Fruit Flavored Water

I can hardly drink plain water during the first 4 or 5 months of my pregnancy for all my 3 pregnancies. Some friends have suggested Ribena but any food or drinks that are sweet makes me nauseous too. So I usually cut up a slice of lemon or slice up a strawberry and put in into my mug of water. The juice from the fruit makes the water fruity, though not exactly sour or sweet. This way, I can force myself to gulp down a few mugs of water a day. But funny, despite me drinking at least 8 glasses of plain water a day, I still have cracked lips now. Maybe I should be drinking more.

Updates - Sherilyn's Fever

Whilst having her afternoon nap a moment ago, Sherilyn started to cough and cry. The cry turned into wail and she was obviously in great discomfort. She sounded like there's a lot of phlegm stuck in her throat and in a lying position, the phlegm was gagging her and making her nauseous. I quickly pulled her up, hugged her and stroke her back. She continued to cry in discomfort and seconds later, she puked. Luckily I was already well prepared. I have plastic bags located at every corner of the house within easy reach, as my 2 gals have a tendency to puke all the time. After puking, I put Sherilyn back to sleep but she cried again and coughed. It sounded like there is still some more phlegm stuck in her throat. I quickly pulled her up, stroke her back and brought her to the kitchen. She puked again, but this time only phlegm. She is unable to sleep comfortably in a supine position or side ways. As I'm typing this post, Sherilyn is alseep on my lap, with her heavy hard head lying on my chest. I know she feels much more comfortable sleeping in this position but I'm feeling really uncomfortable! That's the labour of love!

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Updates - Sherilyn's Fever

Daddy and Sherilyn just got back from the paed's office. The dr said that she has the exact same symptoms as Alycia - ulcer in the throat, which is the reason for her high fever. He has prescribed the exact same medicine to Sherilyn as well - Augmentin antibiotics, anti-swelling medicine and Paracetamol syrup. Now, I have double trouble of feeding 2 sick kittens their medicine. Will be going out to the bakery to get a chiffon cake to give the gals as treat after their medicine. More sleepless nights to come for me....

Cooling Coconut Water

Daddy bought a huge coconut home yesterday to cool down his 2 princesses who are having fever. It's funny that Alycia didn't want to drink the coconut juice since she's always loved coconut juice. Sherilyn loved it but I didn't give her too much for fear of a tummy ache. I was very very tempted to drink some but old wives said that coconut juice is too cooling for preggers women, so got to try hard to refrain from drinking it, though I really felt like drinking a sip. In the end, my maid drank almost all the coconut juice. My maid is one lucky maid coz she gets to eat whatever we eat or drink and most of the time, she gets to eat the most of everything as we are all small eaters.

Update - Sherilyn's Fever

Sherilyn's temperature shot up to almost 40 degrees Celsius last night at around 8pm. Quickly gave her a Voltaren suppository despite her strong protest. Her temp then went down but at 4am, she walked into our room. She said "daddy I want to drink water" and when daddy gave her the tumbler, she gulped down all the water and asked for more. She then kept talking and talking and I knew that it's her high temp which made her brain go 'out of sync'. This usually happens to the gals when they have high fever. Alycia will have illusions and Sher will keep talking, but intelligently. I checked her temp and it showed 39.3 degrees Celsius. I immediately gave her another suppository. For the next 1 hour, Sher just clung on to her new Barney stickers and kept talking to me (luckily intelligent talk and not on wierd stuff!). Daddy will bring her to the paed later.

Disney Live Magic Show Anyone?

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Alycia got home from school last week with a leaflet on the Disney Live - Mickey's Magic Show to be held during the school holidays with details as shown in the leaflet above.

Venue : Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil

Date : 7 - 11 November 2007

Prices of tickets range from RM44.25 - RM183 per ticket (after discount).

Anyone interested to go? I may bring the gals to the show as they've never been to one before.

Sherilyn Can Pump A Balloon

Yup, my brat can now pump a balloon on her own. Sherilyn has a 'never give up' attitude, just like mummy! And very stubborn too, just like mummy! When she wants to learn something, she will try and try until she gets it, just like pumping this balloon. Both kakak and mummy were too busy to entertain her, so she sat on the chair and spent close to 20 minutes trying to inflate the balloon with a pump and she did it - she got a big bright yellow kitty balloon!

Updates - Sherilyn's Fever

Sherilyn's fever subsided last night and this morning, despite not taking any fever medicine. After lunch today, her body was burning hot. When I checked her temperature, it was 39.1 degrees Celsius. I told her I have to give her a suppository but she freaked out. She kept crying and pleaded to me saying "I don't want this medicine, please put back in fridge". I know with such high body temperature even the kids' Panadol Suspension would not bring the fever down. Worried that she might cry till she puke, I placed the suppository back into the fridge and gave her 7ml of kids' strawberry flavored Panadol Suspension syrup. She had no problem taking the medicine, with 3 mini Ritz chesse sandwiches as treat. Hopefully the fever will go down, else I'll have to bring her to the paed tomorrow.

That Guy Needs Professional Financial Counselling

My hubby’s friend is strapped for cash again. Each time he calls my hubby, I know what he’s up to. There is obviously never anything good for my hubby when he calls. This time, he’s asking for $200 to pay his mother’s medical bill. I don’t believe his sob stories anymore and neither does my hubby. I told hubby to tell him to get a payday loan to tie him through his next paycheck. If his application is approved, he can even get his payday loan within 24 hours. This guy seriously needs professional financial counseling.

I Need New Home Office Furniture

If you visit my new blog, there is a picture of my so-called SOHO which I’ve just posted today. My workstation is miserably small and I don’t even have ample space to place a mug of water for fear of accidentally tipping it and messing up my keyboard and speakers. I’m seriously considering replacing the workstation with more spacious and ergonomical home office furniture so that I can work more comfortably. The PVC cover of my computer chair is even peeling away and the back rest is horribly stiff. I better get a new computer chair first before anything else before my backache worsens.

Portable Oxygen Concentrator

My childhood friend who has acute asthma since she was 3 years old was recently diagnosed as suffering from acute pulmonary disease. When we met at a gathering recently, I was shocked to see her carrying a portable oxygen concentrator with her during the lunch at a hotel. It’s the first time I’ve seen a portable oxygen concentrator equipment but it wasn't as big or heavy as I've imagined. It only weighed 17lbs. She’s also under medication from her surgeon and I really hope she’ll recover in no time.

Cooling Fruits For Throat Ulcer

Poor Alycia has fever and an ulcer in her throat and didn't have appetite for any food, except for cool fruits like pear and watermelon. She ordered papaya from daddy and as usual, his princess' wish is his command and he went right away to buy her some solo papayas and also a huge watermelon!

Bugger Blogger

Blogger (Blogspot) has been having problems with its connection intermittently throughout the day for the last 4-5 days. It's really frustrating when I have to submit a paid post and the bugger pops out a message stating the Blogger is having connection problem. Minutes later, I'd loose all my data which couldn't be saved. This morning, I had wasted almost half an hour waiting for the connection to be up again when I couldn't submit a PPP post. I hope Blogger does something about this technical problem as it's causing a lot of inconvenience to us bloggers.

Bloggers' Meet

There was a bloggers' meet at Delicious, Bangsar Village today. The gathering was organized by one of the blogging mummies to welcome Sweetpea (Bubba Stuff) home. Sweetpea who's residing in Australia is currently on a one-month holiday in Malaysia. There were about 20 of us, including kids. I was too busy chatting and eating that I didn't take many pictures. Anyway, here are a few pix that I managed to snap :


From L to R : Mei Ling with Elissa (Scribbles for My Angels) and Peggy (Laundryamah).


From L to R : Sweetpea and Aidan (her handsome and cheeky son), Elly (in black top)


Jasmine's handsome Vyktore and cute Faythe.

It was my first time meeting all my blogging friends and it was really good to be able to meet them after months of communicating with each other online. There should really be more of such bloggers' meet in future and the next time, I hope to be able to meet my other blogging buddies whom I've not met before.

Our Memorable Fishing Trip In Langkawi

Several years ago, hubby and I and our friends went to Langkawi for a holiday. We chartered a fishing boat and went round the island fishing. It was my first fishing experience and I loved it. It was a bountiful fishing trip and we harvested a big bag of fresh fish. After the fishing trip, we then proceeded to the restaurant in the Langkawi Yacht Club and got the chef to cook the bag of fish for us in a variety of styles. Those were the freshest and tastiest fish dishes we had ever eaten. Since the memorable trip, hubby and I had always wanted to return to Lankawi for another fishing trip but we have to buy some fishing tackle and fishing accessories first before we embark on our trip. I think our gals will find a fishing trip thrilling for them since it will be their first ride on a fishing boat.

Can You Cope With More Than 2 Blogs?

I wonder how some bloggers cope with writing paid posts for more than 2 blogs. I know some bloggers even have a dozen of them and plan to purchase more domains. I wonder where they get so much ideas to write and write and write. They earn 5-figure income each month and I think they even plan to earn more if they can. I wonder if they ever get more than 3 hours of sleep each day. I'm already struggling with 2 blogs and if I create another blog, I don't think I'll have time to eat, sleep and shit, seriously! I'd really love to have a peek in their daily lives and see how they cope with their kids, paid posts, cooking, household chores, taking care of hubby, mil and what nots.

Portable Oxygen Concentrator

My childhood friend who has acute asthma since she was 3 years old was recently diagnosed as suffering from acute pulmonary disease. When we met at a gathering recently, I was shocked to see her carrying a portable oxygen concentrator with her during the lunch at a hotel. It’s the first time I’ve seen a portable oxygen concentrator equipment but it wasn't as big or heavy as I've imagined. It only weighed 17lbs. She’s also under medication from her surgeon and I really hope she’ll recover in no time.

From Zero To Hero, I Mean My Blog PR!

I got a surprise of my life today when Hui Sia sent me a text message at around noon informing me that the Google PR of this blog has been promoted to PR4! I just could not believe her and I could not check it myself as my computer was still at the shop. When my computer finally came back, I quickly did a check on a few Google PR checker tools and it’s true, my blog indeed has been promoted to PR4. I can’t believe it, it’s just too good to be true.

This blog of mine is only 6 months old and it has far exceeded its performance beyond my expectation. I’ve worked very hard and I’ve sacrificed many things to achieve this ranking. But I can’t be too happy either as this Google PR thingy is fleeting and for all I know, my PR may be demoted in the next exercise just like what had happened to most bloggers in the most recent Google update exercise.

Nasi Lemak For A Change

I've been having fried vegetarian meehoon with fried egg for breakfast almost everyday. Today, I craved for nasi lemak and bought a packet of nasi lemak with fried anchovies, chicken rendang, half boiled egg and lots of cucumbers. Tasted so good and I'm glad that my nausea has also subsided quite a bit this week. One problem gone and my next worry is my Amnio test which is scheduled for in 8 days' time. Wish me lots of luck!