.:Simply Funtasy:.

 DOB: 26th Feb 2021, boy, 3.41 kg, 57 cm. On 19th Feb, a week before labor, I had an appointment with my ob-gyn. There was still no sign of labor, and my amniotic fluid was still sufficient, so he asked me to come back on 28th (my estimated due date was on 1st March) to check on me and the baby again and discuss the labor options. On 24th, I had an appointment at KK. The nurse checked on me and said "anytime now, be prepared."  On 25th morning, I noticed some light spotting when I went to the toilet but no pain whatsoever. I called my ob-gyn assistant to ask if the doctor was available today. We discussed and decided to pack up and go straight to the hospital.  P/S: This was the decision both of us are still a little regret making even until now. Not in a bad way lah. After reading some posts on the mommies' group, we realized that we should have waited for a day or two or even go to KK or the government hospital first. Maybe my labor would be a little easy (and less expe

 Who knew a long-winded person like me would be so lazy to update my blogs haha. I thought it's because of my dull and boring life, but then there were several occasions that were quite interesting to write about, so no excuse for that.  I blame it on my translation and editor job lah. Because the job is to translate/edit novels and stories, so I had enough quota and burnt enough brain cells for the assignments that I don't have the time and effort left to update my own stuff. Plus, I don't earn much money through blogging anyway, why waste the time here lol. Anyway, I do miss blogging a lot, because, as the first sentence stated, I'm damn long-winded lah, so here's my first post after, let's see, Sept 2020! I predict it's gonna be such a long-winded post so I spare you the pain by doing another post for the labor and delivery experience. (Does anyone care? lol) Well, 2020 was quite eventful in general with Covid, lockdown (Malaysia calls it MCO Movement Con

  Yup, I fall into the trap again haha! It all started during the MCO (Movement Control Order) period back in Mac-Apr, the tightest moment when everyone literally stayed at home. Hubby couldn't open shop so he stayed at home, almost died of boredom. I was okay though coz: 1) I'm one of those excellent stay-at-home people, I have tonnes of things to do at home! 2) My work is home-based so... well, that explains it. So, to ease hubby's boredom, I started talking about how I used to have guinea pigs as pets yadda yadda, then we both got excited. My excitement died down very fast but not him, in fact, he got more and more excited so I kinda yield to his interest lah. Then I started seriously lecture him about the responsibility of rearing this piggies, what to expect, what to do on daily basis, what to do on weekly basis, what they eat, what to buy, budget, vet, etc, and he was like, "Okay babe, I'm ready! Just tell me what to do and I'll do it!" Then, the mov

OMG it's been like, what, years!!! I think we last met was at 1U / One World Hotel when Ashton was still a baby! OMG time flies like it doesn't give a damn! It was such a surprise because: 1) I didn't know she was visiting Penang; 2) I didn't even know she was coming back to Malaysia for CNY!!! OMG failed big time! The night before, I saw her Insta-stories with Ashton and a backdrop that read 'Hard Rock' then I was like, OK maybe they went to the Hard Rock in other countries, but nope! It was hours later when I realized it was Hard Rock Penang ah wei!!! 迟钝到~~ Without a second thought, I WhatsApp and flew all the way to see her the next morning! Hard Rock is located at the very end of Penang Island okay? Both hubz and I shared the same expression in different times when we learned that they were at Hard Rock. The minute I arrived at Hard Rock, we (being me, Kaima, and Jas + Ra!) went to the 'nearby' foodcourt to tapao lunch, 'nearby&#

A hike up Moongate 5 in Penang Island back in March. I was with the same crowd, FH and Chai Ling, whom I went to Pantai Kerachut aka Monkey Beach hike with the addition of a new friend - Teng. The entrance of the hill is located at the Penang Botanical Garden, very easy to find with the awesome entrance gate out front, and parking is actually by the roadside (let's hope no saman). We started hiking pretty late actually, 11am. Please take note that most hiking trips I participated in started in the wee hour in the morning, some even started at 4am! I was afraid of the scorching sun but thankfully the hill has a lot of tall trees and shaded areas that I barely feel the sun. The heat - Yes, but the burning part - Nope. The trail is quite long but relatively easy, most of the trails are the cement stairs which I dislike as I feel the impact on the knee, still prefer earth ground. I don't know how to describe the mechanism but going up the stairs vs going up on the gro

Wow, I've neglected you for so long, sorry... Now that I work as a web novel translator, I have to type so many stories that I feel a little guilty if I do other things, especially writing, that doesn't earn money LOL. So, there goes my storytelling hobby too. Also, ever since I took up the translator job, I don't feel like blogging too haha, although I don't have many stories to blog about because I hardly go anywhere and do anything. Nonetheless, here are some quick updates: 1) Have been job-searching (engineering, lecturing, and so forth) since last July to no avail, only been called to ONE interview so far. I've applied everywhere and through every channel: Jobstreets, 'cables' (help from my social network, recommendations from friends & my Ph.D. supervisor, some even help me forward my resume), so on so forth. No means no. 2) In the middle of the job-searching fiasco, I bumped into a job ad on Instagram about a freelance translator post fr