Tag Archives: Life in Singapore

June Holidays – Zoolympix Rescue Ranger

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Step up as a Zoolympix Rescue Ranger this June Holidays and learn how to help our animal friends. Back for the ninth year, this wildly popular Zoolympix event is highly recommended for children between 5 and 12 years old. Zoolympix will feature six exhibits in the zoo that will double...
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June Holidays – The Young Entrepreneurs Camp

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The Young Entrepreneurs Camp
Sign your kids up for The Young Entrepreneurs Camp this June school holiday. This American-based program is highly recommended for kids aged between 7 to 15 years old to learn about self-discovery and creative exploration.   Last year, my son attended the “Super Spies” – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Camp conducted by the...
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Making Sandwiches and Scrambled Eggs

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Children Cooking
Being independent and resilient are two essential life-skills most parents aim to pass on to their children. Well, I’m starting my kids on that path by teaching them the most basic life-skill – feeding themselves. You may laugh, but with our kids growing up in a culture of having maids...
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Great Food – Southwest Tavern (Singapore)

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Great Food Singapore Neighbourhood Eateries
Food Review: Southwest Tavern is a fantastic find not only because it is great value for your money, but the food is unbelievably DELICIOUS!! Located in the Western part of Singapore, this Wild-West themed restaurant serves a unique blend of cowboy food – steak, burgers, lamb, chicken, fries and fish & chips. There is...
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Out With Kids – Mint Museum Of Toys

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Things To Do With Your Kids In Singapore
Tired of our children and their incessant obsession with technological gadgets like the iPad or iPhone and their being glued to the computer screen to play Minecraft, we decided to take them to the Mint Museum of Toys to introduce them to the toys that gave us so much pleasure as...
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Smart Kids Asia 2013 – Singapore

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World's Largest Education Fair
Media Invitation Friday – Opening day of Smart Kids Asia 2013 – The World’s Largest Education Fair for Kids. After the Marriage Convention, I rushed down to the Smart Kids Asia where I met up with a number of mummy bloggers to check out what was at the Smart Kids...
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Giveaway: Smart Kids Asia Goodie Bags

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Smart Kids Asia 2013
World’s Largest Educational Kids’ Fair is back! Event: Smart Kids Asia Date: 15 – 17 March 2013 (Fri, Sat & Sun only) Time: 11am – 9pm (15 & 16 Mar) /11am – 8pm (17 Mar) Where: Singapore Expo Hall 5 Admission: FREE With over 200 exhibitors and 100+ activities in music, art, fitness, enrichment & learning programmes,...
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Hurtful Words Parents Say To Children

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Angry words parent and child
“You should not be born. I should never have given birth to you kids.” These cutting words rudely interrupted my serene afternoon. An Asian mother was berating her children (a boy and a girl) as they walked into the social club I belong to. Even though I do not know...
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Hijacking Our Kids’ Private Life

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Kids online
“How will the mummy & daddy bloggers affect their child’s career prospects? Prospective Interviewers will know almost everything about their lives through Facebook. What if they want to become a politician or a celebrity?” This was one of the questions posed to me as a panel speaker at yesterday’s discussion...
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Singapore’s Lolla – World’s Top 10 Restaurant

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Lolla Restaurant Singapore
Foodies Alert! Highly Recommended: Singapore Restaurant Named in World’s Top 10 Restaurants. Many moons ago, ok, it was in September last year, a friend celebrated his birthday in a new boutique restaurant opened by his friend.  The restaurant was called Lolla. Today, barely six months later, Lolla is named one...
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Social Media Week – Growing Up On Facebook

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Social Media Week
Are we putting too much information of our children online, thereby placing them in harm’s way in their future?  As  proud parents, we can’t wait to share our pride and joy in our offspring with the world. Every cutesy picture of them is posted on Facebook. We document their growth...
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Giveaway Winners: Word Winder Game Set

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Giveaway Board Game
Congratulations to the following WINNERS of Word Winder Game Giveaway! = Rachel Lim = Snow Snoopy = Bob Wilcox You have each won a set of Word Winder Game. Enjoy! All winners will be notified by email and arrangements will be made to have your Word Winder Game Set delivered...
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Family Rituals – Ties That Bind

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Young Family Having Fun In Park
Last week, I attended a talk organized by the Parent Support Group (PSG) of Tao Nan School. It was part of their School Family Education (SFE) initiative to support parents in their parenting journey. It was a cozy session attended by several several parents as well as PSG members. The...
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Chinese New Year: Water Snake 2013

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Snake-Year-
Chinese Lunar New Year 2013 heralds the beginning of the Black Water Snake.    The Chinese 2013 horoscope shows us that this 2013 year of the black Snake is going to be an exciting year for many. There will of course be both ups and downs, and for some the...
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Giveaway: Word Winder – CLOSED

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Giveaway Board Game
Gongxi Gongxi!  We are giving away 3 sets of WORD WINDER game in celebration of the coming Chinese Lunar Snake Year! In our previous post, we shared about the phenomenal word game that took America by storm and arrived on our Asian shores late last year. An incredibly fun, addictive, and challenging game, the WORD WINDER appeals to...
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Giveaway: Natural Mosquito Protection

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Universal Scribbles Giveaway
With dengue fever cases reaching an all-time high of 90 cases in the East Coast neighbourhood (as of this publication date), I am worried as we stay in one of the dengue fever hotspots in Singapore! As a parent, my first concern is for the health of my children, especially my...
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