Pregnancy ticker....

We're all set for your arrival Princess! Your mom, dad and even your great-grandma went on a shopping spree for you yesterday. This is just one of the many adorable baby things waiting for you.

Things I miss in pregnancy:

1. Coffee

2. Kopi Peng Malaysian style

3. Sleeping on my tummy

4. Sex

5. Dressing up even if it's just in my old clothes

6. Wearing jeans!

7. Swimming

8. Holidays!

9. Pineapple and papaya

10. My pre-pregnancy body

11. Going for my regular facials, pedicure, eye-lash treatments

12. Stilettos

13. My energy!

14. Not sweating all the time!

Who's to be blamed? You tell me la!

Tip: All fingers point to this dastardly so-called School Principal of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Selambau, Kedah; Cikgu Puan Hajjah Siti.

In case you haven't heard the story yet, this so-called Principal made racial remarks in 'her' school telling off some students who were eating during the Muslim fasting month (outside the canteen) to be sensitive to the Muslim students or return to their country of origin -i.e. China / India. These people were born here. Their homeland IS Malaysia. She shouldn't be a Cikgu, much less a Principal!

This remark couldn't be made at a worst off time as Malaysia is about to celebrate her 53rd Independence Day in approximately a week's time. Indeed, it was untimely to stir up so much racial feelings as so much has been done this year to help implement the Prime Minister's vision of a 1 Malaysia concept - to which even a day was declared public holiday on 16 Sept, starting this year to recognise the birth of Malaysia and hence, a historical first time ever public holiday in lieu of Malaysia Day.

I, for one, surely was looking forward to the whole 1 Malaysia concept simply for the fact that I love my country. I truly do look forward to the day when the 'race' box will be eliminated from all official and unofficial forms which require applicants' particulars. One thing I can look up to Indonesia for is their combined identity where mostly all of them declare themselves as 'Indonesians' and truly communicate in the national language.

Sad (and shame) to say though, it seems that 1 Malaysia will remain a vision for a much longer time to come.

In conclusion, should action be taken against Namewee? I bet if it did, Malaysia would indeed run havoc. Pray tell, what action is to be taken against this Cikgu Puan Hajjah Siti for threatening the peace and harmony as well as race relations in the country? Isn't this a befitting case for ISA?

'THE' weekend getaway - Pantai Morib, Pantai Bagan Lalang & Pantai Kelanang

Oh, I just HAD to do a write up on my wonderful, relaxing, chill-lax weekend getaway. It was the perfect escape from the usual, deep in the countryside and away from civilisation. Am grateful indeed that I have such a tolerant husband who really did try (and succeeded) in accommodating my every need. Ahhhhhh, bliss!

What with a little over a month left til our little newcomer makes her appearance in our lives, we decided to use the past weekend to our advantage and spend a one night away from the usual surroundings. So we took a drive headed towards Morib but seeing how Morib was no longer beach friendly, we asked around and ended up in Bagan Lalang. Oh, it really was a slice of heaven there. The beach was small-ish but suffice for what I needed - plus I managed to capture some pictures of the sunset. We got there J-I-T (Just In Time) for the sunset!!!

We had such a good sleep-in that night thanks to the air-conditioning which was superbly fixed to its minimum at 16 degree celcius - delicious! There was nothing on the tele so there was no reason to stay up late. All we did was talk about life and what we expect it to be, or rather, how we would handle it when baby made her debut. Then we cuddled throughout the night and set the alarm for 6.30 a.m. so that we could go for a nice, lazy stroll on the beach. However, at 6.30 a.m, we woke up to pitch darkness outdoors and it was impossible to even consider a walk on the beach! So, back to sleep it was for another hour before we arouse for breakfast. After breakfast, there was a drizzle, so still no walk on the beach, but more 'us' time in the deliciously, crisp air-cond room (I actually used this time to mark some writing papers!).

We finally dragged our lazy selves out of the room and drove to the beach. The tide was low so we waded pretty deep into the ocean - until a jelly fish literally bobbed pass my feet! Then we immediately turned around and walked back to shore and only then did we realise how DEEP we had waded in!

This is how deep we waded in...















One of the many tiny crabs scurrying across the shore...

Some strange form of sea life...

Okay now, to cut a long story short, I just had a really great time that weekend, just chill-laxing the kinks out of my pretty 'stressed-all-the-time' body. On the drive back, we had an awesome lunch at a local Chinese restaurant - steamed white rice with sizzling tofu (and lots of ingredients), sweet & sour 'ultra-fresh' fish and yummylicious pork ribs. I wish I had a snapshot of the food to post to the blog and salivate over. Oh well, too bad.... Well, we also made a couple of stops along the way to buy some recently plucked durians and rambutans which came directly from the fruit orchards behind the roadside stalls. Sadly, no photos of that, too. But, I have a feeling that I'll go back for more...

But I will not just leave you with words (I can do much better than that!) I'll leave you with two more pictures to rejuvenate your tired eyes and minds *wink*


This is a view of Pantai Kelanang...could it be paradise lost?



And here, is the final masterpiece for this blog entry>>>>>>>>>>drum roll............WATER LILIES!



Oh, and baby, here's proof that you really did come along on this AWESOME weekend holiday with your Mammi and Pappi! hehe....


Peace. OUT! :)

What do you do at 3.00 a.m.?

So, tell me hmmmmm.....what do you do when you find yourself bright-eyed and ready to start the day at 3.00 a.m. (and you're not one to plop yourself in front of the TV and let it turn your brain to mush)?

Well, if you're anything like me, then, hmmmm, I went to the toilet! I considered brushing my teeth but decided not to just in case I went back to sleep and had to take the trouble of brushing it all over again when I re-wake up at 7.00 a.m. (it's a Sunday, mind you). So, like all normal people, I took a pee (and then some) LOL (info overload)!

Then, I decided that I wanted hot soup! So, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as I was, I popped a packet of instant noodles (chicken soup flavour) into the ever faithful Sanyo microwave, worked the thing for 4 mins and got out the laptop. Once it was done, I added a dollop of Marmite (or Vegemite to some) into the hot soup! Voila, instant yummylicious soup I tell ya! To hit two birds with one stone, I paid some bills online at 3.45 a.m., too.

Now, for the big question>>>>>>>>SHOULD I WORK ON SOME WORK OR GO BACK TO BED ??????????

P/S: Can anyone enlighten me why is it that I can never wake up on a work day but am always up and awake on a non-working day?

PrincessRunningWater: The BIG Question has been answered. I visited other blogs and at 5.40 a.m. decided, "To hell with work. I'm going back to zzzzzzzzz"

Musings to Princess Tiger Lily

A girl is graceful and pretty

A girl is all things nice.

A girl is sweet and gentle.

A girl is kind and witty.

A girl is sugar and spice-

A girl is someone with emotions.

She will be there when I need cheering,

She will be compassionate and loving.

To my little Tigress Princess,

I am choked with emotions just thinking of you as my baby. You are going to be my first-born. My eldest child. And my first-born is going to be a girl - a daughter; just as I, a daughter am the first-born, so too shall you be.

Cuddles from your Mum.

I have a dream

a child to hold

10 little fingers -

and 10 little toes

with dribble on her chin

and wrinkles on her face.

I have a dream

a child to learn

with knowledge to impart

and values to instil.

A sweet baby doll

with a punch and a gurgle

a tiny Tigress Princess

with a laugh and a growl.

My, my, my -

My little baby girl,

What are you doing now

As you tumble and toss in me?

My, my, my -

My little mini-me,

Are you thinking of your mummy,

like I'm thinking of you, too?

I just had to post this!!

Random (poetry) during a so-called 'methodology and pedagogy training session' (i.e. just another name used by some publisher trying to sell language books).

HELP! The Attack of a Group Killer!!!!!

As I sit down in a seminar,

And waste my precious time,

I lose precious seconds of my life,

And my hair is turning white!

As I sit and listen to some geezer

Promoting a stupid book,

My mind slowly deteriorates

And my bum is turning numb!

Hey, Mister Smart guy,

Can you cut your story short?

Can you get to the chase

And remove all the gunk?

Hey, Mister 'emmmmm' guy,

You're droning on and on!

Can't you see you're putting us to sleep,

After lunch and in a nice, cool place?

Yoohoo, Mister Speaker,

What do you think is running through our minds?

Don't you see the boredom evident-

As we gaze blankly at your face?

Come on already Mister Mister!

Why are you trying so hard to kill us?

It's like you're holding a monologue,

And we're all well-behaved, attentive dogs!

Wow! After a 5 year hiatus!!!!

I've been working for about 2 hours on this resurrected blog. Just trying to figure out the login ID and Password took some centuries! And that's just for the e-mail account I was using back when I started this blog in 2005! *PHEW*

Here are some major changes back from the past:

1) Hey. Whaddaya know? The Chief and I got married! Chief and Princess Running Water (a.k.a. Mr and Mrs Chief now) got married in a Catholic church (and that was 2 years back!)

2) After a couple of HUGE disappointments, we're finally preggers! EDD: 16 Oct 2010. Expecting a lil' Tigress Princess, so we're told :)

3) We live on our own in an apartment of our very own approx. 20 mins drive from both family homes.

4) I drive my dream car that can zap in and out (a MyVi; and Chief just got a Kembara 2 days ago). Yup, Perodua fans we both are :)

5) I completed my Diploma in Montessori Method of Education; so I can qualify to open my own Kindy/ Childcare if and when the whim strikes me now (I'm well-equipped with a back-up plan). To hell with Banking now! WOOHOO!

6) I've been in the same job for the past 1 year and 6 months (my second longest permanent job to date) and I'm currently doing a Certificate in iCELT (an equivalent of ESOL).

So, there. Can't think of more at 12:30 am. Prolly the best thing for this pregnant mommy to do is to hit the pillow, eh?