18 weeks and counting...

Today marks my 18th week of pregnancy...syukur Alhamdulillah! And now only i have the determination to finally update my blog hehe...that is after the nausea & dizziness phase have calmed down..

So far i think i'm doing ok, aside from my ballooning weight gain (i progressed a bit too fast in the weight area!)...i also had done checkups at both private & government clinics, bukak kad merah, ultrasounds, beli baju pregnant, eating my supplements, read maternity books.... and still are doing what pregnant mothers normally do during pregnancies.

Just to remind myself, here are the chronologies so far :

4 1/2 weeks : I discovered my pregnancy using self-test pregnancy kit given by Ujie. As my period is almost always punctual, sehari lewat jer syamariz dah meraban buat test, and the result brought me down to tears, what are u kidding..nooo, i was grinning like Mc Donald's the clown folks....terus inform hubby hehe

5-6 weeks : Serangan dimulai dengan heartburn (pedih ulu hati) yang sangat menyakitkan, i have to take that white medicine to ease the pain. Tak boleh perut kosong langsung, mesti kena pedih ulu hati, akibatnya bermulalah fasa asyik mengunyah ajer. Sometimes its not because of hunger, i just need to constantly munch on something in order to avoid the pain, tapi tetap kena jugak....malam2 nak tido punya la susah

7-14 weeks : Morning sickness strikes!!! At first i felt light headed sort of pening lalat....than my throat began to have a weird funny taste around it. Tekak rasa pahit & payau menyebabkan perasaan loya & mual mula berkembang. Pada tahap ini, sebarang bau-bauan yang ekstrim akan mengembangkan lagi tekak anda seperti bau masakan, bau dapur, bau bilik air, bau perfume termasuklah bau suami hehe...

Muntah pulak dimulai bila gosok gigi, whenever i brushes my teeth the result would be..i would throw up after a few seconds my throat received the taste of that toothpaste. Naik fobia gosok gigi pun ada jugak, tapi terpaksa la kan...nanti orang lari pulak. Selepas itu, muntah lagi bila terbau benda2 ekstrim dan juga bila perut kosong masuk angin. Maka badan pun mancanak2 la naik sebab asyik kena makan.

Among the food/drinks yang syamariz tak lalu time mabuk nie....teh, kopi/nescafe, susu anmum, susu lembu dan telur. Kalau makan pun tak lalu banyak2...takut mual. So kena makan sikit2 tapi sangat kerap..around once in 2-3 hours. Yang terkejutnya, i hate nescafe at this phase. Mind you..that is my favourite drink in the world. Sebabnya...kalau minum sure mabuk lagi teruk. Selain loya, muntah & sakit kepala...badan pun asyik rasa lemah dan takde tenaga.

Saat2 ini sangat menduga kesabaran. Banyak masa dihabiskan terbaring. Nasib baik Mr B boleh diharap buat kerja2 rumah, if not tongkang pecah la jawabnya. Bila dah tak tahan sangat, ada satu hari tu muntah sampai 3 kali, naik lembik dibuatnya sampai nak bercakap pun boleh loya, pegi private klinik, doktor bagi injection tahan muntah baru la rasa ok...after that kalau loya, makan ubat tahan muntah yang doc bagi ajer...

Oh ya, at 8 weeks of pregnancy i did my first ever ultrasound to have a look at what's growing inside my tummy. Saat bila tengok ajer my little baby kat monitor tu, perasaannya tak tau nak cakap. Macam tak percaya ajer, happy, terharu, excited...hilang sekejap sengsara morning sickness tu!

14-18 weeks : Makin lama perasaan loya & pening makin hilang. Gosok gigi pun dah kurang sikit nak muntah tu...i started doing checkups kat klinik desa at week 14 (3 1/2 bulan). Belum decide nak bersalin kat mana so to be safe better buat checkups at both clinics. Kat private cuma buat ultrasound ajer, wherelse kat klinik desa, checkupnya lebih thorough siap amik darah semua...

As my body is so rapidly growing (including my assets)..i have to change my wardrobe sooner than expected. At 3 months plus...i can no longer wear my jeans/trousers/skirts/kain baju kurung without the help of a belly belt (dipinjamkan oleh Ujie...again!). Then at 4 months....hanya kain baju kurung yang muat, i have to start wearing maternity skirts & pants to replace my dear jeans. So u can imagine how "makcik" i look like right now. Forget the high heels that i'm so used wearing, now only selipar & flat shoes (loafers) can be worn, if not muscle cramp la jawabnya especially at the calf (betis) area.

Beyond all that sufferings & traumatic feelings, there is an undescribable wonderful joy that i could barely hold. There is a human being growing inside me ! My flesh & blood! The miracle i have been waiting for all this while. That keeps me motivated, ecstatic and strong. Syamariz cuma berdoa diberikan kekuatan & kesihatan yang baik. Hope everything goes smooth sailing. This year, November would never be the same again. It would be the month that my little pride of joy would be born. Till then...i would always be counting the weeks like nobody's business hehe...

The First 3 Things that I bought....

Hehe..as soon as i found out that i was preggers, i quickly grab these 3 items that i've been eyeing on for such a long time..ye la, kalau tak preg takkan nak sajer2 pakai kan...so around 5 weeks dah start dah dgn begitu anxious sekali...

syamariz note :

At week 6-7, when morning sickness started to rule my body, i can't brush my teeth properly without having the urge to vommit. Rasa ubat gigi dalam tekak sangatlah memualkan. Akibatnya sangat fobia untuk memberus gigi ok..can somebody help me? And i stop drinking Anmum for a while...ewwwwww tak lalu la pulak, tekak kembang semacam je bila nak telan..so i just loyally stay on my consumption of folic acid.

We're having a baby!!

Syukur Alhamdulillah.......setelah sekian lama menanti (err 7 months to be exact) akhirnya Allah SWT telah memakmulkan doa dari hambaNya ini....

Mr B & syamariz are delighted to inform that we are indeed pregnant!! Well technically its suppose to be the wife who's pregnant, but hey the baby is ours and both play equal roles in expecting the baby kan...whatever it is syukur sangat2, kalau takde apa2 halangan my EDD would be in November 2009

I'm in the phase where sometimes u feel lightheaded, the world is spinning like a gasing punye pening, nausea but not followed with vomitting thank god, no appetite eventhough ur constantly hungry, sore breast, sakit pinggang, angin and minor heartburn

Tapi apa-apa pun, i'm not complaining...will try my very best to take care of myself & the pregnancy, i may not have the mood or willpower to post my entry at times, but will surely update important/memorable things during this precious time, as this (blog) is the best time capsule ever invented by human beings & its free hehe..

Doakan syamariz ya....

Hangin' out with old friends

My old friends & me...see how chubby i have become now (*#@!)

Sometimes it feels real good catchin' up with old friends that u knew way from ur student days. Kawan2 yang telah mengenali kita sejak dari zaman enjoys sampai la zaman dah mid 30's nihh..

This is me with Along & Ujie hangin out the other day at Coffee Bean, Subg Parade...biasalah kalau jumpa mesti lepak kat cafes, sembang berjam2...bukak balik citer nostalgia dulu then beralih pulak citer semasa.

Actually, memasing dok KL jer tapi payah bebenor nak jumpa...yelah Ujie tengah sarat mengusung perut 1st child (InsyaAllah a daughter due in May 09) meanwhile Along pulak usahawan nak berjaya heheh...bila sesekali jumpa macam nie, kitorang bertukar2 belated birthday presents from 2008 heheh..

Setakat nie, without fail lagilah our exchanging birthday presents routine since wayback from our graduation days. This is to ensure the friendship will keep on remaining till..who knows when. Eventhough memasing dah dgn hal memasing...kawan2 lama lain pun once in a while ada jugak jumpa, but not as frequent as among the 3 of us

So to keep the story short, i got a L'occitane body lotion in cherry blossom, ujie..2 set of tudungs & bracelet, lastly Along...a white jeans & a dinner clutch.

syamariz note:
i met up with anne & phida the other day too over coffee but without the pictures sob! sob!

Jus Diet Mate 5

After i got married, i've ballooned up to 4-5 kilos..the weight had gradually increased to 60 kg as at Feb 2009, mind u i've never reach 60 kg before..my normal weight is around 55-56kg, so as compared to my height of 154cm, 60kg would definitely make me look "terlebih berisi" di sana sini...yang nyata kain baju kurung sudah terketat di bahagian perut huhuhu...

And so, i quickly make my way to find the solution...hasilnya Jus Diet Mate 5 (JDM5) seperti gambar di atas. Actually, memula nak try Herbalife tetapi memandangkan harganya RM3++ satu set (gulpp!!) so bertukar pulak ke JDM5 yang berharga RM200 sekotak (2o sachets). Kalau beli 3 kotak sekali gus, dapat harga RM150 sekotak. Memula nak try ni, syamariz try la yang murah dulu kan...

Rasanya sedap macam air oren Tangs dulu (saper ingat?) cuma kena letak banyak sikit air cos the taste is a little too sweet for my taste bud. Caranya minum sekali sehari. Nak minum tu kena 2 jam selepas makan. Lepas minum JDM5 pulak, tak boleh makan selama 3 jam. Ada 20 sachets sekotak so it can lasts for 20 days.

Pagi & tengahari makan macam biasa (kalau boleh cut half of the normal portion) then boleh minum JDM5 waktu petang (around 6-7pm)...mula2 minum memang rasa pedih2 perut sikit waktu malam, boleh makan light snack to ease the hunger pangs eg: biscuits.

Selain boleh menguruskan badan, JDM5 nie juga menggalakkan kesuburan & aspek2 kesihatan lain tau. I have extra confident over this product cos it was developed by an O&G doctor who are also an expert in obesity treatment, Dr. Che Rozmey (CEO Jitra Specialist Centre). Advertorial dia juga selalu appear dalam Harian Metro. Selain jus pelangsing nie, dia juga keluarkan jus untuk kecantikan kulit/dalaman serta kopi espresso untuk lelaki.

Sesiapa berminat nak tau lebih lanjut, boleh la melayari laman web www.herbaprima.com.my

More on Wardah's wedding

sambung lagi citer on my cousin's wedding...

Hari bersanding (27 Disember 2008)

Eh eh..syamariz & Mr B 'enterframe' pulakk..gambor kat arch depan umah, actually ramai yang berebut2 gambar bawah arch masa nie termasuk la mak & bapak sedara yang nak gmbr romantis berdua-duaan bawah arch, kelakau hehe...

With daughter, Nabila...amacam ada npk diriku awets muda tak kikiki..

Special dish of the kenduri..yummilicious ulam-ulaman sedulang besar pelbagai jenis...saje nak bagi kecur air liur sikit pada mereka yang 'herbivor' heheh..

Orang lumut...tak sah kalau tak dak ikan masin/kering....setalam besar ikan kering fuhh i like!!!! Lauk-pauk pun banyak lauk kampung...memang besh, sampai ketat kebayaku ahaks

That's all....

Wedding Wardah

Sebenarnya wedding my cousin, Wardah ni dah lama..lepas hari krismas tahun lepas (akad nikah 26/12/2009) tapi baru sekarang la baru dan (sempat) nak tempek gambar2 huhuhu...so just scroll down & layan je la gambar okey (kes malas nak citer panjang arini) :


Ni la my cousin, Wardah Arina Mohd. Nasir...anak Mak Tam i kat Manjung, Perak nunn..tapi now she's working in Petronas KLCC, tomeiii kan..mata dia bulat sangat hehe

Akad nikah 26 Disember 2009 kat surau Taman Sri Manjung fasa 1D (dekat2 umah)...errr lupa pulak nama hubby dia, tema serba putih

Eiiii..geram tengok pelamin dia, comeii sangat...ni pelamin kat umah dgn tema ala2 garden wedding

Family besar syamariz gambar reramai masa hari bersanding di rumah pihak pompuan (27 Disember 2008) dgn temanya gold...eh eh sama tema dgn wedding syamariz last year haha termengimbau nostalgia sendiri laks

My mom, hubby, daughter & youngest sis photographed together with the bride & groom

25 random things about me..

I was going to put entries with pictures that i have kept for months , but then the camera's AA battery went dead & unchargeable anymore, i move on to the cardreader i borrowed from my brother, also tak function ke haper...after much thinking (2 seconds to be exact), i decided to expose myself a bit in this post, perhaps you would know me better after reading this..thanks breinda for giving me the inspiration on what to ramble today :



25 RANDOM THINGS ABOUT SYAMARIZ



1. My favourite colour is pink & purple



2. I never dream of owning luxurious cars, to me cars are just vehicles that bring u to places, owning a Myvi is enough to make my day (as for now still driving my gud ol' kancil)



3. I have a soft spot for animals particularly cats, that furry little thing always makes me laugh and they are the best remedy whenever you are feeling down & lonely



4. If i am not what i am today, i would probably become a zoologist, a vet, a museum curator, beautician/mak andam or somebody in the entertainment business haha....(cita2 tak menjadi)



5. I like to keep myself updated with "dunia hiburan" hehe...dah besar panjang ni pun dok beli majalah hiburan lagi



6. I love trying out new food & eateries..so far have tried korean, japanese, spanish, italian, middle east etc..will keep on hunting for good food (my fav now is korean)



7. I have difficulties maintaining my weight. I am not those blessed with high metabolic rates plus i love eating (refer no. 6), and so i got heavier with age...(i try to control what i eat though whenever i feel i went to far)



8. I'm such a coffeeholic...must have nescafe tarik kurang manis every single day! And i would switch to nescafe ais, white coffee, ice blended mocha, ice mocha latte or ice caramel macchiato once in a while...pendek kata my day is not complete without my dose of caffeine



9. I bring 2 liters of plain water to the office cos i can't live without my plain water, air masak, air kosong dan sewaktu dengannya....in fact i'm a bit traumatized without plain water in hand, it helps to hydrate the body and wash off the caffeine effects..



10. I like reading magazines and novels, pampering myself at spas, going to kopitiams & buying toiletries/make-ups/handbags



11. Penah masuk TV & menang rancangan Popkuiz sewaktu berusia 23 tahun (1997), this happened right after i graduated from UUM (tengah takde koje). I emerged as the episode's winner (winning over 2 other groups) and the prizes were RM2k cash, vacation for 2 to a resort in Terengganu, t-shirts, jeans, handbags, watch, CDs and some other that i can't remember. But the downside of it was....most of the goodies are old stocks chitttt!!!

12. I can't ride a bicycle..

13. I'm scared of blood (haemophobia), heights (acrophobia) & "lipas terbang" ewwww...

14. I like everything korean...thier language, food(yang halal le), country, places, culture, people, dramas, music (the list is endless)...i even watch channel 303 KBS World, hope i could visit it someday

15. I can't swim (without life jacket) eventhough penah amik Ko-k swimming masa kat U dulu..

16. I can be considered as "kaki bangku"...terribly bad at sports to the extend if people throw a ball at me i would run away instead of catching it hehe..

17. Eventhough i am bad at sports, but i love recreational activities such as canoeing, rafting and such...was once a canoe club member in varsity

18. I treasure nature...lets keep our earth green!

19. Tak suka orang yang menyombong or perasan bagus, menzalimi haiwan & buang sampah merata tempat

20. Sometimes i could be very sensitive and timid..i hate myself when that happens

21. I don't like political issues nor discussing about that...

22. I have a habit of plucking out unwanted hair on hubby's face...must have the tweezer ready at all times (a bizzare latest addiction right now)

23. I was once a die hard fan of New Kids On The Block (NKOTB) **blushing**

24. If i were to venture into business...i would like to own a spa or kopitiam

25. If i have a million dollars i would settle off my debts, perform hajj then travel around the world, buy branded make-ups, shoes, clothes & handbags and maybe open up a small business

There u go folks...my rambling for today cos i don't have the idea on what to blog at the moment, am still searching for the camera's batteries in order to upload a few pictures in My Kopitiam, till then the entry would be pictureless..

Have a nice day my dear friends and silent readers....

Urinary Track Infection experience

Tak sangka ada yang nak tau my experience of having UTI (Urinary Track Infection/ Jangkitan Saluran Kencing) ......Ed, this is especially 4u hehe

Erkkkkkk....tak nak dah, tobatttttt......(mukadimah horror la konon)

It was a very traumatic experience i tell u...semenjak kawin nie dah 2x syamariz kena, latest awal bulan feb nie, ingatkan bila dah minum bergelen2 air kosong setiap hari ni, the chances are rare..rupanya tidak jugak

It all started with the tingling feeling around your bladder area and also at the calf area....rasa senak sangat kat area ari2 tu, sampaikan betis pun terasa lenguh...ni berlaku pada malam hari then macam dah stop sendiri..legaaaa (but not for long)

Tup!tup! esoknya after bfast kat opis, gi toilet dah rasa semacam dah...buang air tapi rasa tak puas, 10 minutes after that terasa lagi tapi nothing came out...bahagian ari2 tu dah mula rasa sakit macam menyucuk2, betis dah terasa sengal sangat2..duduk dah serba tak kena, kalau orang tengok muka syamariz time tu sure ingat sembelit ke hapa hehe...macam orang nak demam pun ada

Disebabkan dah tak tertahan lagi menjeruk rasa kat opis tu, syamariz terus cabuttt gi klinik...dalam tempoh masa nak sampai klinik tu rasa macam nak melayang keta dibuatnya, nasib baik takdak polis trafik, sampai kat klinik pun masih terasa nak **sheeshee** lagi..but it got worse..kalini rasa macam nak terbakar, pijarnya Tuhan saje yang tahu...nak menjerit dah kat toilet klinik tu, tapi kang orang ingat apa pulak kan...Ditakdirkan ada la 2 org lagi nak jumpa tuan doktor tu, terpaksa la syamariz menjeruk rasa lagi kat tempat menunggu ...duduk pun dah macam takde tulang belakang dah, kejap terbongkok ke kiri kejap ke kanan...airmata pun rasa murah ajer nak mengalir...

Ok..dah jumpa doktor, senang ajer dia jawab "errr..perkara ni memang biasa berlaku kat pompuan yang dah kawin" laaa...tu jer?? hmmmm i wonder why some married woman have never experience this kind of pain, as far as i know la.....Nasihatnya, dia suh minum air banyak2, air barli pun bagus cos boleh melawaskan kenc***, dan makan ubat..dia bagi 3 jenis ubat :

1. Antibiotic
2. Ubat Tahan Sakit
3. Ubat Lawas Kenc***

Lepas makan ubat, baring...badan rasa macam nak demam dan area ari2 masih terasa sakit, bergelen2 air diteguk nak bagi cepat2 baik, tapi bila dah banyak minum semakin kerap ler ke toilet, adoiiiiiiiii hua hua hua....kalini bukan rasa pijar dah, rasa macam nak meletup pundi kenc*** kat dalam tu, 3 jam lepas tu baru terasa kembali normal...aduhhh terasa syukur sangat dengan nikmat kesihatan yang diberikan olehNya...esoknya terus syamariz MC, rehat puas2 hehe..err ada saper2 yang nak share tak UTI experience nie, sangatlah dialu2kan..

Moralnya :

1. Minum banyak air untuk kesihatan (esp cuaca tengah panas giler skrg)
2. Jangan tahan kenc*** sebab akan berlaku pengumpulan toksin
3. Minum air barli sangat bagus untuk pelawasan kenc***
4. Walaupun dah buat itu semua, tapi masih terkena jugak UTI, redhalah dengan ujian dariNya haha..

syamariz note :
kenc*** = sheeshee = buang air kecil

Apa nak jadi..

Haiiii...(said in a weak tone like Ross did in Friends)...

I'm now trying as hard as i could to update My Kopitiam but to my dissapointment, time is (as always) an obstacle to my pure intention, now add that with workload as well...i know, lame excuses ain't it??

Masa sedikit yang ada kat ofis tu sometimes i went bz checking my emails, my fb & sibuk checking out other people's blog...huhu akibatnya blog sendiri terabai

Masa yang terlebih kat opis well, as i'm teaching of course most of the time will be spent in the classroom and doing things related to it...., in addition to that, i was appointed as the person in charge in dealing with "office maintenance", hari2 ada jer aduan kerosakan yang pelbagai jenis, on top of that...my never-ending work in co's annual report yang tak siap2 lagi, and also other catching-up-on-the-dateline that need to be prioritized....erghhh bila la buat entry yang best2 camni...

At home, please don't expect me to open up my laptop..balik rumah cuma ingat katil ajer (oppss jangan ingat bukan2 hehe), usually i will catch up on my reading at home, atas katil..comfy!!! That is after i took care of hubby's and the kids' meal.......After a tiring day, what could be more cozier than that? Stuffing my nose into my novels and magazines until the eyes decided to retreat into another world...zzzzzzzz. TV pun dah jarang tengok....i dunno what's hot on tv right now..usually the kids will conquer that area.

Hmmm what else had happened to me during my absence??? Let's see...haritu terkena urinary track infection, sangat sakit & tersangat fobia jadinya ok....must drink lot more water after this!

After my cats died, i feel kinda lonely without the furry fella's acts & antiques...rindu dgn aksi diorang yang macam2 tu..tapi bila pikir2 balik, i'm soooo not ready for another grief over a dead pet..so nanti dulu laaaa

Huarghhhh...boring kan, i'm still on the transition mode ok so till then..hope i could update My Kopitiam with much more interesting stories after the transition mode is over..stay tune my dear friends!

Byeeeee...(still on a weak note like Ross's)