Lady First SG Season 3 Ep 9: Beauty Round The Clock
It’s the final episode of Lady First Singapore – Season 3! You can still watch it on TV – hit the VOD button – if you’re a StarHub subscriber. :) I love how the team leaves us with great tips in this...
View ArticleShopee: Buy And Sell In Less Than 30 Seconds
[ Door Gift from Shopee‘s launch: necklace from White Fiction and Original Source Christmas Limited Edition Gift Pack from Original Store ] This blogpost can be summed up in two words: Carousell,...
View ArticleBreadTalk: New Store Concept At Vivocity
I attended BreadTalk’s launch of a new store concept at Vivocity last week, together with journalists from mainstream media. And what I gathered from the comments left on Facebook after the...
View ArticlePayPal Uncovered: Helping Local Startups Thrive in Singapore
[ Some of the goodies I received yesterday. Thank you, PayPal and Vanitee :D ] I use PayPal frequently, whether it’s for payment for online shopping or to accept payment from overseas. But beyond this...
View ArticlePatisserie Pop-Up / F&B Masterclass with e2i
It was a truly last-minute decision to attend a culinary Masterclass organized by e2i, but I’m glad I didn’t miss it! To those who are asking “what’s e2i???”, e2i (Employment and Employability...
View ArticleBlogging For A Living: Book Talk at SIM 12.12.15
Happy Faces back in 2014 :D It’s a “special” day today since it’s 12.12. :D Spent a good portion of the day at SIM (again) conducting a book talk. Haven’t received the pictures from today’s session so...
View ArticleNKF Dialysis Centre Open House & Free Health Screening
[ We received goodie bags, lucky draw prizes and a catered buffet lunch too ] When I first joined the Health Promotion Board as a volunteer, I sometimes felt like a hypocrite when advising senior...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Furiously Happy’ by Jenny Lawson
The author of this book, Jenny Lawson, is also known as The Bloggess. Yup, make sure you check out her blog *wink*. Her first book ‘Let’s Pretend This Never Happened’ was a #1 New York Times...
View ArticleThe Dream Makers Season 2: More Anticipation Than Fulfillment Thus Far
The Dream Makers Season 2 has been the most anticipated Ch 8 drama for me this year. Ok. Wait. It’s the ONLY MediaCorp drama that I watch. :P Thus far, it’s been 8 episodes and I’m not exactly...
View ArticleWhat Is Alipay (支付宝) And When Will It Be In Singapore?
On 12th December, Alipay gave its users in Singapore a sweet treat – free ice cream right outside Takashimaya! :) You might be familiar with Alipay if you’ve used it for your Taobao purchases before....
View ArticleMeet Chef Jeremy from Vita Italiana (Awesome Dessert Alert!)
I had the pleasure of joining Chef Jeremy for lunch, a couple of days before I went to KL for my volunteer trip. Chef Jeremy helms the kitchen at Vita Italiana, at 38 Mosque Street, Chinatown (very...
View ArticleGiveaway: Lost Ocean Coloring Book by Johanna Basford
Pop by any bookstore now and you’ll probably find displays full of coloring books for adults. Who would have thought this would be a craze, right?! Coloring books are usually for kids who, more often...
View ArticleHello Kitty Run 2015: Much Better This Time Round!
Alright, last year’s inaugural Hello Kitty Run hit a snag with the sudden downpour, and an issue with medal collection. (I’ll blog about the medals and plushies in another post) This year’s was so...
View Article5 Money Saving Tips For Singaporeans Going On Holidays
It’s that time of the year when public transport (strangely enough) doesn’t seem so crowded anymore. And weekends at the malls feels like weekdays because there aren’t as many people. And even the...
View ArticleIndo Slang: A Great Place To Learn Bahasa Indonesia In Singapore
Just last month, I popped by Surabaya (Indonesia’s 2nd largest city, after Jakarta) to catch up with a friend, and attend a traditional Javanese wedding. It made me fall in love with Bahasa Indonesia...
View ArticleWill Private Hire Vehicles Replace All Taxis In Future?
I met two guy pals for tea recently and both were effusive in their praise for Uber and GrabCar drivers. They told me that it is near impossible to meet a driver who remotely resembles a “grumpy taxi...
View ArticleA Traditional Javanese Wedding And My Favorite Hotels In Surabaya
I got to visit Surabaya in November 2015, and I fell in love with this Indonesian city (the second largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta). I got to attend Ayu’s traditional Javanese wedding – which...
View ArticleHello Kitty Run: Plush, Medal, Goodie Bag
In this picture above, you see all that was in one goodie bag for the Hello Kitty Run 2015 this year. It looks like there’s a lot of stuff, yes? Though I only had use for the kitty plush, tee, shoebag...
View ArticleHeritage@25: The Most Luxurious Staycation in Singapore
I had the privilege of being hosted at Heritage@25 last month. It was a staycation that blew me away! And frankly, I was really reluctant to leave. 2D1N was just too short a stay. I could live in this...
View Article9 Must Try Food in Surabaya, Indonesia
I am convinced that the main reason I enjoyed visiting Surabaya so much, in spite of the really high temperatures (40+ degrees Celsius) and the poor air quality which gave me a bad breakout, was the...
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