I cleaned up half of the house today although i was feeling sick. Did the laundry...vacuumed and mopped...took my laundry in...did the folding and ironing. i'm still left with the bathroom. The tub and toiletbowl needs to be scrubbed...don't feel too well now so i'll just stick to my pc for awhile. I went out just now to get some flu medicine from the pharmacy...it's supposed to be a non-drowsy formula but i'm feeling a little dazed now.

I seem to be reading and listening to alot of stories and stuff about babies these day. Read this girl's blog and her feeling about babies. She reckoned babies are the most uninteresting things on earth and she couldn't figure why people get all excited over other people's being pregnant, their babies and ultrasound pictures. Hello? I think a baby is the sweetest thing on earth...ok they do cry and bawl...but i think watching a baby grow...even right from it's foetal stage is just amazing. Maybe it just boils down to the fact that i study biology....that's why i appreciate life and the sanctity of it. Someone once said that i exhibit maternal instincts.....is it true that people who love animals will love their babies a great deal too? I wonder what kinda mummy i'll be next time.

Over lunch that day, she spoke to me about babies and pregnancy. Told me how her auntie recently just had a miscarriage. The baby was already 7 and a half mths old...and they had to induce labour in her so that she could expel her baby. Although she never really liked that auntie, she felt sad that such a tragic thing should happen. I don't think i can ever get over it if it happened to me...going through labour yet you don't hear the crying and bawling after it happens. I've heard one or two cases of people who have really bad mouths suffering from miscarriage. I kinda believe in retribution and somehow i think people who inflict unhappiness upon others would be made to pay one way or another. I would never ever want my baby to pay for what i've done...who knows how things work for the one up there?

I called mum in the afternoon and sis was around. Chatted with her for awhile...asked her about her baby and she told me that a 20-mth old (edit: 20-weeks i mean) foetus has the ability to kick already....i was like wowww......everything is just so fascinating to me. She told me Tony had gotten her this nursery rhyme tape and she plays it everynight.....there's "Mary had a little lamb"...and "This old man"....and all the other cute kiddy songs. I think music willl definitely be a big part in my life if i ever have a baby. Mum used to play me all that classical music when i was young..that's why i grew to love the piano so much. I'd like to think that my baby will come to appreciate music as much as me and dan do. Anyway, sis told me jokingly that if i come back for a break next year, she'll pay me 1K every month to be a baby sitter...and this is inclusive of being a maid for her and doing all her housework! (Incentives are: the use of the condo's gym and swimming pool..wwhhhaatt!) Cheap labour!!!!

 
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