This is my application for 2018’s Chief Shopping Officer for Shopback. This year’s prize is SGD11,271 with variable bonus!
Basically this is the second year I’ve heard of it and clearly I haven’t “won” yet! But eh, let’s see if this year I can make it because the other application videos I saw were pretty good too.
Ok.
I saw this post by Ministry of Adventure last month during those flash floods. The copy was loltastic, it was this:
Is urban kayaking something you always want to try?
Wanna kayak alongside stalled vehicles and people standing on benches at the bus stop?Now here’s the chance for you! We don’t know when will the next chance come, but we will be prepared when the next flash flood is here!
When?
The next heavy downpourHow to join?
Throw away everything you are doing and race to the flooding area the next time it rains. People stuck in their car or bus stop are welcome to join in the fun. Kayaks not included.Where?
East side of SingaporeWhat if I don’t have a kayak?
Box, container, bathtub or anything that fits you will do too. Swimmers are also welcome.Is it suitable for kids?
Kids are advised to stay in school or home. The frustration of the working crowds stuck by the flood can be dangerous.What should I bring?
A change of working clothes so you may also kayak to workHow much is it?
It is FREE! You may even earn some bucks by kayaking people to their workplace!See also our hiking along MRT track during train breakdown event which happens every month on our Facebook page!
Loltastic but I then went “Oh?? Ministry of… ADVENTURE?” and if you have stuck around my blog long enough, you’d know I like adventure. AND OHHHHH. OHHHHHH THIS IS A GROUP that actually teaches you skills that I like in my list of Lara Croft checklist. (It’s somewhere, I forgot where but it’s there anyway.)
And their next event was a real event called 1 star kayaking certification.
Hi, you guys might know I volunteer at Love Kuching Project.
You can donate in cash to them through money transfer, their bank account name is Love Kuching Project, the bank is DBS Bank, account number DBS Current 027-907655-0.
Or there are instructions here on the Donate Page too if you don’t know how. OR you can donate in kind by buying kitty litter or food here:Â https://www.polypet.com.sg/index.php?route=product/category&path=227_236
With that, this VALENTINE’S DAY, I am doing a special. Because I’m making chocolates* for self, I might as well use up all the ingredients and proper box for you**.
ALTERNATE ROUTE
The deadline for this ‘preorder’ is 12 February so I can prepare the ingredients and box ok?
*Chocolates = I’m not a chef so it may/may not taste awesome
**You = whoever is reading this and hopefully is in Singapore unless you wanna send me a plane ticket?
*** Location better be east or central because I’m not travelling all the way to the west.
You can attend Garden Slug’s ‘Valentine’s day’ dinner where there’s no extra surcharge and a performance by Us-The-Hippies.
More info here:Â https://www.facebook.com/events/180434589395676/permalink/181577162614752/
Be serenaded through the night with classic and contemporary favourites with a twist! Our favourite acoustic duo ‘Us The Hippies’ is back at TGS for one night only ♥
🎤 Mae’s warm timbre and 🎸 Jude’s soulful guitar will make this a night to remember… if you don’t mind a derpy joke or two peppered throughout the set. You can call this part live band, part comedy special.
🎫 Price of Admission: any 1 dish + 1 beverage (per pax) from our regular a la carte menu. Normal everyday prices, no “holiday surcharge”.
Make your reservation at http://bit.ly/slugtable or call 63460504 to book a good table ahead of others
Why? I say because TGS IS DONATING IN THAT TIER 2!!! So I’ll be there to give some chocolates.Â
If you want to see some animuu nonsense in the name of cats, come by. After that I’ll run away.
This is really just a filler post so have Dawn the cat instead. This is her sitting cutely.
This is her ignoring a Porg.
And this is her looking out a meshed window.
Anyway if you like cats, are in Singapore and want to also help an organization that I volunteer with, you can donate to Love Kuching Project !
If you’re in Singapore to their bank account:Â DBS Current Account 027-907655-0 (instructions here if you’re international) or buy food/litter from Polypet.
You can check their website or facebook or even instagram to see how they help the community cats around here.
OH AND JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A CAT POST, I nearly forgot tomorrow starts the YEAR OF THE DOG CNY sale!
Don’t say I never jio you for this. Go check out tomorrow, 23rd to 25th January 2018 on this page. If you wanna get anything from there, use my liiiiiink.
For the first 100 new customers please use this code during this sale: LAZCNY8
To get 16% off (capped up to $8, huaaaat).
Yizun Noodles is at 45 Sam Leong Road. It’s Halal and it’s Chinese styled hand-pulled beef noodles by muslims from China!
Opens around lunch time till night for dinner.
I went there during the opening week so it got packed with social media people and guests (???)
Closest MRT is Farrer Park and it’s close by Mustafa Centre.
Noods & Meats : Smokehouse by Firdauz Nasir is at BLK 414, Yishun Ring Road, #01-1871, Singapore 760414.
It’s just a feeder bus away from Yishun interchange. If you’re looking for the shop, it’s not some fancy restaurant but is in a neighbourhood coffeeshop.
It’s not ‘certified Halal’ but it’s Muslim owned. When I went, it was late afternoon in their first week or so of opening.
SAD FOR ME because since I went late afternoon, most of their main meats were not available except for the platter sharing ones and those are huge
On 26 November 2017, Apple at Orchard Road (Apple Orchard, really…) hosted a special event called Perspectives with Kelly Marie Tran & Norman Tan!
As readers of my blog would possibly know who Kelly is since a bunch of you guys are nerds like me, you would know her as Rose Tico from Star Wars in the upcoming The Last Jedi. Norman Tan is the moderator and he’s the Editor-in-Chief of Buro 24/7. He’s a really good moderator and the whole event was pretty smooth.
It started a with a screening of the trailer (some people screamed No if you listened properly because I know they were trying to avoid seeing anything until the movie appeared) and a secret behind the scenes segment starring Kelly Marie Tran. Maybe it’ll be put in the main BTS of The Last Jedi but from what we saw, it was kind of touching also? To at least know how she ended up in the role.
Trailer over, some of Singapore’s 501st marched in to stand to the side to welcome her.
Continue reading Perspectives with Kelly Marie Tran & Norman Tan
You might have missed Pocky day or 11/11 Surprise Boxes day from Lazada but fret not. It’s back for 12/12! 12 December is the day that you probably shouldn’t miss.
For just $29, you can get surprise boxes with items worth more than $100 and if you aren’t in time to purchase the boxes, there’s still a sale on Lazada with discounts up to 90%.
Anyway, you’re probably here to know what’s the Asus x Lazada surprise box. Just know that all boxes might not be the same but it is still worth $100.
If this is the first time you’re trying this, here’s a plan.
And that’s how to buy a surprise box. You won’t really know what’s inside but it’s like a happy surprise to you.
Firstly, I pre-ordered (?) well not really pre-order since it was in Local Books website, they just had to deliver it to me once it was released. This is the first time I bought from them online so yeah.
I want to say this is pretty exciting. RECEIVING BOOKS (that I paid for) that is. The packaging is bright purple in real life and it’s super cheery.
I might buy more books this way just cause of the packaging cause it’s cute for specific hard to find titles in store. You guys should try it with Harris Bin Potter.
Oh and prices on that website haven’t added gst in. I would have wanted a “GST included” price, so no cheated feelings or something at the cart.
I chose for the free gift wrapping because November is a book day for a lot of reasons and the wrapping is pretty good. Hit that “gift wrapping” button if you are definitely gifting it to a friend, whoever is the wrapper, it is veeeery nice.
Oh and we get a tiny “Word Search” puzzle card which is a promo of some books available on their site.
You can click to embiggen to look see the other side of that word search puzzle. Anyway, I unwrapped it and BEHOLD.
It is The Phantom of Oxley Castle by Liana Gurung and Chloe Tong, illustrated by Anngee Neo.
My review is going to be as a book reader and not some political website trying to find hints and meaning more than me when watching the latest Taylor Swift video.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this even though it happens yearly! We had our kick off party, well we call it “gentle nudge” because it wasn’t November yet but had all the briefing and info for newbies to know what would happen for the National Novel Writing Month.
For us, we brought our own food, some people brought snacks to join in the “food pile” and also random prizes for random quiz questions related to Nanowrimo to get participants to remember facts like “What do you win for Nanowrimo? Answer: Nothing! YAY!!” basically things like that.
To remind them that they don’t win anything but their own first draft of their story and a digital badge and all those things.
Mainly, it’s a marathon for yourself to complete your story.
And after the ‘official’ announcements and the whole programme bit we usually have a bit of cake and whatever snacks we’ve pooled in together and talk to each other.
It’s not often you meet other writers who are doing this too.
Besides the kick-off we have write-ins which are just scheduled meet ups somewhere to just type away.
This year’s gear for me is my phone and a keyboard attached to it. Also, yay for bagels, I do have a fondness for those with cream cheese.
Anyway, it’s simple enough, you can still join Nanowrimo. The rest is pretty much up to you to keep on course for your novel! 50,000 words in November. That’s it really. All the rest is up on the official website with the FAQ.