Friday, October 16, 2015

Lands' End: Personalized school bags are here!

My firstborn, Adam, is going to Primary school next year.
My 2009 baby is so grown up *sobs*
 
We have been searching for a suitable school bag for him some time now, from the Japanese "randoseru" (ランドセル) in Tokyo, which the boy wore in the famous Doraemon cartoon, but it was around SGD$800 after currency conversion, to Deuter Scholar series bags, but they were very heavy even without anything in them.
 
In the end, upon some surfing, I saw Lands' End personalized bags.
 It was also very timely that Andy's cousin posted a photo of her son receiving his Lands' End bag from US.
 



They have several designs for girls as well!

 
To order your Lands' End personalized bags, head on to Lands' End website.
 
They ship direct to Singapore from US, with tracking number provided.
 
 
If you wanna order personalized name stickers for your child(ren)'s books, click here for Stickerkid.sg




Sunday, October 11, 2015

Farm-hopping Sunday: Kok Fah Vegetable farm weekend market and Farmart

In support of the Farm-to-table movement, we decided to go searching for places which has locally-grown edibles.
Today morning, the weather was great. We dropped Adam off at my parents' place in Woodlands (he wanted to do gaming with my brother) and headed right to Sungei Tengah for some farm-hopping.
 
First stop:
Kok Fah Technology Farm Pte Ltd
18 Sungei Tengah Road 698974
 
Tel:  67656629
 
Kok Fah Technology farm weekend market Singapore

Here, they sell flowers, gardening tools and accessories, and pots upon pots of flowers, vegetables and fruit - okra, eggplant, capsicum, chilli, guava.

Kok Fah technology farm singapore Mumzilla Veron


Kok Fah Technology farm local produce Singapore

Guava


Who'd have known nestled in the deep veins of Sungei Tengah Road would be this lively weekend market bustling with people and activity, and local farmers selling their produce?

I would never have guessed to buy vegetables and local produce here but when we arrived at 11am, the place was already crowded with many cars!



Mumzilla Veron Zhen peanuts
A bouquet of.... peanuts.


peanuts fresh off the soil
花生 fresh off the ground.

Grow your own vegetable kits available on sale here.
I am looking for Mushroom kits!

Wahhh so many Aloe Vera!



local cat kuching Singapore
Lazy kuching


Kok Fah Techonology weekend market farm Singapore


Support local farmers and produce. This way, you are not paying a CEO for his next vacation or holiday home, but helping small local businesses sustain their living.
Another thing I like about supporting local produce: zero air- or ship-time.
It's freshness at its best.

We bought a week's supply of Kai lan, corn, winter melon and old cucumber for our own consumption and for my Aunt, then we went to our next stop: Farmart.

No photos today but do check out our previous visit to Farmart HERE.

Did I mention our Farmart post was featured on The Smart Local feature - 50 Fun & Free things to do in Singapore? :)


Do check it out and support local produce. Eat healthy, be healthy!
Next up: I would like to find local organically grown vegetables.


 

Sunday, October 4, 2015

{sponsored} Discount code! Stickerkid.sg personalized name stickers for all children's schooling needs.

There are name labels and there are name labels.
 
At Stickerkid Sg, this creative company specialises in high quality, Swiss-made name stickers for children to mark their belongings and clothes.
 
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Yeap, you read right!
Stickerkid name stickers are water resistant, dishwasher safe, microwave safe, washing machine safe, and more.
They also despatch your orders in 24 hours.
 
We are stoked to receive a set just for Adam because he's heading to official school in 2016.
The beginning of 10 years of education in Singapore...
 
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A personalized set of name stickers for my Primary One going kid.


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They can not only be used to mark books and stationery...


name stickers for shoes
but also for shoes, especially useful in childcare centres and preschools where kids need to remove their shoes.
Or even when you go to indoor playgrounds. Brilliant.

the round stickers can be used on bottles and sippy cups.
 
and even iron-ons for clothes!

Honestly, Stickerkid has got to be the bespoke name-label maker for all parents and children.
 
I was just asking my mummy-friend Serene about the name label maker from Popular bookstore and God must've heard and intervened by sending Stickerkid to me.
I like them so much I'm going to order a set for Ashton as well. He ever brought home a wrong Avent milk bottle before because his previous name sticker peeled off after several washes in school.
I guess with Stickerkid, no more such peely-wally occurances!
 
Go to Stickerkid SG to get your personalized name stickers right away!
 
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For all Mumzilla readers, don't forget to enter "mumzilla10" for your 10% discount!
 
 
 Thank you Stickerkid for sponsoring us with a set of these ultra-practical and cute stickers.
Will be ordering one set for our pre-schooler Ashton :)
 
*Up in my next post, I will be sharing about where we got our kids' personalized school bags.
Stay tuned for more.

*Edit to add: the post on personalized school bags for pre-schoolers up to older schooling kids is up.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

{sponsored} Friso's Experience More Together campaign.

Seems like the haze is set to last in the upcoming weeks or even months.
But not to worry, Friso Experience More Together campaign is back with a bigger bang for your buck, this time with a whooping play set all meant for the indoor-bound pants-on-fire kids!
 
Friso Experience More Together campaign


Wheeeee!!!



Ashton: having the ultimate crotch-clutching experience.

Doing gardening at home. I hope our dog Sky doesn't pee on the grass carpet!


Friso wishes to encourage parents to have special parent-child experiences by engaging in creative play with their little ones.
As such, Friso is giving away a Friso Experience Play Set worth $300 in their latest Experience More Together Campaign.
 
From 1 September 2015 to 31 October 2015, you’ll just need to spend $350 on any Friso participating products at participating retailers to receive the Friso Experience Play Set which includes a tent, a slide with a basketball hoop, two cushions, a storage box and a grass carpet.
 
The participating Friso products included in this promotion are Frisomum, Friso Gold Cereal and Friso Gold 2, 3, 4. It excludes all infant formula for 0-6 months.
 
 
There will also be a special Friso Experience Play Zone, located at several parts of Singapore! Parents are invited to take pictures with their little ones at the play zones where Friso ambassadors will be on-site to snap photos during the weekends!
 
Where are the participating Friso Play Zones till the end of October, you ask?

Sheng Shiong Woodlands 6A (old bus interchange) and Bedok 209 (first flagship).
 
***For more info or to REDEEM your FREE Friso Play Set, please visit:
To redeem your free play set, simply spend $350 worth of Friso products (excludes 0-6 mths infant formula) and upload a snapshot of your receipt on the link above.
 
 
Thank you Friso for the sponsorship again. It has been our pleasure working with you.
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

{Haze go where} Free indoor activites: Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3.

Since we live in the East, one of our favourite places to bring to children to has to be Changi Airport.
Recently, I am trying to find some free indoor places to bring the children to in this hazy weather and Changi Airport is a no-brainer location, winning hands-down for us.
 
Kids get to run around freely, watch planes landing and take off, and there are also many activities they can do which doesn't cost a single cent.
 
Like sketching and stenciling:



Or going on the infamous Slide @ T3.

There's also a free playground next to The Slide with benches and eateries beside.


Adam's and Ashton's favourite shop has to be Soda Pop which selles Tomica cars and race tracks.
They enjoy bringing their cars for free play with other children on this racing track table.


As long as you bring your own cars you can play for free, otherwise you can purchase any TOMICA car at the shop.



 
We love Changi Airport!