August 2012

3 August 2012 The last post was on 14 July and I did exclaim "Time flies!" And now I must say, truly, how time flies! July was over in a flash and I haven't been updating. But that doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything. In fact, I was so busy with celebrations and work and preparing baby stuff...

July was hubby's birthday celebration, my mother's birthday celebration, plus another close girlfriend cum colleague's birthday celebration... besides these celebrations, we have been dining out quite a bit with hubby's family. There's this new restaurant opened at Compass Point, called Canton Paradise, and my in-laws are absolutely crazy over it. I was actually there 6 times in 3 weeks! Twice with my close colleagues and 4 more times - once with hubby on his birthday and the rest all with my in-laws as well. One was their treat for hubby, one was hubby's treat, and another time a treat for BIL whose birthday is in early August.

Been working on my lesson packages and setting of standarized tests... now busy with my EOY papers, hopefully can set finish before I go on maternity leave! And two weeks ago, we went to Taka Baby Fair after my gynae appointment and spent almost a thousand there on baby items! Including a stroller, baby wipes, sterilizer, baby bathing gel, baby laundry detergent, breastpads etc... and for spending so much, we gotten a Fisher-Price freebie and free home delivery. Now that all the items have arrived, the house is really cluttered. I really cannot imagine, all the stuff for a tiny little baby is taking so much more space than I can imagine!! The list in the pic below is a bilingual checklist written by me for my in-laws to check the items when the delivery arrived ^^

I've even taken some self-shots of myself using the timer mode of my neglected Canon 600D while home alone after work one day... since not intending to spend money on studio pics... yet really wanted to take some photos to keep as momento, so think no more, I shall do it myself!! Sharing one here... how's this? =)

These two days I'm on MC. Been in a lot of pain. Today I updated in my Facebook: "I haven't eaten a thing because I haven't gotten out of bed because I just can't walk a few steps without bursting into tears from the excruciating pain... Pain pain please go away soon!!!"

And no, it's not contraction. It's just a nerve-wrecking backache from an old injury... Last time I fell down a flight of stairs (while preparing for my wedding photoshoot some 5 years ago) and landed awkwardly on my lower back now the old injury is back to haunt me.. Doc says the ligament from the lower spine to pelvic bone there loosen up to make the passageway for baby to exit... So probably loosen le more sensitive...  This lower back pain been with me on and off for the past week, but these two days it was so painful that my legs will buckle under the pain when I walk... Like hitting a raw nerve every time I shift my weight from left leg to right leg... Can hardly walk 3 steps to the washroom... and to think I always think I have high threshold of pain! Blood-letting, cupping and brazilian waxing are like nothing to me! Now I'm started to fear that when it's my time, the labour pain and this back pain will come together and test my tolerance. I seriously hope to go for natural without epidural... wish me all the best!

10 August 2012 Yesterday's National Day and today is a holiday! Unfortunately I have tonnes of graded assignments to be marked and exam papers to set... next week will be my last week in school before I go on maternity leave.

Since I have 6 secondary 2 classes and 4 secondary 3 classes, all physics (all lower sec, pure, combined express and combined normal acad), there's always tonnes of work to do. This week I collected graded assignments from my 6 sec 2 classes and one of the sec 3 classes... plus class test from my pure science class. All need to be marked over this weekend. Next wednesday is science common test. So I will received common test papers from all the 10 classes. Plus I'm also giving a short class test for my sec 2s (those poor things, but I am making use of the fact that they are already revising for common test so might as well right? same topic wor! =P)... so I will hv test scripts from 16 classes to be marked and marks keyed in by next Friday! OMG, faints~

Sadly, when I came to this site (previous URL at Multiply.com) to log in today, it says that it's stopping service soon. Time to migrate somewhere else... dunno where to go. I like Multiply because I can keep my entries to be contact-only. If I go back to blogger.com, then I'll have to add all my friends all over again, provided they are also interested to log in and read my entries. Ha... Okies, shall go back to work and then source for another suitable site soon. So long~

19 August 2012 Friday was officially my last working day before maternity leave starts. But alas, procrastination overtook me and now I'm still setting papers and marking away... hopefully can return everything by Wednesday, praying that baby won't pop until end of next week! planning to go back to school on coming Wednesday. Firstly, my table is in a horrible mess as I rushed to complete whatever little tasks I had on hand before I go and stacking piles of stuff on my table and having no time to clear them up. Secondly, it's the promotion ceremony for my Red Cross Youth cadets and they are really looking forward to having me go back for the ceremony and enjoy the party after the ceremony with them.

Alrighty, back to doing my work... urgh, I get distracted easily as everytime baby kicks I will stop to "play" with baby... pat pat and poke poke my bump and chatting away with her. Haha, crazy mama I am! Will be back to update on where I'll be continuing my 'motherhood blog'. So long~ (this is my last entry in Multiply.com)

20 August 2012 So, I'm continuing here. This is the first entry I typed in blogger.com, the earlier ones were all copied over from multiply.com which unfortunately will be closing down soon. I've been using blogger.com for a long time before using multiply.com and even while using multiply.com so everything's a breeze here.

I'm done with setting my papers! Like, YES! Finally~ Woohoo!! Up next, 5 more stacks of marking to go~ And a day to clear up my messy desk in the staffroom, and I'll be free from all work-related duty and finally focus on being a new mother! Will miss my nice nice colleagues though. I always feel fortunate to be blessed with really nice colleagues. =)

Guess what? When people ask me how excited I am, I really think everyone else is more excited than me! I don't feel that much excitement afterall, and I always reply, "I guess the excitement will kick in when I start feeling the contractions." Hahaha~ work seriously keeps my mind off the pregnancy excitement although baby's kickings manage to distract me most of the time and she sure kicks a lot!

Alrighty, it's late and it's time to rest. I'll be back. Yay!

21 August 2012 Rise and shine! This is the first entry typed in the Blogger iPhone app ^^ Today my maternity leave officially starts. But I'm still marking... >< nevermind, it's almost done, just 3 more classes to go!!

My bag and the cordlife stuff all packed and ready to go~

Having gynae appointment later at 11:30am ^^