didn't last long too. Eventually, Rania was on a 150ml feed and off I went to buy another 6 Avent bottles of 260ml.
Today, she is using 9 Pigeon bottles, 6 Avent bottles and 2 small feeding bottles.

At 6 months, this was how Rania look like.



Her expressions are priceless.
To get ready takes about 2 hours because (again, using first time mother as an excuse) I would not want to miss out anything when I go out.

Here was how many things I put inside her diaper bag now. That is excluding 3 sets of clothes which I bring everytime.

Kiasu much?



Rania at 10 months



Better bonding with her dad



Today, these are the things I bring for her whenever we go out.



1. 2 feeding bottles, milk powder container & Zojirushi thermal flask
1 empty, 1 filled with lukewarm water for her to drink.
The good thing is that if I run out of warm water for her milk, I just ask for hot water and add on to the luke warm water.

The milk powder container is a gift and a Tupperware brand. I love it!

2. Favourite pillow
She used this a lot when she was teething. Because the pillow was soft, she bit on it often and a must have if she needs to go to sleep or calm her down.

3. Kangaroo
Yeah, I know.. she sleeps with her favourite pillow but her Kangaroo is what she toy she carries around everytime. She will enjoy biting the nose, the tail and throwing it on the floor just to catch our attention.

4. 2 diapers and 1 or 2 sets change of clothes
Anything more required means it is time to go home

5. Dettol wet wipes
Heck yeah, I sanitize anything that I can get my hands on especially the baby chair in restaurants. I cannot imagine them using the same cloth to wipe trays and then wipe tables and whatever else and then wipe the baby chair.
The next thing you know, your baby is biting off the handles, licking and sucking the surrounding bars.
*shudders*

6. Cusson Wet Wipes
Love this wipes. It is a one wipe for all.
Bottom, hands and mouth.
And I love this one because the smell is so nice and refreshing.

7. Dry tissue
Trust me, you no longer need those small packet ones. Travel size is the best.
My favourite brands are Kleenex, Paseo, Fair Price.
This one happens to be Watsons brand because it was on sale for 50cents a pack.

8. Biscuits
These are really cheap biscuits. A box of 20 packets (2 biscuits in a packet) costs $2.60 and Rania really enjoys them because they make the 'crunch' sound.

9. My wallet and medication bag
I cannot live without these.

And all these to fit into the Kipling Backpack.
This the diaper bag that has lasted with us for 4 months. The longest running.
I like it because it is very practical.

Either myself or the husband can carry it.
Even when I am alone, it is manageable to handle Rania on a carrier, with a backpack and even add a pram to that!

Yes, I am one mummy filled with much gusto.
(I still miss my heels though)

I know that there are a lot of mummies who gave birth just before or soon after me.
How has your diaper bag evolved or what are the things in there?

We used to share what is in our handbag.
Times have changed.

What is in your diaper bag?
xoxo

Therapeutic

Being so alike between me and Alfi, there is always one thing we really enjoy doing together and I have to admit, sometimes a little overspending.

We love supermarkets!

For me, it is very therapeutic. I will go into a supermarket, especially those bright clean ones and take a trolley and go down the aisle one by one.
Not missing an aisle!

If Alfi happens to be with me, we will push a trolley and a pram. Without him, Rania is in the pram or strapped into the carrier while I make my choices.
Everytime I am out, it is always a MUST to go to the supermarket, even if it means buying 2 apples for Rania.

She eats half an apple a day so I need to make sure that she has her apples!!



I have always enjoyed seeing Rania and Alfi having wonderful father and daughter bonding. Something that she does not really get much with me because to be honest, I am quite uptight.
I make sure she eats well, sleeps well, her hands and mouth are clean, her diapers are dry or if she needs a change. I also make sure that I know every inch of her development. I will be the first to notice if she catches a cold or a cough. I will take notice of her poo and her pee.

That's me.

With Alfi, Rania really gets to play around very much with him. I, for sure am lacking the interaction portion with kids. In fact, I never played much with children before I had my own so maybe I am not so warmed up yet.
Alfi is a charmer and Rania interacts very well. It always warmed up my heart especially when I love both of them to bits.

Today, Rania is equally pampered with both of us. She likes to put her head on our shoulders willingly. Apparently, the maid says that she does not wail when we are out at work. It is easy to put on her diapers and feed her.
With us around, it is entirely a differently ball game.

Even with us around, she refuses the maid and sometimes now refuses my mom and sis.
As much as I would love her to mingle around and really give me a bit of space, truth is, my heart is booming with love whenever she does that.

xoxo

November Photo A Day

I have been on the hype with Instagram since I got myself a HTC phone.

An instagrammer whom you can follow @fatmumslim will have a list of photo a day idea.

I think it is challenging and interesting and force me to stop and look at the tinier things in life.

I missed the first one, so let us move forward.

2 Nov, Colours

The family is still recovering.
Thank you to my social media friends who sent us their get well soon messages.

Heart you a lot for taking time to drop me a line.
XOXO

Blogging from my bed with my HTC

Get Well Soon Sweetie

My little princess has been having the sniffles for a month now.
Initially, we thought it was just normal sniffles but since she had a history of bronchilitis, we took no chances.
We brought her to the GP and she was prescribed with runny nose and phlegm medication.
Usually, she would have recovered within 3 to 5 days.

But she did not.
I took her off the medication because I believe in her own self remedy.
She did not get any better.
Her mucus turned yellow and I was afraid of an infection.

Despite so, she was very good natured. She ate well (though she took a longer time), played well, though she had a tough time sleeping well due to her stuffy nose.

Then she started to have low-grade fever, ranging 37 to 37.3 deg.

So we brought her to a pead for a change.
She was prescribed with 4 different types of medication at 2.5ml each.
The most she had consumed so far was only 1.5ml.
In fact, one of my favourite GP I had for her would only prescribe 0.5ml and Rania would eventually be ok over a few days.

So having totalled to 10ml of medication, I saw a different side of Rania.
She became weak and refuse to eat, only wanting to drink milk and wanted to be hugged.
She shook a little when she slept and I cried. I did not leave her side.
I checked everytime if she was breathing.

Night time was not easy for us parents as well.
She would cry with her eyes shut and both of us will take turns to carry her, hold her in my arms and sleep sitting down.
I would wake up with my whole back aching but you know it was all worth it.

Things you would do for your own child.

It was just my bad breath but still soothing voice she wanted to hear.
My back rubs and bottom pats which she wants to feel.

A few days later, she started to have watery stools.
I knew it was a virus. Doc prescibed some medication but I did not give it to her so that she pass out the necessary virus.

Eventually, she developed a fever. Her first fever and I was anticipating so many things!
Pardon me becuase I am a first time parent with first time experience of a baby having fever.

I hydrated her as much as I can and gave her as much milk as she wanted.
I started her again on her night feeds. Anything as long as she consumes water so that she can urine out her temperature.

Trust me, it is very exhausting.

I went to another GP again and I fell in love with this one.
She advise me not to give the past medications as it may not be good for Rania in the long run.

I just love conservative doctors like that!

In the end, she just prescribed a nasal spray to clear Rania's nose. She said it did not matter if her mucus was yellow or green. If she develops a fever, give her 1.5ml of paracetemol and a lot of water.

Today, Rania is still having stuffy nose.
Occasionally she can't sleep and looking for my pats and back rubs.
But when she is awake, she is still a cheerful and happy baby and she puts a wide smile to my face.

Yesterday, you turned 10 months.
You still amaze Mummy and Baba in many ways. I cannot get enough of you.
I cannot get enough of your antics. I cannot get enough of your smiles.
The way you want to cuddle up to me.

This was Rania and I, both exhausted.



Those are really precious to me!



p.s: I love Rania's bedroom face. It makes me fall in love with her all over again!

Self-point to note:
I have always been blogging a lot about Rania.
Maybe it is about time I blog about myself and what I have been doing/thinking/contemplating.

Insya Allah, I am structuring the blog entries.
While creating them is a joy, the chore will be to think what comes next and next and after that.

Stay tuned!

xoxo

Have you?

Tomorrow is the last day to close registration for Digigirlz.
I know it is kind of bad timing with the Sec 1 to 3 students having exams.

But it is a Friday and during school hours.
Plus with the loads of fun, it is surely something you would not want to miss out.
Goody bags are filled with Loreal stuff, mags and our very own customized Digigirlz wireless mouse.

Have you registered yet?
We close registeration once we hit 80 girls!

Email me for details at a-nubtem@microsoft.com

See you there!

TGIF: Night walk

I was on childcare leave today since mom is still in London and my aunty who helps babysit Rania while I was at work was not able to babysit her today.

So really, it was a lazy afternoon especially when i could not sleep well at night with Rania crying every hour and would go back to sleep when i hug here. I am suspecting her teething discomfort.

The husband came home and my family typically spends a lot of time in the bed, watching the telly, playing with Rania.
At 9.30pm, i told the husband that I wanted dinner.
So after sooooo much contemplation whether to buy out or go out to eat, I decided i wanted some 'fresh' air.

Off we went to Lau Pa Sat to have my mee hoon goreng and teh tarik halia which is really the nicest I have tasted.
I suggested that we take a walk at MBS and in that way, Rania will also fall asleep during the walk.
She somehow finds it therepeutic sitting in the carrier while we walk. It is the easiest to make her sleep.

So I already wore her her nightwear, changed her diapers and off we went!

*all photographs taken with my HTC One X*

Rania did sleep when we were about to finish our walk 45 mins later.
I smiled. My planning was perfect.

She slept throughout the car ride and i placed her on the bed to continue sleeping.
I worked on my blog posts while she sleeps and now its time for me to rest.

Have a great weekend everyone!

xoxo

Chase that Monday Blues.

This was shared with me over the weekend and it would be a good start to crack you up on a Monday.

I read this and laughed and laughed and laughed.
I laughed at my husband's predicament.

Today, after three years knowing each other and a year and a half being married, he always said I cheated him to marrying me.

*lol*

It didn't matter. We have a beautiful girl.
Despite going through so much during the 3 years, we are still very much in love and looking forward to spending every moment together.

So God, thank You!

*LOL LOL LOL*

Have a beautiful Monday everyone.

When automation fails

I am sharing this with permission of the person who uploaded this and the person who sent the message to.

In the era when people rely on IT and gets lazier with the advance technology, this is what happens.

I am not excluded. I never bothered with my spell checks unless it looks this wrong!

*lol*

To my dearest @farahrashid, thank you for giving me very good laugh after intense moments of working. Thank you @hanirashid for conspiring this blog post.

Love to see you sisters always having a jolly good time.

With love,
XOXO

Sent from my HTC

I am who I am

To be in my shoes means that you need to be super awesome with multi tasking, be in check with emotions 24/7 and try to have a jolly good time at every possible minute.

The hands have been busy multi tasking with work.
The legs have been been busy settling things, going places.
The mouth has been busy with meetings.

It's time to find time for the fingers to do the blogging.
I always said I will be right back and then you all lost me and then I am back again and then lost me again.

The cycle is inevitable because of my lifestyle.
But you know what?

I am always around.
*winks*

Sent from my HTC

Entrepreneurship

I was having tuition with my student the other day and I saw her pencil case.

Being curious, I asked,"Did you draw this?"
"No. I bought it online."

Online?
I thought it was us adults who conquered the internet market. Now the younger generation are leveraging on online purchasing as well.

I am not that old am I?

Anyway, my tuition kiddo bought it for $3.
That is quite a mark up ok.

I wonder what will my children's spending taste be.
That is what technology and modernization is all about.

Be amazed.

Flying high

This is really a random post and a random thought that entered me head at 4.30am.
I was wondering why a lot of ladies (or even men) make a big deal of being a flying crew.

Ok there are truly nasty episodes of public calling them the flying waiter and waitresses.
I wanted to be a 'air-hostess', like that our older generation still calls it.
I wanted to be that at 8, not knowing the nasty politics when they are on the flight or off flight.
The dirty reality that happens in rooms.

It happens and I am not kidding.

When my husband was selected to be a cadet pilot, I was already on my toes like nobody's business.
Alhamdulillah with berkat doa and our sincere intentions to start a family, he left ([dun ask me how] without having to pay his bond) and here we are building that family we have been planning.

For the past two days, I mentioned,"It is ok if you want to be a pilot. I don't know how it feels like but if that is freedom to you then you should go for it."
"I have left and have far dropped the idea. But I would love to fly my own plane."

Big dreams. Maybe too ambitious but it is a start to something, whether big or small.

I smiled. To me, it means quality family time and getting to sleep with my husband on the same bed everyday.
It doesn't matter if we need to work hard to save up and fly for a holiday.
It doesn't matter if he cannot fly his own plane.

I gave up the idea of being a flying crew when I was in university.
I knew I wanted to be in the corporate world. Then again, I have never once mentioned to anyone that I am the Exective so-and-so or a whatever-Manager.
It should not matter, unless I am in the corporate client events or meetings.

First people will ask,"Mana kau kerja?"
Then they will ask,"Kau kerja apa?"

"Admin"

Everyone will be guessing my salary and how come my work schedules are pretty flexible.
To me, I am just happy to be pampering the people I love with whatever income I get.
Never forget to give the needy. The berkah of such, Masya Allah.
There will always be an enough dollar for you to give and somehow find another dollar for you to spend.
I cannot explain how!

Many crews get free rides till they get sick of it - that they cannot wait to finish up their bond.
Dad would say,"Work hard, find the money and enjoy travelling because it is a holiday. Not work."

Disclaimer:

I am not with intention of belittling those who have their career as a flying crew. It is always an individual choice.
I would have to lived with it if my husband was to be a pilot.

I just wonder why in our society, especially parents are always proud when their children gets to be a flying crew (macam jadi doctor) and find it an embarassment when they do not qualify.

Isn't there more to life than flying?

Try flying high instead and then the success maybe tastes sweeter.
Don't you think?

Did you know? Confessions of an uptown girl

I cannot remember when was the last time I entered a wet market.
I am serious.
Was it at the age of 14 or 16?
Ok somewhere there.... and here I am turning 30 in 6 months time.

So last weekend morning, the husband brought me out for breakfast at the Ang Mo Kio hawker center and then he led me to the wet market to stock up our refrigerators!
He always wondered how come I never put my feet in the wet market.

Basically, my family eats out every day, every time.
Our tapao food to work is very simple. We buy pre-cooked shrimps and fillet fish for our porridge from the supermarket.
Frozen chicken from the supermarket.
So the husband taught me around the wet market and I felt super amused with myself.

Thank you husband nonetheless for the experience.
I am growing up aren't I?
(Though its a little late. But better late than never)

Just a quick update, I am contracting very often now.
Maybe 1 big contraction every hour and smaller contractions along the way.
I am scheduled for my check up tomorrow but I am hoping that Rania can wait a little while till this weekend.
Her Yayee will be back from Bangkok and her Baba will be on long leave due to Christmas and New Year.

Plus, I have yet to get my guest room ready for Mummy and my Lil' Sis to come and stay over.
Hang in there sister!
Give your mummy a breather ok.

xoxo,