Week 22

I'm in a growth spurt. Last Saturday my weight was 54.8kg at the gynae. 1 week later, I'm 57kg! The good news is I can still see my feet although I feel like a burstable-watermelon after meals.

My current tummy size in week 22 (for the sake of Dylan and Alyssa who have not seen their small Ah Mai being preggers)!

Happy meal

Korean Shin Kim Chi noodles

- Load up with bak choy, cabbage, egg and chilli paid

Minced pork with french beans

-Marinate minced lean pork with soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and chinese cooking wine for at least 30min. Fry garlic and pork, add french beans, chilli padi.

My simple and satisfying meal for one at home. Quick nutrition facts :-

- Protein: check. From pork and egg.

- Carbo: check. From noodles.

- Vitamins : check. From vege.

I'm ignoring the trans fat from noodles :)

Sticky glue

I'm a sticky glue - a term my girlfriends and I used to label boyfriends/husbands who are always ''around'' and love ''couple time''.

I like to spend my time with M. I enjoy the blissfulness of being together, even if we're doing our own thing, silently, as long as we're in the same room. The irony is I used to call him the sticky glue... always 'priding' and 'embracing' my independence / ME-time.

How pregnancy / marriage can change a person... Perhaps it's the hormones... Perhaps I'm just trying to cherish every bit of couple time before mojo's arrival :)

SoHo

H1N1 is so common now that our office doesn't really impose quarantine on those who have direct contact with H1N1 patients. So the fellas in "high risk categories" like moi are left to take matters into own hands- work from home. You may think it's cool to work from home but I don't think so...

Why?

1. No food: lack of good eateries in the neighbourhood (Prata doesn't count) and I'm too lazy to cook for one.


2. S .. L .. O.. W. connectivity: office web-based emails are slow and need to be refreshed to check for new mails. Ultra inconvenient!


3. Unproductive: despite having zero interruptions from irritating colleagues, I have constant writers block (maybe I need to see my boss's face to be motivated).


4. Lonely: I miss M more (blame it on the hormones)


5. Distractions: from the dogs next door, TV is just 5 steps from me, bedroom is 10 steps away!


6. Ergonomically unfriendly: My laptop screen is stoo small.. The dining table is my workstation - total mess now

*image from apartmenttherapy *

Quick facts about Mojo

Got a special request from a friend to update more about Mojo.

Quick facts (latest sonogram is unclear to post on blog)

Nick name: Mojo

Sex: 100% girl

Weight: 350 grams @ 21 weeks

Height: 14+cm

Features: Sharp chin like mom. Round nose. Her tummy size and overall body frame is 10% below average for now. I'm supposed to EAT MORE to help her put on more weight/grow

Personality: Rather active. Fluffy kicks here and there. Loves to be read at night*

* Erm...this is my own deduction. M reads to her everynight before I zzz. One night we were watching TV and past the normal reading time, she started to kick non-stop. So I asked M to read to her :-

SK: "Babe, i think mojo wants to be read"
Macho daddy: "Hey, we cannot give in so easily, we read when we want to read"
SK:...

Less than 5 minutes later

Macho daddy: "Ok, let's go and read to her." , "Mojo, you cannot bully us ah..."
SK:....

Outbreak

WL and I have coincidentally come into contact with people who have remotely contacted H1N1 patients. And guess what, there is nothing that we can do until we see symtoms! No one wants to do a test on us, no doctors want to see us.

Let me define "Remotely". It means I have contact with (A) who has contact with (B) who has contact with H1N1 patient (C).

(A) is not quarantining himself nor has any signs of flu/fever/sore throat. I don't have any symtoms either.

So what should I do?

i) Work from home to self-quarantine
ii) Nothing
iii) Scold (A) for being inconsiderate
vi) Wear a mask and continuing working
v) Avoid crowded places



I think I'll probably go with (ii) after (iii).

Retirement plan

I've found what I want to do when I retire! I'm going to teach cooking. Over the weekend, we attended a cooking class to surprise chef J for his birthday at Grandmothers Recipe. The chef, Rosaline Soon is a retired banker who conducts small cooking classes for maids, yuppies, friends, corporate team building etc. It's in a stylish yet cosy kitchen of her own in Thomson area.

Menu of the day - Beef Rendang, Ngor Hiong and Sambal Prawn. Never knew Rendang is such an easy dish to prepare. We spent 2.5 hours for the entire lesson with some hands-on time. It was fun, entertaining and yummy of course! Btw, I lurve her Miele stove and Barazzoni cookware!