The Apple's Diary!

Read off from the forum that a Dec 2012 mummy gave birth to a healthy little princess today. Though she came earlier than expected, the good news brought plenty of excitement to the group, especially for the 1st time mummies. Eh... I think is really time to get on my feet and quickly finish up whatever I need to complete, that include handing over my job and also getting ready for the arrival of our 2nd prince. a polaroid shot of us - me @ 31 weeks Went over to a colleague place for a play date with her dog and she helped us took this polaroid shot. First thing I noticed was the bulging huge tummy. It really had exponentially grown twice its size once I crossed over to 3rd trimester. Have decided to call off the maternity shoot and arrange for a family shoot instead when XP2 turns 4-6 month. Shall focus on my immediate tasks with my Pte Ltd energy.

Is it expected or is it accidental? Can we prevent it? This poor Jonathan suffered from multiple injuries consecutively for 2 days! First, it was a scrape injury when he was playing with our wardrobe doors. Somehow his right fatty thigh got caught at the bottom sharp corner of the door. Resulted in this 2cm long injury. Before his leg injury got better, he banged his left side head against the metal door frame of the toilet door. Resulting this 1cm head injury. Blood was oozing out for quite some time and of course, he was crying hysterically by then. When he finally calmed down and let us treated his wound, we were totally crumpled at this sight! I'm still monitoring Jonathan to see if there's any impact from this bang. Will probably let Dr Yip have a look at both his injuries since he's scheduled for his MMRV on Monday.

At 29 week check, XP2 was in transverse lie position and I was having complete placenta previa. Yesterday at 30 week 6 days check, XP2 went to head down position but not engaged. Placenta was way up! Thank God! At week 30, I gained a total of 4kg (according to my home scale) and 6kg (according to clinic scale). XP2 was at 1.6kg which made him rather small compared to his peers but on par with Jonathan. Tummy circumference exponentially increased to 92 cm which was a frightening 36". Overall, I'm happy! Thank God for protecting XP2... we have really come a long way together! Time to pack the hospital bag and get ready the long forgotten nursery!

I have been observing the snake queue for Guan Kee's Char Kway Teow. Located at Ghim Moh hawker centre, it is by far the most popular stall there. The short opening hour makes it even more tempting to join in the snake queue for a plate. Finally, I got my chance. Had such a late lunch on Wednesday, I arrived at the hawker centre 2pm. Headed straight to Guan Kee... Happy that it was still opened! But the queue was still there! Mr Darren joined in the queue while I waited patiently for my Char Kway Teow! Finally after 20 minutes or so, my plate of sinful lards, kway teow and cockles was before me. The uncle was really generous with his lards and cockles. I found a total of 5 big pieces of lards and 11 cockles in my $3 plate of char kway teow! Of course, Mr Darren had the honor of eating up all the cockles from my plate. The after taste in my mouth was sweet. In fact the sweetness lingered on for quite some time which really made my Wednesday afternoon so happy!

Had a sudden craving for Ang Ku Kueh (AKK) and wanted to get it from 146 Bukit Merah shop. So I googled for the address and WA to Darren. But I didn't think he will go and get .... all flavors! AKK Loot Personally I still prefer the traditional peanut flavor. 146 Bukit Merah AKK is yummy, I like as the skin is thin and filling is thick! Feels oily on your hand but is not oily when you eat it. My rainbow box of AKK He bought all flavors in stock... which include the green tea, durian, sweet potato, corn, salted bean, green bean, peanut, coffee, coconut and yam. I only managed to taste the green tea and durian, the rest were distributed to all at home. I still like my peanut best! my fave peanut Check out 146 famous Bukit Merah Ang Ku Kueh !

I pop by ABC market for lunch occasionally when Darren is free to lunch with me. We didn't know about this great dessert stall until recently, someone from his training class recommended this dessert stall. I had my 1st try on last Sunday. Ordered Mango Ice for myself, sharing with Darren and grass jelly with nata de co co for the maid. Wow! The price was fantastically low! My Mango Ice was only $2 while the grass jelly was $1.50. I returned again on Thursday for lunch. Ordered Power Chendol and gingko barley. Both at $1.50. If you like a heavy dose of Gula Melaka, then this is for you. Richly flavored with this brown sugar syrup and plenty of coconut milk. You can be sure I will be hanging out ABC market more often now. In fact, I discovered a few great stalls which I must remember to snap a picture. For now... do check out Jin Jin Hot Cold Dessert .

I received a surprised call from Dr Ho's clinic on Monday. Apparently, I failed to turn up for my appointment last week triggered this concern call from his clinic. Well, I would have thought that with so many patients, he might forgot that I actually supposed to return for my fortnightly check up. So when his nurse called and explained the purpose of the call, all I could think of was Dr Ho's a caring doctor. After explaining to his nurse about my switch, she wished me well and said Dr Ho's clinic would welcome me back if I need his expertise again. And the clinic mailed back my OGTT test report. It's an amicable ending for both.