My very first blog entry… of all things, was about how much I hate cockroaches. Hahahaha.
I take it back. If there’s one thing I could make extinct on earth, it’d be mosquitos!!!!!
If you follow my Twitter you’d see that every once in a while I’ll be raging against mosquitos. >:((((((((((
Our apartment for some unfathomable reason has seasonal problems with mosquitos one T_________T
Went back to see my own tweets and got angry all over again wtf.
For most of the time I cannot figure out where all the mosquitos are coming from! On advice from Wendy I actually went around the whole house (and out to the balconies) to check for stagnant water because it seemed like the more mozzies I killed, the more came to take their places.
But no stagnant water. Granted they come more when it’s rainy season but we usually try not to open windows and we still get mosquitos in.
I was going crazy.
Mosquitos only seem to bite me not Fatty. Many a night I’d wake up in the middle of the night cos I could hear mosquitos in my ear or cos I was itchy all over. T___T
I tried spraying the room with pesticide. Mosquitos didn’t die!
I don’t like the traditional green coil that you have to burn because it’s smoky and smelly and eventually turns your ceiling yellow. So I bought the electric appliance where you insert the pad of pesticide in. Smelly but still didn’t work either.
I googled and tweeted for solutions and went out and bought this.
Oil burner + citronella oil.
Ok this works but it doesn’t work to destroy mosquitos. The smell of the citronella oil confuses mosquitos but once I step further away from the burner, the mosquitos would detect me again and start nomming. -_-
2ndly, I put the burner near my bed for max protection and because it’s an open dish, the water and oil in it gets spilled a lot all over my carpet. -____-
3rdly, I DON’T WANT TO CONFUSE MOSQUITOS I JUST WANT THEM TO DIE.
I’ve actually been waiting for the day where I can blog this. The day I found a satisfactory solution to my mosquito troubles.
This is called a lantern the Khind Aedes Buster.
All the parts. With all their powers combined….
I tagged them to show how it works.
1 – The top part which has the slat windows for evil mosquitos to get sucked in. There’s a fan in there to create suction. There’s also a UV light tube inside to create light and heat to attract the mosquitos.
2 – Glue tray which goes right at the bottom to catch mosquitos so they can’t fly out again.
3 – Funnel which sits above the glue tray to funnel mosquitos through.
4 – Bottom part which holds the glue tray and funnel.
5 – Shade which sits on top to focus the light.
Quite simple to assemble! Glue tray goes first, followed by the funnel then the whole big top part.
Just screw on the top.
Done!
The Aedes Buster works to attract mozzies in three ways:
1) Odour – The Buster is coated with a layer of Titanium Dioxide Coating. The Titanium Dioxide interacts with the air to release carbon dioxide, which mimics carbon dioxide exhaled by human beings. Mosquitoes can detect carbon dioxide up to 100 feet (36 meters) away and that’s how they get to you. >:(
2) Light – The ultra violet (UV) light produces a strong visual attraction to mosquitoes within 30 feet.
3) Heat – Heat released by the UV lamps mimics human body warmth and lures mosquitoes within the vicinity of 10 feet from the buster.
Once the mosquitoes get near to the Buster they will be sucked into the mosquito collecting compartment and stick to the glue tray muahahaha. Then they have no choice but to die there muahahahha.
I stationed it in a corner of my room. There’s a timer so the buster automatically turns off after four hours. Four hours is enough to clear the room of mosquitos and saves electricity as well as the longevity of the UV tube.
Just leave it in a darkened room for four hours (so the UV light will be more effective in attracting mozzies). Try not to stay in the room, or if you have to, put the buster at least 10 feet from you to avoid conflicting sources of CO2 in the room wtf.
I just tried it officially for the first time last night!
I was in my room the whole night watching Downton Abbey so I didn’t turn on the Buster. Then I went to sleep and woke up half an hour later with an itchy hand. -____-
MOSQUITO I KEEL YOU.
I jumped out of bed, pulled out the Buster and turned it on, making sure I put it at least 10 feet away from me.
Then jumped back into bed and pulled the covers over me so I wouldn’t release CO2 lolol.
Slept peacefully for the rest of the night. ^^
This was me before. LOLOL damn funny this video.
Me now! ^^
Khind Aedes Buster comes in dark blue or maroon, 2 spare UV tubes and 2 spare glue trays for only RM132. Don’t need to keep buying refills like the other mosquito traps!
And for Fourfeetnine readers I have TWO Khind Aedes Busters to give away!
Just comment in response to this blog post with your most extreme (pitiful/miserable/hilarious) mosquito story so I can judge whose life sucks (HAHA GEDDIT) the most and deserves the Buster hahaha.
Remember to put your email address IN the comment (not just the email box) in case I can’t pull it up then bye bye no winning for you.
Contest ends this Friday, 5 July at 12am.
For more product details and where to get one
Khind also has a running if you don’t win here on my blog!
Haro!
Today I’ve decided to blog about… what I wear when I’m pregnant.
I think some of the pictures here have already been posted in previous entries but whatever this is an educational experience ok wtf.
Actually I have no idea whether what Imma say is true or not la but I find these tips work for me so I’m just sharing them maybe they’ll work for you too if you’re pregnant / are thinking of getting pregnant but are worried about the havoc that will wreak on your appearance.
I know a lot of people these days say that I should be “proud of my baby bump and show it off” and a lot of modern mamas like to wear tight tight clingy clothing to show off their bumps! Also it’s a very popular trend now to do maternity shoots isn’t it? But why all the shoots I see are all monochrome and the man and woman will inadvertently wear matching clothing e.g. blue jeans and white/black tops but the woman will have hers pulled up one ah who dictated it must be like this wtf.
To all this I say, to each their own wtf.
It makes me very happy every time I feel Fighter move in me, and I am amazed at the way he (and my tummy) is growing so quickly. But. I don’t like seeing my own baby bump being glorified in tight shirts. :X I feel like other people pull it off but I don’t like seeing myself like that.
Maybe it’s because I’m short and have relatively small limbs. The distended belly and skinny limbs just makes me look like a malnutrition-ed child I think. :X
Anyway all of that was just to tell you not to bother telling me ‘your baby bump is beautiful and you should enjoy it’ etc etc la cos this is just my personal opinion. I don’t go around telling people to cover up their bumps so you shouldn’t feel the need to tell me to show mine off. Hahahaha.
Anyway here’s some things I’ve learned while dressing to complement a baby bump.
1. Get extensions WTF
Ok this is not a viable option for most people hahahaha. But when I started gaining weight in earnest my self esteem plummeted. Ironically while being pregnant is an exclusively female ability, I felt un-feminine, ungainly and unattractive.
So I got extensions. Layers of long hair can disguise a rounder face and while extensions are high maintenance, I love that I can style it in different ways – long and curled, straight, odango-d, braided, etc according to my mood and style I want to achieve.
Extensions are not for everyone, but the point is, if you’re feeling low, go ahead and do something nice for yourself! Get a new hairstyle, manicure, go shopping, whatever but I find that hair works best for me. 😀
2. Babydolls and empire lines
This is the most obvious la! If you wanna hide a big stomach, just go for empire lines – tops or dresses with waists that start right under your boobs (can also highlight your bosom wtf) and then flow in a tentlike shape. Instant no more tummy wtf.
The white top above is from Miss Selfridge. White loafers are from Chatuchak.
3. Black works
Everyone says black is slimming but I’d always kind of dismissed it cos I thought I looked the same whether I wear white or black la wtf. Some more black attracts mosquitos, the bane of my existence wtf.
But now that I’m pregnant, black works wonderfully to camouflage the bump.
Top also from Miss Selfridge. (this is not an ad for Miss Selfridge ah but if they wanna sponsor me, lemme know. Lolol. I actually never shopped there before but I realize they have a lot of flattering babydoll style pieces!)
4. Non-cotton tshirt material clothing
Notice how in most of my outfits I lay off wearing cotton tees? I love tshirts actually T_____T But unless they’re empire cut, I found the fabric in most tshirts will cling to me unflatteringly.
So now I tend to go for more ‘formal’ (for lack of a better word) fabrics. Like lace and chiffon which tend to be loose and flowy and somehow just make me look like it’s the fabric, not me that’s big wtf.
But pick your fabrics carefully! Conversely, thicker fabrics – say denim or oxford – make me look bulkier and it’s just all me, not the fabric. >:(
Lace and chiffon pink shirt from Foruchizu. Fat Cat Stockings also from Foruchizu.
5. Longer hemlines on tops
Cropped tops and high waisted pants are no longer an option, and not only cos they don’t fit. Even if you find items that do fit, confirm you look like you’re wearing your future baby’s clothes wtf.
Believe me I tried.
For me right now it has to be big tops all the way. Hems should end at your hips or lower (especially if your hips are getting bigger like mine are fml) This also doubles usefully to cover your camel toe when you wear leggings. And you will be living in leggings/stretchy pants.
This top is Tshirt material! But cut in a loose way and also black so it still worked. ^^
Check My Blog tee from Foruchizu. Plaid leggings from Topshop, Laforet Hello Kitty bag was a present from Hikky. <3
Also since your top is going to be loose, tight pants are the answer to balance out your silhouette. But I think everyone knows that already. ^^
6. Layering
Not sure how this works wtf. But I find that if I have to wear a clingy shirt, putting something else on top of it seems to work. Maybe to distract the eye hahaha.
Like a denim vest.
Double Cross grey tee is from Foruchizu. We also restocked the very popular Rose Wreath!
A blazer works too.
Actually I would think a huge statement necklace would do the trick too. Maybe I try it next time.
ZOMG face so chubby now. T______T
My bump! Lolol Fatty on the bed. T______T
That’s what I figured out so far! Any other tips you guys have are totally welcome. ^^
More pregnancy updates!
Yesterday I woke up and it hit me that I am 6 months now. D:
And we haven’t gotten anything for Fighter yet! Fighter don’t come out yet ah we are not ready! You are also not ready ok wtf if you come out now I don’t know whether you can breathe on your own ornot WTF.
But sometimes I wish he also faster come out la. T3T
Here’s an updated list of my symptoms:
1. Sore feet
Every morning when I get off the bed and my feet hit the ground, my feet cry out in agony wtf. Ok la exaggerating a bit but my feet are really sore now I think cos of all the extra weight I’m lugging around!
I don’t even know how other pregnant women still want to wear heels lo the thought of it literally makes me feel ill. -_-
2. Swollen everything wtf
So far it’s my feet and knees that have swelled up cos of fluid retention. I usually have slightly visible veins on the tops of my feet and the other day I looked down and saw no more veins feet also super round and smooth. D: Then I couldn’t fit into some shoes fml.
And… my wedding ring is now hanging off a chain on my neck. D: No more nice slim size 4 fingers *weeps
3. Carpal tunnel syndrome
This one developed out of the blue from last week! I frequently wake up in the morning with my hands numb. Also wake up multiple times in the middle of the night because my hands are hurting fml. Cannot even pull up the comforter or adjust my pregnancy pillow because my fingers can’t curl properly to hold anything.
This morning Fatty looked over to see my still lying in bed with my eyes closed but with my hands in the air, opening and closing them and waving em around wtf.
“What are you doing?”
“Getting some feeling back in them.”
Besides pregnancy, here’s what else happened recently!
Father’s Day lunch with Fat Her and the Oois!
Sounds like a new band wtf.
Something damn stupid happened. The hotel’s promo was giving out a free mug (with personalized name inscribed) to the daddies that ate there.
I paid for lunch with my credit card and Fatty used his Starwood card to get discount so we handed them both cards. The waitress asked “so what name should we put on the mug?”
I said “oh put Mr Ooi la.”
They came back with a mug for Mr Tiah WTF.
We were quite baffled and said “but we said Mr Ooi ma!?”
Waitress: “Oh yea we just followed the name on the card.” WTF.
We said: “Mr Tiah will be a father in 3 months la wtf so the cup can be for him. But can we get another one for Ooi?” *points at Fat Her
Waitress said ok she would check. Then she came back with this.
WTF!!!!!!
HOW DOES FAT HER LOOK LIKE A MS OOI HAHAHAHAHAAHAH.
So first they put Mr Tiah cos of Fatty’s Starwood card. Then Ms Ooi because of my credit card!? How can be Ms when this is Father’s Day!?!?!?
We sent the waitress packing again and I saw behind us the poor supervisor bending over a new cup, scrawling out another name.
Some more the more cups he wrote, the more shaky and ugly his handwriting got WTF T__________T
We went home with three cups wtf.
Back when my hair was still short.
Rose Garden Long Sleeve Dress in Dark Blue from Foruchizu!
Attended Sin Thean and Hui Yuan’s wedding. T_________T See them cry I also cry. Congratulations both of you!!!
Happy wedding people! Except two seconds before this I was cowering under a golf umbrella and merely flung it away for this photo opp. Pregnancy = pigmentation ok don’t play!!!!
Met up with Tze and Jam for lunch. See how possessive this Tze is over Fighter wtf.
Boy / Girl cap also available at Foruchizu!
SALE is on now btw! Mostly about 40-50% off. While stocks last! Sales page here.
Went for my monthly DRx Essential facial the other day! Fatty calls it my tai tai life wtf. But it’s very nice and soothing.
Fourfeetnine readers get the facial for rm80 (original price rm210) if you quote my name! DRx is located at Plaza Damas.
Went house shopping a bit. THIS DOESN’T LOOK LIKE MALAYSIA AT ALL HOR. *dreams
Not gonna reveal this place because… what if one day we really live here leh *keeps dreaming. Later got stalker wtf.
Went with Fatty to 76style to cut his hair so I decided to wash and style also. Hikky did waterfall braids for me <3
With ex colleagues Steph and Carol! Gatecrashed a media industry event hahaha. Face so chubby now. D:
(^3^)~☆
So this is what I’ve been looking at on Pinterest lately…
I know right! *grips table
HOLY MAMA I WANT THIS ROOM MYSELF PLEASE
This is the best bed ever. One day if we have a little girl (and we’re rich) she’s getting one of these.
Oh all right Fighter, you can have your Batcave too.
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And would you just look at this forest/pond themed lily pad bed. T_______T Where got people so creative one.
Ok Audrey focus. Fighter may very well end up hating you if you go with the above.
Baby boy room? 😀
Another one. I think I’ve pretty much decided on blue, white and yellow as a color theme. Fighter you better like it!!! *cracks fist
Dunno why baby rooms often seem to have a tree/forest theme! What do babies have to do with greenery wor. But I pinned this for the gorgeous mantle piece thing above the cot where the canopy (mosquito net for you Malaysians) hangs from. 😀
OH BE STILL MY HEART.
This one also canopy but circus style canopy!!! Also do you think I can sneak in some pink into Fighter’s room?!?
No pink? Ok this is all man. Manliest of men wtf. Merry go round themed with not a hint of pink anywhere. Super love the idea of painting walls blue and fluffy white clouds too.
Er in case I can’t find suitable pictures for the walls, I saved this so I can print it out and use WTF.
Mint and yellow also very nice! Where can I get a yellow chair like this!!!
And this picture just makes me smile. 🙂
Can’t wait to get down to it and get Fighter’s room ready!
Don’t actually feel like writing a serious post today but I think I should put it out there.
Today I had a very enjoyable dinner with a bunch of other Mount Holyoke alums. The Malaysian alums try to make it a point to meet … I dunno a few times a year.
Anyway, we were all sharing what we’d been up to lately, where we were working now, when it hit me.
I had nothing to share wtf.
More specifically, I had nothing to share which I felt was on par with what everyone else was doing. Don’t get me wrong — it definitely wasn’t a “I’m doing this so I’m more awesome than you” thing but Mount Holyoke women have a tendency to be… well, amazing.
One friend is on the Malaysian Bar Council, another is at Khazanah, a third is a financial journalist while the fourth is in politics.
And what am I doing? Blogging and being pregnant wtf.
I experienced a huge sense of inadequacy. This was not the trigger though, lately I have been feeling that… I’m not doing enough, and this just reinforced it.
I guess a number of factors brought this on. I’d already left my full time job for a year and while I am used to it — and love my current flexibility — I am increasingly feeling that because I’m not at a 9 to 5 office job, I’m not a contributing/useful member of society wtf.
It’s not that I’m not doing work. I am, although granted not as much as I did before and definitely a lot more relaxedly, and I earn comfortably more than what I used to. I still do work in social media, I blog and I run Foruchizu with Cheesie.
But it feels insubstantial. Frivolous. I’m not producing anything. I’m not changing the world. I’m not helping anyone. All I’m doing is essentially GET PEOPLE TO BUY STUFF. Social media marketing = convince people to buy stuff. Blog for living = ask people to buy stuff. Foruchizu = buy our stuff.
If I died tomorrow, would the world really care? No, because there will be no significant impact.
*tones down drama
The weird thing is, this started after I got pregnant. I’ve been thinking a lot about the future, especially Fighter’s future and I keep thinking that I need to be someone that Fighter can look up to! Someone who he would be proud of. I don’t think I’ve got that down at all. Fatty’s got all his achievements sorted so he’s good wtf. If I were Fighter and I looked at me though, I’d be like meh wtf.
I’ve also been asking myself, what’s my niche? What talents do I have? What can I do well that I can cultivate and make into a substantial achievement?
Nothing WTF.
I think I did reasonably well at my job. I blog reasonably well. I’m reasonably funny. I sleep extremely well wtf.
These are not really things to be proud of.
I’ve never won a blogging award. Funny also not super funny until can make career out of it. Sleeping well just wastes time wtf.
I need to find something. Or find myself. I don’t know.
Is this what an existential crisis feels like?
So ironic that I start exercising regularly only after I got pregnant.
I now exercise at least twice a week! I signed up for special pregnant ladies exercise classes so twice a week I drag myself out of bed to go okay!
First class is called Pregnancy Stretch and Tone which is something like yoga but tailored for pregnant mommies. A lot of it is aimed at toning pelvic muscles for easier birthing and to prevent uhhh incontinence. Ahem.
The second class is Pregnancy Fit Ball which is cardio and toning with those big bouncing balls which are lower impact and therefore suitable for mommies to be.
I don’t particularly like exercising but it’s for a good cause – my body, health, stamina,easier delivery – so I force self to do lo.
But here’s how it can be a good cause for more than just yourself.
The Rexona Move Social Campaign.
Ie. being active for your good and for someone else’s!
First go to the App Store / Google Play and look for Rexona Move and download it.
Start off by picking the activity you’re going to be doing.
There’s a whole bunch to pick from, but due to my current state, only walking and shopping (WHAT IT’S EXERCISE TOO) are suitable for me right now.
So before you start moving, you start the app!
Whether it’s at the gym, taking a walk, doing household chores or shopping, the app will measure the amount of distance you’ve covered and add it on to everyone else’s distance.
Errrr still 0 km for me fml. I tried walking with it but I guess I covered less than 1 km hahaha.
Malaysian have really come together to make this happen by moving to reach Sarawak *3 weeks after launch* (please check on the map in the app and update the location reached before publishing your post ).
2) Do not stop moving as we are going to over hit the target and the more you move the more children you will help.
As of now, collectively Rexona Move users have covered 1,629.66km out of a targeted 10,000 km. (figuratively traveling the entire Malaysia)
The total distance will be turned into donations to help underprivileged children in every state in Malaysia.
When it comes to exercise and doing charity, most people say that they have no time. -_- I iz also guilty of that sometimes haih. So this is the perfect way of killing two birds with one stone!
By the time I’m publishing this post, we’ve already reached the target goal of 10,695km!! (meaning we reached Sabah from Perlis in just three weeks)
But we shouldn’t stop moving cos not only is it for a good cause, it’s also for our own health. ^^
For more info on the Rexona Move social cause, you can go here. Don’t forget to download the app!
The other day when we were walking around the stores in London/Paris, Fatty said he always thought I preferred shoes over bags.
Nonsense! I’ve always loved bags! In fact, my first ever “big purchase” was a bag. A pink Guess shoulder bag to be exact.
My bags before were all cloth or rattan bags courtesy of my mom who thought they were the right kind of cute yet trendy bags for a kid.
I grew up, got to college, got a part time job, and splurged on – you guessed it – a Guess bag!
I loved Guess then and I still think their designs are gorgeous now. They’re trendy yet the shapes are classic enough to use at the office and for more sophisticated looks.
And Guess invited me the other day to check out their latest collection! *action jackson pose
Gorgeous bags galore.
Not to mention accessories. I have a weakness for pearls and leather…
Introducing the new Carlow collection from Guess. The theme is clear – a very strong animal print vibe combined with bright colors! Faux animal print of course, real skin is not cool!
Tried on a leopard print clutch with neon yellow and purple accents. Clutches automatically dress up your outfit compared to normal shoulder bags or totes. This clutch comes with a handy wrist strap so you won’t drop your bag easily (which I’m prone to).
The purple wrist strap matches my hair!
A closer look at the details.
Next is a more subtle tote bag called the Carlow Box Satchel. It features the similar leopard and zebra prints but the colors are more neutral – mint blue and coral. I don’t think you can use the previous clutch bag at work but this definitely makes a nice and functional work/day bag!
Sturdy & roomy so you can put a lot of things in.
Matches my bracelets too! All the matching is pure coincidence hahaha I hadn’t seen this range before.
Next up is the Carlow Crossbody Top Zip bag. It comes with a purple faux leather & chain strap but…. the strap was too long for me. T___T You can remove the strap and convert it into an XL clutch which is what I did!
Similar to the first clutch, it features animal prints and neon accents too. This is more practical if you more things to carry (like me!).
I think it will fit a tablet or iPad too!
Overall, the first bag, the Carlow Clutch, is still my favorite. <3
You want a Guess bag now too don’t you?!
Here’s the fun part.
From 10-17 June, there will be a GUESS My Wild Side Instagram contest.
All you gotta do is snap a photo of your most original animal print outfit (using clothing, accessories, designs, etc) via Instagram and share on your blog, Twitter, Facebook (whichever you have).
Example:
Ahem, no product branding allowed unless it is GUESS!
The 5 participants who get the most number of likes on Instagram and Facebook win a GUESS animal print handbag each (worth RM500)
Remember to tag #GUESSmybag #AnimalPrints #Belville too so that GUESS can keep track of your entries.
Winners will be announced on 19 June.
Good luck!
Sorry ah haven’t updated recently nowadays I prefer to spend my free time sitting down and letting Fighter flip around inside me. Hahahaha.
But I thought I’d better get to the Paris blog post or else I’d forget eventually that I’ve even been to Paris wtf. (it’s the pregnancy brain)
My first time ever to Paris! I’ve never been to anywhere in Europe besides England so Fatty wanted to show me around.
We debated stopping at a third city — maybe an Italian one — but we didn’t have enough time (when I visit a city I make sure there’s enough time to explore all its little nooks and crannies and not just the obvious tourist spots) and we (rightly) thought I might be too tired from going to three cities in 2-3 weeks.
As it is London and Paris nearly killed me wtf.
Hopped on to the Eurostar and two hours later, bonjour Paree!
And bonjour Arc de Triomphe!
Our hotel was right on Champs Elysee so this was the first thing we saw.
Champs Elysee!
Paris is undeniably beautiful, with its olden architecture and flowering boulevards. But it is also undeniably smelly wtf. Friends already warned me about that and it’s true especially if you walk down the smaller alleys; you sure get a whiff of stale pee. -_-
I fell in love with the buildings but I was also disappointed to see that there were obvious signs of disrepair – chipped walls, cracks, graffiti, etc. Maybe it’s because the architecture was so stunning that the defects were even more obvious. Or because we came from London where everything is generally spick and span I dunno. :X
I was a bit disillusioned the first couple of days but I think by the end I got used to it!
I’d be a shitty tourist if I didn’t take the obligatory Eiffel Tower shot.
Pretty boulevard on the way to the Eiffel Tower.
When in Paris, do as the Parisiennes do? Hahaha I didn’t buy any of these la. Although the yellow color one super cute!
The Louvre! From now on, to always be associated with Da Vinci Code FTL.
Sorry ah I everyday wear same jacket and scarf wtf.
Venus de Milo.
Mona Lisa *stifles yawn
I skilfully managed to crop out all the other gawking tourists who were all lifting up ipads to photograph the Mona Lisa.
But really not very impressive at all leh so small and dim looking wtf. Maybe I just don’t know anything about art. :X
Just around the river bendddd
Wind blow until eyes cannot open fml.
Notre Dame! Hunchback nowhere in sight so misleading.
Pont des Arts! Where it’s apparently fashionable now to inscribe a love message on a padlock, lock it there and throw the key into the river.
We accidentally stumbled on it one! Then I recently watched a movie where they did this too but for the life of my pregnancy brain I can’t remember what the movie is now wtf.
Gorgeous at night.
Another shot of Paris by night.
Musée de l’Opéra! Met a reader living in Paris, Paul-lynn who took us around for a bit and helped us snap this picture!
Got live performance outside the Musee! This guy was quite good some more. Everyone was just sitting on the steps outside enjoying the sun and this guy’s music.
I also enjoy la but grumpy because Fatty kept talking on his phone/whatsapping for work but at the same time he wouldn’t stop walking wtf so we walked on and on in the same area without really doing anything. And at this point I was getting tired from walking too much cos of the additional weight I’m carrying so I got damn angry wtf.
This is Fatty’s way of trying to appease me – take photo of my angry face wtf.
I heard it’s not the best macarons but it’s just a touristy thing to go to Laduree right! The window display is oh mama heartstoppingly gorgeous wtf.
Suddenly I want Fighter to be a girl so I can decorate his room in all these yummy shades of baby pink. T3T
Hands down my favorite place in Paris.
It’s an independent historical bookstore that specializes in English literature. And it’s pretty much filled with tourists and the books are overpriced but I loved it all the same.
Snuck a picture.
It’s tiny and cramped so I’m sure the selection wouldn’t be as wide as any other major bookstore but the variety and genres still blew me away! Maybe I’m too used to Malaysian bookstores and our Sophie Kinsella and John Grisham only *snotty
While we were there we heard a piano banging out Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now and then the Forrest Gump theme song which is Fatty’s favorite song wtf. We followed the music upstairs and there was a guy playing an old piano nestled among the books. Not very sure what it was for but added very nicely to the ambience!
More expensive but it’s souvenirs! I got a HP Lovecraft horror stories compilation… and a book on the Arab Spring. HAHAHA. Very inspired to find out more about Arab Spring after the election wtf.
More rubbishy trinkets I got as souvenirs…from the Publicis drugstore on Champs! Drugstore also sell so nice things. Especially love the mint rubber bracelet. 😀
At Au Petit Sud Ouest, as recommended by Pau-Lynn. The best meal we had in Paris! The restaurant is entirely duck dishes and the foie gras there is heavenly. Not to mention very cheap compared to what we pay here!
Fatty loved it so much we went two days in a row wtf.
The first day I nommed away at the foie gras. Second day Fatty said “eh wait are you supposed to eat foie gras?”
Me: “uhhh I don’t know.” *fork of foie gras in hand*
Fatty: “wait wait let me google.”
Me: *looks at fork and figures it could be my last bite of foie gras so I faster eat it before he can stop me WTF
Fatty got his revenge though. When we came home and went for our monthly scan, he told on me to the doctor WTF.
Then the doctor scolded me cos apparently foie gras is too much Vitamin A which could be harmful to Fighter. *dejected
Actually this was my best meal. HAHAHA. I’m sorry besides the foie gras place I hated every restaurant/cafe we ate at in Paris! Food was mostly not good and expensive and gave me heartburn. One pasta dish I had was so salty I had to drink a bottle of water after.
You can never go wrong with Mcds.
The title already explains it all. Lol.
So my heartburn hasn’t abated. I get it after nearly every meal (except breakfast thankfully) and lots of people have told me to take medicine which is apparently safe for pregnant women… but I have a phobia of medicine. And I find that milk works for me and since I have to drink it anyway, I chug it by the gallon wtf.
Still it’s tiring. 🙁 And sometimes when the heartburn gets really bad, even milk doesn’t help. Add that to regurgitation, acid and bile taste in my mouth fml and the occasional indigestion, my digestive life basically sucks.
And apparently it’s only going to get worse.
Makes me damn grumpy over all the pregnancy symptoms I’ve had so far. Thankfully no stretch marks or linea nigra or protruding belly button (yet. TOUCH WOOD)
But! But! Yesterday I had the most most most awesome pregnancy sign ever. It nearly makes me willing to have worse heartburn than I do now. Nearly la wtf.
I think I felt Fighter move. T___________T
A lot of people have been asking me if I’ve felt the baby kick and I’ve always had to give a dubious no. Cos there have been times where I thought I felt something but I’m pretty sure it was just gas wtf. Pretty sure cos there was a gurgling sound that came with it And then a stomach ache wtf.
But yesterday afternoon I was lying on the bed wondering if I should give in to an afternoon nap. Fatty was nuah-ing beside me and I had my hand absently on my tummy.
Then I had a very weird sensation. Like something was swiping my tummy from inside WTF. Hahahahaha so weird can you imagine! As though this Fighter was giving me a turning kick from inside.
Fighter just kicked me! Now kick all you want okay! Don’t wait twenty years then kick me I will cut you, unfilial son wtf.
Immediately after that I realized that right before the swiping feeling, I had also been feeling slight tapping/twitching on my stomach which I ignored, assuming it was a muscle twitch. But it could have been Fighter too!
Then this morning when I was at my computer, I felt two taps on my lower right side again.
And then after dinner, another two taps!
Maybe I should buy a morse code manual and read it out loud so Fighter can communicate with us WTF.
Ahhhh this makes me so happy. 😀 It really really makes all my heartburn worth it.
Came back home and found a package addressed to Audrey Ooi/Tiah wtf.
Care package from Angela!
Look what I found inside!
Bottom hehehe wtf.
Minion shirts for us! Big one is for Fatty (ahem), middle one for me and onesie for Fighter. HAHAHAHA CUTE UNTIL WANNA DIE.
Damn cheesy lor when we wear them all together hahaha. Also cheesy because of the color wtf *lame
She said she got them from Universal Studios (the Florida one) so if you wanna buy you can go there (dunno if the Singapore one has them though).
More onesies! One is a Tigger, the other is Bart. Babies hats are so cute they should be illegal wtf.
I’m a shoe girl, and it looks like Fighter is going to be a hat baby wtf. Cos Fatty loves hats on babies also I can foresee him buying a lot of beanies and caps hahaha.
On the left is a Chicken Soup for the Soul for New Moms T____T Angela wrote that she loved reading Chicken Soup when she was younger and she bet that I did too. How she know one T________T
Middle is a Japanese picture book about weddings and marriage. She bought it when we were in Kyoto (like 6-7 years ago WTF) at which point I wasn’t even sure if I would ever get married wtf. She kept it for six years and only brought it out for my wedding last year *tears. But she forgot to bring it with her wtf and now only sent to me.
And a card which made me tear again fts. My soulmate knows me best. T______T
Stupid hormones la! Watch How I Met Your Mother also can cry until sob uhuk uhuk. -_-
Thank you Auntie Angela! Fighter says he’ll come visit you when he can control himself from crying on airplanes wtf.
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