Mommy Oh!

Tuesday 31st May 2005

I know, I know.

This blogskin is rather basi. But since it's less basi than my wedding-themed one (considering the fact that I have been an over-bride for forty days now) and since I do not have the time nor the patience to create a new one just yet, I'll just settle for this. I don't even know whether I'll be creating a new one at all, since I am just a few blogposts away from my blogging swansong. Even thereafter, I will still have my Multiply and my multitude of multiplied stuff so I'm not really bowing out from the whole scene. Just blowing out from blogging.

Really, really. But not now, not yet. Soon.

I've just returned from a super-long Jakarta flight, a trip I was pulled out for at the last possible minute. Super-long here is defined by four whole days in Jakarta with nothing to do. With Azim in Manchester, my mom not able to fly over due to work commitments and my sister grounded for life till PSLE is officially over, I had no one to play with but myself. I get quite bored after I've been with myself for too long.

So, I gave myself a project. Project LECEH which abbreviates Locate Ex-Crescentian Expatriates in Homeland. Lame but succint, no? I started Project LECEH in Indonesia since I was bored shitless in Jakarta and there were plenty of Indonesian students in Crescent, significantly Luvena Katherina Halim Kusuma, my Niners classmate and sec four class partner. And Meutya Hafid, the ex-Crescentian, three years my senior, who is now a reporter. Who was kidnapped by the Iraqis for a while and came out on NewPaper's front page recently. Anyway, though Project LECEH did not really produce the desired outcome, I did learn a few things. Will go into details later after I've defrosted my mind and recharged my body.

Oh and a hearty hearty shout out to first-time parents, Nura & Esman for the arrival of their first offspring, baby girl Nyla. Whose passage into the world was described beautifully by momma Nura's most recent blog post. Awww......

And in the midst of it all, I returned home to the news that the company is considering granting maternity leave to married female cabin crew, instead of having us quit when we get pregnant and then re-applying only when we are ready and our figure is back to normal. Considering is quite a bright spark in the horizon. It means one foot's in the door and InsyaAllah, the other will follow through.

And InsyaAllah, I myself, can be a mommy soon instead of worrying much about my financial flow and my career goals.

Congratulations again, Nura and Esman. Nura, you're now in the Sacred Sorority of Motherhood. Here's to many gurgles of love,toothless smiles,tender moments and first words (among many other firsts!). Baby shower, please!

And to Emirates Airline Cabin Crew Maternity Leave Considering Commitee, please let it flow.

InsyaAllah.