Finally met up with the SingaporeMotherhood.com February Mother To Bes (MTBs) this evening. I was late and the human jam in the North South line was no help. I missed a train and had to give another one a miss as it was too crowded. When I finally managed to squeeze into the next one, I was so close to the door I could see the stains on it. 🙁
When I reached Somerset which was, thankfully, the next stop, it was raining. I opened my brand new umbrella to cross the street. Thinking to close it since there was still some distance to the next, I discovered it did not close properly! So I stood to one side of the street and struggled to close it. Thank god that it was just stiff and not spoiled because I bought it from a street stall that would most likely not be there anymore if I went back.
When I reached Village at Heeren, the lady usher took 1 look at me and asked “Cheryl or Daryl?” I said “Cheryl.” and she pointed me in the general direction of the tables where the SingaporeMotherhood.com February MTBs were sitting.
There were so many people! Most of them had also finished their dinner. I was so late. They were very nice about it and asked me to have my dinner first.
Most of the food was fried and I was trying not to take heaty food so I looked around and noticed the Seafood section. After asking the cashier what the grilled seafood, he replied “Green salad.”, and thinking that was very healthy, I ordered a grilled pacific dory and was told that I would need to wait for 10 minutes as the grill was full. So I ordered a mashed potato to fill my tummy first. The cashier was very nice. He told his colleague “Give her a double portion.” on seeing that I was pregnant. 🙂 The mashed potato was nice but the brown sauce cooled down too fast. It would have been better if it were piping hot. After digging into it for 10 minutes, I went to collect my grilled dory. The “green salad” turned out to be a few pieces of lettuce with the dark purple kind that was bitter. Thank god I ordered the mash potato.
As I was eating, I asked around for the names of the MTBs around me. They gave their nicknames. Blueginger, the MTB who had the same gynaecologist as me, was coincidentally sitting close to me. I listened in on their conversations while filling my stomach. Cheryl came along with a dish of crepes with ice cream and I was sorely tempted to have the same. Nevertheless, I reined in my cravings and had a single scoop of strawberry premium ice cream instead with green apple juice. The ice cream had bits of strawberries and was just nice in its mix of sourness and sweetness. 🙂 I would have had a strawberry smoothie instead but the cashier at the fruits stall told me they were all out of ice cream for the smoothies.
Eileen appeared sometime between my grilled dory and ice cream with her husband in tow. Poor thing. He was the only thorn among the roses. He served her while she ate and listened in on our conversations.
We chatted on a range of topics. The most significant one was about taking one’s placenta and preserving it for nutritional purposes. My goodness! I managed to find a web site on it though I am not brave enough to try it. 😛
The MTBs all looked so well maintained. Especially moi_dar who was really glamorous and voluptuous looking. Makes me feel very embarrassed that I did not bother to dress up for the gathering. 😛
After chatting until about 9:45 p.m., we stopped for the day and I went back with h@ppymum2b as she was living in SengKang. We continued to chat about her son, water retention, waxing and antenatal massage during the MRT trip.
It was nice to meet up and finally see the faces of people who have been providing me with advice and support. 🙂 Hope we have another gathering soon.
When I reached home, I told my husband about all the pretty and sweet MTBs I met and the topics we discussed. Could not get to sleep until 1:30 a.m. 😛