Pregnancy Journey: Week 25

Oh man! Backlogged already. Am already at my 27th week as I am typing this!

Am also looking at #caibaobao's movements as I am typing. Just drank a mouthful of cold water, think he's being stimulated!

Week 25 was kinda exciting because it was also my appointment with the gynae! Shall talk about that later!

So at Week 25, I was still full of energy and has been obsessed about baking. Every waking moment, I think about baking macarons! Haha.

Week 25 was also the week where my husband started to say that I resemble a hippopotamus. I think my waist is getting thicker, even though I don't look like I've gained a lot of weight from my physical appearance. Have gained about 10kgs now! Yes, it's pretty scary but I really can't control my food intake!

Kicks have been getting very intense as well. No longer just kicks, but can totally feel the movements of caibaobao. At times, can feel his bony parts jutting out, but I still can't tell which is which body parts though. Caibaobao is especially active at nights and sometimes I would be woken up by his movements in the middle of the night. 

At Week 25, my bump has started to get more obvious and people have been volunteering their seats for me in trains and buses, which is good because sometimes I really really need those seats!

There was once during peak hour, nobody gave up their seats for me and all pretended to look at their phones. This kind woman actually came up to me and asked me if I needed a seat, and then proceeded to ask another woman who was sitting at the priority seat to give up her seat for me. 

Such a kind woman exist! Totally grateful towards her!

Hehe, okay here comes the exciting part!

We scheduled our gynae appointment on 16 September which was also the 25th Week.

While doing the routine scan, Dr mentioned that if we wanted to do the 3D scan to see baby's face, we could do it today as the baby was in a good position, facing him!

Of course, the anxious parents jumped on this opportunity and told him that we wanted to do it, though it was an additional $60!

And we finally managed to see our son!!!!! Exciting much!

So here's the first picture of our son!

I really think he looked like me, though some friends said that he looked more like the husband!

My baby is such a cutie pieee!! Love love him to bits! I know I'm saying this in every post, but we really can't wait to see him in Dec!

And here's the bump shot at 25 weeks! :) 

My belly looks really round like ball here!

GROW GROW GROW caibaobao!!

Cooking Adventures: Chicken mushroom Baked Rice & Fried Enoki Mushroom

Since my nose become less sensitive as the months go by, I regained my passion for cooking & baking. 

The husband had craving for baked rice one weekend evening and I decided to cook it for him, since it seemed relatively easy from the recipe I've found through Noob Cook .

If the print screen that I've included in this post is too small, please head over to the author's blog to find the recipe!

This meal was so easy to make, and so delish that the husband said that it was the best baked rice he has ever eaten!

That same night, I was also craving for Fried Enoki Mushroom after seeing my friend had it in one of her instagram post. I wanted to go to the cafe to have it too, but I felt that $7 was too expensive for enoki mushrooms. So I planned to cook it myself. 

However, that day was the day that I had spent so many hours in the kitchen (macarons making) since I got pregnant, and my back and legs were really giving up on me. I couldn't continue to make the mushroom, so the Husband had kindly volunteered to cook it for me!

And this was the end result. Very nice I say! Craving totally satisfied :) 

But our lesson learnt was that we shouldn't attempt to cook the entire pack of enoki mushroom just for the 2 of us. Too much, and we ended up throwing some away. 

Here's the recipe for the Fried Enoki Mushroom, taken from Happy Recipe.

It was a super satisfying dinner. And that's why they say, homecooked meals are the best!

My December 2015.

Sorry for the long haitus! Couldn't find the motivation to blog. But I figured if I had continued to procrastinate, I would eventually stop blogging entirely.

Not that I have any fans, but I will not be able to look back at what I've been through/what I've done in these months. 

So yes, back to my December! Probably the best month of the entire 12 months in the Calendar. Because there's always a reason to celebrate, even if it's for something small!

If you'd read my previous post, you would have known that I went on a "adventure" to seek out my future lovenest. After the adventure, we made our way for my dearest friend's daughter's 1 year old birthday. Kaiya, is probably my favourite baby for now because of her chubby cheeks and cheerful personality. She is not scared of strangers at all and love to play with us! But she was a little moody on her bday party as she had just woken up from her slumber.

Look at her cute little dress and my friend's skirt! Designed by my friend and hand sewn by her domestic helper!

I will definitely seek the helper's help to design and sew my daughter's dress in the future!

The party was held at Punggol Ranch Resort which was pretty cool. Ulu but cool. 

It even has its own stable which houses horses and ponies. I think you can ride on the horses and ponies at the stipulated timings. 

They had also rented a resort, which was used as a diaper room for all the other parents that they had invited. 

I thought the resort would be pretty run down. But instead, the room looked as if it was a 3* hotel!

For $200 plus a night, I think it's pretty worth it!

After the party, both of us decided to go look for the "Punggol Instagram Tree". It took us a lot of googling before we managed to locate it. 

The Instagram Tree was due to be removed on 16 Dec 2015 as it has already been pronounced "dead", and would possibly cause harm to people should it fall, after being strike by lightning. 

When we were there, it was already cordoned off but the #ootd-ambitious me decided to just cross the red tapes and take a nice #ootd with it before it is being removed. 

The bike from other passerbys was also a nice prop for our couple picture. 

                                         

& here's a random picture of me and my niece with Christmas Trees outside JEM. 

                                       

On Christmas Eve itself, we were both granted half-days so we decided to gallivant in Orchard, and take our 2015 Christmas Tree picture. It has already become our tradition. 

 

We also met up with his side of the family to visit the Gardens By the Bay for its Christmas Winterland Lighting. 

I was so glad that we went early because by the time we left, there was a massive, MASSIVE queue to enter Gardens By the Bay and to leave. 

The lighting were nice, but I don't think it was worth queuing up so long for. 

And on Christmas actual day, we went for a family gathering at his side. 

And boredom got the better out of us.

We gathered all the dried leaves and formed a heart shape for photo taking purposes. 

That's all for my December 2015! 

Hope you had a great December too!

Taipei #ootd #wiwt

Followed my husband for his Taipei work trip a few weeks ago (16 Sept - 20 Sept). This was probably the shortest trip I have ever made. But it was enjoyable nontheless, because I got to spend time with the husband and also have some me-time to myself while he was out at work.

This trip was much needed (even though I just got back from a 1001 trips this year), because it was a respite for me. These days, I'm gradually starting to dread work, and feel so mentally and physically drained out because of work. Now that I am back, I'm not much better but.... I think its slightly better than before I went on this trip.

Despite having gone to Taipei for so many times, I find myself learning new things every time I go. This trip, I learnt ......

1. Beside Chia Te, there's other better pineapple tarts. Was staying at Le Meridien this time, and they offered 2 Chocoart pineapple tarts. They were chocolate pineapple tarts. Love it on my first bite! I love it so much that I had to buy a box of it back. They were pretty costly as compared to Chia Te, probably about SGD $20+ for a box of 8 (after the discounts).

2. Second thing I learnt, was Taiwan's bottled Panna Cotta. Panna Cotta is an italian dessert of sweetened cream thickened with gelatine. I've seen Panna Cotta around in Singapore, but I've never gotten down to trying it because it doesn't look really appetizing to me. This time in Taipei, I only got down to trying it because they were giving out free samples while I was walking around the supermarket. It was also love on my first bite. So milky..so creamy, but so smooth. And it was in a bottled form which made it very convenient to eat and walk around. They cost about TWD$60-$70. Not sure if the panna cotta is a new rage in Taipei because I don't remember seeing them previously. Now, they are all selling at those bakery, desserts counters. Can easily find them either in Supermarkets, dessert counters at Sogos.

This trip was a foodie trip to me, because everything I bought back was food! I bet I put on a few kilos after this trip.

Because this trip was a pretty rushed and short trip, we did not get to explore Taipei or outside of Taipei. But was really appreciative of the husband, who didn't mind going to night markets with me after his work. Big big kisses and hugs to him!

As we didn't go sightseeing, we did not manage to take many pictures/couple pictures. So here's my #ootd #wiwt pictures from my Taiwan trip.

Taipei City Hall MRT

Top: Ms Selfridge (years ago, but never got round to wearing it)

Shorts: factorie

Shoes: New balance (a present from the husband!)

Bag: Furla 

In front of Breeze Mall (at Taipei City Hall)

Dress: from taobao.com

Shoes: Charles & Keith

Bag: Furla 

In front of eslite mall (at Taipei City Hall)
Top: Fayth Label
Skirt: taobao.com
Shoes: New Balance
Bag: Furla

Xi Men Ding

Dress: Topshop (London)

Shoes: random shop at Xi Men Ding 

Tao Yuan Airport

Outer dress: mds 

Inner white top: Agneselle 

Love nest - September 2015 update

It's getting really exciting. The place where we are going to start our family together is almost ready.

Every few weeks when we go visit, its closer to completion. 

These 2 weeks changes: 

1) They have started painting the walls of other blocks.

2) They have cleared the carpark area (the white rectangular space in the first picture)

 and..... the biggest change is....

THEY HAVE STARTED INSPECTION FOR OUR BLOCKS. YIPEEE!!! BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD THIS ENTIRE WEEK!

We have also started looking around for interior designers. 

ps. & we just bought our future bed too!!

Exploring the little red dot - The Green Corridor

2015 has been a good year in Singapore because we were blessed with many long public holidays weekend. Since the husband took up photography as his hobby, we have been exploring more places in Singapore for him to practice taking pictures. 

A few weeks ago in July, we decided to explore our little red, and off we went to The Green Corridor. Layman people like me, will know it as the Railway mall. I only knew about the actual name when a friend told me about it. How embarrassing. In short, the name Green Corridor came about because the railway land connects 6 main green areas together. 

Despite being a student studying around that area for about 4 years, I did not know that this was the Green Corridor, and this was the past railway tracks. Thanks to the husband, I am now "more educated" about this location. 

And no, I did not walk the entire railway tracks. It was way too hot for any leisure walks. All we did was, to park our car at railway mall, and walk just this part of the tracks to take picture. Even that, the weather was killing us. So please enjoy the pictures and if you would like to know more about the Green Corridor, click on the hyperlink above!

outfit from: mdscollections