Eve of Turning a Year 'Younger'

Its 18:11 now and in another 6 hours time, yours truly will be turning a year younger. Its great to be able to celebrate my birthday in another country especially when the weather is between 7 to 18 degrees celcius!

As Im typing here, with a cup of hot green tea next to me, I'm having a slight backache. Must be due to too much walking and too much shopping I suppose haha!

We have been doing alot of walking, window shopping, eating, eating and lots of eating. Today, on the eve of my birthday, my MIL and I travelled to Fremantle to savour the great delicacies from the sea. We had a really awesome lunch at Cicerello's by the harbour front. Despite the occasional showers, we dined in and after lunch we took a drive to Market Street for some window shopping.

At Market Street there is this cafe called Chocolate San Churro - a Spanish inspired cafe (I think... from the setting, posters and the name itself) where they sell long twisting potato breadstick (they call it "Churros") and you eat it by dipping it in either dark chocolate/ white chocolate sauce. Its soooo delicious!! It actually taste like our local yaw char kueh, only that its skinnier and less oily. If only they open a franchise outlet in KL!

Before heading home, we stopped by at Coles (something like our Cold Storage) for some grocerry shopping. Did I tell you my MIL is an awesome cook? We had a great time travelling around with the aid of our Garmin GPS. Another girl's day-out tomorrow again and this time we will be heading to Northbridge!

Till then... gonna wait for my hubby to call me from Newcastle. Lets see if he remembers what day is tomorrow. If he doesn't.... he's gonna get some real spanking from me when he gets back!

Below are some pictures for your viewing pleasure =)

Harbour view

Night view (picture courtesy from google images)

We had this little pager thing given to us whilst we wait for our order to be ready. When the food is ready, the pager will vibrate and lights will flash around it - this is a sign where they tell you to go and collect your food at the counter! How fascinating!

Churros with chocolate dipping sauce

(picture courtesy from google images)

p/s- I didnt bring my camera cable, hence I had to rely on the pictures that are available on the net for the time being until I can replace it with my own when I return home!

Hello Perth!

Felt so surreal! Just barely 2 weeks of planning a holiday in Perth, here I am right here in Perth itself!

Tim and I parted yesterday at the same time (he headed to Gate C4 that marked "London", whilst I to Gate 27 that marked "Perth"). I had a great time travelling in MH125! The boeing 777 was pretty empty, thus I had the whole seat to myself. =)

After 5 hours of flying time, I finally arrived in Perth. After collecting my luggage, I was directed to the green lane (phew! I didnt have to open up my luggage for inspection! Not that I have anything illegal in it *wink* and besides, a cute little custom dog did come and sniff my luggage). Outside, I was greeted warmly by my MIL and SIL. After stepping out of the airport, my first sentence in Perth was "WOW!! I LOVEE THIS WEATHER!!" At 18 degrees celcius, it was fabulous!

My SIL drove us home in her Honda Jazz and along the way, my MIL became my tour guide, explaining bits and pieces about Perth and the names of some of the buildings. The best view throughout the journey was of course the Swan River. Halfway through our journey, we stopped at the jetty of BayView Terrace for some quick cam-whoring moments. It was pretty windy then, my MIL was almost shivering in cold, whilst I (without wearing any thick jacket) acted like a jakun, enjoying the cold air like I've never experience before...(typical Malaysian)...

The sky turned dark at about 5pm and we had our dinner at an Italian restaurant called Tiamo at Hampden Rd, Nedlands. Savouring the delicious lamb ravioli, pastas and cheese cakes, it was the perfect way to end my first day in Perth.


                                     Swan River

                     Tiamo Cafe' Restaurant, Hamden Rd, Nedlands, Perth
                     (I like the setting! Its nice & cozy)

Impending Motherhood

My mood for blogging is back... I do apologize for the long absence in the web arena (except of course I am still active in FB)   =)

I guess by now, everyone that knows me or knows Tim, or knows my family, or my in-laws, already heard the news that I'm carrying the heir or the heiress of the NG family of Brunei. It's coming to the fourth month now and impending motherhood is kicking in slowly but surely.

How different do I feel, you asked? Well, let me disclose my experience of what I have / had gone through for the 1st 3 months (note: every symptoms differ from each individual. From the scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the easiest, suffer-free symptom, mine probably ranked no.3!) :-

1st Month - 4th week
I did my own home PT just for the fun of it when I realized my monthly strawberry jam cycle was delayed. Sit on the wc, peed in a paper cup, dipped the test strip....waited....and then.... 1st line appeared...then a faded 2nd line appeared visibly in slow motion. I openned my eyes wider then squinted it smaller and looked at it again (OMG!) Showed Tim the test strip and he couldn't stop smiling when I told him what it could mean. It was a picture perfect moment! Too bad I didnt snap a photo of his face then!

5th March, we went to the clinic and did another urine test, this time, the Dr confirmed the result and congratulated us (double OMG!). But we decided not to let anyone know yet as it was still at an early stage. Of course both our parents were the first to know about the result!

2nd Month - 6th week
The sickness began. Note, I do not have morning sickness. Instead, I had MORNING, AFTERNOON and NIGHT sickness. It was H.O.R.R.I.B.L.E! Whatever I ate, I'd throw up 5 minutes after I finished a meal. And then I'd get hungry again. So I had to eat AGAIN. Then I threw up AGAINN! This process repeated for at least 5 times a day. Sometimes it gets so bad that the nauseatic feeling would wake me up middle of night and I had to run to the toilet!

This went on every single day until I reached week 12th (3rd Month).

3rd Month - 12th week
Visited my gynae (Dr Yap, one of the founder of Fetal Medicine & Gynaecologist Centre and an obstetrician in Pantai Bangsar) and had my second scan with Tim by my side. He wasn't with me when I did my first scan with Dr Yap. So during this 2nd scan, Tim was so excited to see his little baby for the first time, lying on his/her back with his/her eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands and legs properly formed in my womb. I became an instant celebrity amongst his peers and his staff as he cheeringly broadcasted to everyone he knows about his pregger wife and showed them the picture of his baby (in the womb).

Next week 18th May, I will have to go for my next scan and it will be exactly week no.16 then. 5 more months to go and a halloween baby will be born (that is if the baby comes out exactly on the date due).

What a complete change of events. I remembered this time last year, I was busy preparing for the wedding, selection of wedding gowns, photographers...etc. This time, it is the selection of maids, confinement ladies, baby cot and pram!

Busy year for the Wong and the Ng family that's for sure!