A Mom To Be

Alhamdulillah, finally I'm pregnant. Not long after the doctor removed the cyst that blocked my fallopian tube, I managed to conceive. Too long we've been hoping for this to happen. After I realized that I missed my period time which is normally very reguler, I waited for few more days just to be sure that I was not getting any period. The fifth day, I couldn't wait any longer, and I tested my urine. POSITIVE!! I didn't even have to wait 40 secs as per intruction in the test pack's box. The result showed right away, with no doubt, that it's positive. Of course I and my husband couldn't believe it , but our hope bloomed. We bought 3 more different test packs. All the results were positive. Alhamdulillah....it was really a miracle for me after this time.

Unfortunately it was Saturday, and my reguler Obgyn wasn't open. I went straight to her on Monday afternoon, to check if I'm really pregnant. She was so surprised to know that I'm pregnant as she didn't expect it to be so soon and so easy after the surgery. Well...that counts two of us, but I would never regret it.

Anyway, I've never known what's the procedure to confirm pregnancy once the test pack result said it's positive. So I always thought there would be another lab test. But I was so appalled that the procedure was so simple. My doctor just used an ultrasound to check. I was surprised again to know that at this early stage, we could even see anything in that machine. It turned out that I could already seen the sack where the embryo develops. It was a small thing, six weeks old according to the size of it. And ever so weak, we could see what's to be the heart. We both, me and my husband were so excited to see this little miracle.

So now, a confirmed mom to be I am, I really have to watch my food. Lots of protein as the doctor said, less carbohydrate, and sufficient folat acid supply needs to be taken by my body, for the baby's sake. I have to reduce eating too spicy food (which I love), less fried foods or gorengan (which is my favourite past time food) and less tea or coffee (well...no objection there as I'm not really a coffee affeciando).

I just hope, as all parents hope, that my baby can grow well and healthily inside my womb until the due date, which will be at Ramadhan month.

Pre-surgery experience

After almost 29 years with no in-patient experience in the hospital, I finally got the experience after all. Not with a minor disease or something more happy joy feelings in the end after delivering baby for example. No..not at all. My first experience of course had to be a surgery...

Imagine how I felt. Scared...that's for sure. Knowing your belly would be cut open at one point, it really..really..frightened me. Not about the pain, because obviously I wouldn't feel any pain. Not with all the anesthesia that the surgeon will give me. Nope.

I don't know really what frightened me, but consciously coming to the hospital to have a surgery...that's one thing I have never imagined doing, healthy or not. I would imagine, if I am to have a surgery, is that I'm unconscious and really in pain that there's no other option than to cut me open. A matter of life and death. Coming in healthy and going out in pain is not my idea of hospitalization. But...again, I have no choice. At some point in my life, it has to be done. So why not do it earlier.

I just really hope it wasn't too late......

Portabello Mushroom

The first time I tasted this mushroom was in UK few years back. The classic English breakfast was egg, toasted bread, tomato, and mushroom. Well at least these were the ones they can offer us in the hotel restaurant, such a small hotel it was. And since I tried the mushroom for the first time, I fell in love with the rich taste. I didn't know what kind of mushroom they fried midly with just a little bit of cooking oil, but I ordered it every morning since then.

Few months ago, after I have got chance to finally work in a big city with supermarket that supplies western foods, and finally got a chance to think what I want to cook at home, I found these different sorts of mushrooms. And finally I found this portabello mushroom. Just out of curiousity, I bought it, and try to cook it. Really I was mesmerized by the fact that it has the same taste as the mushrooms back there in UK. So this is the one, I thought. Portabello...woww...I've never realized.

So now, this mushroom become one of the must buy items whenever I go shopping in this supermarket. And it also become one of my routine breakfast menu in the weekends. Well, just because I had more time to cook it. Too bad my husband doesn't really like it. Except if it was smeared on top of a beef steak of course, such a steak lover as he is.

Deepavali Holiday

What this day really meant to me is actually that today is a holiday!!! Horeee.... And finally, I got to swim again after a whole month of swimming forbidding in the fasting month. Well that was over a month ago, so why I didn't start earlier?

Hmm...the major delay here is because I keep contemplating the perfect weather to swim. The best condition is when the sun shines brightly that makes the water quite warm. Now when you're staying in KL this time of year, you will rarely find this kind of weather in the afternoon or after work hours. More often than not, the day will be cloudy or even raining. Not really a good time to swim, at least for me. I rather curl in the warmth of my condo than freeze in the water.



But today was the the day, and really wonderful it was. How I missed swimming. Especially since I have managed to get the strokes right. How you can enjoy swimming in a daylight. Hmm...despite the fact that I can't really master the floating movement, but hey...I can enjoy swimming already.

Right..enough on my swimming joy. I was thinking to talk about this Deepavali thing. So..what I know about this Indian celebration is that it's a celebration of light. What does it means ? I have really no idea. But for sure, I won't know that they celebrate this day if I'm only to live in my country. We had enough celebrations to share the holidays, what's another celebration of light?

To prove the point of this whole light thingy, I can easily bet that last midnight, the Indian populations in KL will surely welcome it with fireworks. And fireworks indeed can be seen all across KL. That's the beauty of having to stay in 18th floor. You can enjoy most of the fireworks shooting into the sky from several nodes across the town clearly without any other high rise building to cover the view. You would also definitely notice it because of their explosion sounds.

Have a nice Deepavali holiday everyone !!

The unique Indian decoration to welcome Deepavali

Commitment

What I mean here is how I commit to update this blog :p As you all might notice, I haven't manage to write anything more since...hmm..let me think...3 months ??? Fiuuhh...that long without realizing it. Time flew by so fast...or not, but for sure, I didn't have time or rather mood to write anything at all.

This is how an office life changes a creative mind to become dull..huhh... The thing is, if I ever got any free time outside work, I'd rather spend it by not opening my laptop at all. Better to rest my eyes for the limited time before I have to start staring at the monitor again for at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

To be honest, I'm quite thankful for only having to work 5 days a week. Imagine if I have to do that same thing for additional one day. When will I do other activities ? Not that I have plenty at the moment. That's why I manage to start writing again. But still...I rather spend my spare time with my husband. If only he is not doing his own work at this very moment, most probably I wouldn't be opening this exact page and start typing anything that pops up in my mind.

Well..and also despite the fact that it's already very late at night and jumping into the swimming pool would be out of the question. If this is sunny weekend afternoon, I would rather swim and practice my strokes than practice my ten fingers typing skills.

Reminds me of the holiday tomorrow. Hopefully the sun will shine brightly. I hate to imagine feeling cold before I even touch the pool water. Not that it stopped me before from jumping into the water, but with a perfect weather, it's always better.