Running in Flats....: June 2011

Mari cerita labor timeline…. Simple saja… timing approximation … takleh nak ingat exactly larr… 3 tahun lepas maaa….

Isnin 16 June 2008 – 7 am aku dah bangun, aku dok rumah je, main internet, lepak2 tengok TV….

9.00 pm – Rafiq dah tido… start feeling contractions every 40 mins… so start packing2…

11.30 – masih malas nak kejut laki aku…. Tak guna pon kalau kejut…. Sakit aa contractions .. berpeluh2…. 3-4 kali gak aku mandi…. Dr kata datang hospital bila contractions every 5 mins.. air pecah or bloodyshow.. so far nothing to warrant hospital visit…

Selasa 17 June 2008 , 2 am –- contraction belum 5 mins apart… so terseksa… cannot sleep … bila contraction guling atas katil… bila panas and berpeluh, mandi

5 am – contractions every 6 minits… aku dah tak tahan…. Kejut Rafiq…. Say its time…. (walaupun tak i.e belum 5 mins apart).. gi SJMC, masuk labor room… strapped up.. dah dilate 3 cm (ke inci? cm kot)

6 am – opted for happydural….. tak larat aa contractions…. Tapi nak cucuk happyydural at the spine tu pon satu isu… I takut jarum.. and nak cucuk spine lak tu.. and every 5 mins, ko akan contractions, soo takleh stay still punye untuk dicucuk… tapi akhirnye berjaya… bliss….. boleh main game, tido kejap (tak selesa sebab paralyzed waist down), borak…

9 am – check2 bukaan. Water broke… masih 3-4 cm…..

5 pm – baru 6 cm… doc kata if takde progress bukaan, maybe ceaser….

7.40 pm – lahir…

Banyak gak aku skip… i.e happydural habis seblah badan, can feel contractions on the left side only… 2nd top up of happydural, then takleh nak push… so vacuum… jahit…. Keluarkan uri… muntah… etc..

Point yang aku nak utarakan disini…. > 36 jam aku tak tido hokay …… makan or minum pon takleh….. mane larat nak push…. Baby lahir, pun aku takde nafsu, okay whatever.. gi la nursery.. aku nak tido… tapi sjmc push him on me sebab breastfeeding… garang betul SJMC ni… mak letih la nokkk…..

Point lagi satu aku nak utara kan.. if aku tak amek happydural.. selama >20 jam la aku menahan contractractions… HAPPYDURAL IS SO AWESOME! I am a loyal customer ! harap2 next labor, sempat amek…. Aku takut tak sempat je nak happydural

HAPPY 3rd BEFDAY AMIR......... !

Lets talk dolls… waldorf dolls…
Remember this post? Hahahaha
Anyways.. makin lama ko tatap dolls nih.. makin hooked you get and makin cute they become….
Anyways I was hooked….
Masalahnye… SUSAH GILE MAU BELI…..!

The 2 big names aaa… Bamboletta dolls (ni paling payah).. lets call them Bambo
And also Dragonfly’s Hollow….. Lets call thm DFH

Style die… everyweek they make like 15-30 dolls…
Depends aa… DFH makes around 15 dolls per week..
Bambo dah makin berkembang, last time I saw was around 40+ dolls…
And they bagitau in advance, what date and what time…. Dolls akan dijual di online-shop diorang…
Or ….they call it “Doll Upload” ….
So in Malaysia…. Expect the upload to be at 8 am pagi… or even 4 am pagi….
Who knows… Once a month or so…. Both ade buat “Newbie Upload”
Meaning hanye orang orang yg tak pernah beli doll Bambo/DFH (respectively) ni aje boleh beli on that particular upload.
Sometimes ade “International Upload” meaning nonUS/Canadian mamas jer boleh beli the dolls on that particular upload…
Usually the times for International Upload are more asian/Australia friendly….

Anyways… both Bambo and DFH communicate regularly on facebook..
Kat facebook la diorang announce upload date and times.. sometimes that can change at the very last second.. so check frequently for changes..

For DFH, they post pics of each/all the dolls yang will be available for sale that week… usually 2 days ahead of upload day..so that ppl know which diorang nak beli..
DFH currently jual through etsy (previously on etsy, then their own e-shops, then bigcartel now etsy again)
For Bambo, I don’t think so…maybe a group preview picture jela kot…
Bambo sells via Bigcartel.

So on the upload day…. at the upload times… 15 mins before..
Ready2 jelah ape yang patut.. credit card info, tutup semua program lain on PC supaya laju… highlight and copy password paypal.. so that no need to type in…
Refer to official times as per… xxxxx
Bila tinggal 10 saat lagi.. start refreshing…..
Sometimes the website crash….. and bila berjaya load 20 seconds later… everything already sold out hahahaha…

Bigcartel ni (Bambo)… style die… ko refresh nampak aa semua 40+ dolls.
Usually ppl just click on one .. (takde masa nak decide, cun ke tak ke ape)..
and hope doll tu still available utk dicart kan..
bila ko dah select doll and select shipping country…
doll tu is held hostage dlm that buyer punye cart.. (cart-ed)
Sampai la buyer tu isi semua paypal info etc etc……
So ko boleh take time nak isi semua particulars
(but aku tak pernah made it past select country… aku nak scroll down select Malaysia, doll tu dah masuk cart org)
Bambo punye default country is Canada…. So kena la scroll carik Mesia or US…
Anyways, at the main website… doll tu akan still shown as available selagi buyer yg tgh nak beli tu blum habis checkout…
Available tapi ko takleh nak select…. So quite annoying…. 10 minits kot baru doll tu direlease….
Sometimes the doll masuk 2-3 cart, one after another without anybody paying for it…..
So those dolls akan jadik “Serendipity dolls”…. Later aku explain…
Anyways…. Punye la susah nak beli… u either crash … tak berjaya load website..
If berjaya load pon.. tak berjaya cart…. Sakit jantung…

DFH… masa die guna bigcartel.. pon sama…
Cuma default country die is US… so aku takyah scroll carik mesia…
Aku plan to ship to my sister kat US…
Anyways tu pon still tak berjaya cart… a few end up jadik “serendipity dolls” also

Etsy… usually staggered… die upload 2 dolls….
Lepas dah jual upload lagi 2…
So kurang stress gak… but still tak berjaya….

Anyways… Serendipity Dolls tu are dolls yg tak berjaya dijual masa upload .. due to technical difficulties etc…
So what they do is…. Dolls tu akan masuk website diorang…
Sape yang nak beli… kena comment kat posting dolls tu ….
And they will randomly select the lucky one yg berjaya menang peluang menang beli that doll….
Kira macam lucky draw la….

Sometimes both pon ade make dolls yg go up for auction….
Yang ni lupakan jelah….. can cecah ribu USD…
Especially sebab mamas yang kaya and malas nak stalk…
And celebrity pon ade yang nak bamboo doll… so….

Ade jugak manusia yg beli from uploads and they jual kat Ebay for > triple the profit… (Bambo)
Goes to show how susah and in demand Bambos are…

Anyways.. latest…. Dedua Bambo and DFH ade buat a lucky draw system….
In Bambo’s case.. they call it the “Golden Ticket” ala-ala willy wonka…
Sebab the maker suka gile citer willy wonka….
You submit your name and address once to Bambo Team…
And and selected times (aku tak sure when) they will randomly pick a lucky winner from the database…
The winner akan dpt free bambo doll and free shipping!.... but not that often..
More info here ; https://bamboletta.com/?p=1864

For DFH, tak silap aku ade 2 lapis…. Pun ade database name…
First is for every 100 new follower on facebook… they will pull out a name randomly… and bagi DIBS card
Dibs card ni… ko leh cop dulu dolls yang akan diupload that week... sebelum orang lain boleh beli ...
And next one is DIBS+10.... for every 500 follower on facebook...... orang tu dapat dibs.. and also 10% discount.....
More info here: http://dragonflyshollow.com/dibs.htm

Aku telah men-rekrut alisa.. sebab intenet die laju.. untuk sama2 stalk dolls for me...
tapi tak berjaya2.... die pun addicted nak stalk.. sebab die bengang apsal susah sgt nak beli...

Anyways.. point entry ini.. is to brag... I GOT A DIBS CARD @!!!!!! #%#$! huwahuwahuwaaaa...
Cant wait to choose a doll!