Just after I got back from India, I noticed something strange in myself. I am the type of person who cannot sleep beyond 7.30am, no matter how late I had got into bed the night before, but since coming back from the trip, I have been waking up so late 9.30am, and up to 11am!! Once I went back sleeping for 12 hours. I thought I was just tired or caused by some kind of virus. Puzzled, I shared this with a friend who said i might be PREGNANT!!
Instead of checking with a doctor or taking a pregnancy test like any sensible girl would do, I went online and searched on signs of pregnancy.
Here is what I found :
1. Swollen, tender, or sore breasts and/ or nipples
2. Darkening areolas
3. Spotting
About five to 10 days after conception, some women notice light spotting when the
embryo implants in the uterus.
4. Urinary frequency
5. Fatigue or unusual tiredness
6. Nausea
7. Just feeling pregnant
8. Headaches
9. Mood swings
10. Metallic taste in your mouth
11. Mood swings
12. Vivid dreams
13. Food cravings
14. Altered sense of taste
15. Constipation
16. Stomach cramping
17. Back pain
18. Heightened sense of smell
19. Shortness of Breath
20. Bloating
21. Elevated Basal Body Temperature
22. Dizziness or fainting
23. A missed period
And finally...
A positive home pregnancy test.
Will check my status soon and update :)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
India trip
These are some of the pics taken during our trip, Sept 2011.
The route we took :
Chennai - Chidambaram - Salem - Yercaud - Salem - Dindugal - Thenni- Munnar - Udumalpet - Chennai
The route we took :
Chennai - Chidambaram - Salem - Yercaud - Salem - Dindugal - Thenni- Munnar - Udumalpet - Chennai
India trip, sept 2011
Finally made the long awaited trip to one of my fave cities in the world, Chennai.
Well, this was supposed to be our honeymoon trip but it turned out that we spent too much time traveling and could not do anything else, ehem ehem :)
But it was a good trip and I enjoyed my self too much until we, sorry, I, became broke :(
Thank God I had brought extra RM so it was not too bad.
One of the best thing was the exchange rate, we managed to get 15.28 so had a great time shopping.
This is what I did in India for 11 days.
Day 1 (Sept 3)
Left LCCT, KL at 3.50pm and reached Chennai at 5pm something. Due to some miscommunication problem, my cousin who was supposed to meet me at the airport was waiting at another part of the airport and we spent nearly 30 minutes trying to find him.
After finally locating him, we got a car for hire to take us to T. Nagar (shopping heaven) where we got two sarees from Pothys for my two aunties in Chidambaram. Thanesh was excited seeing so many people on road and was busy clicking away and recording on our Canon 550D. Meanwhile, I was too tired and just wanted to sleep to sleep in Chennai.
But of course, that didn't happen and at 10.30pm, we were on our way to Chidambaram in an express bus. I fell asleep before the bus left the city and only woke up when we got to Chidambaram where my uncle came to pick us.
I've never seen Chidambaram so quiet and empty (what do u expect at 3am) and there were so many banners of an ex MP of the area. He looked like some cinema politician but kinda cute :)
Day 2 (Sept 4)
We had a way too heavy breakfast at uncle's house (had tosai, two idlis, kesari, vadai - all in one big leaf) and then left to Vaitheswaran temple. We got a small Indica to take us to the temple and then to a relative's house at Seerkazli and then back to Chidambaram. The trip cost us Rs1000. We left at 8am and got back to Chidambaram at 2pm.
Again, we had a hearty meal, chicken briyani this time. We had fried chicken, chicken perattel, egg and fried fish. And so, with such heavy meal, had no choice but to rest at home since Thanesh wanted to sleep.
In the evening, we went to my aunties houses and later Thanesh was given the Annamalai University and Nadaraja temple tour while I stayed back at my aunty's house and had henna on my hands.
Day 3 (Sept 5)
This is one of the most tiring trips we took in India. We visited a girls school in Chidambaram earlier in the morning where my aunty teaches. It was Teacher's Day that day and so there were some minor celebration at the school. We managed to get a bus to Salem at 11.30 am. The ride was bumpy and the weather was just too hot for my liking. We finally reached Salem at bout 5pm. We had a quick bite at Hotel Shevroys near Salem. The food was OUT. But we had to eat something after traveling for so long with only LAYS and biscuits.
Luckily they had a somehow clean toilet at the back of the hotel which was really useful at that time. We left Salem at about 5.40pm and it had started to rain heavily then. We had asked the hotel we were going to stay to send a car to pick us from Salem bus station. That cost us Rs1000. A normal bus ride would be less than Rs20 but we were too exhausted and did not know where to get down or where the hotel was. So we got on the car and went up to Yercaud.
The journey was simply beautiful and we soon forgot our tiredness. The driver told us there are 20 hairpin bends and we were nearly 2,000 metres above sea.The air was so cool and clean. We reached our hotel some 50 minutes later.
We checked into Hotel Shevroys (Rs1000) and settled for the night.
Day 4 (Sept 6)
We started the day early and the weather was simply beautiful. It was kind of cold for me and I was wearing a jacket and shawl. Thanesh had arranged for an auto for Rs500 for half a day tour of Yercaud. We first went to the Shevroys temple, a Perumal temple inside a small cave. U have to actually crawl to get inside but the cave opening gradually became bigger and you can actually stand and pray. The statue was dark in colour and had water dripping on to it. The whole thing was serene and calming. After that we went to the Pagoda Point, Gentleman Seat, Ladies Seat - all of which are high points in Yercaud.
We also went to Botanical garden which I would advise one to skip if you are not too crazy about plants. Half the time I was there, I was wondering if I might chance upon snake.
By then I was too hungry to see anything and was hoping for the tour to end so that I can eat something. The auto driver also took us to the Yercaud town and later to a International school there where he told us actor Vikram had once studied there.
And so by 1.30pm, our tour ended. We had our lunch at Selvam's, where Thanesh had briyani (what else) and I had a parota (Indian bread). After lunch I had a nap while he went for an ayurvedic massage. It began to rain later in the evening and so we were glued to TV, watching my fave Tamil serials :)
Day 5 (Sept 7)
Got up eary, had our breakfast or Rawa Thosai and took the 8am bus to Salem. The driver was probably feeling naughty and was playing up randy Tamil songs, much to the embarrassment of the most of the women in the bus. But the boys were having a field day, teasing and making fun of each other. It was a good trip bu the hairpin bends are really scary as the bus was travelling quite fast. Thanesh had paled slightly (he is going to kill me for this) but I enjoyed the journey.
And so we reached Salem an hour later and after enquiring from the bus drivers there, we were told the faster route to Munnar, Kerala is through Thenni. And so we got on a bus to Dindugal, which took about five hours. We passed several other towns like Karur and others.
Throughout the journey, what struck me the most are the banners and cut outs of Opposition leader and cinema actor Vijayakanth. I did not realise just how popular he was in the south until I saw them.
We got to Dindugal at nearly 2.30pm and from there we got on another bus to Thenni.
At Thenni bus station, we managed to find a clean motel which allowed us to use their toilet. Indian toilet but I had no other choice.
And then, at 4.45pm, we got on the Thenni-Munnar bus. It took us 4hours to reach Munnar town. The view uphill is simply breath taking. But because of the continuous travelling, and because I could not sleep a wink, I began to develop headache and could not wait to get to a comfortable bed. I was too tired to enjoy the trip. But we made friends with the bus conductor, Mr Alagarsamy. He said he has been a conductor on the bus for nearly 26 years and knows everyone of his passengers personally.
I was too tired to even make an effort to be friendly so I left the work to Thanesh who was more than happy to share his tales of Malaysia and listen to Kerala stories.
We finally reached at about 9pm.
We checked into a homestay, run by a young lad called Kuttan for Rs750. And after a quick dinner, (briyani again for Thanesh), we hit the bed.
Day 6 (Sept 8)
We managed to get an auto driver contact number from Kuttan. His name is Dennis (9446997775) and he was the best driver we had so far. Friendly without being irritating, he shared with us many interesting stories of Kerala. We visited all the must see places in Munnar like Mattupetty Dam, Echo Point, Elephant Sanctuary, few high points in Munnar, tea estates, and saw the Tamil Nadu - Kerala border from a point.
Beautiful place, simply superb. Clean, cool air, water falls everywhere, the whole place is calming and I cannot imagine anyone leaving a place like that to move elsewhere.
We were also showed several spots where the Myna movie was shot.
We managed to have lunch at nearly 4pm after which we were brought to an ayurvedic centre where we had traditional massage and oil all over our bodies.
Try it if you must but I felt that I would not regret it if I had missed this. Anyway, the massage was Rs1000 per person which included steam.
Later we had lunch and was taken for a night safari (Rs2500) in a jeep. We left at 10pm and got back home at 4am. Sleepy and tired as the roads were terrible. I fell asleep many times. But we managed to see some wild elephants and wild boards, rabbits (the driver kept waking me up to see rabbits...grrrhhh). The stories of the forests were entertaining but after a while, I just dozed off.
Day 7 (Sept 9)
I have begun to miss Malaysia and could not wait to get back home. I was dreading the journey back to Chennai which will take hours :(
After breakfast, Dennis took us to the Eravikulam Park (the ride there cost us Rs300) to see the Nilgiri tahr which of course we didn’t. But the trip up there was great. Colder. But since I was already on the mood to get back home, I did not pay much attention, just did what is expected of us, took some photos and left.
We got on a mini bus to Udumalpet where we reached at about 7.45pm. Had dinner there and got on a sleeper coach to Chennai. KPN Travels. That was the best bus i’ve taken, no seats just beds :)
Slept immediately after getting on the bus at 9pm.
Day 8 (Sept 10)
Reached Chennai at 6.45am and checked into a hotel at T. Nagar for Rs1250.
Finally, did what I had been waiting to do... SHOPPING. :)
Went to Satyam theater but tickets for Mangaktha was sold out for the day. So bought tickets for tomorrow night and went to Pondy Bazaar.
Day 9 (Sept 11)
Visited the Kapaleshwarar temple and had a heavy breakfast at Saravana Bhavan.
Continued shopping.
Thanesh bought for me the most gorgeous saree, the one Trisha wore in VinnaiThandi Varuvaya :) :)
Cost only RM140.
That made my day :) thanks dear
Went for the movie at 10.30pm. Expected a rowdy crowd but the audience was decent. The movie is superb and if you are not a Ajith fan before this, you will be after this movie.
Just the type of movie I would enjoy, no senseless masala, teary scenes. A lot of fights (which I like) and Ajith simply looked amazing in this movie.
Day 10 (Sept 12)
Checked out of the hotel early and went to MGR and Anna memorial parks, Parry’s, Spencer Plaza (had KFC there) and then got back to hotel. In the evening, my uncle from Chidambaram called and asked us out for dinner at Talapakatti Briyani.
Great meal but I was too sleepy to enjoy.
Day 11 (Sept 13)
By now, I was just looking to leave India and sleep on my bed back home. Suddenly the noise, people, crowd and everything Chennai is and I loved were no longer enticing. I longed to get back home.
Our flight left at 5.50pm and we reached LCCT at 12.20 am.
Good trip but too tiring to enjoy much.
will upload the pics soon
Well, this was supposed to be our honeymoon trip but it turned out that we spent too much time traveling and could not do anything else, ehem ehem :)
But it was a good trip and I enjoyed my self too much until we, sorry, I, became broke :(
Thank God I had brought extra RM so it was not too bad.
One of the best thing was the exchange rate, we managed to get 15.28 so had a great time shopping.
This is what I did in India for 11 days.
Day 1 (Sept 3)
Left LCCT, KL at 3.50pm and reached Chennai at 5pm something. Due to some miscommunication problem, my cousin who was supposed to meet me at the airport was waiting at another part of the airport and we spent nearly 30 minutes trying to find him.
After finally locating him, we got a car for hire to take us to T. Nagar (shopping heaven) where we got two sarees from Pothys for my two aunties in Chidambaram. Thanesh was excited seeing so many people on road and was busy clicking away and recording on our Canon 550D. Meanwhile, I was too tired and just wanted to sleep to sleep in Chennai.
But of course, that didn't happen and at 10.30pm, we were on our way to Chidambaram in an express bus. I fell asleep before the bus left the city and only woke up when we got to Chidambaram where my uncle came to pick us.
I've never seen Chidambaram so quiet and empty (what do u expect at 3am) and there were so many banners of an ex MP of the area. He looked like some cinema politician but kinda cute :)
Day 2 (Sept 4)
We had a way too heavy breakfast at uncle's house (had tosai, two idlis, kesari, vadai - all in one big leaf) and then left to Vaitheswaran temple. We got a small Indica to take us to the temple and then to a relative's house at Seerkazli and then back to Chidambaram. The trip cost us Rs1000. We left at 8am and got back to Chidambaram at 2pm.
Again, we had a hearty meal, chicken briyani this time. We had fried chicken, chicken perattel, egg and fried fish. And so, with such heavy meal, had no choice but to rest at home since Thanesh wanted to sleep.
In the evening, we went to my aunties houses and later Thanesh was given the Annamalai University and Nadaraja temple tour while I stayed back at my aunty's house and had henna on my hands.
Day 3 (Sept 5)
This is one of the most tiring trips we took in India. We visited a girls school in Chidambaram earlier in the morning where my aunty teaches. It was Teacher's Day that day and so there were some minor celebration at the school. We managed to get a bus to Salem at 11.30 am. The ride was bumpy and the weather was just too hot for my liking. We finally reached Salem at bout 5pm. We had a quick bite at Hotel Shevroys near Salem. The food was OUT. But we had to eat something after traveling for so long with only LAYS and biscuits.
Luckily they had a somehow clean toilet at the back of the hotel which was really useful at that time. We left Salem at about 5.40pm and it had started to rain heavily then. We had asked the hotel we were going to stay to send a car to pick us from Salem bus station. That cost us Rs1000. A normal bus ride would be less than Rs20 but we were too exhausted and did not know where to get down or where the hotel was. So we got on the car and went up to Yercaud.
The journey was simply beautiful and we soon forgot our tiredness. The driver told us there are 20 hairpin bends and we were nearly 2,000 metres above sea.The air was so cool and clean. We reached our hotel some 50 minutes later.
We checked into Hotel Shevroys (Rs1000) and settled for the night.
Day 4 (Sept 6)
We started the day early and the weather was simply beautiful. It was kind of cold for me and I was wearing a jacket and shawl. Thanesh had arranged for an auto for Rs500 for half a day tour of Yercaud. We first went to the Shevroys temple, a Perumal temple inside a small cave. U have to actually crawl to get inside but the cave opening gradually became bigger and you can actually stand and pray. The statue was dark in colour and had water dripping on to it. The whole thing was serene and calming. After that we went to the Pagoda Point, Gentleman Seat, Ladies Seat - all of which are high points in Yercaud.
We also went to Botanical garden which I would advise one to skip if you are not too crazy about plants. Half the time I was there, I was wondering if I might chance upon snake.
By then I was too hungry to see anything and was hoping for the tour to end so that I can eat something. The auto driver also took us to the Yercaud town and later to a International school there where he told us actor Vikram had once studied there.
And so by 1.30pm, our tour ended. We had our lunch at Selvam's, where Thanesh had briyani (what else) and I had a parota (Indian bread). After lunch I had a nap while he went for an ayurvedic massage. It began to rain later in the evening and so we were glued to TV, watching my fave Tamil serials :)
Day 5 (Sept 7)
Got up eary, had our breakfast or Rawa Thosai and took the 8am bus to Salem. The driver was probably feeling naughty and was playing up randy Tamil songs, much to the embarrassment of the most of the women in the bus. But the boys were having a field day, teasing and making fun of each other. It was a good trip bu the hairpin bends are really scary as the bus was travelling quite fast. Thanesh had paled slightly (he is going to kill me for this) but I enjoyed the journey.
And so we reached Salem an hour later and after enquiring from the bus drivers there, we were told the faster route to Munnar, Kerala is through Thenni. And so we got on a bus to Dindugal, which took about five hours. We passed several other towns like Karur and others.
Throughout the journey, what struck me the most are the banners and cut outs of Opposition leader and cinema actor Vijayakanth. I did not realise just how popular he was in the south until I saw them.
We got to Dindugal at nearly 2.30pm and from there we got on another bus to Thenni.
At Thenni bus station, we managed to find a clean motel which allowed us to use their toilet. Indian toilet but I had no other choice.
And then, at 4.45pm, we got on the Thenni-Munnar bus. It took us 4hours to reach Munnar town. The view uphill is simply breath taking. But because of the continuous travelling, and because I could not sleep a wink, I began to develop headache and could not wait to get to a comfortable bed. I was too tired to enjoy the trip. But we made friends with the bus conductor, Mr Alagarsamy. He said he has been a conductor on the bus for nearly 26 years and knows everyone of his passengers personally.
I was too tired to even make an effort to be friendly so I left the work to Thanesh who was more than happy to share his tales of Malaysia and listen to Kerala stories.
We finally reached at about 9pm.
We checked into a homestay, run by a young lad called Kuttan for Rs750. And after a quick dinner, (briyani again for Thanesh), we hit the bed.
Day 6 (Sept 8)
We managed to get an auto driver contact number from Kuttan. His name is Dennis (9446997775) and he was the best driver we had so far. Friendly without being irritating, he shared with us many interesting stories of Kerala. We visited all the must see places in Munnar like Mattupetty Dam, Echo Point, Elephant Sanctuary, few high points in Munnar, tea estates, and saw the Tamil Nadu - Kerala border from a point.
Beautiful place, simply superb. Clean, cool air, water falls everywhere, the whole place is calming and I cannot imagine anyone leaving a place like that to move elsewhere.
We were also showed several spots where the Myna movie was shot.
We managed to have lunch at nearly 4pm after which we were brought to an ayurvedic centre where we had traditional massage and oil all over our bodies.
Try it if you must but I felt that I would not regret it if I had missed this. Anyway, the massage was Rs1000 per person which included steam.
Later we had lunch and was taken for a night safari (Rs2500) in a jeep. We left at 10pm and got back home at 4am. Sleepy and tired as the roads were terrible. I fell asleep many times. But we managed to see some wild elephants and wild boards, rabbits (the driver kept waking me up to see rabbits...grrrhhh). The stories of the forests were entertaining but after a while, I just dozed off.
Day 7 (Sept 9)
I have begun to miss Malaysia and could not wait to get back home. I was dreading the journey back to Chennai which will take hours :(
After breakfast, Dennis took us to the Eravikulam Park (the ride there cost us Rs300) to see the Nilgiri tahr which of course we didn’t. But the trip up there was great. Colder. But since I was already on the mood to get back home, I did not pay much attention, just did what is expected of us, took some photos and left.
We got on a mini bus to Udumalpet where we reached at about 7.45pm. Had dinner there and got on a sleeper coach to Chennai. KPN Travels. That was the best bus i’ve taken, no seats just beds :)
Slept immediately after getting on the bus at 9pm.
Day 8 (Sept 10)
Reached Chennai at 6.45am and checked into a hotel at T. Nagar for Rs1250.
Finally, did what I had been waiting to do... SHOPPING. :)
Went to Satyam theater but tickets for Mangaktha was sold out for the day. So bought tickets for tomorrow night and went to Pondy Bazaar.
Day 9 (Sept 11)
Visited the Kapaleshwarar temple and had a heavy breakfast at Saravana Bhavan.
Continued shopping.
Thanesh bought for me the most gorgeous saree, the one Trisha wore in VinnaiThandi Varuvaya :) :)
Cost only RM140.
That made my day :) thanks dear
Went for the movie at 10.30pm. Expected a rowdy crowd but the audience was decent. The movie is superb and if you are not a Ajith fan before this, you will be after this movie.
Just the type of movie I would enjoy, no senseless masala, teary scenes. A lot of fights (which I like) and Ajith simply looked amazing in this movie.
Day 10 (Sept 12)
Checked out of the hotel early and went to MGR and Anna memorial parks, Parry’s, Spencer Plaza (had KFC there) and then got back to hotel. In the evening, my uncle from Chidambaram called and asked us out for dinner at Talapakatti Briyani.
Great meal but I was too sleepy to enjoy.
Day 11 (Sept 13)
By now, I was just looking to leave India and sleep on my bed back home. Suddenly the noise, people, crowd and everything Chennai is and I loved were no longer enticing. I longed to get back home.
Our flight left at 5.50pm and we reached LCCT at 12.20 am.
Good trip but too tiring to enjoy much.
will upload the pics soon
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