And It's a GIRL!

Congratulations to Wid and Riz on their newborn baby girl.

My Friend Is In Labour

It is a strange feeling as I sit here and type while my very good friend is probably squirming in her hospital bed and trying to cope with labour pain. Earlier today I just sent her a friendly text message asking her if she needed anything from KL (I will be there next week) and wishing her a safe delivery as she is due sometime this week. And the reply that came was "I am X cm dilated and should be delivering sometime today".

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So here's wishing Widdy a smooth delivery. I can't wait to meet the new very-soon-to-be-mom and baby! :)

The Big THREE O

I turned 30 on May 5th this year.

The last few years leading to this, I always thought it to be a big deal. I thought I would wake up and feel different, the day might be brighter (or not...), I might feel older (DUH..!), or perhaps Fabian might surprise me with a REALLY BIG present since this is THE year!. Hmm.

Instead, I woke up alone in our home and stuffed a pillow over my face because the sun was piercing through the blinds. The neighbour's dog was going phycho yet again, rattling his cage so loud our little dog was going berserk pawing at the wall that separates the 2 houses (mental note: clean the wall of paw marks-for the 2000th time). That, effectively drowned any pleasant early bird chirping-if there was any. Well, at least it was blue skies - since the rays were literally toasting me in bed.

Then my alarm went off. Eight o'clock sharp. My friend Wid was picking me up at nine-sharp, she said the day before...right....Wid.

Since Fabian was away on the morning of this so-called BIG DAY (he had been travelling around in Spain for 3 weeks....for business <-- wished you had his job, huh?), Wid and Bern had so kindly planned to take me out for breakfast this Saturday. So I got ready and dressed and Wid appeared at about XXX minutes after nine (nine SHARP, she said.... :P) with hubby and whisked me off to the fanciest breakfast place in town - Coffee Bean. It's the thought that counts... To my delight, Bern showed up with a pretty little cake, they sang me a birthday song, I blew out three seemingly HUGE candles and made a wish. Not forgetting I had been craving for waffles all week and it just happened that Coffee Bean was probably the only place in town serving that for breakfast.

In a nutshell, I had a WONDERFUL day! Look at our pictures !! We ate, we talked, we laughed...I didn't need blue skies or a red carpet to greet me on this day. It was the great company I had, that special thought to take me out for breakfast...however small and quiet that 'party' had been-I thought it made my day.

Oh, and Fabian flew back from Spain later that afternoon. It was a wonderful day indeed.

For Angel

My friend, Angel, recently received a great offer from the National University of Singapore for a Masters in Public Policy. It's something she really wanted and I think she really deserves the offer. So Congratulations, Angel!
On the other hand, I know by going back to Uni, Angel probably will not be able to make it to my wedding in November since it will be her examinations period then. I will be missing her for sure.

Lammie, I suppose then I won't have to worry about crying during dinner since you will not be there to deliver that fantastic speech you told me about.