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Mango season, baby coming, & challenges for working moms

Posted by zags | 29th October 2008

Mango!

It's mango season again! I love it! Harum manis is my favorite kind. Sweet and fragrant--very yummy! I could eat more than one mangos at once! If anyone is coming to Indonesia very soon, don't forget to taste it!

Baby!

And my baby is coming soon. We asked the ob-gyn not to tell us the sex so it will be a surprise. Due date is 22 November. I'm going to see her/him soon! I'm so excited, and also kind of nervous of course, especially because it's my first experience.

Already on my maternity leave, and have been doing a lot of reading and discussion, joining class, mailing lists, all to prepare myself with knowledge about pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding, and babies. Everything is new and exciting, and I found them amazing. The more I learn, the more I am amazed. In the Breastfeeding Basics class we were shown a video of breastfeeding initiation/early lactation, where right after delivery and getting the umbilical cord cut, a newborn is put skin-

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Lost Friends

Sander

Met in Boat Quay, Singapore in 2004
Citizen of: Netherlands

Lives in Amsterdam. When we met he was holding a Siemens commercial balloon that hit a couple of guys :) We were supposed to go to Bukit Timah together the next day. He was on his 7th week of 4.5-month RTW trip when we met (I think it was June 17). His itinerary: Thailand - Japan - Singapore (where we met) - Australia - USA.

Yasuaki Tanase

Met in On Shinkansen from Nagoya, Japan in 2002
Citizen of: Japan

Lives in Nagoya. We met on shinkansen from Nagoya. I was trying to take a look at Mt Fuji and sat next to him. We took each other's snapshot and exchanged email addresses. I got off in Chiba / Tokyo Disneyland. After I went home we sent each other emails, but then it just stopped.

Patrick

Met in Hotel Mikado, Osaka, Japan in 2005
Citizen of: United Kingdom

November 2005, Hotel Mikado, Osaka. He was the first person who greeted me when I arrived exhausted late at night at the hotel on Nov 13. Met again a few times at the lobby / Internet station and had small conversations.