Japanese name

Thought I must share this..

My japanese name is Morita (forest field) or Michiyo (three thousand generations).
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Nagi's, if first name long (name in passport) - Nakamura (center of the village) or Kenta (healthy and plump) *hihihii, but wait...*
if first name short (Nagi Mahalingam) - Saruwatari (monkey on a crossing bridge) or Kenta (healthy and plump) *huahahahaha.. * What about BOTH? *still laughing uncontrollably*

Reality struck

Just had my 12 week ultrasound scan at Rosie Maternity Hospital. I thought I'll only see a peanut looking thing floating around inside my tummy. I was surprised to see it looking like a baby! I can see it very clearly, even the heart beat! As the scanner moved, at one point, the baby even jumped! How cute :D I can't help crying.. *sob* .. Looks like the baby is enjoying it more than I do.

I told the lady who did the scan, that the 11 weeks old written in the midwife log was just a guess. Apparently it was a good guess :D She said, the baby is around 11 weeks old. A bit bigger than 11 weeks. Probably between 11 and 12 weeks. Shouldn't really make much difference to the delivery date.

The most important thing is, there's only ONE baby *phew*, and as far as she can see, there's nothing wrong with the baby. It will be clearer in the 20 week's scan. Supposed to have the scan between 16th and 26th August, but that time I'll be away in Singapore/Indonesia, so the scan appointment is on Wednesday, 1st September.

We took 4 pictures of the baby, and we'll scan it as well to send around to ppl. Line up ppl, if you want to see the first glimpse of my baby! :D

Happy Punting

The highlight of my weekend was punting in River Cam on Saturday afternoon. We all (me, Nagi, Will, Eric, Tony) Had lunch first at Ugly Duckling, a chinese restaurant, and that was the first time in ages (since start of pregnancy and nausea) that I finished my meal in one go. I was so proud of myself. There was a funny moment after Eric ordered his meal, then Will ordered the same, and the waiter said "That's it? Just one?" It was Roast duck with rice. So it was really funny when he said that, I mean, how many portions can he have? :D Turns out the guy was confused because Eric ordered Nagi's meal and the waiter must have thought "Wow, this skinny guy ordered two dishes, these ppl must be big eaters". I bet he said that to Will out of disappointment :D

Then we walked all the way back to Darwin College and start punting. Just barely 5 minutes after we sailed off, it started raining!!! Eric, the dedicated punter was determined to punt while the rest of the guys were a bit reluctant to continue. I was under my safe umbrella, any decision at that point would be ok for me. I don't like to get wet so I carried an umbrella in my Kipling bag. None of these guys were as prepared as I was. Will even left his jumper in my car! I would have froze to death if I didn't have my jacket on :D I saw Will was shivering next to me.. hihi.. Couldn't help saying "told you so!" :D He was lucky sitting next to me when it was raining though, coz I had the only umbrella :D

One of the solutions was to stop under a bridge :D We found out that the bridge wasn't wide enough so that the ends had to fight if they don't want to get wet :D Again, I was lucky coz I sit in the middle of the boat :D We must have turned around 3 times because of this indecision. Once when it started raining and the majority of the passengers thought it's best to head back to Darwin College. Then a few strokes after that, the rain stopped so we turned around again to continue punting. Then we turned around a couple of times or more when the "less experienced" punters had a go at punting. I must say I feel lucky we didn't end up at the bottom of the river! :D

All and all it was a great day out. It would have been great without the rain, but the rain added the amusement to the day, and besides there were sunny intervals. :D

Great news from Zita, she finally can apply for this StarHub broadband connection, after a long battle with StarHub customer service. She must have gone to the centre about 5-6 times just to enquire about this, each with added information or letters they required. The "bomb" blew up on Saturday when she brought the new Tenancy Agreement that they requested, as a proof that she's not the previous tenant in that apartment that has some unsettled bills, and guess what, they still said no. "This is not the legal tenancy agreement, this is just a letter from the Agent saying she's now an added tenant to this property". She was pissed off when she asked "So you mean I cannot apply for this broadband service unless I move to a different address?" and got an answer "YES." She took the letter back and went home without saying anything. Then Dad said next time ask for the manager. So there she went again, on Sunday, this time not alone but with all her flatmates (which from now on them three collectively will be called "The Barking Girls"), and asked to speak with the manager. Somehow without any difficulties this time she managed to get it done, without even speaking with the manager! They apologised for giving such a grief for them, and admitted that it's Star Hub's mistake. Nonetheless, Zita still puts a complaint in the Suggestion Box :D

I hope with the internet connection set up, she'll feel less frustrated and lonely, and at least I can speak to her more often, not just one long phone call every Saturday.

Goodnight, Jing Jing

Mum just sent a shocking sms: her best friend's eldest daughter, Jing Jing, was found dead in her apartment in Melbourne. The call was from the Indonesian Consulate, Melbourne, and they said she commited suicide. Although I was never close to Jing Jing at all, her mother has been a very good friend to my family. I sent an sms to express my condolences to her mother, then she replied asking for prayers for Jing Jing. This is the saddest ending possible to a series of bizzare stories I've heard of Jing Jing. She's still very young, even younger than Zita. She still had a whole life ahead of her. What made her end her precious life is beyond me. I hope her family will be given strength to go through this tragedy.

Say goodnight not goodbye
You will never leave my heart behind
Like the path of a star
I'll be anywhere you are

In the spark that lies beneath the coals
In the secret place inside your soul
Keep my light in your eyes
Say goodnight not goodbye

Temporary site

Temporarily you won't be able to see my cute puppies. Yes.. I know.. I'm just as gutted as you all are *cry*. Photobucket site which hosts my pictures decided to fail on me, so I haven't been able to display my cute puppies. Since it looks very bland without the puppies, I chose to go pick one of the templates offered by blogger. As soon as photobucket site goes up again, I will go back to my original puppies design. If I'm not pregnant I would have cursed photobucket by now. Apparently pregnant women aren't supposed to curse. So here I am, annoyed, and still nauseated.

Lately I've been watching a lot of pregnancy and baby -related programmes in Discovery Health channel. They don't seem to discuss the nausea problem at all, and most of the mums already have big tummy. *Looking at my tummy, still no change*. I haven't gained any weight yet since the start of pregnancy. I wonder when I'll start gaining weight. It's some kind of a thrill if I can cross 50 kgs. It has been my long life dream to achieve that, and I'll make sure I get it this time. This is probably my one-off opportunity to gain weight :D

We saw "At five in the afternoon" at the Arts Picturehouse theatre, a movie about a young woman who wants to be an Afghan president. Directed by Samira Makhmalbaf, set in Afghanistan after the fall of Taliban. I dunno whether it's the hormonal changes or if the movie was really moving, but I did cry for one of the speech scenes. I blame the hormon, of course :D The movie was pretty good, although I find it a bit dragging near the end.

I've booked my tickets to Singapore & Indonesia. Will be flying on Friday 13th August, and coming back on Monday 30th August. Oh that reminds me. I need to get my holiday approved.

Nagi claimed he's been adding more and more garam masala into the food when he cooks, and each time he asks me if i feel it spicy. I kept answering no :D Either my spice level has gone up or his garam masala is no good :p

Scan appointment

My first scan appointment will be on the Wednesday, 23rd June at 9am. The lady who answered my call also asked when my last period was. I said, uh.. I don't remember. She said just roughly, so she can make the 12 week dating scan appointment correctly. Well it will be roughly correct then :D I said first week of April, coz that's when I thought it was. A note to everyone who's planning to have a baby, take note of your first day of period every month, because your last period is the starting date of your pregnancy. How was I supposed to know? *doh*

Now I really need to get in touch with that midwife. I've been trying to contact her since Friday morning. This time I actually left a message on her pager, not on her voicemail, and another midwife (on duty) responded to my message. She said my midwife is off duty today and said I need to book an appointment with the midwife from the clinic after the first appointment. I said, I haven't got my first appointment yet! She said "Ohh.. ok. I'll pass your message to her then." Now I'm anxiously waiting for her call. Hopefully tomorrow. The thing is, the lady who book my scan appointment said I need to bring the notes I get from my midwife. This means this midwife appointment needs to go before the scan!

In order for the scan to be readable, my bladder needs to be full. This needs careful planning. Usually the first thing I do in the morning is empty my bladder. This is going to be quite a challenge.

Thanks for everyone who asked about the robbery at Argopuro. My mum checked the safe deposit box, and she found everything that she had there (i mean jeweleries etc). Apart from having to pay 1.2 million rupiahs to forcefully open the safe deposit box and having to furiously wait for the key man to come from 2pm to 6pm at the bank, she's okay.

Been watching "Golden faith", a HK drama series starring Gallen Lo, Derrick Wan, Jessica Hsuan. It's okay. Can't really compare the series to the one I just watched, "A step into the past". Louis Koo is just incomparable to anyone :D Besides, they make the Gallen Lo's character too kindhearted. Just to illustrate my point, he left his future, sacrificed his love for his family, although his family repeatedly accused him wrongly and even trapped him and brought him to court for murder he did not commit. Come on, no human (read: man) is that nice!

"A step into the past" is different. It's supposed to be a bit "unbelievable". Louis Koo from 21st century went back to Qin dynasty era. Here, Louis Koo is indeed a very nice man, but he's also very cunning and smart. It makes the series more interesting to watch.

Cathy gave me a link to some HK stars' childhood photos. I immediately recognised Louis Koo :D That's the first I recognise. Then I recognise Tony Leung and Andy Lau. That's about it :D From 15 I can only guessed 3 correctly :D I didn't even recognise Leslie Cheung! I must say, a handsome bloke like Louis was handsome even when he was a kid :D

More like mum

Yovita said on Sunday how I don't look like a mum-to-be. She said I still look like a teenager. She can't believe I'm going to have a baby soon. I took a good look at my face this morning in front of the mirror, and I really have to agree with her. I haven't really changed that much since my teenage days. I remember my mum's face, and think, now that's how a mum should look. I used to think as people grow up, they will look more and more mature, and when the time comes for them to have babies, they'll look like a father or a mother. I also recall having this conversation with Fazal more than a year ago. I told him I can picture him as a father. He said he can't picture me as a mother. He was honest :D I said to him that time, I wasn't ready for a baby anyway, so probably that's why I don't look like a mum yet. He said he wasn't ready either, but that's not the point. The point is, how come I still don't look like a mother? Wouldn't this be embarassing? I thought one day I will look like a mother, look more mature (i'm only talking about my face here), that's when God decides "Ok my child, _now_ you can have a baby." Now I run out of time. I need to look like a mum soon. But how? Should I change my hairstyle? Probably I will look more like a mum with curls?

I'm quite desperate. Suggestions please!!!