Category: Advertorial

  • The shopping’s virtual but the money’s real

    Many young parents would agree with us that the prices of baby products in Singapore are simply ridiculous. We’re paying through our noses for things like swaddling blankets – my mom visited my sister’s family in Toronto and came back with a whole stack, at C$2 per blanket. Guess how much they were selling the…

  • Christmas Chocolate Giveaway

    OK, not exactly chocolate, but Willie Harcourt-Cooze’s Willie’s Chocolate Factory Cookbook. Five of them, in fact. And to qualify for a chance at getting one of these books absolutely gratis, all you have to do is leave a comment (remember to put your email in the email box so I can contact you – don’t…

  • Advertorial: Citibank mobile services

    There will always be the last minute, spur of the moment, middle of nowhere transactions we will need to perform, away from the convenience of our office / home computer. Say for instance, you were overseas, or in a location without free wifi, and without easy access to your bank’s ATM network (or that your…

  • Tyrepac – tyres delivered to your doorstep (and fixed on your car)

    Disclosure: Tyrepac sponsored a set of tyres for the purposes of this blog post. I love driving, but car maintenance can be a pain. But that’s mostly because I’m quite the idiot when it comes to anything mechanical. Cars I’ve driven would’ve lasted a helluva lot longer if I’d taken the trouble to look after…

  • Advertorial: Tyrepac 3-day tyre sale

    I was recently pointed to Tyrepac by an old acquaintance who works there, and it’s the first online tyre shop I’ve seen. They’re currently operational in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and Korea. If you need tyres, you simply go to the site, pick your car make and model, and a selection of the right…