A Bunch Of Duckies!!!

We bought a bunch of duckies for Lucas, which just costs us HK$28!!!

Aren't they cute? They will go bathing with Lucas everyday!!!

Magnum ice cream bar

I had just finished a Magnum Vanilla ice-cream bar. Jeff also had one. It tasted so divine.

However, I worry I will gain excess pounds over this weekend because I ate quite a lot of snack. I should do some exercise.

We have already started to pack up our stuff to move back our parent-in-law's home. Remember I wrote a piece of diary one year ago about the Independent Day - the day we moved out from the parents' house. Jeff and I had a really nice time this 12 months in our own net.

Now, we decide to move back to our big family, we do it for the sake of our little baby.

Maybe, one day, we will find a new place and build our little cozy net again, but by that time we will bring along our little kid!!

他會發夢嗎?

今個星期係第27周, BB的大腦發育已經進入高峰期, 遇到強光和聲音,他都會有反應去踼Matrix.
例如用手電筒照Matrix的腹部, BB的頭會轉向光源, 這些反應表示他的視覺神經己經開始運作.

BB 的腦部發展可簡分兩階段,3-6個月是第一階段,主要是係腦細胞體積增大和神經纖維增長. 到第二階段,即7-9個月,腦細胞和神經樹突分支會不斷的增加,但此階段最重要係"結合"成為突触接合, 突触是神經與腦細胞間傳導信息的接觸點,就好似network既router咁重要. 一般腦神經科學家認為人的智力, 神經細胞的網l絡發展比腦細胞數量僅更重要. 這亦符合人工智能-Artificial Neural network中的理論,多D neuron唔一定work,架構最重要!

究竟BB會發夢?好有可能會,因為bb的大腦皮質(cortex)此時已成長並有活動,而發夢都係同大腦皮質活動有關. 哈哈!吟佢乜夢呢? 我唸點都唔係飲奶同去公園玩. 其實起Matrix 裹邊已經好夢幻!發夢同現實又有可分別呢?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain

Chatting with a stranger

Tonight Jeff and I treated ourselves a great dinner in Dan Ryan. A gwailo sit next to us kept looking at me. Suddenly he started a conversation with us. He asked me how many month of my baby, when I told him I was already in the 27 weeks, he was surprised and said I still looked very nice! It's great to have a compliment from someone you don't know.

I guess he himself is a daddy, because he said now would not be a difficult time for us until our baby in 1 or 2or 3 years old... Yeah, we know it absolutely, we have two nephews in this age range. They could be an angel in this moment, and then turn into a monster in the next second.

Today I had a meeting with the clients, we talked about the research study in Guam. It is very hard to find an agency in Guam which provides service in low cost. The client suggested me to fly over there to set up everything and conduct the fieldwork, it may help them to save the cost. Frankly, I hope I could have chance to do it, but I will have my maternity leave very soon, and the fieldwork is supposingly be started around July. So at that time who would feed Lucas if I fly to another side of the planet? I worry that after the trip, my baby won't remember me anymore and treat me as a stranger.

And the most crucial point is, I don't think I can return to my original body shape in July, so how can I wear those little vest, top tank and mini skirt in that lovely tropical island? Not to mention squeezing myself in a little bikini. Of course, I am so professional and I will concentrate on my job instead of spending the time wandering around pool sides and beaches, but I do think I have one or two days break to enjoy the sunshine there.

Well, no more day-dreaming, should think about how to get a better quote from other agencies...

Lucky Girl

Surely I am the luckiest pregnant woman and all expecting mothers are jealous on me... Because I have a mommy who knows how to make clothes tailor-makes lots of maternity wear for me!!! She made several skirt and dresses for me in this winter. The quality is great and the craftwork is blatantly fantastic, each piece is so impressive.

Currently, mommy is making the 'spring and summer' collection for me!! She read many fashion magazine to get the inspiration and my beloved sister and cousin helped me to select the fabric. I could not wait to see the 'products'.

THANKS MOMMY!!! AND ALSO THANKS MY SISTER AND COUSIN!!

Throw up

Last Sunday I saw the movie 'Munich' with Jeff, but after an hour during the film, I threw up.

Then, I kept throwing up right after the meals in these two days, seems that I started to experience the morning sickness which mostly happens in the first trimester instead of the third one.

The situation is becoming better today, but I still have stomachache. Maybe I am quite stressful and busy these two weeks, you know, I am going through the peak season of my tracking project again.

Lucas becomes more and more active and he seems sleeping is not in his schedule.

Hope I won't be that tied up after the second week of March.

By the way, where is the my writing partner of this blog? Supposing, this is a co-authored on-line diary!!

Prenatal Yoga

Last week I went to the yoga centre for a prenatal class. After that I got a sore throat and running nose. I had these sydrome also right after the last time visit 2 months ago. At that time, I even developed flu and cold and should take rest at home for 2 days.

My doctor suggested me not to attend the yoga class again. He said he had doubt of the benefits of prenatal yoga which being claimed and advertised, and there is no clinical proof so far.

Thanks god that I could leave office before 7pm and could take a better rest tonight. After all, I am pregnant, and I deserve to have a better rest, damn the demanding work!!! Damn the bosses of their unreasonable expectation and timeline on me!!!

A Nightmare

Last week I had a horrible dream, I dreamt I was going to deliver the baby, I was so panicked and didn't know how to do.

Jeff was holding my hands and everyone asked me to stay still and calm down. My mother-in-law told me that my mom was rushing to see me, I left the bed immediately and wanted to catched up my mom. However my brother-in-law asked me to be a nice girl and stayed in the bed and listened to my sister-in-law what I should do.

Then I woke up, sweating.

There is one nightmare I had more than 2 times, I saw myself losing lots of hair and started to have a bald head.

Oh both are so horrible, should unwind myself, I guess I am too pressurized these few weeks.

Sleepless in Hong Kong

Don't know why Lucas is extremely active during mid-nights. He kicks me heavily every time when I am almost falling asleep, or during the deep sleep.

But, in the daytime, he is comparatively quiet and his kicks are quite subtle.

By the way, we still have lots of chocolates and candies left in the candy boxes, which we supposed to serve our visitors during the Chinese New Year, but I don't think we could finish them up after the New Year, otherwise I would gain 50 pounds of fat from empty calories if I intended to eat them all up by myself.

Maybe I should bring some to my parents or my friends some days. You know, there is really a risk there, pregnant women always feel hungry suddenly and I would be trapped in this fat-gain-crisis when I was starving during mid-nights.

Silly Dream

I had a silly nightmare yesterday. In the dream, my boss came to me and said I was worthless and it would be unreasonable to raise my salary because I was not important to the company at all.

I burst into tears and woke up in the mid night.

And then I felt really bad around 4-5 o'clock today, I was working very hard but felt very sleepy at the same time.

Hope such instability of my emotion was merely caused by the fluctuation of hormone level.

However, when I came back home, as I found my beloved husband had prepared the dinner for me, I believe I am a very lucky girl actually.

And I should not limit my future to the this company, don't I tell myself always that I have lots of potentials and have lots of chances and different ways to develop my career and my life?

After the yoga practice, I remind myself to let the blue go, let my disappointment go.

I am sure my family provides me strength to face all difficulties.

Thanks Jeff, thanks Lucas.

Full up

Well, 7 minutes later, my pregnancy will step into the 6th month.

My tummy is pumping up in extraordinary fast speed. My colleague are surprise to see it grows so big after the Chinese New Year holiday, provided that they haven't seen me for 4 days only.... But Samantha said she was scared because I always said I was scared by the size of my belly. She said, after all, I am a real pregnant woman, it is normal to see the tummy bumping up.

Lucas keeps kicking as usual, and now even at the area above my belly button, I can tell that he grows so fast these few days.

My snacks today included an egg, a half pack of 'Lifesaver' fruit candies, an a cup of milk. I should watch my weight carefully and don't want to gain unnecessary stones.

Oh, 7 minutes have past before I finish this diary, I am in my 6th month, hurray!