Short Term experience at last November

Last month I got short term job (and it has ended last week).

It was about checking translation for game industry. I could say it was easy, but not simple job. Working in front of game machine and computer at the same time for long hours will take a lot of your energy for sure. 

It was my first time doing checking translation. I always do translation only before.  

Though only on short period, but it was good chance for me to try and learn something new. To be engaged with an industry that I never (or think that I will ) working at before. As usual, I like to observe the people, and made my own judgement (hahaha...)

About how the people work,type and characteristic....

Most of the people who work there, were man, with various style (some with strange hair style in my opinion...). But I send high respect for them, who could bear to work for hours in front of game machine, deal with detail that you will never notice before when you playing a game, but with surprisingly not so high reward.
As a non game-lover, honestly I can't stand to work in front of game machine for hours and days or months, and playing same game, on and on...lol

I didn't know that the process of making a game was very complicated.
So, there are game maker company, and there are also game checking company.
After produce a game, game maker company will ask game checking company to check their game.
And I was dispatched at this game checking company.
We will check the entire game process, system, language, graphic, etc. from the ordinary person opinion. Therefore, in this game checking company for some (or most)position,  you don't need to learn a lot about game or IT skill, some of the worker only has to play the game, on and on  and make reports about the game.

As a dispatch worker, I just handle with the language (translation). So I do not know about the other section.

It was an interesting experience to start my December.
How about yours?

Birthday Month!!!

Next month is the last month of this year. 
So, here are some fresh updates about me, and my lil' family:
November is a birthday month for our little family, me (3rd), Jason(8th), Hubby(30th).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR US!!!!


This year was my last twenties birthday...ha! I feel so blessed could spend this birthday with my boys. And saw my hubby's was treating me special on my birthday, made me want to celebrate my birthday everyday...^_^

My baby has turned one. He is no longer baby, but a toddler. 
A little bit sad but happy at the same time. 
I am happy that he grow up so well.
And a little bit sad that he is no longer a baby that depend on me 100%...
We celebrated his first birthday two weeks ago, and on the next day he got stomach bug (stomach flu?). After him, me and my husband also got this virus. 
So last week has been a very hard for us, especially for me... 

And about me, I just quit from my job last month.
The problem was not from me, but the company and the master.
I feel totally disappointed and feel betrayed. 
I already did my best, but I got da*n as reward

As an impact, honestly now I lost confidence to move on for the next step. 
Hmm, what should i said? Those mellow, sad, grey moment come again to visit me now... 

So here I am now... looking for another job. 

Besides job hunting, on my daily basis I do house chores, little crafty things, pick up my baby, playing and take care of him.... 
Sometimes I want to break from this boredom activity... but do not know when and how...

Lately, I get addicted with Instagram. 
I found many person like me, new moms with their kids. 
I like to read many stories from them, about their baby, or parenthood issues. Sometimes I feel so close and know them well, since they post update about their life everyday...
Though, in fact they are totally strangers for me. 

Beside met with new parents, I also found many users with their unique activities that captured in their pics in Instagram. So, I feel so amazed, that there are zillion thousands thing out there that I never knew before. It's so surprising that by looking at other people's daily pictures could boost up my mood even just little... Sometimes it encourages me, to try something creative, try new hobbies, or activities.  

And for the next, I have many things that I want to try...just need some motivation and energy...
Will update later ( I promised my self to be more active with blogging, to train my dull brain, writing ability, and my English!!!)

I am officially a Mother (since last November!!!)

Actually, I just wondering, whether it is too late to write about my birth story or not...or it is better for me to forget about the existence of this blog. Ha!!!
9 Months, so many happened!!!! Being a mom has changed my life, our life!!!

Okay, I think I should start write about my birth story first (will write down the detail that still I could memorize so far--sorry!!)

Due date was 11-11-2012 (pocky day!!)

3rd November 2012 : celebrated my birthday, also welcomed my mother in law that came from Indonesia to support our family after I gave birth.

4th November :Went to celebrate my Sis's birthday (yes, her birthday is one day after mine)　with hubby and MIL. We went to eat at Shechuan hot pot, yes with some herbs and spicy that now I think it had contributed to the starting process of my contraction the next day.
After ate, we were walked a lot from Nihon Bashi Station to Tokyo Station. Stopped by request from MIL that her leg was hurt, and she asked to go home asap.

5th November (Monday) afternoon, I took a nap on the couch, around 4 pm, woke up. Went to the toilet and found out that I was bleeding a lot like got a period. I felt my body suddenly was limp, scared to death, nervous, etc.... I just worried it was something bad, since I never heard that bleeding was one of the sign of the early labor.

So, I called the hospital, rushed my MIL to prepared, called the taxi, took the "hospital bag" and went to the hospital.

We arrived at hospital at 5 pm. then the midwife check the dilation on my uterus by her hand ( very unpleasant things!!!!) it was only 1 cm. HA? While i need 10 cm to deliver my baby.
But she told me, that it was very good sign of early labor, and the bleeding might continue. The baby might come soon, or the next week, we will never know, she told me like that.
So she told me to go home, life as normal, and do not afraid to had activity, since sleeping or take a rest might slow down the pace.

We went home after that. I was very exciting when I knew I could meet my baby anytime. So that night, I keep walk around, squatting, to speed up the contraction. I felt no contraction at all at that time.

6th November (Tuesday): I have scheduled check up with the mid wife that morning. My husband also came with me this time. The midwife check the dilation again, then said still no progress from the day before.  But she said that it seems I will make it on that week. Then she also scheduled the next check up date if baby still not came out after 11th November.

I felt a contraction, or menstruation cramps since that afternoon. Started to counting and memorizing it. Then that night, I asked my hubby to walked me to the hospital."I think this is the time" moment was started.... Instead of went by a taxi, hubby suggested to walk to the hospital, with reason that it will help to speed up the labor...bah!!!
After arrived at the hospital, the midwife put the set of machine ( i forget the name) to check baby's heart beat and my contraction. In short, we went home AGAIN that night (by taxi of course, otherwise i will curse my hubby!!!)

7th November (Wednesday) the contraction's frequency was getting shorter and many. All day long I just take that pain with sleep, little bit walk.... I tried to memorize the contraction time..
That night, around 23:00, I told my husband that I can't handle it anymore. But he replied " but I think you still far away from labor. My instinct said, it will be around next week?!?!" ("HAH?!?!)
My MIL who heard it, asked my husband to send me to hospital that night. Hahaha..

We arrived at hospital around 00:00, then after checked my dilation, it was 4 cm. The midwife said, that I could wait at the hospital, or I also could go home. But I decided to stay at hospital. So, after she finished the administration process, she showed us to stay at "contraction room" till I am ready move to the delivery room. Contraction room was near with delivery room, and it was private room. So, from here "the real struggle" was begin. My hubby was planning to sleep, since he thought that if I still far from labor, he had to go to work on the next day. But, of course he could not sleep...hahahaha...how can he sleep while on the same room a woman was hysteric and screamed his name for every 7-10 minutes. I tried to do all the relaxing tips that said on the book and internet...no good result. But, I insisted to meet my baby asap, so I did squat jump, walked around while I could. At 3:00 (A.M) Midwife came and checked my dilation. It was 2 cm larger, and good progress for labor. But I was exhausted, I just want to sleep or took a rest even for 10 minutes. But I can't, the contraction's interval was getting shorter. At 4 or 5, the midwife said I was ready for labor, and broke my water. My husband was prepared our stuffs and moved to labor room. 

8th November 2012,  7:00 A.M I was on the labor room, waited my husband who bought a coffee and water for me (yes, I was so sleeeeeepy and no energy, I need caffeine). Maybe I am the only woman who drink coffee during labor. 7:50 A.M started pushing, I was not clear around here....
All I could remember that I shouted to midwife in Indonesian language, I shouted to my husband since he was too soft when wiped my sweat. I pusheeed with the remained power... at 8:39 the nurse said "look down there!!!" I saw him.... YES, My baby was born!!!! 

I am a mother now!!!

Very big baby, 4050 gram, 53 cm. He cried, and the midwife put him on my chest. I was too tired, no tears at all... (bad mom?) but tears from daddy ^_^
I still could not believe that a baby just came out from my body.I was so so so happy, and tired at the same time. I stay at the hospital for 6 days (Japanese rules that for the firs born, you have to stay at hospital for 6 days, and 5 days for the second and next).


And, since that day, I am officially a mother ^ ^