Good news August 20, 2007

Weeks 17-18 of pregnancy:

My husband got  2 job offers. The professions of arhitect,landscape architect, urban designer, planner are very much in demand in Asia especially in China at the moment.

I tried to convince my frinds to move over to this side of the world for better money, experience, better lifestyle but they seems to fear of the new world. I’m not too sure why. As they say the world is shrinking now, everywhere is a plane away only.

The baby decided to move for the first time to celebrate the occasion. At first I though it’s a gas in my stomuch. Very light movement, just like bubbles or butterfly flipping its wings. Hard to explain.

Bed rest continue August 17, 2007

It was great for the first few days. I got to watch Ellen DeGeneres andd all daytime tv. Hooray! I had my own ‘command centre’ so my husband call it. 2 remote controls, dvds, mobile phone, computer and cookies.

I’m loving it until my husband came home and told me he’s been asked to leave the company for no reason (chinese style). His boss has gone mad and fired the only 2 ‘white guy’ in the company.

He played his card of my wife is pregnant though. So he got paid off handsomely.

The funny thing is I’m not stress out at all. Very unlike me indeed.

I am pregnant August 17, 2007

I can not believe I am capable of being pregnant. I’m not always a womanly type, look at my job for start!

Well, I found out in May 2007, mainly because my company requires a certificate from doctor when you are on sick leave even for half a day. I must say I notice that my period was late for a week which is unusual. But I was in denial. As mentioned I can’t be pregnant, it’s not my thing!

Anyway my husband suspected that I may be pregnant because my hair smells different. He said it was like hormonial smell!! So he came along with me to the doctor and demanded that I have a pregnancy test there and then. I did and that was when I found out that I was 1 month pregnant.

My feeling? I couldn’t descrobe it but it wasn’t sink in until I got this morning sickness a couple of weeks later…..

Work ethic March 2, 2007

My second day at work in Hong Kong……..

I can’t believe how tiring it is for just sitting and walking around in the office from 9 am – 6pm. I completely forgot how tiring it is doing the office work. Since I became a housewife, I did the majority of the housework myself. I thought that housework is a killer but what I forgot was that at least I was my old boss, doing things in my own terms. I don’t need an approval from anyone, it’s not difficult to argue my case with my own husband!

Now I’m back to work. God! remind me again why did I send out my application form out for a job???

 Anyway, it was fine. I don’t actually feel anymore useful than I was being a housewife.  There are still a hidden spare time when people, myself definitely included pretend to look busy but actually not doing a lot. The stressful part is more to  the fact that I need an approval from my boss and a recognition from my co workers. Apart from that it’s not hard to work really.

 This is when I look from a perspective of someone who doesn’t have to work and can easily walk out of my job, which is so so so nice.

I have my husand to thank for for this. I can look at my work in a relax way and not afraid at getting fired anymore.

So I love my job and enjoy my work life because my husband, really. Thank you, thank you, thank you my lovely D.