Beatrice Tan

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Weekends in Klarra’s Outfits

I attended one of the most grand baby showers last week at M Hotel. It was my first time attending one in a hotel and I was initially expecting like a small room with a few tables and chairs, but surprisingly no, it was a pretty big ballroom with tables just like a wedding dinner! The ballroom was beautifully decorated with pink/white balloons and buffet was served as well, definitely a memorable one for everyone especially the couple & their first kiddo!

hurhur's friends-for-life!

Momsie Charmaine and baby Charlotte

#OOTD – Upcoming Crochet Shorts & Butterfly top from Klarra, upcoming Brown Weaved Clutch & beaded chunk necklace from Klarra too. Bangle, from a friend.

A close up shot, and I kept this beaded chunk necklace for myself, and it's officially my current favourite accessory <3

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Poots, Caleen, lene and myself met up for an impromptu dimsum brunch on the weekends, and we can never get enough of dimsum!

It was back at Crystal Jade Golden Palace which i previously wrote about before, and I tried a few new dishes which i haven tried during the previous trip. Place was pretty packed on the weekend, so reservations are advised if you are heading there with your family/friends on the weekend!

Amongst the items, i would recommend the mango with pomelo, pork belly, har gao and siew mai.
The rest was pretty normal, and my personal favourite dimsum place would still be Royal China, geez.

we met a new friend that day, Terence.

Wearing my new maxi dress, upcoming at Klarra, launching tomorrow in fact, comes in two colours and i shall wear the other colour next week, hee

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CRYSTAL JADE GOLDEN PALACE
290 Orchard Road, #05-22 The Paragon, Singapore
Tel: +65 6734 6866

Mon – Fri: 11.30am – 3.00pm, 6.00pm – 11.00pm
Sat: 11.00am – 3.00pm, 6.00pm – 11.00pm
Sun & Public Holiday: 10.30am – 3.00pm, 6.00pm – 11.00pm

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April

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Akanoya Robatayak

Ming, Vel, Fred, Brad and I recently met up for a meal at one of Ming's favourite restaurants - Akanoya Robatayak, and thanks to Ming for the great find! We got to try out this Japanese restaurant that is known for robatayaki, which means grilled food, in which the food was really fresh and good. So I have heard that its ingredients and mains were all flown in from Japan everyday, and that's one catch of the restaurant I suppose. Our bill amounted to $850 that night as well, quite a hefty amount and I guess it'll be a while before i pop over for another meal.

My favourite picks of the night would be the lamb, wagyu beef, chicken and the snow crab, pretty much the mains, and they were grilled to perfection which was totally delectable!
Another thing about Akanoya Robatayaki is that they open till 2AM in the morning, which is good for your late dinner finds if you need one for an occasion.

AKANOYA ROBATAYAKI
1 Tanglin Road, #01-01
Orchard Parade Hotel, Singapore
Opening Hours: 6.30PM to 2AM.
Tel: +65 6732 1866

1. Here's what kicking for this week! A polka work dress from My Little Bow, and those scallop details at the sides are really pretty.

2. Another Silk Blend Waist Defining Dress in Wine from My Little Bow, and this piece received compliments from my momsie! Comes in purple and black as seen in their site.

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March

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Toshiba Ultrabook Portege Z830

If you have read the previous post, you should remember that I had a post which mentioned that Brad, Vel and myself went for a meeting to collect our laptops! And we haven quite mentioned what laptop is that except that you know it’s from Toshiba (pretty apparent in the picture above) and guess what… It’s none other than the LATEST TOSHIBA ULTRABOOK- PORTEGE Z830!!

Took this picture the very next day after our collection and look at how SLEEK the laptop is!

So say hello to the geek-me & my new toy – Sprucey!!
I tend to like to name my gadgets (If you have been following the blog, I suppose you know who’s Mackey). Well, the name Macky came out pretty obvious- it’s a Mac, and I decided to name this new toy a bit more meaningfully, and for short, Spruce means stylish, neat and smart in appearance- which is exactly how it looks like!

I’m not gonna go all long details about the specs of the Toshiba Ultrabook Portege Z830 because you can totally find it online like here, so I shall keep it short and sweet to show you what I like about it the most!

The “Thin-nest” (Thickness) of it

The thinnest part of this laptop is as thin as 8.3mm!

It’s amazing how laptops get smaller and thinner, and even smaller and thinner. And this has gotta be my thinnest laptop till date! I was thinking of what to compare to show you guys its thickness, and I assume that the majority of us hold an Iphone or could easily get hold of the sight of an iphone (friends, boss, telco or whatsoever), it should be a good gauge for you!

As for the thickest part, which is the other end, it’s 15.9mm. I reckon you can use this as the gauge for the width of the laptop when you hold/keep, and though there is a measurable difference from the thinnest and thicket part, but no doubt it’s still one of the thinnest laptops around.

P.S: oh yes I do like it that it has SD card slot (as seen above) & 3 USB slots!

And when I open the cover of the laptop…

You can see how thin is its screen!

And for the keyboard, it is about the height of the iphone, pretty impressive.

Top-down view on it, and it’s a 13” laptop, which I think it’s the best size for a notebook in my personal opinion, not too small but not too big too. Decent for doing work or watching shows.

The Toshiba Ultrabook can be easily carried with just one hand and after I posted this picture, it seems like I photoshopped the laptop in this picture but it’s not! Spot my lil finger beneath the laptop, I put lil hearts to emphasize on it if you can’t spot it. Geez

So I did another comparison aesthetically again with my own macky (which I believe some of you do own a macbook pro too)

Similarly, Macky is also 13” but in terms of thickness and surface area, the Toshiba Ultrabook is 1/3 thinner and slightly smaller respectively if you realized. This is also a direct reflection of the weight, you can imagine how light it is!

Macky has been my trusty pal but it’s weight is one concern for my whenever I bring out, especially when I travel because it does eat up quite a part of my baggage allowance though it’s of a pretty manageable size.

Last but not least, I went on a KL trip a couple of weeks back with the Toshiba Ultrabook and it’s easier to manage than I imagined it to be! I’m pretty impressed at how light it is, and because I am so used to macky and its weight together with my bags and all, I swear I had to take a peek in my bag a few times on that trip to make sure the Toshiba Ultrabook is inside!

Stay tuned to more of the KL filming in another post next & catch the videos on Toshiba's facebook that we filmed together with the Toshiba Ultrabook Portege z830. It’s exciting and see how we challenge each other!!

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Thank you!

Received a mail that brightened up my day this morning!

I'm really glad that I started this blog 7 years ago and to know random people from all walks of life in ways that i never thought I would. They brought me happiness & light on one hand, but on the other, they also give me appreciation, motivation, encouragement, inspiration and MORE ZEST for more things to come!

Thank you for those who always drop me words of encouragement and so, love you guys! I hope i can do the same thing for you too, so if you need to hear my humble opinions on anything, just feel free to drop me a comment here or email me at tan.beatrice@gmail.com. Would help if i can! :)

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Wimbly Lu

Poots has been telling me so much about this place which is near our neighbourhood and given that we have been residents of the area for more than 10 years and we have never really came across such cafes in the vicinity. So when she discovered this quaint cafe a couple of months back (i still remember i was at her new place having a girls' night stayover), she was so excited telling me about how this cafe is looking interesting, that it seems to serve good desserts as well and urging for us to visit there soon.

So a couple of days ago, we finally found time on a late afternoon, and decided to head over to the place for some tea snacks!

The place is called Wimbly Lu, and if i am not wrong, it's named after a person!!! (please correct me if i'm wrong). If it is, that's a real unique name to begin with and I would really really like to meet this person (maybe owner i don't know). I'm still not quite sure if that's a guy or girl's name, but nonetheless, the name makes him/her seems very interesting already. Geez. And yesss, I was pretty amazed by the cafe (coupled with the fact that it has an unexpected location), and i'm indeed delighted to know such place exists around my neighbourhood!!

In a nutshell, Wimbly Lu is more of a chocolatier, which makes it simply a dessert place. i thought it would be nice if they extend their menu choices to include brunch, because i think many would love to pay that place a visit on the weekends! They don't really have many choices of food but the usual finger food like fries, etc and the rest are all desserts, cakes, homemade ice cream, waffles and drinks. Poots recommended their waffles, and we decided to go for their two recommended items- Homemade Salted Caramel Ice Cream with Freshly Baked Waffles & the Blackout Cake (yes chocolate cake!).

And my pick? Hmmm…..
The waffles were freshly baked yes, but taste wise was normal. But, but, but the Homemade Salted Caramel Ice cream is the BEST I have ever eaten!! No doubts about that. Most salted caramel ice cream has it's saltiness either too strong, or if not, it will taste like a sweetened ice cream with sea salt and that's it. But this one from Wimbly Lu has a great mixture of caramel and sea salt, and i thought the stronger caramel taste makes the taste of a "salted caramel ice cream" perfectttttt! Poots shared the same sentiments too, you just have to try it! It's totally delectable with a piece of waffle and a scoop of that ice cream…. (ok, can i have one of that NOW pleaseeeeee!)

Blackout cake is a rich chocolate cake, but we both thought the cake texture was not moist enough. The taste is there, but if it has a slightly more moist texture, it would have tasted marvelously!

Poots and myself! Looking kinda pale in these pictures as I'm falling sick (and officially sick by now (().

The blackout cake & the salted caramel ice cream w waffles (must try!!)

The lemon meringue, shall try them the next time!

Wimbly Lu sells homemade chocolates for gift or self-consumption too.

#OOTD: Klarra's lace bohemian top & High Waisted Shorts (Both upcoming), Casio watch, Diva Ring, gold flats from prettyfit.

If you are keen to give it a try, here's the address:
15-2 JALAN RIANG,
SINGAPORE 358987
TEL: 62891489

P.S: it's near Serangoon NEX Mall, but it's not walkable, probably a few bus stops away. If you are driving/cab, you can enter via somerville road & locate Jalan Riang- apparently the cab i sat in doesn't know Jalan Riang but know somerville road as it's near the main road.

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Out with lene for a meeting last week, and I wore out a new design that we have chosen for the upcoming collection, always have a thing for peacock prints. Be it accessories or clothes, and i do have quite a number of peacock earrings and necklaces, this shall complete my collection!

#OOTD: Klarra's peacock top & black bandaged skirt (Both upcoming), Love,Bonito's camel wedges, leaf necklace from overseas, dusty pink bag from princessess.