關於 late morning singapore ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Murtabak Zam Zam.

When i was a kid, during Holidays i'll follow Abuyah (Dad) during his daily commute from Johor to Singapore.

Despite the heavy traffic, I didn't complaint as i got to spend valuable time with Abuyah.

Abuyah would work from morning to late night & cross back into Johor as the cost of living there was better relative to a Singaporean Salary.

While Abuyah was at work, i'll always visit Zam Zam Murtabak for their super tasty Lamb Murtabak.

During Raya, when we visit Family members here, i'll always request for some me-time to Zam zam restaurant.

Many good memories here.

Finally got the chance to visit here again after a longgg time.

Food is good & curry still superb.

Murtabak like many other food is always a point of contention between Malaysians & Singaporeans.

"This is ours!"

"Our Murtabak is better than yours"

Reality is, we both have our strengths & we both enjoy them. We are so interconnected that we can try them all. A short drive to Singapore or a short flight down to KL.

Like our food, Malaysian& Singapore share a lot more commonalities than differences.

We are viciously loyal in defending who's better, but always together in a family-like feeling in the end.

As a Member of Parliament of Muar, I look forward to welcoming my fellow Singaporeans to Muar.

Our world award winning Otak otak Muar, tasty Mee Bandung Muar, Satay Pagi & to-die-for Asam Pedas Muar await you❤️

Can't wait!

My Dearest Angelic Fans and Friends!

SUPER HAPPY for our ZOOM Chat with everyone on Mon, Jan 11 of 2021!! I received so many PM messages! Hahaha.. everyone is very lovely.. thank you!

There was a question from Yi Pei from Singapore regarding what my dreams were and I said I didn’t have dreams that I always wish to be HAPPY, go with the flow of the Universe and have accepted graciously & with great appreciation of whatever came to me.. either in great adventures, supreme Blessings which I am so grateful for, adversity, or challenges to help me grow. I know it is all a part of our life path, and that is all very true. But after I woke up the next morning, I realized I DO have some dreams! They are very simple dreams, so I do want to share them with you!

My first Dream of being an entertainer, singer, Actor, and giving happiness to pple since I was 10 years old has come true already. I am still living that Dream and ever so grateful for all the blessings I’ve received, to meet and be a part of all your lives! Now, my 2nd Dream is to be of service to the Universe! To awaken to the magic and wonder of the Universes wishes for us to all live in Harmony and realize we are ALL CONNECTED as one WHOLE Human species, with incredible synergy with Mother Nature, and all other creatures big and small equally occupying the Planet as much as human beings! We can live with love and light for one another and be good to each other COLLECTIVELY so that we can CREATE the BEST ENERGY to propel this Planet to its best place possible! No matter what color, race, status we are, we must help each other realize our best possibilities! We can create the GREATER GOOD together and wishing the best for each other with our best behaviors and attitudes to a better life, and a better Earth! The Universe LOVES US ALL EQUALLY, and even though some of us seem to have a better life, and some don’t.. we need to see much deeper and beyond what is on the surface.

What I really loved about the Zoom chat is that our talk was not just about ME talking! It was also an opportunity to let many of us from all walks of life, like Alex, from Israel, Amazing! Like Michelle, who was an emergency ICU nurse in Portland, Oregon and brought us with Zoom to her work place at like 5AM b4 she goes into seeing what must be a very difficult job for her, like John & Kitson in London, whom had a 3 week covid episode and came out great, and in lockdown for quite a long time, & like our young girls from China, still in school! Like being able to share Nicole’s Bday night, and that Alice so sweetly informed us it was her Bday. Like Michael in HKG whom I was so delighted now has a family of healthy, happy people! I’m so delighted that some pple have been with me for so long and have developed wonderful lives for themselves, and we are all friends and I’m so happy for everyone! It was so miraculous to hear YOUR STORIES TOO.. and to have you share your happiness or your heartache with everyone and we can all SHARE in your HAPPYNESS, or give you solace and support!! I just love that so much and want to DO IT AGAIN! But of course.. I was passing out late Monday night so I hope we can find a great day to start in the early afternoon till maybe dinner time.. hahaa.. we can have different sessions so everyone will get a chance to tell their story and of course I will be HAPPY to answer any questions that you have on those issues or just tell ur story! Of course to give everyone a chance, U will have to PREPARE ur stories well so we can go thru several each time! Many of the fans who PM me later, told me they were too shy to tell their story or ask their question, but that’s really what we are doing it for! So let’s TRY AGAIN!

I would like to ask Fans to write in a story they would like to tell.. U don’t have to tell it now but at least express U want to tell a story or an issue U would like to discuss and see how it can be helped.. of course it is a bit tricky to let everyone talk at once because there is a time constraint..and I would like to answer any Q’s, but I think it will be great… and U can let me know what you guys all think too or how you feel we can have a more organized and well managed format! We will welcome ur suggestions and know that I want to morally support U guys as much as U have all supported me thru these years and really hope we can develop a scheduled, consistent rapport thru Zoom! I LOVE ZOOM! What a great invention for all of us and especially at this time! I would also like to THANK Vicky Yao in Taiwan, and Kuan, in BJ for arranging so much time and effort to make this possible for ALL of us & vital contributors to helping me REACH OUT to all of you!! Let’s have another session before or after Chinese New Year if possible! Let me know what you all THINK!!!

LOVE YOU ALL WITH BLESSINGS AND LOVE! Sally!!

PS! One more request to bypass U… Our Admin Gals Vicky & Kuan have edited about 1.5 hours of chat to place online for other fans to see & hear.. if there is anyone who would not like to be posted.. pls do let us know so we can edit you out.. we are not publishing all as it is so long so if you give us your name we will ensure to respect your privacy, so please do let us know!

我最親愛的天使粉絲和朋友們！

2021年1月11日星期一，我們與所有人進行的ZOOM聊天超級開心！我收到了很多留言！哈哈哈..每個人都很可愛.. 謝謝！

來自新加坡的Yi Pei 問了一個關於我的夢想是什麼的問題，當時我說我沒有夢想，一直以來我的夢想就是開心，順應宇宙的流動，熱情地接受生活所賦予的一切，對所有心懷感激 —— 無論是偉大的冒險，至高無上的幸福，或是幫助我成長的逆境與挑戰。我知道這些是每個人必經的生活之路。但是第二天早上醒來之後，我意識到我其實確實有一些夢想！它們是很簡單的夢想，所以我想和你們分享！

從我10歲那年開始，我的第一個夢想就是成為一名演藝人員 —— 成為歌手，演員，並為人們帶去快樂。現在，這個夢想已成真，我仍然真實地生活在這個夢想中，並對這份上天帶來的祝福 —— 對能成為你們生活中的一部分 —— 而深懷感激！現在，我的第二個夢想就是做出自己的貢獻！去覺醒於宇宙的魔力和奇蹟中，意識到上天所希望的是我們所有人及所有生靈都和諧共處，因為我們大家緊密相連息息相關，與整個自然界有著不可思議的協同作用，並和所有其他大小生物同等共存於這個地球上！我們可以彼此相愛，友愛相處，從而共同協力創造出最佳能量，將這個星球推向最高的層面！無論我們是什麼膚色，種族，身份，我們都必須互相幫助，實現我們的最佳可能性！我們可以以各自最好的心態和真實的行動成為彼此的福氣，並共同創造出更大的夢想，令所有人受益。宇宙平等地愛我們所有人，儘管我們當中有些人的生活似乎更好，而有些人卻沒有。我們需要意識到這個表面下更深層的真相。

我真正喜歡Zoom聊天的地方是，我們的聊天不只是我在講話！這也是一個機會，使我們大家無論來自哪裡，在做什麼，都能夠相聚在一起。例如來自以色列的Alex，不可思議！例如俄勒岡州波特蘭市急診重症監護室護士Michelle，她通過Zoom帶我們到她工作的地方，在凌晨5點，在她開始一天非常艱鉅的工作之前。例如倫敦的John和Kitson。 Kitson 剛剛經歷了三週和COVID作戰，最終戰勝了病毒，現在看上去很好，雖然也已經被隔離很久了。例如很多來自中國的女孩子們，她們都很年輕，還在上學！例如我們還分享了Nicole的生日之夜，而Alice如此甜蜜地告訴我們那天是Nicole的生日。例如我很高興看到香港的Michael現在有一個健康快樂的家庭！我很高興能有一些同伴已經陪伴我這麼久，並為自己創造了美好的生活。我們都是朋友，我為每個人感到高興！聽到大家的故事非常不可思議—— 所有人和所有人分享各自的幸福或心痛，這一切真是太神奇了！我們可以分享你的幸福，或給予你安慰和支持！我非常喜歡這一切，並且想再做一次！但是當然.. 我那天晚上快昏倒了，所以我希望我們能找到一個美好的一天從下午開始，直到晚餐時間.. 哈哈.. 我們可以舉行不同的聊天會，以便每個人都能有機會講述自己的故事。當然，我也很樂意回答你們可能有的任何問題，或者如果你只是想告訴我們你的故事也很好！為了在有限的時間裡令大家都有機會，請大家先準備好你想分享的，以便我們每次都能聽幾個不同的人的故事！後來許多粉絲發來留言告訴我，他們很害羞，不敢講述自己的故事或提出問題，但這正是我們視頻聊天要做的啊！因此，讓我們再試一次！

我想請粉絲們留言告訴我們你想講的故事，當然現在不必講細節，但至少表達你有事情想分享，或者有問題想問，或者想討論一些事情而得到幫助.. 當然，讓每個人都有機會講話有點棘手，因為時間有限，而我也希望能夠盡可能回答你們的問題，所以我們要提前計劃，分配好時間，但我相信這會很棒… 你們也可以讓我知道你們大家的想法，或者你覺得我們怎樣可以擁有一個更有條理的模式！我們歡迎大家的建議，請知道我希望可以給大家心靈支持，就像這些年來你們所有人一直在支持我一樣，並真的希望我們可以通過Zoom進行定期的，持續的聯繫！我喜歡ZOOM！對我們所有人來說，尤其是在這個時候，這是一項偉大的發明！我還要感謝台灣的Vicky Yao和BJ的Kuan，感謝她們花了許多時間和精力，使我們的Zoom 會議成為可能；她們也是幫助我與大家取得聯繫的背後功臣！如果可以的話，讓我們在農曆年之前或之後再舉行一次會議！讓我知道大家的想法！！！

LOVE YOU ALL WITH BLESSINGS AND LOVE! Sally!!

PS！ 還有一個事情想同大家講一下。我們的管理員Vicky＆Kuan編輯了大約1.5個小時的聊天視頻，以便上傳到線上給其他粉絲看.. 如果有人不想自己的部分被上傳，請告訴我們，我們可以將您的部分刪除。由於當天聊天時間太長，我們不會發布全部內容的視頻，因此，如果您留言告知我們您的名字，我們將確保尊重您的隱私，所以請告訴我們！

My sister, Michelle-Ann Iking's 3% chance of conceiving naturally was a success! Here's her story:

(My apologies as I've been overwhelmed with personal matters. I've only managed to get to my desk. So finally got around posting this).

This is the story behind my sister's pregnancy struggle and how she shared her journey over her Facebook page.

Because some may have not caught her LIVE session chat with me (https://www.facebook.com/daphneiking/videos/687743128744960/) , or read her lengthy post (as it's a private page);
she's allowed me to copy and paste it over my wall, in case you need to know more about her thought process on how AND why she focused on the 3% success probability. Read on.

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Posted 10th May 2020.
FB Credit: Michelle-Ann Iking

A week ago today I celebrated becoming a mother to our second, long awaited child.

Please forgive this mother's LONG (self-indulgent) post, journalling what this significant milestone has meant for her personally, for her own fallible memory's sake as well as maybe to share one day with her son.

If all you were wondering was whether I had delivered and if mum and bub are OK, please be assured the whole KkLM family are thriving tremendously, and continue scrolling right along your Newsfeed 😁.

OUR 3% MIRACLE

All babies are miracles... and none more so than our precious Kiaen Aaryan (pronounced KEY-n AR-yen), whose name derives from Sanskrit origins meaning:

Grace of God
Spiritual
Kind
Benevolent

...words espousing the gratitude Kishore and I feel for Kiaen's arrival as our "3% miracle".

He was conceived, naturally, after 3 years of Kishore and I hoping, praying and 'endeavoring'... and only couples for whom the objective switches from pure recreation to (elusive) procreation will understand how this is less fun than it sounds ...

3 years during which time we had consensus from 3 different doctors that we, particularly I (with my advancing age etc etc) had only a 3% chance of natural conception and that our best hope for a sibling for our firstborn, Lara Anoushka, was via IVF.

Lara herself was an 'intervention baby', being one of the 20% of babies successfully conceived through the less intrusive IUI process, after a year and a half of trying naturally and already being told then my age was a debilitating factor.

We had tried another round of IUI for her sibling in 2017 when Lara was a year old. And that time we fell into the ranks of the 80% of would-be parents for whom it would be an exercise in futility... who would go home, comfort each other as best they could, while individually masking their own personal disappointment... hoping for the best, 'the next time around'...

So the improbability ratio of 97% against natural conception of our second baby, as concurred by the combined opinion of 3 medical professionals, was a very real, very daunting figure for us to have to mentally deal with.

Deep, DEEP, down in my heart however, though I had many a day of doubt... I kept a core kernel of faith that somehow, I would again experience the privilege of pregnancy, and again, have a chance at childbirth.

And so, the optimist in me would tell myself, "Well, there have to be people who fall in the 3% bucket... why shouldn't WE be part of the 3%?"

Those who know me well, understand my belief in the Law of Attraction, the philosophy of focusing your mind only on what you want to attract, not on what you don't want, and so even as Kishore and I prepared to go into significant personal debt to attempt IVF in the 2nd half of 2019, I marshalled a last ditch effort to hone in on that 3% chance of natural conception... through research coming across fertility supplements that I ordered from the US and sent to a friend in Singapore to redirect to me because the supplier would not deliver to Malaysia.

I made us as a couple take the supplements in the 3 month 'priming period' in the lead up to the IVF procedure - preconditioning our bodies for optimum results, if you will.

At the same time, I had invested in a sophisticated fertility monitor, with probes and digital sensors for daily tracking of saliva and other unmentionable fluid samples, designed to pinpoint with chemical accuracy my state of fertility on any given day.

(UPDATE: For those interested - I obtained the supplements and Ovacue Fertility Monitor from https://www.fairhavenhealth.com/. Though I had my supplies delivered to a friend in Singapore, and redirected to me here since the US site does not deliver to Malaysia, there are local distributors for these products, you will just have to research the trustworthiness of the vendors yourself...)

I had set an intention - in the 3 months of pre-IVF priming, I would consume what seemed like a pharmacy's worth of supplements, and track fertility religiously... in hopes that somehow, within the 3 month priming period, we would conceive naturally and potentially save ourselves a down payment on a new property... and this was just a projection on financial costs of IVF, not even considering the physical, emotional and mental toll it involves, with no guarantee of a baby at the end of it all...

It was a continuation of an intention embedded even with my first pregnancy, where all the big ticket baby items were consciously purchased for use by a future sibling, in gender neutral colours, in hopes that sibling would be a brother "for a balanced pair", though of course any healthy child would be a welcome blessing.

It was a very conscious determination to always skew my thoughts in service of what the end objective was. For example, when 3+year old Lara would innocently express impatience at not yet having a sibling, at one point suggesting that since we were "taking too long to give her a baby brother/sister", perhaps we should just "go buy a baby from a shop", instead of getting defensive or berating the baby that she herself was, we enlisted Lara's help to pray for her sibling... so in any place of worship, or sacred ground of any kind that we passed thereon, Lara would stop, close her eyes, bow her small head and place her tiny hands together in prayer, reciting earnestly, "Please God, please give me a baby brother or baby sister."

After months and months of watching Lara do this, in the constancy of her childlike chant, Kishore started feeling the pressure of possibly disappointing Lara if her prayer was not answered. Whereas for me, Lara's recitation of her simple wish became like a strengthening mantra, our collective intention imbued with greater power with each repetition, and the goal of a sibling kept very much in the forefront of our minds (hence our calling Lara our 'project manager' in this endeavour).

And somehow in the 2nd month of that 3 month period, a positive + sign appeared on one of the home pregnancy tests I had grown accustomed to taking - my version of the lottery tickets others keep buying in hopes of hitting the jackpot, with all the cyclical anticipation and more often than not, disappointment, that entails...

This time however I was not disappointed.

With God's Grace, (hence 'Kiaen', a variation of 'Kiaan' which means 'Grace of God'), my focus on our joining the ranks of the 3% had materialised.

It seems poetic then, that Kiaen chose to make his appearance on the 3rd May, ironically the same date that his paternal great-grandfather departed this world for the next... such that in the combined words of Kishore and his father Kai Vello Suppiah,

"The 1st generation Suppiah left on 3rd May and the 4th generation Suppiah arrived on 3rd May after 41yrs...
One leaves, another comes, the legacy lives on..."

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KIAEN AARYAN SUPPIAH'S BIRTH STORY

On Sunday 3rd May, I was 40 weeks and 5 days pregnant.

The baby was, in my mind, very UN-fashionably late past his due date of 29th April, so as much as I had willed and 'manifested' the privilege of pregnancy, to say I was keen to be done with it all was an understatement.

In the weeks leading to up to my full term, I had experienced increasingly intense Braxton-Hicks 'practice contractions' - annoying for me for the discomfort involved, stressful for Kishore who was on tenterhooks with the false alarms, on constant alert for when we would actually need to leave home for the hospital.

Having become a Hypnobirthing student and advocate from my first pregnancy with Lara, and thus being equipped with
(1) a lack of fear about childbirth in general and
(2) a basic understanding of how all the sensations I would experience fit into the big picture of my body bringing our baby closer to us,
I was less stressed - content to wait for the baby to be "fully cooked" and come out whenever he was ready... though I wouldn't have minded at all if the cooking time ended sooner, rather than later.

With Lara, I had been somewhat 'forced' into an induced labour, even though she was not yet due, and that had resulted in a 5 DAY LABOUR, a Birth Story for another post, so I was not inclined to chemically induce labour, even though I was assured that for second time mothers, it would be 'much faster and easier'...

That morning, I had a hunch *maybe* that day was the day, because in contrast to previous weeks' sensations of tightening, pressure and even spasms that were concentrated in the front of my abdomen and occasionally shot through my sides and legs, I felt period - like cramping in my lower back which I had not felt before throughout the pregnancy.

It was about 8am in the morning then, and my 'surges' were still relatively mild ('surges' being Hypnobirthing - speak for 'contractions', designed to frame them with the more positive connotations needed to counteract common language in which childbirth is presented as something that is unequivocally painful and traumatic, instead of the miraculous, powerful and natural phenomenon it actually is).

I recall (masochistically?) entertaining the thought of opting NOT to have an epidural JUST TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE...

I figured this would be the last time I would be pregnant and so it would be my 'last chance' to experience 'drug free labour' which, apart from the health benefits for baby and mother, might be *interesting* in a way that people who are curious about what getting a tattoo and skydiving and bungee jumping are like, might find these *interesting*...even knowing there will be pain and risk involved...

Since I have tried tattoos and skydiving (unfortunately not being able to squeeze in bungee-jumping while my life was purely my own to risk at no dependents' possible detriment) a similar curiousity about a no-epidural labour was on my mind...

In the absence of other signs of the onset of labour (like 'bloody show' or my waters breaking), I wanted to wait until the surges were coming every few minutes before we actually left the house for the hospital, not wanting to be one of those couples who rushed in too early and had interminable waits for the next stage in unfamiliar, clinical surroundings and/or were made to go home in an anti-climatic manner.

I was even calm enough through my surges to have the presence of mind to wash and blowdry my hair, knowing if I did deliver soon I would not be allowed this luxury for a while.

Around 9am I asked Kishore to prep for Lara and himself to be dressed and breakfasted so we could head to hospital soon, while I sent messages to family members on both sides informing them 'today might be the day.'

My mother, who had briefly served as a midwife before going back into general nursing and then becoming a nursing tutor, prophetically stated that if what I was experiencing was true labour, "the baby would be out by noon".

The pace in which my surges grew closer together was surprisingly quicker than I expected; and while I asked Lara to "Hurry up with breakfast" with only a tad more urgency than we normally tell her to do, little Missy being prone to dilly-dallying at meals, I probably freaked Kishore out when about 930am onwards, I had to instinctively get on my hands and knees a couple of times, eyes closed, trying to practice the Hypnobirthing breathing techniques I had revised to help along the process of my body birthing our child into the world.

I recall him saying a bit frantically as I knelt at our front door, doubled over as he waited for Lara to complete something or other, "Lara hurry up! Can't you see Mama is in so much pain and you are taking your own sweet time??!!"

SIDETRACK: Just the night before, Lara and I had watched a TV show in which a woman gave birth with the usual histrionics accompanying pop culture depictions of labour.

Lara watched the scene, transfixed.

I told her, simply and matter-of-factly, "That's what Mama has to do to get baby brother out Lara, and that's what I had to do for you also."

In most of interactions with my daughter, I have sought to equip her to face life's situations with calmness, truthful common sense, and ideally a minimum of drama.

Those who know the dramatic diva that Lara can be will know that this is a work-in-progress, but her response to me that night showed me some of my 'teachings' were sinking in:

She looked at me unfazed, "But Mama," she said. "You won't cry and scream like that lady, right? You will be BRAVE and stay calm, right?"
#nopressure.

So as we prepped to leave for the hospital I did indeed attempt to be that role model of calm for her, asking her only for her help in keeping very quiet,
"Because Mama needs to focus on bringing baby brother out and she needs quiet to concentrate...".

As we left the house at 10.11am, I texted Kishore's sister Geetha to please prep to pick up Lara from the hospital, and was grateful Kishore had the foresight to ask our gynae to prepare a letter for Geetha to show any police roadblocks between my in-laws' home in Subang Jaya and the hospital in Bangsar, this all happening under the Movement Control Order (MCO).

To Lara's credit, in the journey over to the hospital, she - probably sensing the gravity of the situation, sat very quietly in her seat at the back, and the silence was punctuated only by my occasional deep intakes of breath and some variation of my Ohmmm-like moans when the sensations were at their height.

By the time we got to Pantai Hospital at around 10.30am, my surges were strong enough I requested a wheelchair to assist me in getting to the labour ward, as I did not trust my own legs to support me... and Kishore would have to wait until Geetha had arrived to take Lara back to my in-laws' house before he himself could go up.

I slumped in the wheelchair and was wheeled up to the labour room with my eyes closed the whole time, trying to handle my surges.

I didn't even look up to see the attendant who pushed me... but did make the effort to thank him sincerely when he handed me over, with what seemed like a palpable sense of relief on his part, to the labour ward nurses.

The nurse attending me at Pantai was calm, steady and efficient. I answered some questions and changed into my labour gown while waiting for Kishore to come up, all the while managing the increasingly intense surges with my rusty Hypnobirthing breathing techniques.

By the time Kishore joined me at around 11am (I know these timings based on the timestamps of the 'WhatsApp live feed' of messages Kishore sent to his family), I was asking the nurse on duty, "How soon can I get an epidural??" thinking what crazy woman thought she could do this without drugs???!!!

The nurse checked my cervix dilation, I saw her bloodied glove indicating my mucous plug had dislodged, and she told me, "Well you are already at 7cm (which, for the uninitiated, is 70% of the way to the 10cm dilation needed for birthing), you are really doing well, if you made it this far without any drugs, if can you try and manage without it... I suspect within 2 hours or less you will deliver your baby and since it will take about that time for the anaesthesiologist to be called, epidural to be administered and kick in... it might all be for nothing... but of course the decision is completely up to you... "

So there I was, super torn, should I risk the sensations becoming worse... or risk the epidural becoming a waste?? And of course I was trying to decide this as my labour surges were coming at me stronger and stronger...

I was in such a dilemma...because as a 'recovering approval junkie' there was also a silly element of approval-seeking involved, ("The nurse thinks I can do this without drugs... maybe I CAN do this without drugs... Yay me!") mixed with that element of curiosity I mentioned earlier ("What if I actually CAN do this without drugs... plenty of other women have done it all over the world since time immemorial.. no big deal, how bad can it be...??") so then I thought I would use the financial aspect to be the 'tiebreaker' in my decision making...

I asked the nurse how much an epidural would cost and when she replied "Around MYR1.5k", I still remember Kishore's incredulous face as I asked the question, i.e."Seriously babe, you are gonna think about money right now? If you need the epidural TAKE IT, don't worry about the money!!!"... and while we are not rich by any stretch of the imagination, thankfully RM1.5k is not a quantum that made me swing towards a decision to "better save the money"...

So in the end, I guess my curiosity won out, and I turned down the epidural "just to see what it would be like and if I had it in me" (in addition of course to avoiding the side effects of any drugs introduced into my and the baby's body).

My labour occuring in the time of coronavirus, it was protocol for me to have a COVID19 test done, so the medical staff could apply the necessary precautions. I had heard from a friend Sharon Ruba that the test procedure was uncomfortable, so when the nurse came with the test kit as I was starting another surge, I asked, "Please can I just finish this surge before I do the test?" as I really didn't think I could multitask tackling multiple uncomfortable sensations in one go.

The COVID19 test involved what felt like a looong, skinny cotton bud being inserted into one nostril... I definitely felt more than a tickle as it went in and up, being told to take deep breaths by the nurse. Then she asked me to "Try to swallow" and I felt it go into my nasal cavities where I didn't think anything could go any further, but was proven wrong when she asked me to swallow again and the swab was probed even deeper. Then she warned me there would be some slight discomfort as she prepared to collect a sample... but at that point all I could think about was:

(i) I really don't have much of a choice
(ii) please let this be over before my next surge kicks in
(iii) if all the people breaking the MCO rules knew what it feels like to do this test maybe they won't put themselves at risk of the need to perform one...

In full disclosure as I was transferred into the actual delivery room at some point after 11am, another nurse offered me 'laughing gas' to ostensibly take some of the edge off... I took the self-operated breathing nozzle passed to me but don't recall it making any difference to my sensations..so didn't use it much as it seemed pretty pointless.

I recall some measure of relief when I heard my gynae Dr. Paul entering the room, greeting Kishore and me, and telling us it was going well and it wouldn't be long now and he would see us again shortly.

From my previous labour with Lara I knew the midwives pretty much take you 90% of the way through the labour and when the Dr is called in you are really at the home stretch, so was very relieved to hear his voice though knowing he would leave and come back later meant it wasn't quite over yet.

I do remember realising when I had crossed the Thinning and Opening Phase of labour to the Birthing Phase, by the change in sensations... it is still amazing to me that as the Hypnobirthing book mentioned, having this knowledge I was instinctively able to switch breathing techniques for the next stage of labour .

Was my opting against epidural the right choice for me?

Overall? Yes.

Don't get me wrong.

I *almost* regretted the decision several times during active labour... especially when I felt my body being taken over by an overwhelming compulsion to push that did not seem conscious and was accompanied by involuntary gutteral moans where I literally just thought to myself, "I surrender, God do with me what you will..." (super dramatic I know but VERY real at the time...).

I think I experienced 3-4 such natural explusive reflexes (?), rhythmically pushing the baby down the birth path, one of which was accompanied by what felt like a swoosh of water coming out of a hose with a diameter the size of a golf ball... this was when I realised my water had finally broken...

The nurses kept instructing me to do different things, to keep breathing, to move to my side, then to move to the middle, to raise my feet... and when I didn't comply, Kishore (who was with me throughout both my labours) tried to help them by repeating the instructions prefaced with "Sayang..." but I basically ignored all the intructions because I felt I had no capacity to direct any part of my body to do anything and someone else would have to physically manoeuvre that body part themselves.

When I heard Dr. Paul's voice again and the flurry of commotion surrounding his presence, I knew the time was close... and when I heard the nurse say to Kishore, "Sir, these are your gloves, for when you cut the baby's cord", it was music to my ears...

I'm very, VERY grateful Kiaen slid out after maybe the 4th of those involuntary pushes... the wave of RELIEF when he came out so quickly... it still boggles my mind that my mother was essentially right and as his birth time was 12.02pm, it was *only* about 1.5 hours between our arrival at the hospital and his arrival into the world.

Kiaen was placed on my chest for skin to skin bonding and remained there for a considerable time.

For our short stay in the hospital he would be with us in my maternity ward number C327... another trivially serendipitous sign for me because he was born on the 3rd (May) and our wedding anniversary is 27th (July).

I was discharged the following day 4th May at about 5.30pm, after I got an all clear on COVID19 and a paediatric surgeon did a small procedure on Kiaen to address a tongue-tie that would affect his breastfeeding latch... making the entire duration of our stay about 31 hours.

I have taken the time and effort to record all this down so that whenever life's challenges threaten to get me down I can remind myself, "Ignore the 97% failure probability, focus on the 3% success probability".

Also that the human condition is miraculous and it is such a privilege to experience it.

To our son Kiaen Aaryan, thank you for coming into our lives and choosing us as your parents.

Even though Papa and I are both zombies trying to settle into a night time feeding routine with you, I look forward to spending not only all future Mother's Days, but every day, with you and your Akka...

And last but not least, to my husband Kishore...without whom none of this would be possible - we did it sayang, I love you ❤️

Photo credit: Stayhome session with Samantha Yong Photography (http://samanthayong.com/)

We went down to the Legendary Beach Road Scissors Cut Curry Rice to complete a Curry Rice Challenge! Beach Road Scissors Cut Curry Rice is a famous Hainanese Curry Rice shop located at Jalan Besar. They are a mainstay for late-night patrons looking for an affordable meal, closing only in the wee hours of the morning and a fully-loaded plate would cost between $4-6 dollars depending on your choice of toppings.



Hainanese Curry Rice is a uniquely Singaporean dish inspired by British, Hainanese and Peranakan settlers in Singapore. A standard serving would include a fried egg, pork chops, braised pork belly and braised cabbage piled on white rice before being smothered by a thick, fragrant curry. Different restaurants would have their own take on the curry and toppings provided, with the curry usually being thick but varying in taste.


For my giant plate, I requested 7 portions of rice, a pile of braised cabbage, fried eggs, braised pork belly, chicken chops, pork chops, curried chicken wings, deep-fried tofu and rounded it off with some assorted greens. As per their namesake, each meat item was cut upon serving with a pair of scissors.


This monster plate was then generously topped with curry, the tofu braising liquid and a spicy red gravy, enveloping the entire plate with messy goodness.
The curry was thicker than other places I have tried, barely sweet with a hint of spiciness. It could have been a lot more flavourful. The standout topping would be the pork cutlet, juicy on the inside with a crunchy exterior, with the mild tasting curry allowing the excellent flavour of the cutlet to shine. However, the pork belly was rather disappointing, bland and extremely chewy. Overall, the combination of the 3 sauces with rice and a side is a winning combination, especially considering the cost.
If you are in the area or looking a late-night supper, you could do a lot worse than Beach Road Scissors Cut Curry Rice.
Visit Beach Road Scissors Cut Curry Rice at:
229 Jalan Besar
Singapore 208905


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接續Cindy來天津遊玩，開心到隔天宿醉一整個上午! 原本計畫要出去玩的行程，再加上天空飄著一片濃厚的霧霾，我們只能去飯店隔壁的7-11晃晃...
幸好，晚上班傑「守歲」演出之後，霧霾就散開了許多～再度接續我們的天津之旅，這次直接從宵夜和夜景下手。

天津小知識：

天津之眼
2009年開始營問，亞洲唯一建造在橋上的摩天輪。高120米，直徑達到110米，等同於35層樓高，平均旋轉一周需要28分鐘，擁有48個座艙。

片中為什麼不是和亞洲的南昌之星或星加坡摩天觀景輪做比較，而是與倫敦眼呢？
這一點我們也不清楚，旅遊書是這麼寫的。我們推測，有可能是因為名字相似，而倫敦眼也是世界上最有名的摩天輪之一，所以才拿來和天津之眼做比較。

倫敦眼
2000年開始營運，為英國第一付費旅遊景點。高135米，直徑120米，平均旋轉一周需要30分鐘，擁有32個座艙。

Continuing with Cindy’s trip to Tianjin, China, she was so overwhelmed with joy (ecstatic) that she spent the entire morning in bed rest, hungover. Our initial plan to go about the city was thus put on hold, and also due to a daunting thick layer of smog covering every inch of the sky, the furthest extent of our morning trip (that we tried to save) only reached till the nearby 7-11 convenient store.
Fortunately, the smog cleared up after Benji’s stage show “Shoushui”, that we got to resume our trip, starting again with a late night meal and a night trip (full of LED lights) to The Tianjin Eye.

Interesting Facts:

The Tianjin Eye
Opened in 2009, The Tianjin Eye is the only Ferris wheel constructed on a bridge. The structure is 120 meters all and the wheel has a diameter of 110 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a 35 stories tall building, with a total of 48 passenger capsules. The average time to complete a revolution is 28 minutes.

Why is it compared to the London Eye and not Asia’s Star of Nanchang or Singapore Flyer?
We are not sure about this, it was said so in a local tour guide book. We guess that it was because of the similarity in both names, and that the London Eye is one of the most popular Ferris wheel of all time.

The London Eye
Opened in 2000, The London Eye is England’s paid top attraction for tourists. The structure is 135 meters tall with the wheel’s diameter at 120 meters. It has a total of 32 passenger capsules that can hold up to 25 passengers each. One revolution takes an average of 30 minutes to complete.
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