Rooftop water playgound at Tampines One.

Swimming lesson was called off last Sunday because Adam's instructor, Uncle Desmond, was down with chicken pox, so we brought the boys to the Rooftop Water Playground at Tampines One mall instead.

East-dwellers are spoilt for choice when it comes to free fun for the kids, from Canopy indoor playground at Airport Terminal 1 viewing deck (level 3), to Changi City Point rooftop water playground, and this one at Tampines One.

Despite being open for a couple of years now, it's our first time there!

That place was a mini safari with dry and wet areas for the children.

Open daily from 10am to 9:30pm, except for Mondays (4pm - 9:30pm).
Best of all, it's free entry for all. It's clean and very well-kept.

Lots of shade and ample benches for parents and caregivers. Very thoughtful indeed!

[Sponsored review] Online shopping at www.babyonline.com.sg

Hello! If you do most of your baby-shopping online like myself, you would be like me, constantly on the lookout for reliable websites which offer a wide product range at competitive prices.

 

www.babyonline.com.sg carries every conceivable baby and Mummy product you can possibly think of.

I have been purchasing Bellamy Organic Milk for YEARS now, starting from Adam and now Ashton.

As Bellamy Organic is expensive and hard to find in local supermarkets, I really appreciate a trusty and low-cost supplier.

 

Navigation of website:

Idiot-proof with a search bar for quick listing of your wanted product because there are simply too many items to browse through!

However, had to click on the header banner or any featured product on the default loading page to go into the main site.

 

Product range:

Wide range of products from more than 80 different brands!

Strollers, wall stickers, food blenders, breast pumps, toys, you name it.

 

 

Pricing:

Prices are comparatively about the same as some online retailers, and slightly cheaper than in a brick and mortar shop. They offer free courier service (for orders $30 and above), which most online retailers will charge $6 - $10 for, so that's effectively like $6 - $10 off already!

They also offer bundle pricing for Bellamy milk powder which is means further savings.

 

 

Delivery time:

From checkout to delivery it took 3 days which is reasonable.

They use Ta-Q-bin for courier service so a tracking number is provided.

When the delivery man was on his way, he also called me on my mobile to make sure I was home.

Very prompt service.

 

 

 

 

This was my first time ordering from them, and it was a breeze from payment to delivery.

The following modes of payment are available: Paypal, cash on delivery, or iBanking transfer.

Best of all, www.babyonline.com.sg offers FREE island-wide courier for purchases $30 and above.

Now isn't that marvellous!

I did mention www.babyonline.com.sg has every conceivable thing a baby can have. I also picked out a Tiger Tribe inflatable globe for the kids which I think is really useful for them to learn the world map.

Have bookmarked BabyOnline to my list of trusty suppliers of baby stuff.
Thank you, BabyOnline for giving me the opportunity to collaborate with you!

Thanks for dropping by this post, and hope you have a fabulous weekend :)
If you have not purchased from www.babyonline.com.sg before, do check them out!

 

March School Holidays: trip to Bollywood Veggies farm.

Wanna know about our first school holidays this year??

Blur Mummy-me totally forgot this week is the March holidays. On Monday, I woke Adam up at his usual school-going time and after getting him dressed, we proceeded downstairs to wait for his school bus. Only that the bus did not come. I called up the bus operator, who then promptly reminded me "Aunty, today is school holiday! 小朋友没上学 (little children have no school)"

Luckily for me, Adam's school has a flexible program that allows drop-off and pick-up during school holidays where they just go to school to play and revise on the term's work so I drove him to school before heading to work and arranged for my MIL go fetch him at noon.

Note to self: mark future calendars on school holidays please!

Since it's the school holidays, we decided to keep Adam home the rest of the week due to logistics problems.

We, however, managed to squeeze in ONE outing with the kiddos this weekend!
So what did we do on the last day of March holidays?
Boring folk like us travelled from Eastern side of Singapore to the West, and considered that a done deal.

We ended up at:
Bollywood Veggies farm, at 100 Neo Tew Road, to be exact. Tel: 68985001.

Opening hours:
Wed to Sunday: 9am - 6:30pm.
Mon & Tue: Closed except for PH.

We shared a hearty meal at Poison Ivy.
First time eating in a local farm so we ordered a little bit of everything!Tried the banana curry which was something new to me.
Their Warrior chicken was also nicely roasted as it was not oily at all.
 

Outfit of the day:
Grey t-shirt: Zara
Distressed denim romper: @shopmehgees from Instagram
Slippers: Tory Burch

If you are bananas about bananas, you can buy home some souvenirs from the Poison Ivy café as well.
Heard they are known for their Pisang Rajah cake.

 

Ironically, despite its name, there were no vegetables on sale, much to my mother-in-law's disappointment. 

The kids and I, however enjoyed the visit because of the lush greenery and the huge land for them to run around in, and also due to my love for growing my own vegetables.

 

These are the eggplant and capsicum Adam harvested from our own mini garden!

An entire week of having the kids cooped up at home has reduced the house to catastrophic proportions. Thankfully for us, it's back to school tomorrow!

 

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Hands up if you do most of your shopping online, and kudos to websites that not only cater to our fashion needs, there are also many sites which offer groceries and baby essentials just a click away.

 

 

Due to the enormous numbers of websites that have sprung up in recent years, chances of fake and swindling websites are on the increase. Therefore, the first step to online shopping is to pick credible e-retailers such as Zalora, Foxysales, Streetdeal, Valuebasket, Smartbuyglasses, Expedia and Zuji, just to name a few.

Apart from sourcing for reliable websites, finding good deals and discount coupons are also important in helping to save cost.

 

 

Personally, The Husband is a huge fan of http://www.zalora.sg/. He bought shoes, tees and bermudas from Zalora before and had encountered speedy delivery services every single time.

 

I would like to introduce a relatively new discount coupon site which offers consumers like us discounts off our online purchases. The catch? It's absolutely FREE!

 

If you have not heard of www.iprice.sg, I highly encourage you to check them out.

When the very kind people of iPrice contacted me and asked if I would be interested to write about them, I jumped at the chance.
How's a bargain-aunty like me to turn down an opportunity for online shopping, what's more with discounts?!

 

Obtaining the discount coupons are as easy-peasy as 1-2-3, I promise!
p.s. If you need to squint, click on the photos for full-sized images.



1. Go to http://www.iprice.sg/coupons/ on your internet browser. A list of available coupons are displayed on their website.

2. Click on the "Get The Code" button and a pop-up bar will show you the code you can apply. Clicking OK on the pop-up will also automatically direct you to the discount website. In this case, we chose Zalora.

3. Don't forget to always check on the coupon's terms and conditions. You will be prompted to enter the discount code upon Checkout. However, if it's a printable coupon, you will have to print it out and bring it to the outlet or scan and email it.


 I have here-in included a step-by-step video guide to using the coupons from www.iprice.sg
 

 

 

 

Sorry for sounding like a naggy relative, but I have to reinforce that discounts like these, no matter how small, go a long way, as all those dollars and cents do add up!

 

Now with these discount coupons, online shopping has never been more retail-therapeutic :)