Pregnancy photoshoot

ETA: Would like to thank an Angel (Livia) for her effort and time to do the make up for me. Thank you so much dearie *xxxooo*

Since this will be my last pregnancy, i've decided to go for pregnancy photoshoot to remember how it is like or how i look like when pregnant :P

At first, i was pretty tempted to do a 'Britney Spears' but then later chickened out at the thought. Thereafter, i wanted a semi nude shots and again, changed my mind last minute because of certain issues even though i managed to get myself a lady photographer.

Certain issues consist of :-

i- what would my boys think when they are all grown up and look at the photos? I am very sure that they would be grossed out, as would most children's reactions towards issues like these. Doncha think? eg: parents kissing also they'll be like ewwwwwww.. *lol*. So, i really don't want that to happen

ii- i cannot imagine the look of my in laws' faces or my parents if i were to show them the semi nude shots. Hahaha.. or perhaps, i might not even dare to show them at all.

Anyway, below are some of the photos which i've taken 4 days ago. The ones with the kids will be in the album where else, the ones with me alone will not be in the album.

p.s: must pardon the fat fat me ok? *paiseh*!

Calamari

The freezer has at least 5 squids in it and i have ran out of idea on what to do with them. Anyone who has good recipes for squids, please don't be shy to share k? :P

In the end, decided to do calamari.. my very first attempt :D

Calamari

The recipe i used was actually meant for onion rings but guess they are pretty much the same isn't it? :P

The dish turned out really well.. golden, crispy and yet tender (not tough at all) at the same time. Had to rope in hb to help to cook this though. Thank goodness hb came back just in time to help, else i think my calamari would have been in black colour instead! 1 pair of hands is definitely not fast enough. Or maybe it's just me ah! :P

The sweetest boy

When one has children, a lot of memorable events / moments will bound to happen. They come and go as often as everyday. Sometimes, it's just a silly little moments which put a smile across our faces for a while and sometimes, it'll be something worth remembering for the rest of our lives.

Last night, my elder son did something which i think it's worth remembering for the rest of my life. Especially when he is all grown up, i will be able to look back and go awww... Which is why i'm gonna blog about it, so that i won't forget :)

For the past 1 month, Sz insists on sleeping with me every night without fail. First it was didi, then him. Sz sleeps next to me and didi will be on the floor. Then later, didi agreed to sleep with the daddy in the kiddies' room for the past 1-2 weeks. So that has been our sleeping arrangement currently, didi with daddy and Sz with me.

However, yesterday happened to be one of the nights when didi wanna join us (Sz and i) as well. But not on the floor though, he wants our bed. Imagine, 3 of us squeezed together on a queen size bed, together with some unimaginable number of pillows, bolsters, soft toys and blankets. The space i had was almost the size of half arm length only!

After 10 minutes of being stucked in a non-movable position, i sat up and sighed loudly. Sz saw and this is what took place..

Sz : Mommy, are you ok? Not feeling well? Do you want me to get your medicine?
Me : No, no.. i'm fine. It's just that now didi is also sleeping with us, i've got hardly any space to sleep and that makes me uncomfortable. Nearly fell down just now as well..
Sz : Ohh.. hmm.. why don't you sleep here at my place? (he has half the bed where else, didi and i share the other half)
Me : (shocked) Huh? Really? Then what about yourself? Where are you gonna sleep?
Sz : I'll sleep on the floor then, at where didi was supposed to sleep
Me : (more shocked) Serious? You're gonna sleep on the floor?
Sz : Yeah, seriously. Come, sleep at my place (he started moving his 5 treasures* to the mattress on the floor on the other side of the bed which is my side)

The cat got my tongue for a few seconds. Didn't know how to react to the boy's action. I was simply too touched. Never had i thought that he would be so 'wei da' to give up his sleeping space for me. When he was came over to my side of the bed to put his treasures, i just hugged him tightly and praised him for being such a good boy with a thank you as well..

Later on when i was comfortably sleeping on his place, a couple of tears rolled down unconsciously when i thought of what had just took place..

Seriously, i never thought someone so young could love me that much. It's been quite many times lately when the things he does and says melt my heart. Felt so guilty for telling him that i didn't wanna sleep with him earlier on and he actually cried. Aiyoh.. i'm such a meanie! Sigh.

You know, i honestly think that the person who loves me most in this whole wide world is my 4 years old son.. I think hb's love also cannot match with his. For now that is :P

Hopefully he'll still love me that much when he is all grown up as well :)

p.s: if all my boys are like that, i don't mind having another half a dozen more! The sufferings are worth it. Lol.. Just kidding! 3 is enough *wink*

treasures* = 2 huge pillows, 1 bolster, blanket and his baby (an elephant soft toy)

Tatsuya

This is an overdue entry for sure since the lunch was on last Wednesday and i post it only today :P

Anyway, the lunch at Tatsuya was good. Really value for money. Like what i mentioned earlier, they have 8-10 bento sets to choose from but not $26.80+++ each though. It ranges from 19.80+++ to $26.80+++ for the most expensive. You get practically everything in the bento set.. from appetizer to fruits.

My gf, Tanny was pretty torn between 3 bento sets. Lol. Couldn't decide since everything looks so good but in the end, she had the Unajyu Sashimi set which consists of Unadon, sashimi, variety of tempura, chawan mushi, soup and last but not least, fruits.

Tanny's unajyu sashimi bento set $26.80+++

For myself, i knew almost straight away what i wanted because the night before that, i was having a very bad crave for cold soba or udon. So when i saw the ladies lunch set, i was actually jumping with joy inside. Lol.

My ladies lunch bento set consists of cold taufoo and potato salad as appetizer, cold udon, chawan mushi, 4 pieces of california maki, 4 pieces of raw fish sushi and last but not least, fruits. I was stuffed up to my neck at the end of our meals. Actually, half way through pigging out, i was already full but somehow, i managed to force myself to finish the whole thing. Hehe.. too yummy to be wasted! :P

My ladies lunch bento set $23.80+++ (cold toufoo and potato salad not in the pic)

Up close of my lunch set

My gf and i both agreed that the chawan mushi gotta be the smoothest chawan mushi we've ever tasted. For Tanny, her unadon was normal, just like any other unadon you can get from japanese restaurants. We both love the way the set was presented though. So kawaii! They stacked the unadon and sashimi together and it was covered with lid, you know like a cute lunch box. We like! :D

For me, i really love the cold udon. I've never eaten any cold udon which is this good. Really really smooth and slippery but chewy at the same time. Tried very hard to fight back the temptation of slurrrping the udon out loud. Whoa.. imagine if i could do that. Ssslllluuurrrppp. Total s-h-i-o-k-n-e-s-s. Grin.

Besides the udon, i love the california maki as well. They included something inside the maki but i can't quite figure what it was, which happened to add the zing to the maki. As for the sushi, i personally find it normal. Probably because this was an economical lunch set, the sushi was pretty small in size and of course, the sliced fishes on top were abit small for me to go wow.. juicy and fresh.

Nevertheless, our overall experience at Tatsuya was a fantastic one. You can safely bet that i will definitely go back to savour more in the near future. Have been craving for their cold udon since Thursday already. Lol :P

ARGH!

I'm so gonna KILL myself!!

I can't believe i missed the calls after waiting anxiously for a week now. Ugh!!!!!

For the past 1 week, whenever the phone rings, i will be praying it would be it but it wasn't. I have almost forgotten what it feels like to be waiting for a very important phone call. You know, almost the same feeling when you are waiting for your new found love or rather, the boy that you like but not yet together to call you that kind.

Yes, from time to time, i'll check if the phone is working alright or keep picking up the hp to see if i have missed any calls. I also took my hp and house phone everywhere, to the room when i'm making the boy sleep which i never do, to the toilet when i'm showering, to my bedside table when i sleep at night with the ringing mode on, to the playground in the evening when i usually don't bother. Basically, everywhere and every second. Sad right?

Well, i simply can't help it. You see, my old helper has expressed her interest to return to work and she kinda confirmed it with me before she moved to a place a week ago. Told her to call me when she settles down because she still didn't know where her family and her will be staying yet. Uh huh, no hp or phone number to keep in touch at all. I'm so unsettled by these especially when i desperately want her back at all cost.

So, last Saturday she called, but i was in the cinema watching James Bond. The conversation was kept short as i didn't want to disturb others with me asking her to call back the next day but she didn't till tonight at 11pm. I reckon she has her difficulties in phoning me since she has no handphone and perhaps, the place she's at has no landline as well.

I really really really regretted for cutting the conversation short you know. Sigh.

And just now, when i checked my hp, my heart almost sank to the floor when i saw 2 missed calls from no number. How could i have missed it?? I was in the car when the calls were being made to me. Why no one heard it rang? Hb, my new helper were in the car as well, on the way home and both kids were sound asleep. So, it wasn't noisy at all except for some pianist playing away in the radio but no one heard it? Sigh.

Was it my bag? Sound proof?

Sigh.

Fate.

I really kena played until very ugly this time. Sigh. I really can't wait for her to come back to work again. Everytime i see my new helper, i would wish the old one quickly comes back -- yes, everytime, so it's definitely more than 5 times a day--. I can't stand it anymore. Now i really truly understand why everyone keeps saying, good helpers are very hard to come by. I never knew but now i know.

Sigh.

I'm gonna go insane if i have to wait for another week for her to call.. Think i'm already half way there :P

So please please please, call tomorrow and be answered.. by me :(

Double sigh.

p.s: i have just increased my hp volume to the max, to make sure i'll never miss any calls again from this moment onwards

Braces-less me!

That's right, no more braces for me. Yippee!!

I can't stop staring at my own teeth after the braces was off. Grin. I love the new look of my teeth, totally. Haha.. Unfortunately, not all is well though. My gum has been infected, swollen at certain parts because i couldn't floss for the past few months (the permanent retainer is on) and also the gum is extra senstive due to the pregnancy.

But since the braces is out now, i can jolly floss again. Hope the swell will go off really soon. They are really ugly to look at. Not only that, they bleed profusely when flossed. Really icky!

My next 'project'?

Teeth whitening! :P (okie, hope hb doesn't read this else sure kena liao, my never ending to-do-list lol)

Don't know why my teeth is so yellow even though i don't smoke. I don't even drink coffee you know.. Weird.

Will be getting my retainers next week, on top of the permanent retainers which are already fixed at the back of my upper and lower front teeth for the past months ( which will be for 2 years).

Ma fan hor? :P

But it's worth it. Hahahaha :D

Anyway, something funny took place on Wednesday, the day my braces was out. We were at mil's house and about to go IMM when i untied my hair to simply run through them with my fingers when this conversation took place between my 4 years old boy and i..

Sz : Wah mommy, ni hao mei ya.. (when my hair was down)
Me : Shi ma? Xie xie ni (with me smiling of course)

After that, when i was gonna tie my hair..

Sz : No mommy, don't tie your hair. Not pretty like that. You look prettier with your hair down.
Me : Huh? Don't want. Mommy will be very hot with the hair down. Warm weather today.
Sz : Please mommy please. Don't tie your hair. Putting them at the side very nice.

Mil came out to the lift area to join us. After listening to our conversation which was continuously battled on the tie hair issue with the son insisting that i let go my hair, mil simply shook her head and said, aihh.. your son has certainly grown up..

Lol.

Obviously, i won the battle in the end because it was my hair afterall. The son gave up on me :P

*The conversation was in Mandarin, not English.