and here they come..

The much hyped Heroes that Boboy went gaga about at one point on his blog, is finally aired on the French channel. It's the second week and already six episodes seen. True, we're usually weeks behind when it comes to airing the latest series or movies. But the good thing is, once it's on tv, they'll air not just one but three episodes in a row. So we're putting our usual 'DVD renting on Saturdays' on hold until we're done with Heroes.

On a different subject, we're having the wettest summer ever with the presence of rain almost daily. The temperature right now doesn't correspond to summer at all. Our plans to go picnicking or sojourning somewhere comes weekend, had been put back again and again. "Rain, rain, go away... and come back in spring!"

c'est les soldes!!

The month-long summer sale's here and I've already scoured through the racks for some new garb for my expanding tummy and erm, elsewhere. Found some nice stuff, though we really need to look high and low for some decent maternity wear here. They don't have much to offer for moms-to-be, to begin with. Perhaps we should swing by the nearest city for a better, wider choice.

4th month

Went for our second ultrasound today and the baby has grown to 11.8 cm long. Due to my medical history, I'll be having more ultrasound checks than the regular pregnant woman.

Our baby at 4 months in utero:

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Dah lama tak blog eh.. nothing interesting to write lah. So what's up over here?.. nothing much. Hubby had a 4-day weekend and we drove over to my in-laws. We took the highway for the first time to drive there and back... we can afford to go on the highway for hours now, with the 307 but not with the previous old car. And with the speed limit at 130km/h, I was a happy girl since I don't have much patience on the road. So it was a much pleasant, smoother ride for me and it took us about 2 hrs 45 mins to reach our destination as opposed to 4 hrs. The total amount paid for the toll back and forth was 35€.. a tad high but hey, money can always be earned but you can't turn back lost time. I think from now on, we're gonna take the highway to my in-laws, instead of traversing through villages after villages and enduring the much longer and tiring journey.

We have the 307 for what, 3 weeks now and already we had 2 wheel covers stolen and a minor accident just yesterday when a blind guy (he has to be blind) bumped into our car while reversing out of his lot. The accident was totally his fault, so he pays for the damage and hubby had recently replaced the 2 wheel covers for 65€. Well it's never safe to let your car sleeps outside on the roads here cause when night falls, anything could happen to it. If it's not completely gone, you can either have it scratched, rims stolen, wiper stolen, tyres punctured or stolen. Hubby had his car stolen twice previously and the second time round, the cops found it burnt - nice huh. The only way to ensure your car's safety here is to lock it up in a garage.

Well besides that, the weather has been on the yo-yo lately.. shifting from strong sun to storm to hail to heavy downpour and back to sun. We had slight hail yesterday, the size of small marbles.. we're good as long as it doesn't get any bigger than that.

Summer clocks in officially tomorrow and if the temperature stays below 30°C, we'll have a pleasant summer.

and then we're 3...

In due time, Insya'Allah. Yes, we're pregnant! :D I'm 2 months along (plus a bit more) and we had our first ultrasound a couple of days back and everything seems fine, Alhamdulillah. Saw our tiny baby and listened to the heartbeat and it was such an incredible feeling. It's still hard to believe that there's a tiny, living, growing person inside me.. simply amazing. The pregnancy has been going smoothly for me so far and we pray that it'll continue that way all through. I'm still taking my daily post-stroke medication but instead of taking it orally, I'm now taking it through injections. So hubby is playing nurse and does the poking twice a day everyday and it will go on throughout the pregnancy. Nobody likes being poked at but I guess I've gotten used to it though it does hurt sometimes but I don't mind at all.. it's a small sacrifice for something wonderful.

Here's a peek at our tiny baby:

front, back & the minuscule feet

notre nouvelle voiture

After weeks of contemplating on whether we should get a new car... well, we finally did. The previous long weekend we had, was spent finding a car and then settling papers and stuff once we've found it. Hubby put up our 15-yr old Volkswagen Golf for sales on the net and we got a buyer from Paris. We managed to squeeze 900€ out of the valueless car, which is a whole lot better than nothing.

So we've switched from the red Golf to a second hand Peugeot 307 - more recent (a 2002 make), with better functions and more importantly, it comes with an air-con system (yeayy!) for a more pleasant drive during the coming hot summer. Not all cars here come equipped with air-conditioner (the same goes to commercial stores), seeing that it's only hot 3 months out of 12.

I don't mind doing long drives, now that we have a much safer, more comfortable car. We have a 3-day weekend coming up next and it would be a good time to take our new car for a spin, if the weather permits and remain sunny like today (spring weather is so unpredictable!).


notre nouvelle voiture = our new car

holidays abound

Yesterday was the end of the first of many long weekends this month. May is the month that has the most public holidays - there's a holiday almost every week. And when the public holidays fall on a Tuesday or Thursday, it is commonplace to take the day off on Monday or Friday as well; known as "faire le pont" (making a bridge). And hubby's company is one of those that give their employees this privilege (lucky him).

So since we had a four-day weekend, we drove east to my in-laws for a visit and mainly to deliver them their new set of computer to replace the archaic one they had before. It's a collective present from the children for their birthdays. Hubby also installed the newly acquired cable channel for them. Now they can immerse themselves in the hundreds of channels made available to them.

On Sunday, we went to my paternal grandma-in-law's place to celebrate her belated birthday with 12 other people. She turned 95 and still very sane and able. Here're some pictures: