Greenwich contest, $50 vouchers up for grab

Remember our Greenwich Bloggers challenge with 14 other bloggers ?


You can now vote for your favourite team and stand to win $50. Contest ends 09Apr and more information about team and voting can be found at GreenWich website.



Good luck to you and to team Lifestyle :)

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We are Family

Does your family love to play board game? Our boys Wei and Kang love Monopoly
From 17 to 18th Mar 1200 to 1700 , Frasers Centrepoint Malls has a life-size boardgame at Changi City Point.


"The life-sized game has a fun music theme which will enable participants to roll the dice and perform tasks stated on the box they land on, such as ‘Sing Staying Alive with Actions!’ All winning teams stand a chance to win Star Cruises trips and Frasers Centrepoint Mall shopping vouchers worth $5,000! "


If it sounds Fun and interesting for your family, do register at this link.
You can also check out what other malls are dishing out to keep your kids entertained this Mar holiday :)



We know what is happening at Sengkang Compasspoint. From now till 31Mar, get some Forest adventures ! Our kids did some exercise last Oct, and it was fun :)


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Singapore Arts Festival 2012

The theme for 2012's Arts Festival is "The lost poems". If you love the Arts, you will be spoilt for choices from 18May to 02Jun.



**Hint - our blog is hosting one of the 23 "lost symbols", read on to find out how you can stand to win prizes, courtesy of organisers of "Singapore Arts Festival". (do not ask me why we got this rock logo haha)

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THE HUNT FOR OUR LOST POEMS

Stories, myths and legends await you at Singapore Arts Festival 2012, and right now, 23 Arts Fest Show Symbols are lost in the vastness of the Internet waiting for you to discover.

The symbols are hidden on various webpages, blogs and facebook pages, and where they are hidden just might give you more hints of what to expect of the programmes for Arts Fest this year.

HOW TO ENTER

Look out for symbols like the one on my blog (and maybe page)

Take down the website address on the symbol and enter all your finds in the submission page at the Singapore Arts Fest facebook page

The first five people to discover any 10 symbols will win.

But the best prize awaits the most hardworking person who manages to uncover all 23 symbols first, who will win a hamper with a whole lot of goodies!

There will be clues released on the Symbol Hunt page to help you find some of the more well-hidden symbols, so Like it to stay updated!

Some other useful links for the hints:

Arts Fest Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/singaporeartsfest

Arts Fest Web Page: www.singaporeartsfest.com

A portal to hold your cherished memories

What is memory?

It need not be a photo from 20 years ago. It can be a moment just a minute ago. Or memories can be your own milestones, like your first kiss, your baby's first crawl, passing our driving license.

Daddy went down to Singapore Memory's pre-launch event at National Library. Loved the lift deco, and fantastic view from 16th storey Pod.

Meet the team behind project Singapore Memory.


The computer terminals allow us to preview first hand, and even to upload your nostalgic photo :)

Met a lot of friends. new and old, shouting out to all "Hello" ! We are all interested in some part of Singapore's heritage :)


Daddy uploaded his girlfriend's photo, read why this is our first photo :)

We, ourselves, determine our own memory. We hold our own destiny, and we chart own own paths.
What we have today, will become our memory, ten years down the road.
(Imagine, Wen Wei will be in Army by then ..)

Meanwhile, more albums to scan ! A lot of SengkangBabies' photos pre-2003 are only hard copy....



We want to share our love stories and memories with our kids. What about you?
Are you interested to share your own heritage? Do drop your memories into http://www.singaporememory.sg

More photos can be found at our Fanpage.

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City Square Mall is two years old

Why does City Square Mall calls itself an eco-mall? Just look at the green features both in and out of the building.

Located at Farrer Park Mrt, City Square Mall would like to invite you to celebrate it's two years old anniversary.


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Some of the events to look forward to :

1. Edu Fair (9 – 11 March)

Education and Enrichment centres from the mall’s Kids’ Hub - Genius R Us, Leap SchoolHouse,
Le Xuan Education, Magic Fiddler and The Study Place will showcase their programmes and offers.

2. Garfield and Odie Tea Party (10 and 11 March, 2pm and 5pm)

Celebrate City Square Mall’s birthday with Garfield and Odie where endless fun and laughter await!
Each tea party session will see 60 children entertained with games, cakes and refreshments.
In addition to an instant photo-taking session with Garfield and Odie, each child will receive
a special party pack. Shoppers may redeem a party pass which admits one child aged 3 to 12 years old,
with $30 spent* on 10 and 11 March.

3. Eco Finger Puppet Workshop (10 and 11 March, 1pm and 4pm)

Children between the ages of 3 to 12 years old will learn how to make finger puppets
from recycled materials at City Square Mall’s signature eco-workshops promoting the 3Rs
– Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.

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Young parents will be glad that the mall provides a host of conveniences to make you and kid comfortable. Example stroller rental, Nursery room. (click for details)

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Transformer, iLight, Safra cycle and Army Open house

A few exciting events are coming up...

Starting from next Sun 11th Mar, Transformer will be inviting you to Kopi at Old Airport road Resorts World Sentosa. Cybertron Con will run from 11-14Mar.
(actually Old airport Road is where the cute Prime and BumbleBee drum up their Cybertron show :p)

We have blog about Transformer More-than-Meet-The-Eyes earlier.
Have you bought your tickets already (click http://www.rwsentosa.com)?

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Marina Bay's iLight second year will be illuminated from 09Mar to 01Apr. This year's theme will be "Light Meets Asia"

Celebrate Marina Bay's mesmerizing night scene with 30 special light-installations. Bring your family or darlings down for a romantic stroll. (read our Romantic Marina Bay post) . You can find out more about iLight here --> http://www.ilightmarinabay.sg

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Army Open house will run from 24-28May at F1 Pit building. Cool, all the artillery and tanks will not be lapping F1 tracks, but you can expect more crowds. Read ST's article for details.

Sengkang Babies should be veterans by now, having covered all 海陸空 open-houses. Read our (Navy, Army, and AirForce) adventures. We cannot wait to camouflage the kids again !

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Kang's fumbling cycle ride was made one month ago, he is more confident today. But we are getting ready to race down Paya Lebar Air Base in June !

It is not everyday that we get to cycle or blade down the Air force's runway !
Safra together with RSAF has organised "National Runway Cycling & Skating 2012" on 17th Jun.

Register online here --> http://online.safra.sg/nationalrunway/
This event is free for family category, so bring your family down for some morning exercise :)


Credit.
Transformer photo from SPRG and iLight photo from http://www.ilightmarinabay.sg/

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Shops in Greenwich V

Daddy had earlier blog about our Amazing Race adventures at GreenWich V. You can watch how the three teams challenge each other to eat the most haha. {Click for Video}

Today, we would like to share more about ToastBox and Home-Fix. Actually, this is Daddy's homework, after all we did enjoy ourselves two Sats ago :)

#01 - Paul's thumbs up, the universal language for TipTop. The curry chicken is tender and not too spicy, and we love the milky gravy. Daddy can eat plain rice with this gravy alone.

When Wei saw Daddy scooping the curry, he quickly rush over to satisfy his craving. Yes, our boy loves everything spicy and hot, and that includes Wasabi !


Another signature dish from ToastBox is their Peanut Butter toast. The thick and sweet spread of Peanut will hit your nose. Needless to say, it was gone before we can say "Peanut ... Butter" !


After eating our fill, our next challenge requires us to build a cabinet ! Ok, Daddy exaggerated, we need to find two tools needed for cabinet fixing.

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#02 - It did not take us long before we solve the clue and head to Home-Fix. Where else can we get all the tools under one roof? In the olden days, we have to rely on 五金店 , but now Home-Fix serves our Diy needs.


In Home-Fix, you will not go wrong with drills :p
Even if you are not quite a handy man, we can always rely on the friendly staff's recommendations.

Off topic, Daddy's best friend is WD40. One spray fixes everything.
(Squeaking door, rusty bicycle chain, dry cabinet rollers etc)
WD40 has been around for 50+ years, do you know what it stands for ?

Your light bulbs store, every man worth his salt must know how to change light bulbs. Unless you prefer some unscheduled RomantiC moments :p


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More group photos :)


Interested to know more about the other shops in GreenWich V ? Do drop by our team's recommendations :
- Sandra (BerryLite and Empire State)
- Phoebe (Gong Cha, Prima Deli and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf)
- Klessis (Cedele and Soulworks)
- Paul (Phoenix Medicaland Paradise Inn)
- bloggers' challenge (eat, walk, guess, eat, walk, see, play.. repeat for 10 outlets !)


Now you know about team Lifestyle's powerful kids (both big and small), share our joy, vote and stand to win $50 vouchers. Voting starts 13Mar, click here for Voting instructions.



Click on photo below to read blog posts from the other teams..




** Photo credit from team Omy and Phoebe
More event photos can be found at SengkangBabies fanpage :)

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Greenwich V - Bloggers' challenge

Last Sat, SengkangBabies went to Seletar Hill's new shopping mall, Greenwich V.
Omy, together with Far East team had organised an Amazing-Race.

Fifteen bloggers in three teams, "Urban, Village and Lifestyle" will roam the new lifestyle hub,
cover 10 shops each, complete some tasks, and stuff ourselves silly !

All these sounds easy, until you take our kids into account, we have a Bigger team. You see,
Lifestyle team consist mostly of parent bloggers Klessis, Sandra, Phoebe and Paul.

So, we gather at Empire State for the briefing and late lunch. Nobody is listening to Alvin and team when we saw the BURGER haha !! Can you blame us? the burger is HUGH and tasty!

Mushroom or Terriyaki Chicken pizza, both are Nice :)

Hold on, we have not even started Amazing Race yet, how many more dishes
are we going to consume along the way! Bloggers look at each other, and loosen our belt (gulp!!).

More to come...

At 3pm, waiting for Flag off, after our full meal at Empire.


Jesslyn is our assigned Game Master. She will provide hints for the next task, and the team will have to make an intelligent guess.

The ten clues for today.


#01 - Yogurt at BerryLite Yeah! Everybody loves it, and nobody notice Daddy Andy cannot take sour Yogurt :p

Really love our Red theme, Lifestyle = Lively!


#02 - Carrot Walnut cake at Cedele, love it ! Ms Cheng took her time to recommend Cedele's best dishes, and we were not disappointed.

Do try out their Valentine concoction (Iced Choc Rose, and Lovely Berry MilkShake). Cedele is daddy's favourite outlet for today's challenge :)


Some of you might be wondering, how come our team always finish our tasks first? Daddy is not counting the number of members in our team, but **hint hint

The kids sure can eat a lot !

At every F&B outlet, we just order the kids to charge Front Line and attack. Kids prove useful too, when adults are penalised for wrong answers !

Thank you Gladys, your star jump is perfect, kids really make our day a Fun one !


#03 - Gong Cha (贡茶), this is Singapore's 40th outlet. Wow, Singaporeans are thirsty for more Gong Cha !


#04 and #05 -Daddy will share more goodness about Toast Box and Home-Fix in a separate post.


#06 - Waffles at Prima Deli. We always have spare room for chocolate waffles. Did you know Prima Deli is also Singapore's longest running food franchise?


#07 - Coffee Bean And Tea Leaf, we need a recharge. We know the cheese cakes are superb, but ...
Coffee and tea will do.


#08 - The most value-for-money proposition of the day came from Phoenix Medical. Our team consist of (Leader, TimeKeeper, Photographer, and Caption Writer), the toughest job must be TimeKeeper aka Paul.

At every outlet, Paul has to ensure we finish our task on time. Now, you can imagine how challenging it is to drag the kids away from their favorite pastries, fries, hotdogs or yogurt! So we unanimously arrow recommended Paul for some rewarding facial scrub.

Actually, Paul like facial, but he was quite uncomfortable when Mummies and Daddies start snapping away like paparazzi.

His face is so radiant after the wash :p
(we notice all three teams sent the guys in for wash, wonder why?)


If kids get sick of munching, there are always magic-show and story-telling to entertain them. They love the dragon tattoos. The fountain at the center seems to be popular with kids, with or without swimming attire.


#09 - Paradise Inn serves great Chinese cuisine. Unfortunately she is our 9th stop, and our stomach is 90% filled ! We heard their double boil soups are very famous.

Fortunately, we did not start with Paradise Inn, otherwise we will be so full, and will have trouble completing the other F&B challenges !


#10 - Klessis interviewing Elly, Soulwork's most popular stylist. Soulworks is 4-in-1 outlet, for your Hair, Nail, Face and Body pampering.


After 2.5 hours, and 10 outlets, who will be the winner? Daddy just knew our group is exhausted, climbing up and down with kids in tow is no joke !

Guess Village (green) or Urban (black) team won? Click on link for result and photos.

Team Lifestyle receiving our 2nd prize award, some member have already gone off, as kids are too tired :)

Congrats, we received a $200 voucher for our effort, courtesy of GreenWich hub.



Yi : Daddy, can I STOP eating already? (this is his honest feedback keke..)



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You can gather more info about Greenwich at their website http://www.greenwichv.com.sg

Credit. We would like to take this opportunity to thanks Far East and Omy for this fun event, and the F&B outlets for hosting us and prizes. Photo credit to OMY and Phoebe (BPDG).

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Daddy's personal thoughts...
- maybe we can cover five instead of ten outlets. Everyone will be able to savour the gourmet and services more passionately, yielding more quality and comprehensive reviews.

- Daddy actually felt like letting the F&B outlets down, when we cannot finish some of the food (food is good, but we were too full)

- More importantly, we will have more time to interact with our blogger friends :)
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.. our Supper, courtesy from Chinta Manis.



Take a look at Team Lifestyles' contributions :)

If you are still hungry after above photos, do pop by Sengkang Babies fanpage !


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