Updates..

Alhamdulillah, I'm now just past the 16th week of my pregnancy (that's the 4-mth mark for you laypeople). I will be going for my appointment on Friday; they are supposed to come back to me on the results of my blood test. (I hate test results!) At my appointment last month my dr remarked on my elevated protein level - on its own, its not that serious, but coupled with high blood pressure could mean pre-eclampsia - which I am worried about even though according to the books, the symptoms don't usually appear til after week 20. The baby, however, was doing well, oblivious to the goings-on in its mama's world.

Other pregnancy symptoms... let's see... I am still having morning sickness (vomiting, mostly) but not necessarily in the morning, mind you, so I don't understand why they call it that! Other than that, and tiredness - I am missing a lot of my 10pm shows lately - I am perfectly alright.

Other big news on the homefront... my husband has FINALLY started his online training... which means he is one step closer to becoming second officer on the 737 fleet. We are hoping that he will get there by July at the latest, so by the time baby comes his salary will be stable. Just found out that MAS pilots' benefits do not include maternity benefits for the wife.. so costs of our baby's delivery come November will have to be out-of-pocket.

As I mentioned, I've been missing a lot of my shows lately, due to tiredness (I am normally asleep by 10!). Trying not to miss American Idol this week as it's the finals... I am so hoping that Jordin will win... personally I am not surprised that Melinda got booted out last week.

Finally, I'm hoping to be able to catch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End on Friday.. if I do get tickets, I will let you know how it was!

Lakisha's out of American Idol...

... and I can't say I'm surprised. Looking back, all "big" girls seem to have been voted out by week 5. I guess the surprise is that she is still there at the top 4. I'd have thought, based on performance alone that Blake would be the one to go. He gave a "typical" Blake performance - Randy even mentioned that the beat boxing is getting a bit old.

Personally, I'm rooting for Melinda and Jordin for the semi finals. And I won't be surprised if Jordin wins. I mean, I love Melinda, but Jordin has been improving A LOT lately.. and she seemed more comfortable and confident up on stage now. Well, there's only one week to go, then we'll see. Hopefully America votes for talent.

Question of the day....

I just felt like throwing this question out there.

Why is it that there always seems to be a line at the ladies' toilet in shopping malls? It gets really bad especially at long weekends and public holidays. I mean, there I was, trying very hard to control my pee (being pregnant makes it that much harder) and there is a LINE in front of me. More often than not, I've had to either: a) find another ladies' on another floor, which hopefully, does not have a line, or b) just wait in line. Sigh...

At least at KLCC there is this paying toilet (you pay RM2 for a FANTASTIC public toilet) on the ground or 1st floor, if I'm not mistaken. But it seems that nowadays most people don't mind paying as long as they don't need to queue! So maybe there needs to be more toilets in malls? I dunno... hmmm...