Soooo Boring!

Nothing really to update, hence the lack of post. After the initial 3 months, I have been feeling quite normal, unlike a pregnant lady. Only think is that I:

• pee more often (which I am so getting used to)
• can't sleep well becos I am used to sleping on my back but now I can't (cos if I sleep on my back, it will press on some blood vessels which will not supply oxygen to me and bb) so I alternate between lying on my left then my right.
• baby is kicking harder and at random times of the day (so sometimes morning, sometimes in the middle of the night)

I just bought 2 new maternity tops and 1 baby outfit. Gonna import the rest from Indo cos it is like half price over there. Anyways, about the materinity clothes I bought, I actually bought it in a non-maternity shop. Its cheaper anyways but its funny how I can find stuff in non-maternity shops for my bulging tummy. One of them is kinda like a short empire wait dress/top, which is kinda popular now so i am not surprised but the other top is more like a really baggy shirt with frills on top and I cannot imagine wearing it at all if I were not pregnant cos it would look so dowdy on me.

I always promised myself that I would be a fashionable preggie even before I was pregnant. I was not gonna reduce myself to be a fashion slob that lots of pregnant women become. However, I also never realized how much hard work it is to be fashionable for a preggie.

1. With the selection of maternity wear here, its no wonder preggies are not fashionable at all. The nicer maternity wear imported from USA, Aust or Europe are just to expensive to afford to wear for a few months.
2. Our mental and physical lethargy is soooo bad that you just wanna wake up, put on "anything", go to work, come back and just get out of "anything" and into bed right away. Yep, when you are feeling backaches and headaches and nausea, you are just not gonna bother to dress up.
3. Some women become physically unattractive during pregnancy because of hormones imbalance. Soem women get really bad acnes, gigantic bloated arms and feet, big bottoms and thick feet not mentioning the huge belly you have to tout around all day. Nothing you do will make you feel prettier.

So guys, excuse your wives if they look kinda dowdy for the next 9 months. Having a baby is really hard work. If others do not understand, our own husbands should try.

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I have always believed Singaporeans to be a relatively polite society except for the few exceptions (sometimes foreigners). So, I did expect that I would definitely be treated better after I got pregnant. People opening doors for me, giving up their seats or like letting me into elevators first.

Well, reality is slightly different. Not many people in Singapore actually is like that. I often have doors that slam in my face and I really need to hold out my hands so the door does not bang into my tummy. Or have to wait for seats in MRT, buses, public places and foodcourts. I have encountered once when I was waiting at the entrance of an elevator but had to stand aside when the doors open cos I was afraid of being pushed down by a group of ladies who was rushing into the lift and they were behind me to begin with. I waited at the side of the entrance and waited till ALL of them marched in before going to the lift myself.

However, they are also polite and considerate people in Singapore. Its just that the norms are the inconsiderate ones while the considerate Singaporeans are a rareity. I do wanna commend on Marriott's excelent customer service though. I was having lunch one rainy day with my sister at Marriott's cafe. Lo and behold, 3 minutes after we were seated, a waiter came up to me to hand me a huge pillow for my back. Talk about good customer service. Whereas at a buffet dinner at Raffles Hotel on Saturday, RH had to ask for a more comfortable chair as they had us seated on very low sofas which were albeit comfortable for high tea and chit chats but very uncomfortable for consuming our dinner which were at sitting on a normal height dinner table.