Monday, September 29, 2008
Electricity Bill will be high at last quarter 2008
Hopefully residents of Singapore will look for ways to cut down on their electricity bills by usage and also opting for electrical equipments that do not consume too much electricity.
In my household alone, we have changed the washing machine to a Japanese brand that has water and electrical saving feature compared with our previous European model. The next step would be to reduce usage of the air-conditioning although it will be hard since the weather in Singapore is really hot and humid most of the time.
Quality Travel Luggage
A luggage that lasts, can be of sentimental value. I had one that I won in a lucky draw and I have been using it for almost 20 years when I was a student studying abroad. It was my first luggage that I hold so dear since it had been around for so many years. I was glad that it being a quality and premium luggage, I am able to cherish it for so long.
Having a family now means I need a much larger bag that can store not just my own clothes but also the ones of my family as well when we go for a holiday. As my children are growing up, they now need their own personal luggage so that they can learn to manage and organize their items for short trips as well. There is no compromise for good quality luggage. You may pay a higher price for a premium piece of designer luggage but it may be worth every penny.
For a start, check out Village Luggage & Gifts, an online luggage store that sells everything from designer luggage bags to travel accessories and gifts for your friends and loved ones. I can never resist a Zero Halliburton luggage. Zero Halliburton luggages are lightweight, durable and have a high resistance to extreme temperatures.
Village Luggage & Gifts know what their customers want and they strive to bring the best in quality, a competitive pricing, and even frills like free gift wrapping for customers' purchase. Corporate orders even get free monogramming and special discounts for purchases in bulk as well. A wonderful place for those who intend to get wedding party gifts as there will be free monogramming or engraving of initials which make great personalised presents.
Paul Newman, dies at age 83
A heartthrob with a soft and kind heart, he had given tens of millions to charities and set up camps for the children who has cancer or other life threatening diseases. From acting, he also took part in auto racing which was a sport that he had studied in a film, Winning. He turned into a professional race in 1977 and won some major races such as a second in Le Mans in 1979.
A legend, a racer and a generous heart. Paul Newman is survived by his wife, 5 children, grandsons and an older brother. He will be a hero in our hearts, for a long time.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Man Arrested in break-ins over 6 days
He will be charged in court with housebreaking and theft.
More Flights for Sin-KL daily from December 1
Jetstar Asia had also reported that it will increase it's flight schedules to 19 flights a week from December 1 too. This access to budget carriers were given since February 2008.
Friday, September 26, 2008
The Right Web Host
There are numerous web hosting providers in cyberspace. How would you make a decision over which to choose or which is the best solution for you? It is full of time and effort if you were to go to every host and do a full rundown on their packages and value for money. Why not go to a web host rating site that had already done all the hard work for you. This site compiles information from many customer's honest reviews so that you can find the answer to what you are looking for in a webhost. Some webhost charges a premium price that comes full with features for an online store. If you are only looking for a webhost for a simple blog you definitely would not need to be paying for these features. These are some of the mistakes that customers may end up choosing a package that is not right for them. Let web hosting rating be the guide for all your hosting queries.
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Lost Confidence in China Products for Singaporeans
In the past 3 days, as many as 600 emails and 630 phone calls were made for enquiries on safety aspects over the dairy products from China. Some supermarkets reported no significant change to sales as China products make up a small portion of its retail product offerings while two major supermarket claimed that their sales were adversely affected.
Marriages and Infidelity
Many women are usually very attentive to their spouse's actions and behaviour that it is not difficult for them to find initial Signs of Infidelity of their spouse. For some who are more financially able, they would pay for a private investigator's services to Catch Cheating Spouse for purpose of alimony and child's support if there are any children in their marriage. For many women, it is a shock to them when the signs of a distress marriage is broken down with infidelity. Some goes into blaming themselves and depression whilst some could try to put themselves in a denial stage.
Infidelity does not conclude an end to a marriage or the end of the world. There are many things one can do before one makes the final decision like a close study of their marriage, problems or how to pick up the pieces. An Infidelity Support is available to those who need to know more about this issue, how to deal with it and more information for those who are really lost.
In Infidelity Support, one can read up from a complete resource of services from a divorce attorney, a mediator, about child custody or even perhaps look for help in counseling services to mend a marriage. Pick up some tools that assist to help you heal or prevent infidelity. An Infidelity chat room is also created where chats cover anything from support from chatters to how to look for Signs of a Cheater from those who have survived infidelity.
F1 Tickets Found on Ebay
Some of those who are selling their tickets online claims that they are selling it because those were gifts and they will not be able to attend it. Reselling of tickets is prohibited based on the F1 purchase terms and conditions.
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More Products Tainted with Melamine
YiLi choice dairy fruit bar, yochurt flavourd ice confection
Dutch Lady strawberry milk
White Rabbit creamy candy
The latest findings are:
Dutch Lady Banana Flavoured Milk
Dutch Lady Honeydew Flavoured Milk
Silang - House of Steamed Potato: Potato Cracker,
Xu Fu Ji - Puffed Rice Rolls, Butter Corn Flavour and Cheese Flavour.
Hygiene officers from National Environment Agency have been deployed to inspect bakeries, confectioneries and places that use dairy products to make sure that employees are not using tainted milk on their food products. There are about 2100 bakeries, confectioneries, cake shops and drink stalls in Singapore.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Get Your Circus Tickets Fast
If you really want to watch some of the popular shows such as the Ringling Brothers Circus, you can try to purchase your tickets in advance online. The Ringling Brothers Circus Tickets are usually sold out fast at the box office. But if you want to be assured of a good time, you can try using A Cheap Seat, that also markets the tickets to the public. To check out the information like schedule venue and seats, you can view it through the website ACheapSeat.com. Their information is updated frequently so that you are in touch of the availability of the seats.
Besides this popular circus show, the other events that you can get tickets for are the Radio City Christmas Spectacular tickets and the New York City Christmas Show tickets. Ordering tickets from ACheapSeat is very simple. They are also available via telephone besides online. A confirmation for your ticket order is within 24 hours, mostly. They accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. Hurry and get your family the Ringling Brothers Circus Tickets now to avoid disappointment.
Traffic Upsurge To Be Expected During F1
There will be enhanced security checks by the ICA and a traffic build up is expected. With this, the ICA is advising the public to adjust their travel plans and avoid land travels to Malaysia. The Singaporeans who have valid passports and registered with National Registration Office are adviced to use the Enhanced Immigration Automated Clearance System lanes (eIACS) to encourange efficiency for clearance. Travellers are also advised to double check their passports and to avoid cases of handling of wrong passports as it had also happened before.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Better Library for CCK and Yishun
During this close, reservations and book drop facilities will be on hold. Users who wish to return the items can return them at the other branches. Yishun will reopen it's new library at Northpoint Shopping Centre and Choa Chu Kang reopens at Lot 1 Shopper's Mall.
Hopefully these new libraries will be bigger, better and more seating spaces. The current one in Choa Chu Kang is usually taken up fast.
Ultrasonography Benefits
Some specialist hospitals engaged in the skills of an ultrasound technician. A fully certified ultrasound tech can be very fulfilling and rewarding. This is a long term career and with progressive upgrading, one can command a good package of salary, benefits and competitiveness in this industry alone. An ultrasound technician is very much sought for in the medical profession especially in hospitals and other medical industry.
Training for this specialized field is provided by many ultrasound diagnostic schools located in Georgia, Florida, New Jersey and more. There is even an online school provided in Florida. Ultrasonograhpy training and courses are spread over as many as 102 programs for you to choose. Choose the speciality to focus or read up on more information about benefits and environment in being an ultrasound technician.
To find out more about any specific career or jobs that fits your personality, take a career quiz by Career-education.net or read about about the various professions, industry and courses provided.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
More Products Taken Off Shelves
News also reported that The Chinese company was aware that their dairy product had been contaminated as many complaints about sick children had poured in since last December. In Hong Kong, a second child is ill with kidney stones after drinking contamited Chinese dairy products.
Philippines is now the latest country to put a ban on the import and sale of Chinese dairy products.
Be A Fashion Designer
If you hate to work in a 9 to 5 kind of office job and have a flair for art and drawing figures and fashion sense, a career in the fashion designing industry may be suitable for you. You get to study about the theoretical and the practical aspects of fashion design, or pick up some merchandising, marketing studies for additional prospects. To learn about the numerous fashion degree course available, check out fashionschools.org to understand the various fashion degrees for individuals.
No Singaporean Casualties in Pakistan Bomb
So far, there are no reports of any Singaporean casualties during this brazen bomb attack. The bomb had ruptured a gas pipeline and it then triggered an enormous blaze into flames. Some of the victims whom were caught trapped on the upper floors of the hotel, had leapt to their deaths trying to escape the fire.
Culinary Art
It is not so difficult to get a headstart to learn cooking. There are many culinary schools for those who want to make culinary art into a career. Le Cordon Blue program is provided in many listed schools. It is a wonderful program that embraces the teaching of classical French culinary techniques with the traditional American culinary education.
Culinary Chefs have lots of opportunity in around the world. Work in world renowned hotel kitchens, restaurants, food manufacturer to whip up an invention or healthy food in spas and hospitals. With your experience, know-how and creativity, you bring your skills with you. Whip up a little inpiration anywhere, for anyone. Become the next celebrity chef like Jaime Oliver or Gordon Ramsay. Or you can take culinary journey a little differently like a Food Consultant. The journey is bright.
Monday, September 22, 2008
High Rise Litterbugs
Minor litter such as cigarette butts and sweet wrappers are charged with a fine of S$200 while some repeat offenders are sent to court, and maybe sentenced to CWO (corrective work order). Placing cameras are among the common ways to catch these culprits.
Be A Professional Nurse
The career of a nurse does not stop once he or she receives the LPN degree. In fact, there are many accreditation that leads the nurse towards the many other areas such as Legal Nurse Consulting, Forensic Nurse, Life Care Planning or even those that handle Case Management for patients and their families.
As the industry for health care grows, demands for nurses are increasing too. Think about how the world will be if there are no nurses to care for a sick and disabled patient. For more information and available courses for a nursing career, read about it at Nursing-Schools.org, or look for any lpn schools near to home.
Compulsory Education in Singapore
The normal primary school going age is from Primary 1 to Primary 6. At the end of Primary 6, the national school exam is held. This is commonly known as the Primary School Leaving Examination which prepares the children for secondary school admittance, based on the school results.
Create A Little Eden
Landscape designers also put on their thinking caps and creative thinking to create an illusion that the evironment may looked like a natural little green encloved park with the use of
various planters or Decorative Planters. A little pathway to the entrance can be instantly created by just lining up some planters from the main gate.
Some townhouses also adopt the use of Window Box Planters as a divider as these type of homes do not have gates or walls between houses. It serves as a purpose of dividers and prevents residents from intruding into the space of their neighbours. Planters are also a wonderful way to add greens to your home environment as they can be relocated easily without digging up a garden full of soil. They can also be put away when you need additional space for your patio parties and gatherings.
Upgrading Schemes in Schools Postponed
The government has also decided to postpone public sector projects as well. Construction costs are high.
Black is In for Goths
White Rabbit Cream Candy Banned in Singapore
Melamine is a chemical that can cause kidney stones and subsequently leading to kidney failure. On Friday alone, Singapore had been advised to ban all products that comes from China and to take them off the shelves with immediate effect. Retailers and importers have started to recall the products and not to sell them, based on AVA (Singapore's Agri Food and Veterinary Authority) request. Consumers who may have any of these product at home have been advised not to consume them.
Ban includes yoghurt, chocolate, ice cream, milk, biscuits and candy. Countries like Japan, Brunei, Malaysia have also announced an immediate ban on these products as well. In China alone, gourmet coffee Starbucks have stopped offering milk in their 300 outlets.
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tsunami in Singapore
He had warned that the people of Singapore should be advised that there are risks of tsunami and should always be prepared for it. A tsunami can hit Singapore's coastal, especially the Changi Airport and the man made Jurong Island. Although tsunamis as high as 10 metres are usually destructive such as the one that hit and killed 168,000 people in Aceh in December 2004, may not strike in Singapore, a low wave that hits Singapore is enough to destruct the many infrastructure on the Singapore coast.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Someone Special
Singapore's New Channel, Okto
On 19 October 2008, trasmission will be begin. However from 19 September viewers can start tuning in. It is available on Starhub's Cable TV as well as SingTel's Mio as well.
Okto is generally similar with the current Central and Kids' Central with the exeption of Vasantham Central. All Kids shows like preschool, children programs and Arts movies, documentaries, anime, performances will be shown on this new channel, from the migration of Central.
All residents residing in Singapore can start to tune their tv for Okto now. Tuning information can be found at http://okto.sg/
Baby Slings
Baby Slings now come in many beautifully designed patterns and trendy as well. Check out the range that is provided on an online store - Attached To Baby. They come in many types of materials such as Organic Lightly Padded, Linen, Silk, Cotton mesh or even those that comes in pockets.
Singapore's Paralympic Medallists Comes Home
For their achievment, Pin Xiu will receive a$100,000 for Gold and Laurentia Tan receives $25,000 for one of her two bronze medals. This is given out as part of the scheme reward only for athlete's highest achievement - Athletics Achievement Award.
Congratulations, Yip Pin Xiu and Laurentia Tan!
Friday, September 19, 2008
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Singapore Banned China Dairy Products
The record of children who have become ill from consuming these milk products are at 6,244 and as many as 158 of these children are suffering from acute kidney failure. So far there has been four deaths.
Melamin is a chemical that is used for making plastics. Children's cups, bowls and plates are made from melamine too.
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Facilities for Foreign Workers
The government is looking at possibilities to add more housing for these foreign workers. Some sites have been identified for temporary accomodation which can last for two to five years. But with two upcoming integrated resorts, more foreign workers are expected to arrive. There may not be enough to meet the demand.
There had been some negative reactions about building dormitories near to Singapore residential locations recently. Some were against the idea and some worry about safety issues and the unsightly gathering in public places and noise.
However, a new recreation complex is now in the works for foreign workers who are living in Jurong West and will be completed by the end of the year. It will house a football field, amphitheatre, sports courts, postal and remittance facilities, beer garden, medical station, canteen and supermarket.
This is done to show appreciation for their contributions towards the Singapore economy.
The Sting of Fire Ants
Singapore Airlines Getting Its 6th A380, Hurrah!
Up to date on 18 September, Singapore has since received its sixth A380 superjumbo airplane. The latest A380 will take on the second flight daily from Singapore and London. The target by Airbus is to stick to its target of delivery 12 A380 Superjumbo by the end of this year.
Modern Furniture
A recent visit to a friend's home office prompted me to start my own search for home furniture. She had her home designed and dressed in clean lines of modern furniture. The colours blended so well and it is a very conducive place to work and live in.
A comfortable home is fundamental to us. Even if we don't work from home, we want to come home to unwind, relax and release the tension. Good pieces of furniture are important. Modern furnitures create such a pleasant feeling with its simple lines and colours that suit every individual's taste and fancy.
Concept Furniture offers great looking pieces in modern designs. They have a wide range of beautiful pieces from the finest manufacturers in Europe, such as Belgium, Italy and more. I love the variety of styles and designs of the modern looking furniture for bedrooms. The platform bed's minimalistic designs will give the room a spacious outlook. It is great for homes that have small rooms. The last thing you want is to invoke claustrophobic feeling. Concept Furniture offers excellent prices for their furniture. Although they are an online store, they do provide a call number for service and support for any enquiries you may have. Their team of highly trained professionals are skilled in the assembly and installation prior to delivery.
Foldable Bikes Allowed On Buses on Certain Hours
Well, the new regulation will be eased from the 22nd of September onwards, on a Monday. Singaporeans are allowed to carry their foldable bikes into the buses during weekdays from 9.30am to 4.30pm and from 7.30pm to end of the services. The peak hours are omited because during this time the buses are crowded and it may be dangerous for these bikes when cramped with the bus passengers.
Hopefully when these regulation takes effect, those who have the bikes with them practise courtesy and understanding and not block the path of the passengers and the aisle way. It needs lots of giving ways from both sides in this situation.
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AIG Saved By the Federal Government
AIG was on the brink of collapse before this two year emergency loan by the Federal Reserve. If it had not been done in briskly, many AIG policy holders may end up losing their hard earned policies and many jobs may be lost as well. What a day unsettlement it had been to many holding policies with the AIG and AIA policies in Singapore.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Old People That Lives Alone
Cases like these also happens also because some old folks prefer to live by themselves and not want to impose on their chidren who may have gotten married and have their own family. What can we do about keeping old people in close contact if we are unable to watch them all the time? Investing in a Medical Alarm device is an excellent solution. There are two device that can be worn by the elderly. One is a band that is worn like a bracelet. This excellent device has features similar to a GPS system and once the person walks out of the safety area allocated, it will trigger an alert to the Emergency Call Centre or your loved ones. It also works as a built in speakerphone so that the lost person can be kept in constant contact. A GPS monitoring signal helps to locate the lost person to the exact location.
Medical Alarm also works in another excellent device that works at home by sensoring motion and detects movement like a fall, no activity alert and intruder alert. When the sensor detects a fall, it will send help to the location and through a speaker phone, tries to make contact to the elderly to see if there is any response. It will also automatically send for the police if the intruder alert is being sensored, like a break in or a door is forced opened. This device can also be set to work like a reminder alarm for appointments or time for medication for your loved ones. Trust in the excellence of Medical Alarm devices that will put your mind at ease. Safety comes first.
COE Quota Reduced for the next 6 months
However, in the next 6 months, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore will be reducing the monthly quotas for COEs. A large change is apparent in the Categories C -30% (goods vehicles and buses) and Es -13.9% (open category).
A full report of the categories, the reduction of quota are as follows:
Category A (cars 1,600cc & below and taxis) -9.6%
Category B (cars above 1,600cc) No change
Category C (goods vehicles & buses) -30%
Category D (motorcycles) -8/1%
Category E (open category) -13.9%
With these reduction of quota release each month, will there be more competition for car buyers to sell their cars. Will that bring the prices of COE higher? Or will the demand for cars be reduced, causing prices for new vehicles in certain categories to fall?
But, if there are lesser cars on the road, wouldn't that be better for all?
Review and Compare Laptops
There are many brands available in the market. Each brand have a different range in terms of usage and price. A student may need a basic laptop for his or her school work whilst an executive may need something of a higher capabilities for his projects that may require presentations and multimedia purpose.
Choosing a laptop is easy if you go to Savebuckets, a website that does reviews on many brands of laptops for example Sony, Samsung, HP or Toshiba laptops. A search in the website results in a list of the brand or model you are looking for and you can take your pick to find the best prices that suit you. If you are still unsure over what to look for in a laptop, perhaps reading up on their article in their buying guide may help you decision making. Follow the guidelines into what to look out for and you should be on the way to pick one that suits your need.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Crowd At AIA Building In Singapore
With so much uncertainty, many policy holders are worried about their policy situation. Some of them prefer to surrender and redeem the cash despite some loss. The Monetary Authority of Singapore had advised the policyholders not to act hastily to terminate their policies.
During lunch hours, a crowd could be seen at AIA's office, located at the CBD area in Singapore. Some of them could be seen been asked to move up by security guards.
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Mustafa is a Shopping Paradise
Mustafa is also available online, much to the amazement of shoppers. Check out their website at Mustafa.com.sg or visit their enormous shopping centre. A humble shop that started in 1973 at a size of only 900 sq ft, it has now grown to the size of 75,000 sq ft with a total shopping space of 150,000 sq ft with hotel, travel and financial services included. It's a world by itself.
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Buy From An Authorized Car Agent
Does your car agent give you good after sales service after the purchase of a car? Some wash their hands off when a car is bought. Getting a car from an authorized dealer is important. The major car dealers in Singapore gives good service but the smaller ones leave a lot to be desired. I had a bad experience with the car agent. Our car was imported through them but due to their lack of experience with the models, they really couldn't do much. Furthermore, the car manual was in Japanese. My advise would be to really go for an authorized agent that has proper customer services and technicians to look into any enquiry.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Unlucky to Buy Homes during Seventh Month
Perhaps now that the Hungry Ghost month is over, the market for property will remain steady and show a rise in market conditions.
Exotic Beauty
Singapore's Local Favourites
Chilly Crab, Hainanese Chicken Rice, Satay, Laksa, Bak Kut Teh, Fish Head Curry, Char Koay Teow, Fried Carrot Cake, Rojak and Roti Prata.
These foods are sold in many places, from the upmarket restaurants to the local stalls in food centers and hawker centers. So don't forget to try these favourites when you are in Singapore.
Some of the popular places to eat are Newton Food Centre (popular for it's local favourites like Satay, Chilly Crab - Newton Food Centre is located near to Orchard, at Newton circus), UDMC Seafood Centre (popular for it's variety of Seafood and many food outlets, this place is located in the east side - East Coast), Jalan Kayu (Roti Prata and Indian Curry Fish Head), Niqqi's The Cheese Prata (Clementi Road, near to National University of Singapore), Fong Seng Nasi Lemak (next to Niqqi's Cheese Prata also at Clementi Road), Boon Tong Kee Chicken Rice (Upper Bukit Timah Road opposite Beauty World), Kim's Cuisine (Various stirfry food at Beach Road) and more. In fact the best way is to eat as you go along. Most Singaporean foods are delicious and there are food outlets every corner you turn!
More Than A Hair Salon
Getting a hair done in a salon can take up to half a day or even more. It can be tiring just waiting for a friend who is doing her hair. However, there is a total experience, a different concept that is taking place in a hair salon chalont that is located in Pennsylvania. This salon embraces a total body concept for the lucky customers. Going to Tony D's Hairstyling salon for that much needed hair salon chalont color means you can also pamper yourself with facials, massages, manicures or pedicures, without running in and out from salons, beauty parlors for such various services. Even if you are not going to get a hair done, you can accompany your friend to the salon and just have a massage or manicure while waiting for her. Tony D's Hairstyling also provides several quality products for your beauty needs for your hair. Forget about running about before your important event. In fact, spend a leisure day that the full service salon chalfont offers to it's deserving customers.
Tony D's Hairstyling team are well trained professionals made up of hair stylists, nail technicians, estheticians and massage therapists.
Alcohol Sales Get Boosting in Singapore
Singapore will need to pay more attention to their hospitality as more tourists and participants arrive in Singapore.
For the first time in Asia also, a special champagne will be auctioned in Singapore. This champagne is a 3-litre bottle of Mumm champagne and has autographs of top races - Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, the top 3 winners of Belgian Grand Prix last year. Proceeds of this auction will go towards underpriviledged women in the region.
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Singapore Gets 2 More Medals for Paralympics
She also broke her own record for the Freestyle in the heats when she made it at 57.04 seconds, which then won her a silver in the finals with 57.43 seconds. She expressed her first joy when she won her silver in the earlier Freestyle event and a gold for the Backstroke finals. The silver medal was presented to her coach Ang Peng Siong for her show of gratitude.
She was presented with flowers for the event by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister of Singapore.
Prior to this, Singapore has two bronze medals from Laurentia Tan in the equestrian events. Altogether, Singapore has won 4 medals. You Go Singapore!
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NTUC Pasir Ris Resort, East of Singapore
Parents with kids might like to make their way to NTUC Pasir Ris Resort for some great time. The place is filled with activities and chalets with BBQ facilities for family and corporates. Rent a chalet or spend the day at the water theme park, Wild Wild Wet or the outdoor theme park, Escape Theme Park for rides. Alternative, it is also link to a shopping mall, with lots of food outlets, kid's indoor playarea, an indoor ferris wheel or just have fun at the resorts, indoor atrium. The adjoining mall is Ehub, with an NTUC Fairprice as one of the key tenants, the Kids Xplorer that even has a small skating ring and those massage chairs for parents waiting for kids.
This is a great place for parents with kids, teens with friends and all family resort. Highly recommended. Lots of food outlets, food court, activities.
Monday, September 15, 2008
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Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway Run/Walk 14 Sept 08
The tunnel ventilation system had been working consistently throughout the event.
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Increased Train Rides for Formula 1 Night Race
Waiting time are shorter, by up to 1.5 minutes. That is very efficient for a public transportation system. That means you will have a train ride home and not have to worry about crowding. After the races, SMRT will also be adding trains and extending the operating hours for trains until 1.30am. SMRT also intends to increase train trips in the mornings and evenings starting from next month.
Commuters couldn't have had it better.
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Vandalism Duo Caught
Recently, a couple of youths from China had been arrested for their act of series of vandalism cases. Both, aged 18 and 19 had been involved in over 10 vandalism acts from the use of spray paints, stencils, stickers, graffiti on public properties like electrical boxes, bus stops, building walls at various locations.
These identities were established as they were caught from the CCTV footage. These two suspects were finally caught on September 10 at Selegie Road. The items used for these graffiti doings were also seized from their homes.
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Mooncake Prices Gone Up
Mooncakes now also come in flavours like coffee, green tea, yam and potato paste, chocolate besides the usual lotus paste or red bean filling.
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Kids' Activity in Singapore
This websites is a guide for parents to find ideas on what to do and where to go with their kids. One can go to the zoo, bird park, snow city, science centre, museams, among the list. There is a map of Singapore for access and lots of information about what is offered in terms of art, crafts and indoor activities.
Look at the list of activities that also include bowling, camping, cycling, fishing for night time activities. Check out the activities that require no entry fee, like some museaums, concerts, fishing, hiking, farm visits.
Read about what is synonymous with Singapore, like Food Courts, Great Singapore Sale, Mustafa's 24 hour shopping, and Singapore's favourite local food.
Great finds in this website.
Singapore For Kids
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Teach Less, Learn More for Singaporean Kids
I believe some do. Some are practically having back to back classes and with some compulsary remedial and supplementary lessons from school, there is hardly time for kids to be kids. Do they have a choice? I believe it is all up to the society. The society, as a whole creates the demand for it and when parents worry about their kids falling back on their lessons they ended up getting caught in the paper chase too.
Singapore's education system stresses on Teach Less, Learn More. But does it work. Will that actually put the parents of the kids to send their kids for more supplementary class instead because the teacher's workload to teach more is lessen? Does it work? If the marks shown improvement that is alright but what about some teachers who cannot grasp this teaching method and the child ends up having a bad grade? That means the parents start to worry and sends the child to more lessons out of school and the child is the victim of stress trying to juggle school, activities and tuitions.
Meeting Other Asians in a Chat Room
Friday, September 12, 2008
Singapore's One World International School Open for Enrollment
About $2 million had been spent on the retrofitting of the campus. Demand for international school in Singapore is high as this is a place where foreigners and expats find it attractive to work, live and study.
Ergonomic, Elegant and Modern
Computer Office Furniture are mostly overlooked. It is not about putting a desk and a chair to make up a desk set. An ergonomic chair is important as it helps to take off the stress from sitting down at long hours. Height adjustment is also something we should be looking into. A person who has a slightly longer torso may find it more comfortable to lower down the heigh of his chair so that he doesn't have to hunch over the keyboard. The level of the table must be set at the right height as well.
I managed to find an online site that specializes in modern contemporary furniture. They have many tyes of furniture ranging from home to commercial ones. I found some great looking Computer Desk Furniture here. The designs are clean and modern. My pick was a beautiful executive desk that comes in tempered bright clear glass that looks really graceful and elegant. Glass desks are useful when the rooms are small in size. It gives the impression of space. Check this site, SPACIFY out for other furnitures for home as well. You won't be disappointed.
iPhone from SingTel needs no reservation now
During this time, there has been other phones with similar or better functions that needed no reservations. Thus customers who found themselves having to place orders end up opting for other phones instead.
iPhone 3G, launched in Aug 22 recently is the much waited for device that lets users talk, surf the net, play music and watch videos. In the last 3 weeks since it's launched, the prices have gone down. It started with $1,600 and is now retailed at $1,200 for the high end 16GB iPhones. Sales also have been slowed down. Last week, SingTel finally made the decision to cancel the policy of reservations from customers and allowed purchase on the spot.
I am hoping for the prices to go down further. I read that it has no camera function either.
Married or Divorced?
Laurentia Tans Wins Her Second Medal
We are so proud of her. Go Laurentia Go!
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Light Up A Cigarette Only If It Bears 'SDPC'
With the regulation in force by next month, smokers will find themselves hard to get contraband cigarettes as they do not have these marks of duty paid. Tobacco companies had been unhappy at poor business since smokers prefer to buy contraband cigarettes. In Singapore the expensive high duty of $7.04 per pack of cigarettes has spiralled costs of a pack of to almost $12, compared with $5.80 just a decade ago.
Some smokers may find themselves having to cut down on smoking, which of course will be a good habit towards a healthy lifestyle. Some have voiced out about how uncomfortable he would be by having plain clothes nabbers staring at his stick of cigarettes just to check if it bears the SDPC.
Bikers' Chatrooms
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Chicken Rice That Costs $94 A Plate
That was what was in the report of Straits Times, dated 11 September recently. This was in a food fair that was held in the capital city of Moscow. Some of the other Singaporean popular dishes were Chilly Crab, Satay, Beef Rendang, just to name a few. International Enterprise had organised a Singapore Culinary Festival recently in June 30 to July 14.
It flew executive chefs to Russia and teach the Russia chefs how to prepare the Singapore delicacies. And it proved to be such a hit that these dishes will be set as permanent dishes in the Russian menu. Many diners in Russian took to these dishes well. These dishes were cooked with pre-mixes and paste that was flown in for the Singaporean dishes.
How wonderful for Singapore, a small red dot with food that is set to go international!
Vacation Plans
My initial reaction for a chalet was that they are small for 2 or 3 people. As I am bringing along my husband and kids, I was worried that it would be too cramped for two families. I had been looking at the Portes du Soleil apartments for skiers. An apartment will allow us enjoy home cooked food especially when I have children who are allergic to some foods. However, to my surprise she showed me the spacious Switzerland ski chalets has as many as 4 or 5 bedrooms, perfect for all of us.
I had wanted to try out skiing and breathe the cool and pure Alpine air. Looking through some tourism sites, I discovered that besides the traditional ski, there are cross-country skiing, snowboarding, bob sleighing, snow shoe hikes as well. Ski Resorts open from the mid of November up to April so the end of the year school holidays would be perfect as the children will be having their end of the year holidays.
More Bedspaces for Foreign Workers in Singapore
In the recent news, this morning, the government is preparing to release about 65,000 bed spaces by 2010. That will be in 11 new dormitory sites. Foreign worker townships concept is something new in Singapore. In Singapore's western part, there is a self contained dormitory that houses about 6,000 foreign worker.
Housing is about the size of Singapore's 2 room HDB flat. It has a bedroom, living kitchen and toilet. These housing is paid by the employers and is charged about S$180 per person. Workers in dormitories in Singapore are given biometric passes for moving in and out of quarters.
Multiple Marriages
Mid Autumn and Deepavali Lights
Lit with streamers and lights that are decorated along Serangoon Road, it will be so much fun. Shoppers will also have much delight shopping along the road that are lined with stalls selling a wide array of dazzling Indian clothings, bling blings, arts, craftworks, jewellery and lots of sweet delicacy.
The light up is from 7pm to 12 midnight daily except 26th October it will be on untill 2am in the morning.