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Sunday, September 25, 2005
yes, having read a passage in the pregnancy book i purchased months ago that says once i see my baby's heartbeat flickering on the ultrasound screen, the chances for miscarriage goes way down low and i can relax and breathe a little easier and enjoy this miracle inside me, i think i can finally talk about my growing bundle of joy a little more freely. (boy that was a long introduction, don't you think?) anyway, first off, i would like to thank omnesiac for graciously showing his support during the screening of groovy, (also known as "the film i wrote") despite the bad weather. i truly enjoyed being sandwiched by him and julia abad (with her father the former cabinet member two seats away) during the screening. we were chatting and talking so loud i'm afraid the other members of the audience near us couldn't hear everything clearly. it was great fun seeing two dear friends again after so long. julia's looking great by the way (she kept teasing me about my hyphenated name) and i'm sure her own "hyphen" won't be too far away. so. last weekend, some of you may have noticed (or maybe not) billboards announcing the coastal cleanup day being celebrated worldwide. our crew went to anilao for that including yours truly. since nearly everybody knew that i am pregnant, people kept telling me to sit tight and rest and eat. as a consequence, i didn't get to do any coastal cleaning as the area was much too rocky and slippery for a clumsy pregnant woman like me. i enjoyed the fresh air and the sumptuous buffet. i'm sure baby did too. in the evening there was a small program for the participants and some awards were given out to liven up the show. well what do you know? i won the "mother earth" title and got to wear a sash for the very first time in my life. i quickly removed it since well, i felt sooo pregnant, sooo fat and sooo ugly i didn't think i should call any more attention to my rapidly growing midsection. speaking of my expanding tummy, i have to admit it's not exactly due to my inflating uterus. since august, i have had a voracious appetite that sometimes required me to eat four to five times a day. now i only used to eat two to three meals per day and because i was trying to lose weight before i got pregnant i ate very little before i found out i was with child. so now i think i've gained back the 15 pounds i originally lost. argh. the pregnancy book i bought called a pregnant woman's food cravings "pica." and i thought since people would always ask me what sort of food i crave for, here's a list in no particular order of preference. i don't seem to have weird cravings, though, thank god. - mcdonald's cheesburger and double cheeseburger (all that grease, ohhh...) - sinigang na baboy - green leafy vegetables, and any kind of vegetables for that matter, even okra, which i used to hate - pineapples - oranges - turnips - choco mallows - bizu macarons (i demolished four in one sitting!) - barbecue - turon (it has to be very very sweet) - chili rice from wendy's (but i've always liked that) - fried fish and right now i'm thinking of rushing to the nearest wet market to buy papaya. just the thought of eating the succulent orange meat of that fruit makes my mouth water. geez. |
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