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A DAY WITH THELATEBLOOMER11 [AND DAZZLING CAFE REVIEW]

a date with becca Tuesday, September 19, 2017

I could not remember when was the last time me and this long lost sister-in-crime of mine went out for a date. Still, I was glad that despite her very private and busy housewife life, she gave the both of us the chance to go out again just like the old times. I kind of 'forced' the queen to go out from the beehive and see me and yass, girl definitely did not disappoint. :)

hello! ^_^

Becca and I met about three weeks ago at Orchard. I was planning to check something cool at Sephora since I would like to try new products that are pregnancy-safe. Speaking of products, I bought a few products from Burt's Bees two months ago and I'd like to share my feedback on those in the next few blogs I'd be doing.

So going back, Becca suggested to have late lunch at Orchard Gateway's Dazzling Cafe, since she told me that they had this nice honey toast topped with iced cream and lots of yumminess. So, okay, go!

I might as well try and probably share my thoughts on it since they do not only serve tea break snacks, they also cater a la carte main courses which were good as well.

The interior was modern but at the same time lavish that it uses a lot of bright lights and cute chandeliers, mirrors and glass. It kind of reminds me of Antoinette cafe because of the ambiance it gives. (Fun fact: I was also with Becca when I visited Antoinette for the first time, many years back because of the Bellabox Blogger's Event. Good times!)

Their black and white chairs were cute that it has bunny ears made to fit :) Color concepts of cotton candy pink and stripe patterns complimented nicely to the whole interior.

Becca and I decided to order three items from their menu. It was quite expected in a way that the price of the food would be higher than what we thought it would be, given how fancy the dining was. But since we were hungry and we felt that we would be staying at the cafe for hours (to chat and catch up, lol), we thought of ordering for both purpose.

(L-R): Cheesy Pulled Pork Nachos; Oven Roasted Half Spring Chicken with cream of spinach

(L-R): A caramel macchiato (for Becca); Dazzling Classic Honey Toast; hot chocolate (for me)

Food verdict:

At first, I did not know if it was a good decision to eat all at one place since I know it would be better if we were to look for somewhere else. We were initially here for the honey toast, but I did not prepare that much for the main course. It's not that the food weren't nice, we both agreed and thought that we could've taken our lunch somewhere else cheaper and probably even better (read: rice. LOL) and proceed to take the toast here after.

But of course, place-wise, it was cozy that enabled us to talk and hangout for hours. That's more important. Catching up is more important! The last time I saw her was last April when I made my first house visit to their place after their supposedly housewarming. I wasn't able to go that time because I felt I was going to feel ill. (It was at that day I felt I was fertile, hence the rise of basal body temperature) ^_^

After this sesh, we went to another mall for me to check if I could check some products at Sephora which ended up not buying anything at all. LOL. I just then thought of buying a low-heeled wedge type shoes since I'd be attending a wedding that coming weekend.

Becca insisted on sending me home, which I gladly said yes. Albert just finished work just in time and met the both of us at the MRT station and all of us went home. She stayed for a while and we had another short chitchat before she took the last shuttle bus our condo was having to go back to the MRT station near us. And called it a day.

I thank you again, sis for spending a day with me! Hope to see you again before I go back home and before you go to US for your hubby's business trip. It was fun hanging out with you, as always. Truly my sissum by heart! God Bless you and your future plans in life. And I do hope when I come back, you would also have your little bundle of joy. XOXO

P.S.

I shall wait for your version of this day out via beccavlogs! (which will probably be up by December? or January? lololol)

Should I try vlogging too? ^__^

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LITTLE PICKLE'S JOURNEY: SECOND TRIMESTER - WEEK 13 TO WEEK 16 (4 MONTHS)

growing family Thursday, August 31, 2017

Hello again and I am a bit late to report for duty ^_^

I am actually 19 weeks as of this writing, and before I hit my second month of my second trimester, I'd like to document the things I had been doing in my 13 to 16 weeks. It was good to know that the baby has been doing well and is growing normally. The only small issue I was facing is the struggle to find dresses that could either be used now and even on a later part of my pregnancy, and would become my greatest weapon for keeping prim and sassy. haha

yours truly at 15 weeks and 4 days :)

Going to this second trimester of pregnancy was a lot easier and fun than the first three months, as I am now allowed to do exercises that includes swimming, yoga and pilates. So far, I am working out by doing swimming, and later on I'd probably get into doing basic pilates, or those movements suitable for me. Mary's pilates ball is certainly calling me to stretch and get my ass off bed!

It was also during this phase that I celebrated a lot of occasions, as seen in my previous blog, like my 30th birthday and 3rd year wedding anniversary. So far, body's so good. My body has started to get accustomed with the weight of the baby as it grows bigger and bigger every week. In this phase also that I tried to go back to usual routines like cooking, baking, gardening, even playing the piano and other activities that made me feel lazy in my first three months.

a sample of my Gordon Ramsay inspired baked chicken parm.

some goodies that I baked. Yes I'm back. (L-R: carrot cake; apple cinnamon muffins)

Also, I started to reintroduce again taking smaller portions of seafood in my eating habits, such as prawns and squid. I do not eat that often when I was in my first trimester, but lately, I am starting to put it on side dishes, or in the meat that I was putting in the food besides minced meat or shredded chicken.

On my 16th week, we came back to our doctor as our normal check-up. As I've said earlier, the baby's doing fine and all. But that's not all: As early as 16 weeks, we could finally know at least 70% to 80% of Pickle's gender!

But I wouldn't be telling yet on this post, so better check out the next update. LOL

And for a teaser, here you go!

if you know how to read ultrasounds, you'd already know the gender by now. ^_^

At that check-up, the assistant also was kind enough to give us those prenatal milk samples! Since there were a lot at the clinic and I was lowkey hoarding the samples at the reception, she noticed me and told me if I wanted more. She gave me a month-supply of the milk samples! How crazy was that! But she told me that I'd better take it, rather than it expires with no one using it. I was so happy as it saves me from buying milk every week! LOL

I noticed that as I progressed, my linea nigra was starting to surface. I mean, it is normal for pregnant women to get this during this course of pregnancy. And while I was having it, certain things come into play when I think of what the gender would be. It would be just an inaccurate guess though but sometimes, curiosity will just come right in and interest your instincts, right?

So that's about it for now. The dad-to-be has been very clingy to me, trying to rub my belly as if it was a crystal ball foreseeing the future, or just plain fooling around with our bundle of joy.