It's a beautiful cool day, cloudy with a little bit of breeze now and then... ie. a wonderful day! made better by the fact that I'm at home and not in the office today! Yup, I'm on leave today coz didn't get much sleep last night due to a very bad dinner which made me stay up half the night! It's nice to stay at home and catch up with doing much of what I have put aside because of my busy work and study schedules. It's absolutely lovely to just veg!! I was finally able to fall asleep at about 7.30 am and didn't get up till about 12pm with my stomach growling..!! Took a shower, fixed lunch, did my laundry, read a little and now I'm on the computer!! My stomach's still feeling a little funny though, lots of weird noises but I dare not take any medication for fear of it effecting the baby. If it still feels weird by tonight, I'll pop in to the doc's tomorrow morning.

The week's been really pleasant, haven't been in the office at all since last Saturday, instead I was at this computer training centre undergoing a 2-day Advanced Excel training! The facilities sucks - no ergonomically designed furniture there! The trainer was ok but didn't speak good English so it was a pretty trying 2 days. As for the other participants..... well, half of them shouldn't be there at all coz they obviously are not even at the Intermediate level in using Excel. They asked many 'stupid' questions, making the training session very LONG and draggy! Obviously the training centre didn't check their 'Excel' background before admitting them. Anyways, the ordeal is over, I still managed to learn some really cool features of Excel which I was not aware of, although half of what was taught seemed pretty basic to me :)

My laundry's almost done, I can hear the washing machine in it's last stages of spinning... Like I said, it's really wonderful to just be at home once in a while with nothing to do, no errands to run etc., just taking it easy and lazing around! It would be perfect though if my neighbours weren't doing any renovation works!!

My baby's growing bigger and stronger everyday! I can feel the little fella moving, kicking and even hiccupping! It's a really wonderful feeling, something that never ceases to amaze me every time it happens. Sometimes when I'm swimming and feel it moving inside me I can just imagine the little fella swimming with me, I know, I know, that's just my overactive imagination but it does make it more fun :)

I've nine weeks more to go and I really can't wait to meet with this little fella who has already changed my life even before (s)he's out!

More backaches! That's my complain these days :( I just found out that the tummy exploding feeling that I've been having is actually the Braxton-Hicks contractions - supposedly painless contractions to help the body to adjust to the actual delivery!! Well, I can't fault the painless part, ..only that it is an extremely uncomfortable feeling when it comes!!

Actually, I'm writing today coz I'm kinda happy as I've completed a huge portion of my projects. It has been a long and rough road these past two months or so but I managed to finish a lot of my work and I'm really proud. Well, knowing this place, efficiency will be rewarded alright! ... with more work, so nothing to look forward to. Anyway, I just needed a breather.. hence this blog

My classes has resumed, for the uninitiated - I am currently doing my degree. Just completed my first semester and now am in my second. Yes, it IS tiring to attend night classes when you are 7 months pregnant!! It's hard to sit thru 3 hours of lecture in a hard, plastic chair that is definitely not back-friendly ie. not ergonomically designed! I've already gone thru one-third of the second semester, only two-thirds more to go.... all I need to do is endure a little longer and then I'm done! Will get my much deserved break and then it's back to school again for me minus the big tummy!! :)

Rocks: A Meaning For Life

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2 inches in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the
jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

Now, said the professor, I want you to recognize that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, and your children - things that if everything else were lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.

If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Go with your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.