belated updates

this is a bit late but since i have pictures i guess i should write something about some outings i've recently had & upload the pictures here.

1) outing with friends

i think about 2 weeks ago, a friend of mine convinced me to skive from work & meet her for lunch. so here are the pictures. i dont like mentioning names (including my own). you know... in the name of preserving some degree of anonymity despite having a public blog. so, i wont be naming her or her kids or even moi hehe. however, friend, if you do read this entry & feel uncomfortable having your picture & not to mention your kids' faces uploaded, let me know ya & i will take it down.

so here are the pictures:

ms friend & her pair of kiddos

this is her daughter hugging my bump

her kiddos & moi waiting in the car while she tapau food

lovely little smiles dontcha think

2) the husband's bday

i know, i know... i already updated on my foiled plans but actually i think i didnt get around to writing about what we really did. his bday fell on a monday so we agreed to go for our dinner the weekend before. as i mentioned the initial venue closed down so we went to victoria station for not-so-great steaks. after the dinner, we went to our "country" club to listen to live band music & invited the MIL to join us. i dont know if its a country club per se but i dont know what to call it. its a club where you're a member & can make use of the sports facilities, recreational facilities (for movies & karaoke) etc.

this is the husband placing his order at victoria station

this was taken at the club. the husband HAD to take a shot of the pregnant boobies.

this is moi & the mil. yes luckily we get along just fine.

3) dinner at the husband's cousin's house

the husband's cousin kindly hosted a dinner for his bday as well as for father's day. so i brought the cake (which didnt resemble the cake we really wanted but tasted nice anyways) & we had one celebration there too.

being preggers & kneeling on your knees is not an easy thing. so dont be fooled. i had a pillow to cushion the weight on my knees.

finally, this is the bday cake that we got from coffeebean. its called a chocolate cheese swirl cake.

first wedding anniversary

i managed to get the husband's gift yesterday. i hope he'll like it. it's very difficult for me to get him a gift because he never seems to want any particular thing. most of the time, i buy something that i know he needs but not necessarily something that he desires. ok lah he does have desires but usually these are out of my budget (like a plasma tv for example).

i've learnt my lesson though --about trying to surprise him but then being surprised myself because he found me out. so this time around, i got the gift immediately gift wrapped. & its in a small box so i could hide it in my handbag till i found the opportunity to hide it at the back of my closet under a mound of clothes. it's his day off tomorrow so JUST IN CASE, im gonna have to take the pretty box with me to work tomorrow.

i hope he doesnt suddenly feel the need to read this blog...

i've also found a place to have our dinner. http://www.opusbistro.com/ was recommended to me by a friend. luckily she only just had dinner there with her husband so hopefully, this time around, when we go there, the restaurant would actually still be in business. i showed the husband the website & hes rather excited to go. our anniversary is more than a week away but he wanted to know if we could possibily have dinner there before that even.

i think the only thing about this whole anniversary do that he does know about (due to his previous snooping activities) is probably the greeting card i got for him much earlier. & ya the dinner venue lah. but the gift... hmm... im so proud of myself lah for thinking about it. it is a bit out of my budget but its my first anniversary kan. so never mind lah, i splurge a bit. hopefully he'll make use of it a lot so that its worth the investment.

i'm glad i got everything bought & ready because personally, i'm worried i might go into labour soon & if that happens, i wont be able to do anything till after the confinement is over. by that time pun we'll be busy with the baby & my family will be around then no romance like that.

last night i was looking at the husband & thinking "hmm... this could be the only time i have with him alone. if i go into labour now, this will be the moment where my life, as i know, will cease to exist." dont get me wrong, i am looking forward to our new addition but i cant help but wonder how will life change for us & how will we deal with the change.

i hope we'll be ok. & with our new anniversary gifts, i dare say, we will cope with the change better. hehehe...

new arrivals

i am happy to announce the arrival of little miss kaitlyn who belongs to one of the loveliest couples i’ve ever had the pleasure to meet in this lifetime.

congratulations to you both!

F.O.I.L.E.D

thats what happened to my plans for father's day & the husband's bday.

i got him undies & boxers last week. undies for his bday & boxers for father's day. token gifts really as we agreed to get something else later. also, i got him a cake & was treating him to a bday dinner.

anyhow, what i didnt know was my husband is a snoop. ok lah it was my fault. i left the gifts on the bed in the guest room but in my defense, they were wrapped in a jusco plastic bag & stuffed into a fancy paper bag as well --double whammy there right? but he went snooping. the snoop.

so come friday when we were about to leave for dinner, he asked if he could wear one of the newer undies. huh? & so he confessed that he already knew what i got him & blamed me for leaving them out. the temptation was too great he said. hah! hes usually so very blur about these things. & he doesnt go into the guest room much. why oh why did he decide to be adventurous that day?

eventually, it came out that he also knew about the cake that i ordered for him. said he saw the receipt. argggghhhh!!! i was laughing so hard i started crying. & then i punched & slapped him (on the arm of course) for spoiling my surprise. it was foiled. ciss...

sighhhh...

with much dissatisfaction, i plotted on how to surprise him today (his actual bday). guess what i ended up doing? i got up early & ironed him one office shirt & hung it in front of our bed so he didnt have to iron it himself. i know it doesnt seem like much of a surprise but i dont iron his clothes. ever. so this was like the exception lah. anyways he was surprised. so i got what i wanted...

the other spoiled plan was my dinner plans. the shop i wanted to take him to, a rib place in dsara heights, closed shop. how disappointing. so we ended up in victoria station for steak. ughhh!! their meat looked & tasted like it has been in inventory for too long. i was even more disappointed. sighhh...

& yet another spoiled plan: the cake i ordered? well, it didnt turn out the way i wanted to. it tasted nice but not as nice as what i really intended on ordering. how come? well, the cake i really wanted is apparently no longer in production. so, they were doing me a favor by reproducing it just for me. but when i collected it, it looked just like a normal marble cheese cake. so saddd... i guess if i really want the same cake, i have to get it in sabah where we found it in the first place.

despite all the hiccups, the husband & i had a lot of laughs. lucky for us, we found everything funny. i was a little sad that none of my surprises came through. but thats ok. i hate surprises myself.

now...

my bday is coming up next month. i've hinted on what i want. since hes such an unpredictable snoop, i cant leave anything to chance. im gonna paste pictures of what i want, phone numbers & addresses of where to get them & what flavor cake i wish.

hihihihi...

the poor thing.

my piggy bank after i topped up my car this morning...

hihihi...

loveliness

just when we needed it, the blessings come. one last night & another this morning. whoopdeedoo!! now, hopefully theres a 3rd blessing coming soon. other than the baby of course.

also, me gots broadband at home now. although trying to install it was a bit trying. actually the "trying" bit was when we were talking to the technical support people. then we found out that it was my fault that we couldnt get connected. hehehe...

if you can imagine it, we actually do not have cable tv at the moment, seeing as the husband & i are hardly at home. i survive on the 4 basic tv channels & have coped pretty well with it. of course we also spend quite a bit of money on dvds & dvd box sets. this friday however, in anticipation of my 2 months maternity leave, we're getting astro installed. actually, its more for my parents who'll probably be bored out of their wits without tv & with only me & an infant for company. lucky i already have my grills installed --they might try to jump off the balcony out of boredom.

father's day is coming up as well as the husband's bday. i've ordered the cake, bought the cards & gifts & made dinner reservations. & im broke. so pathetic. oh well, just once in a year right.

i am so looking forward to this week ending.

my weekend + coming events

last friday, the husband & i made use of our complimentary annivesary hotel stay + dinner at concorde kl.

we got a voucher for their premier executive room which meant we checked in via the premier lounge which meant that we didnt have to queue for too long which also meant that we could lepak at the lounge having lavazza (i only had one due to the bump) & cookies. hmm, they had fruits & an array of softdrinks & juices too. the concorde premier lounge isnt as good as in other hotels (parkroyal provides a buffet spread & apparently MO is even better) but its still better than if we only got one of the normal rooms which doesnt give access to the premier lounge izenit.

anyways, i was happy with the room but the husband wasnt. lers, only one night stay mah. we were just going to watch tv anyways. oh ya hehehe... the reason why he wasnt happy was not so much because of the room but the bathroom. more specifically, the lack of a bum-washer in the toilet bowl itself or even a convenient mini-spray located within reach. hehehe. such a malaysian thing.

we had dinner at one of the hotel's restaurants. it was superbbbb... i had steak and he had lamb shanks. initially, the portion looked small for the rather exorbitant price (lucky we got dinner voucher too) but actually, the portion was just nice. we didnt do much in the room except laze & watch tv. not that i was in the mood for anything else what with the bump & the backache & the heartburn blabla... but we had a nice time.

the husband's bday is coming up in 2 weeks. mine is in july before the baby comes. our 1st year anniversary is also coming up in early july. the husband & i agreed that we will give ourselves an everything-in-one present seeing as everything is happening about the same time plus we're saving for mr babys arrival. not only is it an everything-in-one gift, we're probably also getting a his&hers kinda gift. no romantic surprise there which is fine by me cos i hate surprises. & he hates it when he buys me something i dont like. hehehe... over the years we've learnt that the key to keep from being disappointed is to tell / ask for what we really want. doesnt mean that theres no room for any spontaneity. i'm planning on getting him a cake he really really loves & has been craving for since 2006 when my brother ordered it for the husband's bday that year. i hope i can get the same cake here in kl. thats my surprise for him.

i know it doesnt look like much but trust me, it was so sinfully rich. even i, the non-cake-lover, fell in love with it. yummmm...