Weekend of 21st March 2oo9

I was out of action these few days mainly because I was having some kind of pain at the pubic bone. The doctor clarified if I was talking about my left and right thighs cos that is more probable to pain rather than the pubic bone area but I said no, it is the pubic bone. He then asked me to point out to him where exactly am I talking about, and so I pointed to the centre of the bottom which is the pubic bone alright. I mean, I did take Human Social Biology for my O Levels and I did score a B3 though I don't think you need to learn the subject to know what a pubic bone is but nevertheless I think the doctor was just trying to be sure he understood me correctly. So anyway, his guess is that baby's head is at the bottom hence the pressure and true enough, it is. Which is a good thing and that he said baby's head is quite big, hence the pressure again, which I think is expected, given that both Brendan and I have averagely bigger heads too. And I do hope that Kiki (baby's baby name) will make good use of the bigger brain mass and be cleverer and more intelligent than either of us. So as I was saying, I had to restrain myself from walking too much or even sitting upright for too long cos sometimes the pain is quite severe that I have problem lifting my legs to put on my pants. Given that I am so used to moving about, this self-imposed constraint takes some getting used to. Can you imagine I gave up shopping on Thursday just after 30 mins of walking, and to think that I took a cab home too. So, come Friday, I was homebound and been watching the stack of DVDs that Val loaned to me. I watched them over the laptop though, cos my TV is going kaput and has black lines across half the TV screen. It has been raining more than cats and dogs given the relentless lightnings and thunders, I talked to Kiki to let her hear my assuring voice over the thunders at the background. The rain recently is very severe, it unplugged over 20 medium sized tress at Jurong and the ironic thing is that at other times, the weather is so humid and dry that we perspire a lot. The adverse effects of global warming that was once a textbook theory is happening at our backyard. 

Oh ya, met up with Steph for dinner last night. Did some catching up and she's also having a baby girl this year! It'll be her second girl and she's due in July I think. 

Today is painting day at our new flat. you know, as much as we try to cut down on the renovation, it is still gonna cost a substantial amount, but like I've told Brendan, we'll just do whatever's necessary and whatever we can squeeze in, then leave the rest to phase II. The contractor we've got is really slow with the work and I guess we will have to give him some pressure to get going. He has only removed the kitchen cabinets and nothing else much in the 2 weeks that passed. We really need to complete all works in the next 2 weeks as I still need some time to get settled in before Kiki comes along and I have a hunch that she might be early. Whatever the case, I hope baby can wait a while more cos she has to gain some more weight. Talk about that, I'd better go get dinner. Anyway, we also need to get used to living in the new flat at least, and I've got to go collect all the baby stuff that my friends are handing down to me. The crib, the clothing, they all need to be washed don't they? And I still do not know what else I need to prepare....... gosh, talk about being last minute. So anyway, today is painting day and my brood of cousins had volunteered to help. So there they all are and I'm at home. I feel like I'm missing out some fun though. Well,,, really grateful for their helping hands.