23/03: Back to blog.
Category: Observations
Posted by: Pei
It's been awhile since I blogged - maybe because I didn't have very much to say, or that I was lazy.
I've started my short term contract at Touchstone - they have a much larger MSCRM team than Aspective, and although the aren't as polished in terms of their policies and procedures, their fundamentals appear strong.
I miss my team - the magic we had and the seamless way we communicated and got things done. It felt a bit like a 'hive' in terms of how they knew what I meant, and would sometimes even pre-empt me. I don't know if I will ever encounter such a magical team again, but feel incredibly priviledged to have been part of it.
I thought of starting a separate baby blog, to journal my feelings and the experience of being pregnant so the twins would have something interesting to read when they grow up, but then I thought that I'd just blog it here - there is no sense starting something else. I also wondered about actually writing a journal as opposed to typing one out on the blogosphere - but my handwriting has become more atrocious through lack of use, and my typing skills are far superior and quicker than I could ever write.
Which sometimes is both a good and a bad thing, especially since my fingers sometimes move a lot faster than my brain, and make the freudian slip before I am even aware of it.
It's week 18, and I am getting quite big. Most of it blubber I think. I haven't felt any kicking yet although Jeff has been trying to feel for them every chance he gets, and he places his ear against my belly in the hopes that one of them will say 'Hello!'
I am tired easily, and I feel like a whale sometimes. It is very easy to over-exert myself, and the other day when I went to the post office to post the very large and heavy tape drive that we sold on eBay, I almost passed out. Jeff had put it in a suitcase so that I could drag it along but even then I couldn't seem to do the approximately 50m from Sainsbury's car park to the post office.
My heartbeat is incredibly quick - about 120 at rest and about 140 or so when have walked up the stairs or something. I'll have to talk to Dr Tam about this tomorrow when I go for my first ante-natal appointment.
People ask about the gender - the last scan we had in Malaysia was a bit too early to tell. At our next scan - the 20 week anomaly one at Watford, apparently they will not tell us because of the high Asian population in the area who appear to be quite fond of accidentally 'losing' their baby whilst on holiday in Pakistan once they find out that they are having a girl. How sad. I think that a healthy baby is all that we can ask for. I don't mind what we have, although a girl and a boy would nicely balance the family out. And I'd like a bigger family - perhaps 4.
I'm currently on my way to a Project Board Meeting in Mornington Crescent, so have time to do a bit of writing on the train. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough 'quiet time' such as this todo it. But that's my own fault - I really don't have to work but I got bored easily, and the money is nice. Especially since we will have quite a large expenditure when the twins arrive.
I'm looking forward to mum coming in May - mostly so we can spend some time together. It will have been 10 years since I left Malaysia, and while I do get to spend some time with them when I go back, this will be different as I will have her to myself.
Anyway, that's it for now.
I've started my short term contract at Touchstone - they have a much larger MSCRM team than Aspective, and although the aren't as polished in terms of their policies and procedures, their fundamentals appear strong.
I miss my team - the magic we had and the seamless way we communicated and got things done. It felt a bit like a 'hive' in terms of how they knew what I meant, and would sometimes even pre-empt me. I don't know if I will ever encounter such a magical team again, but feel incredibly priviledged to have been part of it.
I thought of starting a separate baby blog, to journal my feelings and the experience of being pregnant so the twins would have something interesting to read when they grow up, but then I thought that I'd just blog it here - there is no sense starting something else. I also wondered about actually writing a journal as opposed to typing one out on the blogosphere - but my handwriting has become more atrocious through lack of use, and my typing skills are far superior and quicker than I could ever write.
Which sometimes is both a good and a bad thing, especially since my fingers sometimes move a lot faster than my brain, and make the freudian slip before I am even aware of it.
It's week 18, and I am getting quite big. Most of it blubber I think. I haven't felt any kicking yet although Jeff has been trying to feel for them every chance he gets, and he places his ear against my belly in the hopes that one of them will say 'Hello!'
I am tired easily, and I feel like a whale sometimes. It is very easy to over-exert myself, and the other day when I went to the post office to post the very large and heavy tape drive that we sold on eBay, I almost passed out. Jeff had put it in a suitcase so that I could drag it along but even then I couldn't seem to do the approximately 50m from Sainsbury's car park to the post office.
My heartbeat is incredibly quick - about 120 at rest and about 140 or so when have walked up the stairs or something. I'll have to talk to Dr Tam about this tomorrow when I go for my first ante-natal appointment.
People ask about the gender - the last scan we had in Malaysia was a bit too early to tell. At our next scan - the 20 week anomaly one at Watford, apparently they will not tell us because of the high Asian population in the area who appear to be quite fond of accidentally 'losing' their baby whilst on holiday in Pakistan once they find out that they are having a girl. How sad. I think that a healthy baby is all that we can ask for. I don't mind what we have, although a girl and a boy would nicely balance the family out. And I'd like a bigger family - perhaps 4.
I'm currently on my way to a Project Board Meeting in Mornington Crescent, so have time to do a bit of writing on the train. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough 'quiet time' such as this todo it. But that's my own fault - I really don't have to work but I got bored easily, and the money is nice. Especially since we will have quite a large expenditure when the twins arrive.
I'm looking forward to mum coming in May - mostly so we can spend some time together. It will have been 10 years since I left Malaysia, and while I do get to spend some time with them when I go back, this will be different as I will have her to myself.
Anyway, that's it for now.
