Sketches of Life

I am suffering now!

Kenot tahan the Nasi Lemak temptation, I ate one packet for breakfast.

Kenot tahan the Ikan Haruan Masak Lemak temptation at my mom’s, I ate some for lunch.

Kenot tahan the Daging Masak Lemak Chili Padi, I ate some for dinner.

Shortly after, I felt that I am full of gas and started having terrible nausea. Vomited a lil bit around 10.30pm.

Today, for breakfast; I ate Fried Rice and a slice of bread with Butter and Kaya. An hour after that, I vomited ALL out! Felt so good after that but had headache and all I want to do is sleep.

I slept from 12noon to 1.30pm at my mom’s. Then from 2pm to 6pm at home. I felt all my bones are aching, head aching and seram sejuk (felt cold). If I can sleep that long in a day, obviously I am really sick!

Promised my girls to bring them watch HSM 3 tonight but I don’t want to risk vomiting in the cinema. Praise God that I have understanding children; they did not make a fuss about it. Maybe because I told them that we will go watch the movie tomorrow. I hope I will be back to normal by tomorrow noon.

Serilk already now. I MUST abstain from anything that has coconut milk in it!

No matter how cheap I can get life insurance rates, I need to stay alive for my family.

My sister bought a new house and recently my dad helped to get the electricity and water meter fixed. My dad went to the Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad (SAMB) formerly known as Perbadanan Air Melaka (PAM) office to pay for the connection fee of RM110 which include the water meter and installation.

A few days after that my dad got a call from the SAMB contractor asking my dad to come to the house. There is no reason for my dad to be there because the water meter is usually fixed outside the house gate. This is what one of the contractors told my dad over the phone, “Faham, faham saja lar Encik.” (this means that they want $$$) At that time, my dad just came back from the house and no way he is going back there. He just told them told to fix the water meter.

In the evening, before going to the house, my dad met with a pensioner from PAM. He told my dad that they will only do it if my dad pays give them some money! True enough; when my dad arrived there, there water meter is not fixed. My dad was mad and he wanted to make a complaint but did not. Lazy to drive all the way to town.

The next day, the contractor called my dad again and asked for RM10. My dad gave! They fixed the water meter.

Haiya!!! Since we are not in a rush to get water into the house, what for pay??? Not that my sister is living there yet. If I were him, I already make the complaint!!!

With the economic instability, anyone dare to venture into any new business or franchise? Sustaining the current business is already a struggle. I am kinda relief that the other internet cafe owner decided not to sell his business. If not hubby would have bought it and will get into more debt. He is a risk taker but not his wife. That is why he is businessman now, not his wife!

I bought my Canon A550 in May last year and only buy the Energizer Rechargeable Battery a month later when I went shopping in Penang! I clearly remembered that I bought the batteries from Toy ‘R’ Us.

The batteries finally RIP a few days ago after faithfully serving me for more than a year. Time to get a new one.

Why you have to die when I am financially tight???

If without the cup there, I would be thinking that the above machine is a microscope! Looks like one right?

This cool design machine belongs to nespresso; espresso machine.

I have not been tasting any coffee or smelling any coffee for months. No one in my home drinks coffee. Looks like I won’t be going near any coffee for at least one year or until I am done breastfeeding my coming child.

Right after I blog about I Feel Good, I starting feeling nauseous again! But it wasn’t as bad as before and I managed to wallop 8 course wedding dinner that night without having to vomit them out after that! That was the first time I ate so much since I got pregnant.

My nose is still sensitive to smell which causes me to feel nausea but I did not gag.

Still feel nausea when I am feeling hungry but I did not gag. And I don’t get hungry so often anymore.

My weight finally sets in. I am at 54kg now; 2kg increased from my pre-pregnancy weight. At least I know that my baby is growing although my hands and legs are still slim. *ahem*

The only setbacks now are…

I get headache very often when the weather is hot (almost everyday is a hot day).

I get headache in a stuffy room.

My body always feels hot even at 1am in the morning. I bathe 3 times a day now instead of just 2 times. Right after bathing, I will feel sticky again! In my previous pregnancy, I only experience this in my last stage of pregnancy.

This pregnancy is really different from my other 3. I just hope and pray that everything will be smooth sailing from the moment of labour to raising up my No. 4.

I wrote this a few months ago…

What I want to do right now is going away, somewhere, anywhere all by myself. If I am in NYC then I would have gone on the New York Bus Charter, sitting comfortably all by myself just looking past the high rise building in the city.

I still feel the same now but I have to be realistic and admit that we don’t have extra to spend. Really! I kid you not. With the US recession, I don’t get as many assignments that pay me in USD like before. This month income is so far the worst in which it is not enough to pay my bills. I hope it won’t get any lesser next month if not, I don’t know what to do.

Anyway, I praise God that one of our apartment is rented and another one to go. I hope it will be very soon. Once that is rented, our financial burden will be slightly lifted up. Maybe we could bring our children for a 2D1N holiday in Port Dickson or Genting Highland.

You know what? I am so tempted to go back to work. If I am not pregnant, I think I would do so! I am not use to depending on hubby’s income which is very uncertain and sometimes not enough too.

Sometimes it is good not to get upset over certain issue too fast. I always do actually but recently, I controlled my tempered and the result turns out good.

If you read my children’s blog then you will that my maid lied about giving an unwashed fruit to my 2nd girl which I thought gave her the stomachache and diarrhea. Surprisingly, I did not scold my maid but my eldest did that for me! I wonder if she would hire Waco Personal Injury Attorney to sue the maid if she is much older!

Anyway, yesterday my 2nd girl asked permission from me whether she can eat the fruit and I got it for her. Picked a perfect one with no insects bite, washed and cut for her. In less than half an hour after eating them, she complaint of stomachache and later she vomited the fruits out and purged too.

Well, it seems that she just can’t eat this fruit, whether washed or not wash.

My apartment is rented but the tenant has so much demand. They want TV, water heater and new sink! What is wrong with the sink??? Hubby told me that it is dented. So? It is not leaking. I was kinda frustrated when I came to know that hubby gave in to all their demand. What about the door knobs? Don’t want new ones? I buy you the industrial knobs!

Anyway, we don’t have much choice coz competition is very high and we don’t have the money to pay for our home loan every month. I am thinking, since the apartment has tenant now, I want to sell the apartment. With tenant, I hope there will be interested buyer. I just want to get off this financial burden off my shoulders.

The day that I have been waiting for!

It’s 1.30pm now and I have not experience any nausea or headache.

Certain smells still irritates my nostril but I did not gag!

Does that means that the morning sickness have left me??? I really hope so.

I called up my MIL and volunteered to attend a wedding dinner on her behalf. I want to really eat tonight!

Finally I can be normal again!!!

Please God, don’t let this be a false alarm.

The phone rang this morning, MIL picked up. Overhead her conversation.

Her eldest sister that recently got her arm amputated has passed away last night due to old age.

I heard that she is 91yo already!

I guess the funeral will be this Saturday. They will normally “keep” the old for a minimum of 5 days especially when they die of old age.

She is a very nice lady. One thing I remember about her is during CNY she will give angpow to everyone; not only the children but the adults too. No more angpow from her next year onwards.

Hubby’s has UOB UniRinggit Points that was going to expire by end of September. So I redeemed for him to get the RM50 Kamdar Voucher since I need to buy curtain cloth for our apartment.

I checked the amount of UniRinggit points online coz I no longer keep their redemption catalog. So there I saw RM50 Kamdar Voucher. Since it was not stated which Kamdar branch the voucher is for, I figured that it must be a general voucher like KFC and McDonald vouchers.

When I received the voucher on the Oct 1, 2008, I was very disappointed to know that the voucher is only valid for one Kamdar branch which is in Jln Tunku Abdul Rahman, KL. Where the heck is that? I am in Malacca!!! Do you think I would be crazy enuf to drive all the way there to spend my only RM50 voucher??? Kamdar in Malacca is less than one minute walking from hubby’s shop! Grrrrrr!!!

I wanted to call UOB121 to complaint but after reading the T&C in which gifts and vouchers are not exchangeable. I decided not to waste my money and saliva.

Thank God I have blogger friends in KL, so I exchanged it with Msau for 2 pairs of Training Chopstick which cost RM19 a pair. The moment she got my vouchers, she buzz me telling me that the date on the vouchers have been altered; using liquid paper and a new date was chopped on top of it. Well, when I got the vouchers, I couldn’t be bothered to inspect the vouchers after knowing that I can’t use it here.

So, I got her to scan the voucher and emailed plus faxed to their customer service. This is because Msau doesn’t want to drive all the way to Kamdar; it will be her first time there too and being disappointed by invalid vouchers.

Just now, I received called from Skynet (courier service co.) wanting to collect the vouchers from me. I told the lady from Skynet that the vouchers are no longer with me and I gave her Msau’s office address. I just hope that they will pick up from her.

UOB didn’t even bother to email or call me to inform that they will be collecting back the vouchers! So unprofessional!!!

So, if you want to redeem any vouchers from UOB, I suggest that you call them to verify whether they are valid to be used in your state.

MIL eldest sister’s hand arm was amputated.

We watched Wall.e, Barbie and The Diamond Castle and Babylon A.D.

Was informed that Neslac1+ will increase another RM14 next month!

Went to church after a long one month break.

Went to Jaya Jusco for lunch and let the children have some fun at the Jusco playground.

Had a peaceful dinner at a hawker stall; just hubby and I enjoying Bak Kut Teh.

MIL, maid and my children attend a baby full moon celebration on the same day.

Leah was asking me last night when do I feel nausea?

Sometimes I feel nausea the moment I open my eyes from sleep. The only way to get it of it to to force myself to sleep again!

I will always feel nausea when I am about to get hungry. The nausea will come first before the tummy rumbles! And I get hungry every 2-3 hours!

I will also feel nausea when the food I eat does not agree with my tummy or is it the baby is too picky???

I will gag at the smell of fried onions and when I am bathing. Maybe due to the smell of the shower foam or shampoo. Couldn’t be bothered to experiment which one that irritates me. Just bath fast fast then go out.

I will vomit if something wrong with the food like, it give my tummy too much gas, unclean food and spoiled food!

Last night I vomit the bar of Cloud 9 wafer that I just munch while chatting with Leah. The wafer is not fresh anymore; it is a lil bit soft (masuk angin) and I think it has expired! I was hungry and saw the chocolate there; I just grab it and munch away. All I know it has been in the cupboard for quite a while, dunno who’s!

Well, I have to be extra careful what I put in my mouth now.

Apart from feeling nausea, I have constant headache now. It gets worst when the weather is extremely hot!

Hubby has one customer that always come across things and money that people accidentally dropped. That is what he told hubby. I wonder whether he really found them or steal them. The first I heard, he found at envelope containing RM3k cash near the bank! He then quickly deposited the cash (RM2.5k) into his account and took RM500 to treat his family dinner! Since then he found a few unlocked cell phones, pendrive and laptop. That really makes me wonder whether he is telling hubby the truth.