This Way

"This way to your little piece of heaven" they seemed to say.

Pregnancy Insomnia

It is about 630am and I have been awake since 4 this morning. I got up and pee and I have been wide awake til now. The Husband had to be up by 445am today as he would be helping out his friend on his wedding day. The Chinese customary wedding starts really early, especially if you are Teochew. I am glad our wedding is way over and done with. To think that I was telling him that I would be in deep slumber when he wakes up and he would be so so jealous, I ended up making him breakfast instead.

Happiness

is eating hot cross buns on a rainy day with a hot tea.

Plain Disgusting

The drink that I had to drink is the most horrible ever. I had to get tested for gestational diabetes and had to down this horribly sweet and warm syrup. Let me tell you, it is almost as thick as sugar syrup!

I do not know if I had a sugar high right after the drink or was I just so sick after it, I had a dizzy spell right after that. I had to sit down for about 10 minutes before I could start to walk. We did think about taking a little walk after the test, but ended up driving to Geylang to get some la piah. How strange to buy la piah right after a glucose test. I wasn't in the mood or state to be walking around. The worse part is, I wasn't allowed to drink any water after that for 2 miserable hours. I fasted the night before the test, did the test and had to tahan 2 more hours! They gave me a little warm water to get rid of the remaining sugared drink that was in my mouth. All I really needed a nice icy cold glass of water. Funny thing is, I never really crave for any sugary stuff before this test, but when I was asked to fast, anything sweet that I saw, I just wanna eat!

The next time I had to visit my obstetrician, I will not eat for at least 2 hours prior. It is a lesson learnt. I wouldn't want to see anymore sugar in my pee and then get an order to down this cup of nastiness again.

Christmas 2009

I just realised that this year, I have to start on the Christmas present buying a lot sooner. The tree will have to be up soon too! I think it will be up early November!

I drew up a pressie list and I have something in mind for almost everyone. :) I need to hurry up and get most of the things just in case I popped earlier than expected. I headed out on Friday and see what I could get, and yes, I got The Little One a little something for Christmas already. The Husband says it is boring and not too fun a Christmas pressie. From now, he will be the one buying all the fun fun presents then.

I am also thinking about the handmade Christmas cards and thought that maybe this year, I will be less ambitious and send out store bought ones instead. I need to plan the Christmas eve dinner too!

Hindhede Quarry

A little walk before dinner on Sunday. The Hindhede Quarry is where the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve is. Just less than 10 minutes walk from the car park will bring you to the quarry. It is a lot less crowded here than it was in Dairy Farm, though there are loads of people squeezing in a walk up the Bukit Timah Hill just before dinner time. There is a wonderful looking playground along the way to the quarry, a nice place to bring the kids! We have bookmarked this playground already!

Getting my Kitchen Mojo Back

Happiness is mucking around in the kitchen.

I spent almost the entire day in the kitchen last Friday. I am glad that I did that. I miss just getting busy in there, messing about all by myself. In the morning, I did a lemon chiffon glow - which really is a fancier name for lemon chiffon cake really. It turned out pretty alright, though I suspect that I should bake it a wee bit longer. Oh and the night before I made some konnyaku jellies again. The Husband loves those things, so I made those once in a while.


The bottle of grappa was the best thing I could find around the house to balance the cake after it was baked. The last time I baked a chiffon was when I was still in secondary school and I really can't remember having to balance the cake upside down on a bottle of something.




I made dinner too on Friday! A meatloaf with an arugula tomato salad. The only photo I have of the meatloaf is the one above. Not too savoury looking since it is raw. But we had a good dinner last Friday :) Tomorrow I will make madelaines!