Can't wait!!

Four more days to go before my scheduled operation, but why is it it's dragging soooo long?...I've been able to wait for about 9 months and now it seems I couldn't wait for Monday to see and hold my baby...hehehe!

17 days to go!!

Yes, I'm counting down and anticipating with excitement and maybe a bit of anxiety on the delivery of our 2nd baby. Excitement, because it's always a joy to receive God's special gift of LIFE. Anxiety, because I'm not so sure how we can handle two kids at the same time apart from the other responsibilities we are facing. BUt rest assured, we know God's grace is always sufficient to us.

Lately, I have been complaining that I haven't be able to sleep well for the past weeks. Yes, when your tummy is just soo big.It's so difficult to find the right sleeping position with all the heartburn, leg pain. frequent trips to the bathroom and all the other discomforts. Then, our friend told me, "It's ok you'll be able to sleep well maybe after three years!"...hahahah! and yes, that's so true because once the baby is born, maybe then I'll have to wake up every 2-3 hours as I plan to breastfeed the baby..so, bye bye to straight sleeps for now and see you after 3 years..heheheh!

So, 17 more days...and before that, I'm also excited with the arrival of some family members...wow! it'll indeed be a busy week starting next week since our leaders are also coming and Kid's workshop will be starting..but anyways, before the busyness starts...let me just relax myself, surf the internet and chat....

Buko Salad 4ever!

For many months now, I have been craving for Buko Salad from Jo's Chicken Inato from my hometown...Oh, how I would imagine eating that delicious buko salad and been telling my friends and family about it...maybe hoping that they'll send me one!..haahha!Anyways, I always get the same suggestion from them which is, " Why don't you make one?". My husband even suggested that why don't I try the Thai Version of the Halo2?...but I said, never mind..I might just end up disappointed. I also didn't try to make one a few months ago since I'm too lazy and besides ( i thought) some of the ingredients won't be found here.

Anyways, finally..a few days ago..I got surprised when my husband brought home about 10 bukos (green cocomuts)! Actually, a friend gave it to him...and so I got excited and thought..ok, why don't I try to make my own buko halo?..So, we went to Carrefour and managed to buy a buko scraper, evaporated milk, nata de coco, red beans, corn flakes and Swensen's Ice cream (YUM)! My husband is really trying to pamper me esp. with the ice-cream... I told him any ordinary ice-cream will do...but he "forced" me to get the Swensen's one ( to my delight! hehehe!)which is my favorite.

So, the mission to make the BUKO Halo was on....I didn't have ube jam, leche flan and the most important of all..the shaved/crushed ice because our blender just got broken a few days ago ( that's what you get for buying cheap appliances, their lifespan is just so short!) But surprisingly, that didn't dampen my excitement to make the buko halo. So, I just use iced cubes instead..:(

A few minutes of mixing and putting all the ingredients together...tada!! I made my buko halo and had a taste of home.....hmmmmm..yum...never mind if the leche flan, ube and shaved ice were not there..never mind if the thai Nata de coco has this funny jasmine flavor....I was just felt at "home" for a few minutes savoring my own version of buko salad. Even Tricia enjoyed it..actually she just wanted the 'cubes' (nata de coco) and we fought over who gets to eat the Nata de coco first..heheehe! Think..I need to make another one tomorrow..:)

The Last Wedding...

Last week we went back to Jesu's hometown to attend his brother's wedding. Jesu will never fail to mention with emphasis that it's the LAST wedding in his family...hmm...it must be an Indian thing, coz for our family, our wedding was the LAST one but I''m not sure if everyone had that in mind or maybe everyone was just too busy preparing for the wedding itself.

Anyways, so as promised to the Groom I volunteered myself to personally bake the 'goodies' to be given away to the wedding guests - BROWNIES. My sis and I also baked some brownies for our wedding in Malaysia..and from then on, the brownies as wedding give aways became an instant hit..so I also did for Susan's wedding ( jesu's sis) last year and this year, with my Big tummy I baked for Francis' wedding. Baking goodies to be given for Indian weddings is no joke..in the Philippines, we normally have 100 plus guests..but Indian weddings can range frm 500-1000 guests! So, the day before the wedding I did my task of baking...I got a lot of help from Jesu and Susan..but I think baking more than 10layers of brownies is such a big task for a 7 and a half month preggy mom, because starting that night, I was having pain in my tummy...It was not that serious..so the next day, I still helped out decorating the Bride and grooms room. Cut the letters and hearts, painted them and put them up on the wall..well, i really must have thought I'm some kid of superwoman..hehehe!...but on wedding night itself, I started to feel more pain in my tummy.. this time, the pain was a sharper and piercing kind of pain on my lower abdomen. First, my tummy would contract then the pain would start. This time I was really worried. I couldn't enjoy the wedding reception anymore because I was alwasy thinking that what If my baby will come out earlier than expected??!!...The pain was becoming more regular and there will be more pain whenever I stand up and walk. I also didn't want to time the interval of the pain because I was afraid that if it's indeed regular then maybe I have to go to the hospital! Still I managed to smile and talk to some people. Good thing I was able to talk to one of the family's relataive ( Susan's sis-in law) who's a nurse. Didn't know then that she's a nurse. She asked me a lot of questions regarding my pain and when she asked me if I'm having back pain, and I said "NO"...then, she felt relieved and said, I just need to rest.

SO, praise God,...when I laid down and rested the pain indeed subsided...and praise God my baby wasn't due to come out yet..heheheh!

Well, a lot of other things happened for the wedding..but as for me,,,that was the highlight of the occassion..hahahah! I just thank God that my baby is still here tucked in my tummy, safe and secure and will only come out as skeduled..hehehe!:)