pregnancy —> giving birth

i’m writing this post after reading a former school mate’s blog that she dedicates to her whole giving birth experience and the upbringing of her 1st little girl.

it’s pretty lengthy, especially the one on the giving birth process, hitting the counter at around 5, 200+ words. that’s about an ISM research paper length! anyways, she did it in a rather colloquial manner that effectively delivers the experience’s intensity and vividness through words. to be very frank, i read every word of it carefully and comprehensively. i felt stunned, frightened, and anticipating.

STUNNED: i trust her writings, and thus i believe that it’s really damn painful for the delivery. within this process, there are so many knowledge to be learned for both the mother and father-to-be. the pain, as she described, is so unbearable to the extent that u wouldn’t care about the possibly health damages to the mom and foetus and ask for pain relievers. and the ultimate stunning part is that a mommy-to-be has to undergo roughly 10 hours of contradictions in order to get the baby out. though there are intervals throughout the pain, it’s barely tolerable whenever it starts, again and again. goodness…

FRIGHTENED: i’m thinking that the natural path of deliverance would be the best and appropriate for a woman. for our ancestors had done the same thing to bring wonderful ladies onto this planet. so do i have to go thru such significant moments to truly usher in the new life as well as commencing another new stage within a woman’s life. however, it seems that it ain’t easy at all. i mean, it’s not just difficult, it’s darn extremely difficult! will i be able to take it? am i suitable for this ultimately? the pain factor is currently sounding way way too much for me to swallow…

ANTICIPATING: yes, afterall, i’m still looking forward to having a family, very much complete with the ushering of a new human life, which is the combination make-up of both parents. it symbolizes the affection bonding that is tangibly and physically presented in the most significant form of a human life.

Reference

Ng, J. W. N. (2008). NaTaLiE nG JiNg WeN…. Retrieved August 17, 2008, from http://xiao-wenwen.blogspot.com/2007/04/profile-name-ng-jing-wen-natalie-date.html.

too busy….

hey peepz!

school has started and i’d a taste of all the 4k mods. some are extremely chim n “philosophical” while some are interesting and exciting. there’s a wolverine prof in one of it and he has a -nice soothing manly voice- wahahaha he’s the eye candy that keeps me awake *,* hahaha

and there’s this breadth mod bout cybercrime. it’s soooo cool of itself. those cyber-ish stuff though hard to understand in details is actually very clever and manipulatable. the lecturer is a cute funny man who ratters “okay, right, you noe” repeatedly in whichever order. he did a great job in entertaining us (especially getting us all excited with -gummies- hahah yes we’re that desperate~!). cybercrime is so interesting! anyways, got to noe a fren JadyJade, lady who shares some of my deepest feelings. =)

many things are happening and i’m really busy with school and many other stuff = physically, mentally and emotionally strained. but luckily, i’ve got to see my dear cousin often for play times…

went on the singapore flyer, went to nie n we spied on n caught someone “fooling around” with a bunch of girls!

ps: today is the day where something exploded.

briefin

hey yo!

the day b4 yesterday was Geog Honours briefing. honestly, i was really feeling frightened the night before, wondering how bad things cna turn out for me. Luckily, since the first moment from the commencement, i breathed a sigh of relief and continued with a light heart. geog hons peepz rocks! on the meeting, they were so friendly and nice, and the chats went pretty fruity. hehe i can sense that the camaraderie will burgeon quickly and deeply. i’m looking forward to meeting’em again. *big smile*

okay, so sch’s starting dang soon, but i’m already stepping into another phase of my hols. since gym is gone, food n cooking are in, spurging is out, hot weather is in, healthy diet is out, ultimate slacking is in. i’m supposed to do a lot of things like studying and working on the aesthetic aspect, but i’m really ain’t in the mood for anything except uttermost slacking.

for a special ‘baby’

Bibimbap, Marinated Barbecued Pork (dwaeji bulgogi), spinach omelet roll and Korean frozen yogurt.

these dishes were made in a relatively foreign place and i had quite a hard time (within myself) finding the appropriate tools for making this meal. the food preparation really took a long time and effort under the hot weather that i couldn’t help but struggle with the thought of giving up several times. alas, they were finely completely with the aid of a pair of special hands (that has constant temperature~). big thanks out, hope u really really enjoy it, throughout and after.

up till today, i can say that Korean food is really easy, healthy, and most importantly, tasty. i have to spread this cuisine out to each and every one’s table (in fact, only those whom i love and love me, haha-) i noe so as to share this joy of making and appreciating Korean food. i’m still endeavoring,slowly (even slower when sch starts), in this cuisine to improve and master the numerous aspects of flavour, technique and appearance… by then, hehe, i’ll crown myself 요리사… hahaha

4 bits of love - Part 2

another 4 pieces of brownie galore, though they look bit like dung from the pic, they are terribly delicious.

i’m having headaches now…

4 bits of love…

these 4 bits of beautiful and lovely entremets et petits gâteaux came to my house one afternoon. one dude had waited for hours for the petit “salon de thé” to open for business, so as to gather these 4 bits of moose. In a funky and deep pink box, i sense sincerity and love. Thanks you, my boy.

Jupiter

This piece of oh-my-goodness is so nice that i couldn’t help but finish 1/2 of it b4 taking the shots. As u can see from its profile, layers of watever goodness (creams, nuts, cake, caramel) made the taste so wonderful and ritzy. i can taste that every bit that goes into making this piece of oh-my-goodness is of the finest quality.

Macha

definitely, green tea is one of my favourite flavour besides chocolate. this greenish block looks pretty unappealing at the first sight. But take a look at the next pic:

within hides the goodness, again~. soft crumbs and cream are pumped in as fillings, and they’re already surrounded by cream as it’s by n large a moose. so imagine this: so many creams of different flavour, taste and texture, the green tea fragrance was never engulfed but elevated to another higher level of indulgence. not very sweet but perfectly to my penchant, i simply luv it.

Tiramisu

first of all, i duuno why i didn’t take a full picture of this. Sadly, this doesn’t please me as much and nice as its name suggests. generally, it lacks fragrance and the bite-feel is pretty horrible. this number is moving away from moose, and is more like 50% cake 50% cream. the cake is in fact soaked with i-dunno-wat and it felt similar to bread soaked with water. bad bad. the cream, though smooth, doesn’t give me much taste except tinges of sweetness. while trying hard to appreciate it, its alcoholic content implicitly reminded me of the awful feeling when i drank soju (20%, i felt like drinking surgical alcohol literally).

Cube L’amour

this cute pink square is simple and elegent in design, afterall, it bears a tiny golden flake of vark. it surprised me after the first bite, as it differed so much from what i imagine. i thought it was going to be very strawberry and the middle jelly is gonna be very sweet.

the taste was completely different, it’s not strawberry, it’s rose. so nice and gentle, it is so fragrant. though it lacks of bit of layering which can make it to a perfect dessert, the wholesome feel in the mouth buried the earlier complaint. the middle reddish pudding also wasn’t too sweet but with added sourness to make the experience a little exciting. yummy, for the rose flavour is splendid.

뉴하트 New Heart

It’s an ultimately a medicinal drama more than a romantic one, but the overall rating to this fantastic production is “Bravo”! of course it’s a subjective grading, but this drama spent so much efforts and focus on the medicine aspects that I’ve to give an ovation. If you want to understand how the thoracic surgeons and department work, watch this. The flooding of the symptoms, apparatus, and many other chim things will be adequately explained via added subtitles.

I was looking for romance within the show, but was disappointed quite a bit. Well, maybe busy surgeons really do take less time on this heart matter. It focuses more on matters of life and death, and delivers the seriousness and criticality of handling people’s lives. It makes me understand that once a person is sick, s/he is so weak and may leave the mortal world anytime, ANYTIME. So the message embedded is “live your life up to the fullest that leave no regrets, and stay healthy always, for U are only given the responsibility”.

sweets…

it’s incredible this couple of days, cuz i’m having sweets~!

hehe, my boy gave me some really nice and ritzy moose, and trust me, they’re reallll~lllly nice! will give a review after i’ve savour all of them.

and chingus high 5 gave me a big brownie~!!! it’s not like a small block of it, but a whole cake tray of it! when mui hui said that there’s another dish - brownie - comin at Mr Bean, i thought we did order that at first and still waited it to serve. haha i really didn’t expect that to be baked by dear sky!

komawo chingu ya… na neun haeng bok ha da!

(thanks friends… i am happy!)

With tinge of modernity

A meal with fam in rusticity ...

KFF

I termed today as Korean Food Fest (KFF) wa~hahahaha

Well, it’s my house visiting round and I’d prepared Korean food as the theme of today~! Haha well, it’s a very anticipating day for me and luckily, I had managed to squeeze time out to make everything goes well smoothly. So떡볶이 (ddeokbokki= stir-fried spicy rice cake), 참치전 (chamchijeon= tuna pancake), 양푼비빔밥 (yangpun bibimbap = big bowl mixed rice) and 김밥 (kimbap = seaweed rice) were the dishes made over this afternoon.

I would say… it’s quite a success in cooking them and having their final appearance looking very close to my reference (except for kimbap, hehe). For the taste wise, it’s pretty hard to judge. But at least, I heard praises for ddeokbokki and bibimbap hahaha. The tuna pancake was rather “seasoning-less” as a comment noted, and this shall be improvised in my next attempt. And for the Korean version of sushi, we had a competition of who will roll the best-looking and tastiest kimbap. Eventually no one wins for each of us lack just that bit… haha but it was fun~

Alright I noe the picture doesn’t really show a very nice portrayal of Korean food, but at least they’re kinda in that shape right??? Hahahaa

So with each of our efforts, today’s KFF was fun and enjoyable. Korean food is simple to make and also quite healthy too. People, do try out cooking some Korean food and u’ll be amazed by how the different combinations of our ordinary foods are able to jigsaw into another cuisine that’s sparkling new to ur tastebuds!

I got my presents from the beautiful girls too! They’re really my taste stuff u noe??? Haha thank you so much!!! The cards are really really nice too! Thanks!

Big hugs to my brother and dad for ur presents as well!!! hugs*hugs

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Grandma is discharging and back to her warm home… =)