Selfish People

I don't understand how people can be so selfish sometimes. They called themselves friends but never take the extra miles to be one! These people should be banish off this already complicated world. Is it bloody damn difficult to drive another kilometer? Rather than expect a near-full-term expectant woman to drive all the way down to where they are? Or even if not expecting, still... it's a two way street, I'm not complaining about the driving, I love driving. But for pete's sake...does it hurt to drive over once in a while? Does it hurt???

They just rather bail out if they have to drive further than we do to go somewhere or rather fix an appointment where its friggin' close to where they live rather than meet in the middle where we both have to drive similar distance.

The driving doesn't bother me, its just the bail out part. So if I really want to be their friend, I would have to do the extra miles, but how about them?? All I can say is that we are not worth the distance for them to drive/take taxi/take whatever friggin' transportation method to catch up with you?

Is it money matter? Fuel and toll? They earning more than me for godsake! I'm not even having a fixed salary every month to moan about money. If I think about money all the time, then I'd just have to stay home and not having friends to go out and have coffee with. I don't get these people's mentality. Really... Any input about this??

False Alarm

Phew! Last Sunday we had a scare, and I was in hospital for a night because of that. It's just because he didn't move one bit even after I kept poking him all around for 5 hours. As inexperience as we are, it's better to be safe than sorry, so Kalle took me to emergency room and it took them an hour before I get to see an ob/gyn. Maybe to them it's just normal, but to us, every second is an agony. I don't know what to expect, I don't know how should I feel, I have tightening all the time (no pain, though...-thank god) Nevertheless, it was enough to make both of us anxious. Kalle kept checking the desk asking when can we be attended to? He seems nervous too.

And after the 4th time asking the counter, they did a routine check, blood pressure, taking history etc. After another 20 minutes we were waiting in a room for the ob/gyn to appear (which she didn't) they decided to transfer me to maternity ward where they have this CTG machine to monitor fetal heart rate and contraction. Apparently I've been having contractions every five minutes (which is abnormal at 34 weeks). They did pelvic exam and told me that my cervix has not yet open (phew!) but it does became shorter, which means I might get into labor. So they admit me into the ward to be monitored overnight. With an I.V. drip, CTG strapped to my belly, two injections of corticosteroids over 12 hours period for fetal lung development (just in case he wants to make an early appearance) and two patches of drugs (tocolytic meds) to delay the contractions, I felt safe once I heard the heartbeat. Phewww!

During that day I was supposed to meet up with friends for lunch at Sari Rasa, an Indonesian restaurant.I've been thinking of that nasi padang for few days now. Lucky me they still went there and took away for me, and brought to hospital because the food sucks! big time (as always) So, Kalle had my hospital dinner and I had nasi padang...YUMMO!! Thanks dear for being by my side always. Love you so much! (although I asked him to sleep at home that night because of the A/C, we always fight at home because I'm always hot and he's always cold especially now).

Kemalasan melanda...

Aiyo...malasnyer nak masak nowadays...semalam order Johnny Rockets, the day before makan kat Mall of the Emirates, lunch veal shank risotto at Armani Cafe, tengok wayang citer Prince of Persia with Bee pastu dinner ngan Kalle still kat MOE, pi pekena nasik goreng kat Chop Chop. Sekali parking cost me Dhs100!! Motherf*&^er! for spending time around 7-8 jam dalam MOE kena bayar parking sampai that much..pala hoooo!

Ok, berbalik cerita masak memasak..Sungguh takdak mood nak masak. Last sekali masak was on Sunday...laksa penang kegemaranku. tahan sampai 3 hari dok dalam peti sejuk, hari2 breakfast melantak laksa...asalkan tak payah masak fresh hari hari.


Ingat hari ni nak buat Sloppy Joe, bleh letak dalam freezer tahan 2-3 bulan...sempat la, lepas beranak thaw saja pastu makan ngan roti ka, nasik ka...tapi dah malas pulak nak pi kedai beli mince meat..adoyai...awat la jadi lagu ni...panas membahang dah tak tau nak kata cemana dah, panas yang menggigit kata orang. Sampai 44 darjah Celsius kadang2..nak tunggu lepas matahari terbenam, tak berasap la dapur untuk tengahari, nak beli banyak2 sekali gus pulak takut cepat rosak, peti ais dah tak muat nak letak benda untuk seminggu.

Kekonon nak masak fresh la, meat/seafood kat kedai tu selalu day to day basis, depa pun dah defrosted dah, so nak kena masak hari yang sama...mampus la hari2 nak pegi beli bahan mentah. Laki ada boleh suruh jugak beli bahan mentah, tapi kurang pecaya apa yang dia bawak balik nanti. Setakat susu segar, roti, telur dan benda-benda senang ok la, kesian pulak, balik keja penat2, nak suruh pi beli barang dapur pulak...lepas tu salah pulak..serba tak kena lah..

So paling simple sekali ORDER saja..hang nak makan gajah apa pun, tekan nombor kat telefon pastu chot chet chot chet..makanan pun sampai. Kalau nak jimat duit tu, lupakan sajalah. Takkan nak order fast food.. order real food lah kan, sekali order Dhs 60-100 untuk 2 orang. Atau pun kalau nak jimat sangat, orderlah Indian food yang paling murah, sekeping roti canai Dhs 1, kuah kari or dhal Dhs 5, biryani Dhs 12..siap free delivery lagi. Sedap tak sedap belakang cerita, janji murah.

my wishlist

Despite baking my bun for another month or so, I have this urge on getting something for myself (well, I'd be the one who would use more than him..so it's consider mine).

Here they are:

I showed the price to Kalle the other day for the stand mixer and he almost faint..haha! Well, it's not indulging, it's kind of a necessity, right? Enjoying home-cooked food with this fantastic mixer and a cup of latte or cappucino in my own home with this state-of-the-art KRUPS coffee/espresso machine. Plus I won't have much time to spare going out for coffees and such soon.

How I wish my genie would hear me..muahahahah!

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nothing much to update, ordinary routine day in and day out with occasional get together with some friends over food. Last gathering was about two weeks ago at Ari's 6th birthday.

I am getting heavy that's for sure. Walking in malls had to be kept to a minimum due to backache. Things mothers-to-be gone through while baking her bun in her oven. To reminisce the journey I thought would be ok (if not too much hehe) to share it here.



at 28 weeks