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In Loving Memories
Fellow uni mate and Perkebian and old friend, Nimrod, fondly known as Nim passed away this morning at midnight in Kudat after a road mishap. He left behind two kids and his wife. I heard the news this morning through my John, and I couldn’t even come to terms with it then. I probably haven’t seen Nim since we graduated nearly 10 years ago. Last May when we went to KK, we wanted to meet up with him but didn’t have his number. I know Nim followed my blog closely, in fact he was just at my blog yesterday. I feel regrets as I was so busy with motherhood that…
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Full Moon party
It is customary for Chinese to celebrate their child’s first month on earth with either a gathering of friends and food or giving of gift packs with food and red eggs. Well, we thought for a long time which we wanted and settled for a buffet dinner at our house. So we celebrated Josiah’s full moon with a party on Sunday 8 March… The one month hasn’t all been easy, but time does fly. This is Josiah wearing his pajamas all the way from Slovakia, which travelled on air for one month. Thanks to Aylwin and Li-Ann and Arielle. I gave them the honour by using the clothes they bought…
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The Birth Experience
This can be pretty graphic, so read at your own risk. So by my calculations, my EDD aka Due Date for Baby Josiah was Feb 6. However, by Monday Feb 2 I was starting to get some contractions. By Wednesday, I finished all the work I can so I don’t have to go back to work on Thursday. So many people were asking me to take 2 days off before the due date. On Wednesday whole, I was timing the contractions, and it was getting pretty regular at 5-10 minutes apart, lasting at least 30 seconds. That was from early morning, then as at around midnight, it became closer and…
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Chinese New Year away from home
This year is the first year in 30 years that I spent CNY away from home, my home town that is, although I now have to call Kajang my home. As of first day of CNY, I was 2 weeks away from meeting my first born face to face, so it’s impossible to fly back to Sarawak. No airplane would be willing to board a heavily pregnant woman, well, I wouldn’t try to board anyways. So, we thought we’re going to spend a quiet CNY here, like just another holiday. Thank God for great church friends who invited us to join their reunion dinner. It is pretty awkward at first…
