Princess Boyan Journey

Thursday, 16 March 2017

The meet up with our chosen Gynae, Dr Chitra from NUH

As you all know, I have already safely given birth and my baby is already 4 Months...hehe! Since this entry is still saved inside my draft, I'll just publish it for memory sake :)

16 August 2016, Tuesday.

The most excited day has arrived. I skipped all my detailed scan and blood tests at KKH coz I wanna do it all at NUH with Dr Chitra.
I have reached 27 weeks eh baru nak scan segala..LOL!

The registration process took quite a while as it was my 1st time there hence the staff had to do all the necessary paper works. What I can observe is that the staffs there are all very nice ok. Or maybe me and Hubby are just not the cerewet kind that semua lah kita ok go jer....
Taking the Height, weight and urine is a routine as you all know lah eh. I didnt gain much though.
During my 1st trimester I dropped from 85kg to 80kg and now at 27 weeks, my weight is back to 85kg. Paling kekek was, my height went down lah siol. Aku makin pendek eh...tak kelakar sampai my Husband call me kementot..LOL!!!
Imagine from a 1.62, I dropped to 1.55...what??? Gravitational pull eh?

So once all done, we were informed to wait abt 45mins lah....biasa jugak, my Husband carik chance to smoke....gggrrrrrr......and it took him so long to come back and once he came to me, member complain the smoking area dia kene pergi jauh. PADAN MUKA.

We had to wait more den 45minutes but thats ok lah kan.....and the moment my name was called out, I was so happy lah seh!
The nurse showed me the room but Dr Chitra wasn't at her desk so we waited a while and in abt 5mins came through the back door and greeted us with "Assalamualaikum"(with a mat saleh accent)

She has this very positive vibe and I feel so warm with her presence. Unlike the Doc at KKH who didn't even look at me in the eye when asking me questions.

She asked the normal questions and I told her that I had skipped everything, the detailed scan, the blood test and she acknowledge. So Dr Chitra suggested a blood test to be done after meeting her and detailed scan to be done the following week. I was so excited yet very nervous coz I dunnoe what the outcome of my baby will be. Many thoughts are going through my mind like "anak aku sempurna ker?" "anak aku sihat ker?" and many other stuffs. But you know, I just tawakal and berserah to Allah SWT.

Dr Chitra asked me if I have any concern and I told her lah that I had not seen my baby since 11weeks so I dunnoe at how much baby have grown and is baby is doing fine in there. I also asked her about the pain I had on my upper abdominal to which she says that its due to heartburn. So we went in the other room and prepared for a scan...I was excited! OMG! Finally gotta see my baby!!

Before scanning, she touched my tummy and say "oh good, baby's head is down"
I was like "wah...Dr you know ah just by touching....so good.."
Like NORAH!!!! DUHHHH of course she knows lah kan...she is a professional!
My Husband also gave me that 'WTH' look on me...LOL!

After all the scanning is done, she was happy that baby's position is looking good. Alhamdulillah.
But she still advises me to proceed to do a detailed scan on another date just to further check on baby's organ.

Overall, the experience with Dr Chitra is Masya Allah! She really is very warm and I feel so comfortable with her.

And guess what? Ini anak masa scanning dia pusing eh tgk camera...LOL!!

~Princess Boyan Signing Off~

Friday, 3 June 2016

Strip it off!!

Hi all!! :)

So, I am already coming to 17 weeks....past 4 months into pregnancy and yesterday was my 1st Brazilian Waxing while pregnant..teehee...

Me, I have high tolerance for pain....but waxing your down there during pregnancy is sakit lah siol!
Well it is due to more blood flow down there hence our Vajayjay tends to be a little more sensitive.
I was never nervous for waxing appointments but this one got me nervous as hell, like awaiting for O-Level results ah gitu LOL! But I gotta compliments the staffs at Strips because they are very professional :)

But for this time, I don't think I'm going to go for waxing appointments every month lah, guess I'll just be going once every 2 months.

So all my pregnant mamas out there, I'm sure waxing is nothing compared to real contractions eh? hehehe!

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

After sooooo loooonnggggggg....Guess what???

Hi all, I promised you guys my review on the wedding vendors tapi the procrastination in me da overtake diri aku sampai da setahun kawin pon maseh perangai sama..LOL!!

Well actually, its been a while I've been on hiatus because me and Husb are planning to have a baby.....
so, plan punya plan sampai lah..............

............................sampai lah melekat gituk........say Assalamualaikum to Faililah Junior :)

This is baby at 5weeks 6 days. We initially had planned on meeting the Doc only when I had reached 8 weeks because that is when the heartbeat da ada but I was experiencing some spotting....and because I have miscarriaged before, Hubby was a lil concerned and insist to go KKH 24hrs O&G for a check.
We were attended by this jambu Dr, her name is Dr Felicia Chin...so warm and friendly ok! :)
So she did a transvaginal scan and of course no heartbeat yet lah..hehe!
My question to her was "is the baby size normal?"
She replied "oh yes it is....so far everything looks ok...there's the sac and yolk....but don't worry, as long as the spotting is brown in colour and you do not have any abnorminal pain, it is ok. But if the spotting is red and you have pain on your tummy area, come back here immediately because that is high chance of a miscarriage...now, Im gonna prescribed you Hormone pills called Duphaston, this pill will stop your bleeding and strengthened the embryo...you rest well for now and we will arrange for you to come back next 2 weeks for a follow up yah.."
I was relieved to hear that.....but still not too relieved because I don't want to confirm this pregnancy until I hear the heartbeat..and addition to that, the following week I was going for 1st Year Anniversary trip to Phuket.
I asked the doctor if it is safe for me to travel during this period and she discouraged it of course...bleargh.
Because I am still on the 1st trimester and that she was a lil concerned that the morning sickness would kick in and that I would be very uncomfortable to have to go through morning sickness at another country. But we just tawakkal and still went for our Phuket trip :) Hub was very strict on my movements and stuffs. We had to change plan on our Island Hopping.....Hub also don't want to go for the Phuket Fantasea :(
So all we did was eat, sleep, shop.....repeating all of that for the 3 days we were there...LOL!!!

The week after our Phuket trip was over my eldest sis hosted a ''Cukur Rambut" ceremony for her 4th Daughter. I was one of the excited aunt with all the baby vibes going on here and while halfway through the event, right after Zuhur, I felt feverish. I had Diarrhea earlier that morning and now fever? So i told my Sis that I'm gonna use one of her room to rest. I told Hubby, who was at work that I am feeling so weak and feverish and for now I can still tahan till he comes because after work he have to attend a Tahlil session for his Father's side of the family.
He only reached my sis place at 10pm. I was in a deep sleep and the moment he came to touch me, he immediately say "sayang, awak demam panas ni...come get up...tak payah pakai tudung, I'm bringing you to the hospital."
I honestly don't want to go because our follow up appointment is in 2 days time and I don't want to waste money unnecessarily. I'm just having fever and I believe it will subside soon ah but Hubby was persistent on going to the Hospital and say "sayang, ini demam panas and awak mengandung, ni bende tak boleh buat main2 eh. Please, you've miscarriaged before and I dont want it to happen the 2nd time....."

So off we go to KKH 24hrs O&G........while on the way there, Hubby texted his family stating that I'm having high fever and going KKH, kebetulan pulak my In Laws were outside and somewhere near KKH area so they also dropped by. The nurse checked my temperature, heartbeat and blood pressure. She mentioned that my heartbeat was beating too fast but my blood pressure was low but have to wait for doctors review to see what is the next step.
The Doctor 1st did a transvaginal scan on me to check if Baby is ok and that is when I 1st heard the heartbeat...Masya Allah!!!! She say "you see this flickering thing....thats the heartbeart. I'll let you hear the baby's heartbeat, trust me..its a very beautiful sound..." She adjusted the volume to be louder and there it is.....so fast the heartbeat.....

This is Baby at 7weeks 6days

She then told me to consume 2 tablets of Panadol and to come back in 45 minutes to check back my heartbeat rate. If it is still fast, I will have to be warded :(
Fast forward to 45mins, came back and all is good, Alhamdulillah...I am able to go home...yabedabedooooo!!!!!

And 2 days later, balek KKH seh..LOL!!! Buang duit betul....gggrrrrr!!!! But this time check up no longer at the 24hrs O&G clinic. It is now at Clinic A. Everything went well, Alhamdulillah. Although my spotting has not stopped (tak guna seh makan Duphaston yang Doc prescribed) yang penting Baby inside is growing well :)

This is Baby at 8weeks 1day.

Next check up is exactly in a months time. Hope everything turns out ok. I am no longer spotting so that makes me less worried. My bump started to show when I was at 9weeks...quite fast seh and now I am coming to 11weeks, its quite obvious already as some colleagues have started to ask..LOL!
I didn't tell everyone at work yet, only my superior and close colleagues but somehow I cannot hide it anymore lah. Konon nak tunggu after my 1st trimester ends lah gitu kan tapi tak kesampaian...kwang kwang kwang!!!
In case korang tak percaya, see my pic below....when I was at my 9weeks.

Till the next update uolls!! :)

~Princess Boyan Signing Off~

Thursday, 7 January 2016

Ishq by Nora Zee

I really have issues with updating seh! Sampai da tahun baru pon tak ubah2...huahuahua!
Anyways, here's an update on my sis chosen Mak Andam :)

Ishq by Nora Zee had an open house on the 20th December 2015....
Guess what? Me, lil sis and her fiance went down ok.....and one of the best part, we're the 1st in line lah seh!! but the most best part of all is??????? Nora Zee's husband and my future BIL, Fazlan are friends lah siak!
woohooooooo!!!!!!

When Ishq by Nora Zee posted on their IG/FB account on their open house from 4pm-8pm, my sis asked me this -
Sis : kak, what time you think i should come down?
me : 2 hours earlier...
Sis : what??? merepek seh kak...where got like that one?
Me : you dont trust me izzit? I blog and read other people's blog, i know how some BTB are crazy like me too....trust me, go down early.
Sis : i tot i can come by 345pm gitu..
Me : NO!!!!!!! You will regret coming down that time...
Sis : hmmm.....ok lor....

So, the day came and my BIL arrived to fetch us a lil late as there was jam along TPE due to road accident. We reached the place at about 240pm and my eyes was scanning around to see other malay couples but none in sight. The door of the place was open when we reached there and the sounds of people setting up the place with chairs and tables dragged can be heard too so me and Sis kinda stand a lil further from the entrance as we didn't want to 'scare' the people of Ishq with our early presence..huahuahua..
And just 5 mins into waiting, one of the staffs, a malay guys saw us and asked if we are here to sign up...sheepishly I answered ÝES!" But I told him not to mind us and we are aware that we came freaking early so we will just wait till it officially opens when my future BIL who had just came from his smoke session tros pekik............
Fazlan : "Eh...Hafiz!!!!!
Ishq Staff : eh.....Faz!!! kau buat apa kat sini?
Fazlan : aku datang dengan tunang aku and kakak dia nak sign up lah....
Ishq : oh...bagus2...eh, mari ah, masok..tunggu kat dalam, ada aircon..
Fazlan: boleh ker? kita tak ganggu korang nak set up semua?
Ishq : tak lah....kau kan 1st in line....special ah untuk korang...masok2...

Fazlan and the Ishq Staff knew each other since he was still doing his NS and the Ishq staff was a regular in the same station.
Me and Sis da excited giler ah...just when we were about to enter, saw another malay couple who just came..but they had to wait outside k...with the doors closed...hehehe...
While waiting, mata ku and adek ku da scanning baju2 Ishq....lawa2 per siak!
I thank my sis for bringing me along because the excited feeling of how I managed to sign my deal with Peti Solek came back. Konon teringat lah gitu zaman2 i dulu BTB..hehe!

sempat ah kan selfie once we were in :)

Fazlan and the Ishq Staff continued their conversation when Fazlan asked -
Fazlan : so, you work here already ah?
Ishq Staff : yah.....I already resigned last year, so i'm helping my wife with her business..
Me & Sis : *secretly looked at each other with jaw drop* my Wife???

We didnt wanna get that excited and to straightaway confirmed that he is Nora Zee's husband, so I told Future BIL to check the Ishq Staff's FB or IG to confirm....
True enough............HE IS NORA ZEE'S HUSBAND LAH SEH!!!!!!!

Small world! Such a small world.

By then it was already 330pm and I told my sis I wanna sneak peak outside to see the queue.


Taken from their IG at 3pm so can you imagine the queue at 330pm?

My sis was so thankful she heeded my advice to come early..while I gave her the "i know right" body language.

And I can even tell her "if you come down at 345pm, your date kirim salam sua.." coz her big day falls in mid January and Peti Solek had to 'reject' her coz slots are full on that date. Ah, tu kesian seh adek aku...on the day she had an appointment to meet Peti Solek, they inform my sis a few hours later that her date are already booked. Can you imagine, orang da amek leave segala and I even took half day to teman her da wasted. She bingit, of course..but I told her, it is not her rezeki and that your rezeki may go to another mak andam. I mean who seh tak bingit klau tak dapat Peti Solek but hey, she got Ishq by Nora Zee siol...so it is still on the same par :)

Ni semua kire blessings in disguise kan.

And i really love the fact that Nora Zee do this 1st come 1st serve open house sign up system because itu betul2 fair to those who came early rather then you get people to email you and you gave the appointment date which is 2 months later only on a weekday and that people had to take leave or half day or change off day and just to be slapped by an email (not by phone call ok) of "your date is no longer available" a few hours prior to the appointment.

Can you imagine if my sis didnt open her email and we were to come down macam budak bodoh and to be rejected in our faces that we cannot sign up their packages?

hmmmm........I love Peti Solek, no doubt. Yaya did a wonderful job with her magical hands during my Photoshoot and Nikah...but I believe they can improvise on their booking system. What we (me,sis and BIL) had went through, we hope didn't happen to other couple as well. Insya Allah...

Oh anyways,

SIGNED!

And lil sis left the place with a wide smile and....treated me to a nice meal :)

~Princess Boyan Signing Off~

Monday, 30 November 2015

What a coincidence!

Yesterday, me and hubby had 2 wedding invitations. One at Choa Chu Kang and the other one at Bukit Merah.
My Parents in Law were also invited for the wedding at Choa Chu Kang coz the nenek pengantin was hubby's babysitter when he was little but they had 3 wedding invitations.
I stayed at my In Laws place during the weekend but went home on Sunday morning coz I didn't bring the outfit along (malas nak pack byk barang). Thank Allah, we stayed near ;)
The plan was to go home, get ready and to borrow my dad's car unfortunately, my parents had to go JB to run some errands and we have to stick to taking bike. I was complaining to Hubby that taking the bike will make my tudung kemek coz of the helmet and the wind will make my tudung fly2 and smeared my lipstick and as Im wearing dress, I have to wear leggings den nanti panas and bla bla bla...hahahaha!!
Lagi2 the 2 venues jauh siol..dari Tampines to CCK and Bukit Merah on the bike tak kelakar ok.
My FIL suggested that he will fetch me and I will be following them in the car while Hubby take his bike and meet him at the venue (SPOILED GIRL) and after that will follow hubby for the next wedding.

After we are done with our food, the clouds starts to get dark and Hubby was mentioning that we had to quickly make a move as afraid that we might get caught in the rain. The conversation went like this -
Hubby : Oklah Mama, Baba...kita kene gerak to Bukit Merah sekarang....cuaca mcm da nak hujan..
FIL : Next wedding kau Bukit Merah?
Hubby : ah..ah..
MIL : Eh, kita punya pon kat Bukit Merah...eh check kad lagi, skali sama jemputan eh?
Hubby quickly check the card and showed them...all stared at each other..
MIL & FIL : eh....sama lah....! tak tau pulak anak dia kawan dengan kau...
Hubby : alah......klau tau orang tak bawak motor seh..
MIL : tulah...kita pon bukan nak check...klau tau tak payah kau bawak motor sebab yang lagi satu wedding tu kat Tampines dekat dengan rumah Khalilah (me).

Huahuahua........

Moral of the Story, check dulu!

~Princess Boyan Signing Off~

Friday, 27 November 2015

Bilik Pengantin Basi.....

Da 8 bulan kawin maseh belom bukak2 the deco for bilik pengantin. Konon maseh nak feeling newlywed lah gitu (eh...maseh ape!)
Thought of just letting it be till it reaches our 1st anniversary tapi kan, berangan tu kene stop sebab bende ni da collect habok sikit-sikit.

The perks of having to DIY your own bilik is, even when you balek Honeymoon the room still remain....
I still remembered masa balek dari berbulan madu and seeing your room still in the 'pengantin condition' and smell of the bunga rampai lingering but lagi best when my mum puts my bridal bouquet petals on my bed (tak sempat nak amek gambar).
The feeling is just awww........
I have friends who engage their deco people who decorate their bilik pengantin telling me that they were given only a week before they bukak the deco (and end of the majlis they only bukak the cadar) or their deco people only give a day jer to enjoy and the next day they come and take off all the deco.
WHAT??
Dari my sisters wedding till mine part2 bilik pengantin my mum prefer to DIY. We got our own family friend to help us on this. We go kain hunting for langsir, cadar and the kain to cover my room..because I am the not-cerewet-pengantin and to avoid pening kepala segala, I chose white for it lah. My furniture set all white so deco pon putih lah, senang.
Talking bout my bed set, here it is...all white..whee..except for the clock :p

And my dearest Uncle helped with painting of my room. White jugak lah kan.

best part....

yes, with the price tag still on haha!!

~Princess Boyan Signing Off~

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Love & White Posies

Been procrastinating, as always......da lama ni entry dudok kat draft tau.
So here it is :)

As my lil sister is getting married in 2017, I pretty much have helped her with some stuffs about weddings. So on the 1st November, Sunday, we went to Love & White Posies event to check it out. How we got to know about this event? Our favourite vendor, Saiful Imran Deco invited us. Kak Mas, the ladyboss texted my mum to come down as she wants to propose to my mum to held my lil sis wedding at the venue since our jemputan is 2k and she highly recommended the place.

Me, Mum, Lil sis and fiance plus his mum came down :)

We were given doorgifts after registration.

Dapat coffee, and inside there are 3 sachets.

It is an air conditioned hall, somewhat like CC, huge but no stage.

Very nice place....WHY DIDNT I KNOW OF THIS PLACE EARLIER SEH????!!!

Oh well, my rezeki is just not at this venue kan.


Pic taken from Saiful Imran Page.

And below pics are taken from my camera phone (noticed that the angle I took from is further back) So you can imagine how big the hall is :)

Sorry lah eh, cara amek tak berapa cantik (aku bukan Syahruz seh)..hehe, senget siket lah yer.

We came at around 2 plus where they are halfway through the Bridal Runway Show by Versarie Ade.
My eldest sis took them for her wedding which was 8 years back, to which their outfit is already nice but now lagi updated and byk choices.
I know most of the BTBs here prefers Bridals like The Wedding Brocade, Peti Solek, Ishq By Norazee, Chantique The Bridal Gallery, Fatimah Mohsin, kan kan kan???? Tapi if in the case that the mentioned Bridal is not available during your wedding dates (since they are fast to be fully booked esp Peti Solek & Ishq By Norazee) You beautiful BTBs can have a look at Versarie Ade :)

Anyways, me and sis did not check out on all the vendors and only recce a few as the other stuffs are mosty settled, let me share with y'all.

1st stop

Marvelicious by MLC

Being a dessert fan, we straightaway went to the dessert corner (takder hegeh2 seh)

Not in pic is the Ondeh-Ondeh Cake and the Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake but we did took a slice to taste :)

These are what we took. Overall, their dessert all sedap...thumbs up! I enjoyed it so much that I am a lil unwilling to share it with my sis...muahahaha! Padahal dia yang nak kawin aku plak yang melebih.

The Ondeh Ondeh cake's filling is nice because I can taste the coconut flavour plus the gula melaka (itu barang penting ok) only that the cake texture is not to my liking but overall, the cake is sedap :)
Whereas for the Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake, I super love the cake texture but didn't really fancy the cream coz it taste kinda buttery and I guessed that most salted caramel cream taste like that coz the cake at I Am cafe also kinda have the same taste. Best part is, the bits of chocolate mini balls in the cake layers adds some funk to it. Overall, nice but if eat too much a bit muak :)

2nd Stop

Candy Couture

Nice banner.

I managed to speak with the Founder of Candy Couture (Jambu k the lady!) She's very warm and explained the details carefully when I enquired. For this event, she set up the booth with Chanel theme. Of course, she can also assist you with whatever theme that you have in mind.

I tasted the pandan/kaya tart, eclairs and almond jelly with lychee in the cup. Sedap lah wei. yang lain2 tu adek aku dengan cepat kunyah dulu sebelum dia tak dapat chance..huahuahua. In case you are wondering what that Polka Dots candy is, it is actually Cadburry Chocolate wrapped with a printed paper. Nice to know that she uses Cadbury choc instead of those bacen cheap chocolates yang tak sedap.

3rd Stop

TIGAfolks & Co

One of the guys behind this company happens to be friends with my future BIL. I liked the idea of this kinda gourmet as it is good for those yang ada 2 or tiga jemputan on the same day and klau maseh kenyang from the previous event can have something light like this :)

The Prawn Aglio Olio is oh so sedap. though its a lil oily but I would rather eat a slightly oily pasta then a dry one.

4th Stop

ZULOS

The display on their booth :)

Their price.

one for the husband

and one for me :)
Looks good right but the taste is actually not that great. I guess this is not their specialty but if you head down to their cafe at Blk 612, Clementi West St 1 #01-288, their Waffles and Milkshake is the bomb!