Instant food from supermarket

found anything you like ?? hehe

Chinese Kebabs

The other day at Puxi shopping, came across this shop selling kebabs and shroma with pork... guess this is the only place you can find pork kebabs and shroma ??

Shanghai Dai Pai Dong

This is near Intercon hotel, if u are bored with the usual joints u can try here... but mostly the sell by 1/2 chicken/ duck or something like that .... quite yummy though the food...

My wine is sour :(

I just filtered the hock chew red rice wine which i had done earlier in the month. As i was filtering the wine, i was looking at the color. Damm nice... red colour, guess the wine should be alright. But when i tasted, it was sour....

now gotta do it all over again.... grrr...

Sad Story

Within the ward there is this lady who had a mid-term abortion. The baby was about 7 mths old when the abortion took place a few days back. In the ward we had 3 babies 3 mothers 3 mothers-to-be with problems, 1 unknown,1 overweight diabetes, 1 low blood pressure, 1 (with twins) ok just checked out today and her.

It was during one of the scan session where the doctor observed deformation of her baby's face and recommended that the pregnancy be stopped. So she went thru the whole process and was placed in this ward, filled with pregnant women and babies. I thought that was a bit cruel given what she had gone thru.

I saw her wiped tears away when one of the babies cried and family members talking about the baby. She was alone. Her husband in faraway Xinjiang and no family members in Shanghai.

So she had to go thru the whole process all alone. She was quite bubbly and cheerful when we talked to her. She said that she is independent and she is able to handle herself.She is strong.

This morning, she had packed her stuff and discharged. Hope she will be strong and life would be less cruel for her.

God bless.

Upgraded

Luckily today someone from the mother-baby ward check out, so we managed to shift to that ward, and Carissa was brought up from the baby ward to join Jessica. Initially was quite good... poo/washed up/change/eat every 3 hrs... in between sleep... but at abt 1-3 am she waking up every 15min, every time i am dozing off shw would cry ... oh my god... no wonder got people tell me ...during the 9 mths you hope the baby faster come out after that you hope you can put the baby back into the stomach haha... luckily after that she or should say had a nice doze from 3-6am....

24hr helper helping to feed



common bed for babies.... dun grab the wrong cutie ;-p

In the wards, there are a few helpers for changing diapers, feeding, available 24 hr, but must try to grab one when the time comes, if not gotta wait for turn.
yesterday lazy to wait for turn so i changed the nappies quite a few times and when the helper arrived, she can directly help feed the hungry baby ...

This morning supposed to be her first shower, with much anticipation, i brought video cam, cameras waiting for the event to happen... when it really did happen, the nurse carried Carissa to another room , "Sorry no entry" and shower the baby and return the baby to us at the ward. I didn't know showering the baby is a top secret operation.

Anybody with experience can share with me how it is done with your baby ??

Intersting dishes ??

Where to get coconut ???

I still remember 1 buddy in Singapore who told me to get the wife to drink 1 coconut for 1 month til she delivers.It will helped to smoothen the process and the baby less heaty. But in PVG how to find coconut ?? Wild ideas came to life... shipping coconuts, ask friends coming to tapao, go back sin and buy haha....

Luckily we spotted some in supermarkets... but they don't look fresh and you wonder if there is water still left inside....then one day they was this thai coconut next to it. Cost about the same and looks the same... Since then we had went back every week to replenish the stock...

maybe that explains the fast final moments ?? or is thai coconut a good replacement ?? buddy maybe you can help ;)

Good Morning my love....

Good morning my love, we had waited you patiently for 9 mths and you arrived right on schedule... surprised how medical science can be so accurate....

The arrival process was quite expeditious putting the doctors and nurses off guard... According to the doctor's estimate was 2-3 hours if everything was smooth. There i was clearing up the private care room (we had upgraded earlier in the day so that at least one of us could be with her til the final moments...if not, under normal procedures here, all family members will wait at the lift lobby while the patients in labour are put into the same ward monitored by the nurse there(beyond visual range). When someone is due for the delivery, she is then wheeled in to delivery room and the family members is informed. After delivery, then the mother will be warded and depending on luck, if the mother-child ward is full, then the child will remain in the baby's ward while the mother remained at the adult ward until such time the mother-child bed is available. If not, there will be no access to the baby, not even to look til the time you are discharged. Private care room allows 1 family member to accompany the patient til delivery and if everything goes on well then the baby and the mother will return to this room for further 2 hours before transferring to a normal ward, subjecting to the conditions stated above), stuffs were flying around trying to locate items which the doctors wanted before wheeling Jessica into the delivery room. I remembered it was here and there but I could not find any. In the end, almost every contents was almost emptied out(nurse at the side keep saying,''relax relax...slowly, slowly" before the required stuffs were found. **Sweat** Pre-delivery syndrome ?? or Post labour blurs...?? Being with Jessica thru the labour meaning witnessing her scream in pain with me unable to do much.... Luckily the doctor came and said she was ready...

After they left, a nurse came over for me to sign the endorsement form or consent form (dunno what u called it) I could hear Jessica' scream across the hallway..... then silence... guess she was finally pushed into the delivery ward (dunno where is it) . After packing the room, feeling hungry, i finished Jessica's untouched dinner and just when i settled comfortably into the couch, SMSing all the kins about the progress, the nurse came in with a baby in hand, "Congrats... it's a gal"

I was totally stunned....thought supposed to be 2-3 hrs ? It's just 45 mins or so since she last left.....The nurse started to joke, "Yeah she came in 20 mins... we were all caught in a mess... she already had her jabs done".... and then the nurse carried the baby back to the mother..

After that sms start buzzing out to all our folks announcing the arrival of our latest member into the family, Carissa Ong , 王卿雅.

Guessed I waited for another 20 mins before the mother and baby is wheeled in together. Finally I got the chance to take a close look at her, she was the centre of arguement between us for 9 mths... boy or gal. Coming to Shanghai for delivery means the sex of the baby is unknown to the parents til the baby is borned. For the past few months we had to get 2 sets of everything or we settle for neutral colours haha... Yes, we had a boy's name in mind and hope we get to use it on our number 2 if it materialise the right way. ;p

I managed to catch her yawn,sneeze, cry...and of course sleeping... she is still sleeping so soundly... lazily opening one eye to see who is carrying her occasionally....and then falling back into sleep.

So far so good.... hope she will not become the terror that I had heard of newborns in the next 1 mth or so haha...

Then came the unfortunate news is that all the wards are full, so baby is to remain at the baby ward while Jessica is transferred to the adult ward, but due to insufficient bed space in the ward, she would had to settle by the corridor.... *faint*

Luckily when we arrived at the ward, someone checked out early, so we managed to get a space in the ward, but still no mother-child ward yet. But at least we settle for some much needed rest while we wait for the bed to become available. Jessica is scheduled to stay til monday, if no beds became available... we will not be able to see our daughter til the day she discharged. ( si mi law lai ay ????!@#$%$#^%%$^^%&^#) so in the mean time crossed our fingers and hope the bed becomes available soon.


Here's some of Carissa's first few moments ...






Can someone tell me how singapore/malaysia system works ??

Guess what this is ??

Make a guess what this is ....This is located in the backyard of a major ancient house . Ans in comments..

Is getting cold....

Good bye Summer... welcome Autumn...

gone are the hot summer days and night, weather now is excellent... cool breeze at night and nice temperature of 20+- deg C in the day. The temperature had been cool since the second typhoon hit town. ..Pple are coming to the streets with varied clothing.. some in long sleeves, with jackets and some in short sleeves...

Soon.... winter will be here...already juan had kept all the summer clothing, now all the long sleeves hang in the wardrobe... guess this is the fun living in a 4 seasons place....

Wine Making 3 days later...

So mom... what do you think ?? colour still ok ?? hee....