As Maya has just had her first otonan (sort of Balinese birthday) I thought it would be a good time to have a recap over the experience of being pregnant and raising a baby in a Balinese family and in Bali in general. I couldn’t find much information when I was pregnant, so hopefully this [...]
10 weeks or so to go. meep. 30 weeks has always sounded so close to the end for me. Not so much difference in this weeks picture, in fact if anything I think i look smaller than last week but i think it depends on what position she’s in. Speaking of which, naughty baby has [...]
I am feeling huge this week ( i look much bigger than i do in the photo, i seem to be expanding more every day). and tired. Seems like my second trimester energy is well and truly finished and I am back to falling asleep at 9pm and taking 3 hour naps during the day. [...]
Picture aside, I have noticed a huge difference this week. Basically my clothes don’t fit any more. Trousers that fit me a week or two ago (although tightly) now won’t even do up. I just feel fat fat fat. And trying to shop for clothes in an Asian country is doing nothing for my self [...]
This is baby Putu who will be making his/her appearance some time in late October or early November. This is my 12 week scan picture, I’m actually 16 weeks now but bubs is being naughty already and was not cooperating for my scan yesterday. I was really hoping we’d find out the sex but all [...]
I have to apologise for the lateness of this post because Nyepi was actually on March 16th but I’ve been rather busy lately so I hope you’ll forgive me. Nyepi is Balinese New Year. The Balinese calendar is very different from the one we use in the west and determines the dates of ceremonies which [...]
Today is Hari Raya Saraswati or Saraswati day – a day dedicated to Saraswati, Hindu Goddess of knowledge. On this day all books are blessed in the temple and you’re not supposed to read. I’m cheating a bit but apparently computers don’t count :p It’s also a good job that my book collection here is [...]
Today is Siwaratri or night of Shiva (spelled Siwa in the Balinese way) – a day of meditation and contemplation where apparently all your sins can be wiped clean. Technically you’re supposed to stay up all night reading religious books and meditating and not sleep until the following evening. If you’re really hardcore you can [...]
I’m starting to wonder this blog is actually worth me writing as I wanted to fill it with lots of pretty pictures but there have been some big ceremonies going on recently and I don’t want to take my camera for fear of looking like a tourist! We had the Perainan ceremony for the family [...]
It’s been over a month now since our wedding and I wanted to write about the day before I forget. I’d been quite worried and nervous in the run up to the big day as I wasn’t quite sure what was going to happen and what I needed to do but in the end everything [...]