Monday, November 02, 2009

Thoughts on Being Pregnant

Being pregnant is probably one of the highlights of being a woman.  What could more exciting than to have a tiny person grow inside you?  Motherhood... it's one of the mysteries of human existence one could never ever fathom.

Yet, for all the things it is touted to be... pregnancy is frustrating and, literally, a pesky lump in my throat.  

PLEASE, don't misunderstand me.  I'm really excited about having this baby.  What I'm having difficulty about coming to terms with is that this pregnancy has left me nauseous and sleepy all the time, not to mention the sudden eruption of unsightly zits on my face.  I feel like throwing up just now, while writing this post.

I miss feeling good, I miss physical activities, I miss eating all the food I use to eat.

Now, I just lie in the bed, not wanting to move about.  I don't feel beautiful.  I don't even like to eat that much as some of food leaves a weird aftertaste in my mouth.    

The doctor says that this feeling will last about four months.  So I still have, like, two months of this crap before everything starts looking sunny.

In the meantime, I'll try to be positive about this, and rejoice at the fact that I'm not the only one suffering.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Hello World!

... it took a while getting acquainted with my Blogger account again. After several tries with the password I was FINALLY able to open the darn thing. It's quite understandable, considering I haven't opened it for like, what, half a year?!

Oh... a lot of things happened from the last time I posted I would not even attempt recounting every single piece of it here, right now.

Suffice it to say, the biggest, and probably the most life-changing, event that has recently occured to me, as well as my husband, is that I'm going to have a baby.

I found out I was six weeks pregnant two weeks ago. So yes, who would have thought I'm going to be a MOM?

I never thought, not even in my wildest dreams, that I would be capable of bearing a child. Now the biggest hurdle would be to try to get through the next seven months without any hitch. I half ecstatic and half scared. Would my husband and I be ready to be parents? Would we be responsible enough? I realize that these are the kinds of questions the answer to which are given only at that precise moment when there is no avenue for turning back.

Haaaaaay....

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Hooray for J.R. Richards

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This is the cover of J.R. Richards' solo album "A Beautiful End".

For those who do not know or has never heard of J.R. Richards, he is the front man for the band Dishwalla. 

Please do not ask me whether they have disbanded,  because I do not know. :-p

Anyway,  I've been playing the album over and over and over again.  I just cannot get over how amazing his voice sounds.  More than this, the songs have bittersweet themes that just call to you.

I wish that the album could have been made just a tad longer.

This being said, any Dishwalla fan would not be disappointed with the album, and any J.R. Richards fan would fall off his seat when they hear every track.

Just have to say... this note comes with a two-thumbs-up!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Books Again

From my last post I was able to finish Brisingr, Stardust (so old news!), an Archie Double Digest, and Twilight. Whew!

Anyway, I had fun reading the books.  I'm going to start New Moon today so as to complete the Twilight saga, and get it out of my hair.  I want to see where Edward and Bella's story would go. Although, after reading a couple of news and reviews on Breaking Dawn and the supposed backlash it created against Stephenie Meyer - the author, I'm already fretting. I'm not a diehard fan of the series, but I cannot deny that I am extremely curious. 

As for Brisingr, I cannot wait for Christopher Paolini to come out with the last book, as the third book left me quite breathless.  I mourned Oromis, as well as Glaedr's death.  And I am most intrigued by what the Menoa Tree would later ask of Eragon.  There are just so many questions left hanging, and it would almost be a crime if Paolini would take another, what, three years to finish the last book.  

*sigh*

 

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Brisingr

At last, after three years of waiting, the fans of Christopher Paolini's Eragon and Eldest are in for a treat. Brisingr, which is the third installment of the Inheritance Trilogy, now the Inheritance Cycle, has just been released.

All truth be told, I have been eagerly anticipating the release of this book for quite a long time so much so that when it was put on sale yesterday I immediately rushed to the bookstore to buy myself a copy.

So, despite my super toxic workload I have to snatch a minute or two to read a few lines. Wow, I'm in a booklover's heaven!