She's OK

Thank you for all your get well wishes regarding Gwen's allergy. She is almost fully recovered and has started school today since missing 2 days of school last Thursday and Friday.

Her "fung mok" or Hives came back again after midnight on the same day we brought her to see the doctor.


This time the rashes concentrated more on the face and neck area. It was really late and she was so tired.

On Day 2, the rashes on the face has cleared up.



But the hives appeared on other areas.

Day 2





I gave her Centirizine drops (can only be given once a day) for the allergy and within an hour the rashes were gone again. The hives appeared on other areas but much lesser by then.

The hives subsided gradually and today Gwen is free from those red and itchy bumps but her face is still a little red though. We will monitor her condition and hopefully in a few days time she will be completely healed.

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Ok. I'm changing topic now on how we spent our weekend. We stayed at home last Saturday and only went out for dinner at night.

My Hubby was craving for Pan Mee and he said he wanted to cook Pan Mee. Luckily for him there is a bag of flour in the pantry...hehe.

We worked very well together. My Hubs was in charge of making the dough/noodles.


We wrapped the dining table with cling wrap and a Pringles can (also wrapped with cling wrap) as a rolling pin..LOL. My Hubby was flattening the dough here.

Our very plain Pan Mee version..haha. We were out of green veggies.


My Hubby was able to satisfy his cravings. :)


Ate with bird's eye chili...yummy..but this Indonesian cilipadi was soooo spicy! I gave up after eating only 3 tiny pieces.

I could not believe I was able to do a little bit of shopping when we went out for dinner at Citywalk. We had pizza and pasta at Pizza Marzano.

There is a factory outlet shop at Citywalk. This factory outlet is very famous in Bandung. :)

I bought 2 tops for Gwen. Very cheap.


Carter's top for Rp45000 around RM 16 only.


Gwen chose this Jumping Beans pullover sweater. "I want to buy this one", she says. I wanted to get her a Size 5 but already out of stock. Size 4 also sapu lah coz she really loves this top. She flatly refused any Princesses' top that I suggested to her. -__- Guess how much? Only Rp49500..around RM18. I'm sold!!

Yesterday which was Sunday, we went to Plaza Indonesia again. Everytime we go to this mall we would end up buying only groceries coz everything is expensive here even the groceries are expensive. But very nice place to hang out...exclusive :)

We had lunch at a foodcourt.


Satay with lontong? Gwen likes to eat satay...I don't know why..hehe.


Hubs mee rebus Aceh? Tasted quite nice. Like assam laksa.

Spotted a giant Christmas tree and took some pics of Gwen.


I was trying to capture the whole tree hence Gwen looks so small in the photo.


Latest picture of Gwen. She looks like normal again. No more ugly red bumps on the face. The most excruciating part was the itchiness. :(

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Allergy

This morning around 1am, I heard Gwen calling out for me from the bedroom. I was not in bed yet..hehe. As I stepped into the bedroom, I saw her heading towards the bathroom and she was crying a little. I helped her to the toilet and asked her why she was crying. She did not reply. After she finished with her small business, I helped her with her pants and noticed that there were red bumps on her legs.

With further checking, she has red bumps all over her body and face too. She was scratching her buttocks and other parts of her body as well. Poor girl..she must have been very uncomfortable. Brought her back to her bed. She was scratching again and whined a bit. I applied diaper rash cream on some areas of her body hoping it would relieve her itchiness. Told her to go back to sleep.

So, this morning Hubby immediately made an appointment with the doctor at MMC Hospital. Out appointment was at 10am. This was a different doctor from our 1st visit. A lady doctor and her name was Dr. Merry Christina. She was a friendly and nice doctor.

She said Gwen might be having an allergy. Could it be the vege I cooked with "nam yee" (fermented red bean curd) yesterday for our dinner? Actually the dish requires "fu yee" but I don't have that in my pantry so I substituted it with "nam yee". But I've cooked Nam Yee Chicken before and Gwen ate it too.

Anyway, Dr. Merry said to give her lots of milk (no chocolate milk) and green tea to flush away the toxin. She prescribed medicines for allergies and calamine lotion for her itchiness. The medical bill was close to RP300k. Almost RM100.

Pictures of Gwen taken this morning before doctor's appointment. She didn't attend school today.


Her face was red and a bit swollen.


Below the chest area.


Her back.

Looks like "fung mok" (in Cantonese) or Hives to me. I used to get "fung mok" when I was in primary school.


Allergy med and calamine lotion.


Another allergy med in powder form.

Amazingly, the redness and the bumps cleared up almost 80% after only 1 hour of consuming the medicines and applying the calamine lotion on Gwen.

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Bali - Day 2

Day 2

Date : 14 Nov 2010

- We left the hotel around 9.30AM and our first stop was a beach at Nusa Dua where you can find water sport activities and island hopping packages there.

- We decided to go for the Glass Bottom Boat plus Turtle Island package at Rp185k per person. Gwen went for free. Estimated time spent on the tour was around one hour.

- First we had a very heavy breakfast at a cafe there. Our hotel stay does not include breakfast.


A very nice cafe.


Spaghetti for Gwen and myself.


Daddy's beef burger.


Daddy's drink. I'm not sure what the drink was..haha.

- After breakfast it was time for our adventure to Turtle Island.


The beach where marine sports activities are available here.

- There were only 3 of us on the boat that's because there were plenty of boats available to take tourists around.

- I was wearing a long maxi dress..haha..not suitable for this type of activity coz we need to go up and down the boat. Anyway, it did not bother me and my dress did not get wet at all. :P


Gwen and Daddy on the boat.


This is the glass bottom boat. We could see some fishes and corals at the bottom of the sea.


View from the glass. The boatman stopped the boat and told us to look through the glass. Nothing much to see actually..haha.


Before we alight the boat, we were given a few pieces of bread. We were told to throw the bread into the sea. The fishes will swim up and have their free meals..haha. Here's Gwen throwing small pieces of bread into the sea.


I was trying hard to capture some photos of the fishes.

- Finally we reached Turtle Island. A lady was waiting by the beach and she led us to the turtle sanctuary and other reptiles and animals were kept at the sanctuary as well.


We get to hold a live turtle. :) It was quite heavy and it was only a baby. Do you know Gwen adores turtles..LOL


More turtles. Some were huge.


Gwen was in love with the turtles.


This was my first time seeing turtles. They were quite adorable actually. :)


Close-up shot. There was a 70 year old turtle amongst them but not this one though.

- We took pictures with other animals as well.


That was an Iguana. Gwen was afraid at first but after a while she wasn't afraid anymore.


We took turns to take pic with Gwen..hehe.


Hornbills.


Now's Mummy and Gwen's turn. :P


Gwen said "Hi" to the eagle. LOL

- We didn't spend much time on the island. There were just a few reptiles and some small animals to see.

- When we get back to the main beach, we asked our driver where we could find the famous Bali delicacy which is Babi Guling. He brought us to Ubud and we found the much talk about Baby Guling Ibu Oka restaurant but this was a new branch I think coz the name of the shop was Baby Guling Ibu Oka 2.




Babi Guling. I've read good reviews about this food from other bloggers but we don't really like it. The taste of the pork was too strong for me. I didn't like it although I love pork. I find our normal roast pork taste much better.


Picture taken from outside the restaurant.

- After our late lunch, we proceeded to Goa Gajah or Elephant Cave which is located at Bedulu country side near Ubud. Built in the 9th century, it served as a sanctuary.


There were sarongs provided at the ticket booth before we enter the temple and to be returned before leaving. We must cover the lower part of the body when visiting some of the temples in Bali. Gwen was exempted..hehe. Luckily I wore a long dress. :)


The Elephant Cave. There were statues of worship in the cave.



- We were approached by one of the caretakers and he offered to give us a quick tour around the site. After the tour, my Hubby tipped him with Rp10k. He demanded RM20 coz he knows we are Malaysian. So, my Hubby gave him Rp50k. -___-


The cotton tree in the background is 300 years old.


It was real cotton which floats in the air.


Gwen was striking a pose.

- We should have gone to visit the Floating Temple (Ulun Danu) instead. :(

- Our next stop was Tanah Lot to watch the beautiful sunset. ^_^ We arrived around 5.30PM. The sun sets between 6.00 to 6.30PM in Bali.


Souvenir shops which cover each side of the path down to the sea. I didn't buy anything here. I heard you can find good bargains here but I hate bargaining.


That's the entrance to Tanah Lot.

- The weather was not good that day. It was drizzling when we were there.

- We saw some people buying corns from a stall and we could hear popping sound when the corns were being grilled. The grilled corns were brushed with some spicy and sweet sauce.


We stood there with our umbrella enjoying the corns. They were really good. Look at her. She was savouring every bit of the corn. LOL. So yummy.


It was raining.


The waves were big. There were people surfing too.


I was taking pic of my Hubs taking pic of the sunset..haha. The rain has stopped. *phew*


When the rain stops, the rainbow appeared. :)


Gwen and Mummy.


Beautiful sunset.


A temple sits on a large offshore rock.


It's getting dark..

- It was time for dinner and we drove back to Jimbaran for our seafood dinner at Jimbaran beach.

- Our driver recommended a restaurant called Ganesha Cafe. There were many seafood restaurants along the beach.

- You can go earlier and enjoy the sunset while dining by the beach. We reached around 8PM.


It was really dark on the beach. Dimly lighted candles on the table. It's a romantic experience dining by the beach. ^_^


Free appetizer of Soups and a Kangkung dish.


Crab in Padang sauce. Quite spicy and delicious. The crab was really big.


Grilled red snapper. Big portion. Yummy.


Grilled prawns. Nice.

- Dinner here was expensive. But the food was good. I think we chose the right restaurant..hehe. The bill was around Rp600k. To convert to US dollar just divide by 10,000. :) So it was around USD60.


We were sitting by the beach.

That was Day 2. What a long day..haha. Gwen did complain a little ..hehe..but she was a good girl. The parents are not into shopping but more into sight seeing so our itenary was quite busy. We went out from morning till night. And Bali is really HOT!

Stay tuned for Day 3 ya. :)

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