Category: Upcoming Events

Only this and next weekends, Suntec City is organizing a nostalgic carnival, which allows Singaporeans to relive the 80s through old school snacks and food.

The Game Zone

There are two game zones, located at level one of the East and West wings.

At the East wing, children gets to take part in  free play activities like Kuey Kuey Bouncy Castle, Giant Snake & Ladder and Giant Pick Up Sticks.

There are also other ticketed game booths which you can redeem free game coupons using Suntec City mall receipts. (Min. spending S$54)

There is also “Ah Ma House” exhibit, which is a replica of homes in the 80s.

At the West wing, shoppers get to relive the kampong memories with traditional games like Five Stones, Chapteh, Goli, Zero-Point and more.

The Old School Biscuit Buffet (S$2 Only!)

Located at the East wing, shoppers just need to pay S$2 to fill up a bag with their favourite old-school snacks from traditional biscuit tins.

There are also other traditional snacks such as Kachang Puteh and Muah Chee.

Gai Gai Carnival
Where: Suntec City, East & West Wing L1
When: 26 – 28 July, 2 – 4 Aug (1200hr – 2100hr)
Cost: Admission is free

From now till 12 August 2019, Singapore’s only food street by the beach, the Sentosa GrillFest is offering guests with over 130 F&B choices.

Spanning 1-kilometer, the food street has both  sweet and savory treats run by 27 F&B establishments. Guests can also expect modern twist on familar local and international dishes.

With so many choices, we list the top 5 dishes that are totally worth the calories:

5. Bibik’s Steak and Rice (The Quarters Bistro)

If you’re game enough to try fushion food, this Sentosa GrillFest exclusive dish is something you must try.

4. Roasted Pork (One Faber Group)

Now, we don’t have to wait for a Chinese wedding to enjoy this dish!

3. Tom Yum Prawn Burger (Craft’B)

2. Chili Sauce Whole Lobster (The Gourmet Discovery)

We are quite familiar with Chili crab. But this whole lobster with mantou and home made chili sauce takes things to a whole new level.

1. Charcoal Grilled Durian (The Durian Edition)

We know its the durian season and you’ve probably tried many durians. But this charcoal grilled durian – We have never tasted anything like this before.

Sentosa GrillFest 2019

Where: Siloso Beach, Sentosa
When: Every Fri – Sun (Till 12 August 2019)

Images from Sentosa Development Corporation

The second edition of the Singapore Cat Festival will happen over two days on 27 and 28 July 2019 at Great World City.

This year there are 36 curated brands selling cat-related products. In addition, there will also be a cat showcase and the Cat Welfare Society is also running an adoption drive. Click here for the program schedule.

Cat owners can also bring their cats to the festival, although they will have to be contained in secure transport crates or carriers.

3 Simple Steps to getting your Goodie Bag

1. Download Happy Petclub app
2. Scan QR Code at Happy Booth
3. Receive the Good Bags

Limited to 250 goodie bag redemptions per day. 1 redemption per person. While stocks last.

Singapore Cat Festival 2019

When: 27 – 28 July 2019, 1100hr – 2100hr
Where: Great World City, Atrium & Office Lobby
Admission is free.

Images from Singapore Cat Festival/ Louisa Violet Photography & @curious_caramel

From now till 21 July 2019, shoppers would be able to get 100% cashback of up to S$10 when they shop at any Guardian outlets in Singapore.

In other words, shoppers get S$10 worth of Guardian products for free! This promotion is also applicable on top of ongoing in-store offers.

3 Steps to earn S$10 Cashback

1. Download, signup and link a card to your Shopback Go Account
2. Visit any Guardian store in Singapore
3. Pay using the linked card

The 100% cashback would be received within 48 hours.

You’re welcome.

For those of us who do not have much luck with the National Day Parade tickets, Singapore radio stations, 88.3Jia and Power98, are now running a contest to give away those tickets and here’s how you can earn them.

5 Steps to Win

The main event of Singapore Food Festival 2019, Streats, is back today and tomorrow (12 & 13 July 2019) with food, drinks and music.

This year’s theme is “Savour Singapore in Every Bite”.

The Food

12 F&B stalls will be serving delicious hawker food and modern interpretations of local cuisine. The operators includes:

• Archipelago Brewery
• Artichoke Singapore
• Jin Ji Teochew Braised Duck & Kway Chap
• FatPapas Burgers and Shakes
• Indian Express
• MeatSmith SG
• Restaurant Ibid
• Sabar Menanti 2
• Salted and Hung
• SIRI House Dempsey
• The Feather Blade
• Wokin Burger

Among the offerings, look out specially for the Jin Ji Teochew Braised Duck & Kway Chap, zichar-inspired burgers from Wok In Burger, and chicken rice kueh pie tee from Salted & Hung.

New eatery outlet, Restaurant Ibid, will also be selling  Hong Kong-inspired brown butter beef curry dish and a yuan yang milk tea shaved ice dish.

The Drinks

There is also a pop-up bar by Origin Bar selling locally crafted district-inspired cocktails. All cocktails retail at S$15.

Some of the cocktail selection includes “Ma-sa-la” (Masala Spices, Gin, Single Malt Whisky, Milk Wash, Citrus), “Kopittan”(Local Kopi Vermouth, Bourbon, Black Cherry, Angostura Bitters) and “Local Negroni” (Hibiscus, Hawthorn, London Dry Gin, Campari, Sweet Vermouth).

The Entertainment

There are also live performances by our local talented musicians.

Boy band hauste, RETROFOCUS and Charlie Lim are slated to perform on 12 July 2019 while Glen Wee, Dreesbsby and Astronauts will entertain the crowd on 13 July 2019.

BONUS: Exclusive Launch

Be amongst the first Singaporeans to shop for snacks and drinks that are exclusively launched during this event. For instance, Yakun is debuting the limited edition Pocky flavours: Kaya Toast and Kopi O Pocky. Each box retails at only S$2.

Homegrown bubble tea brand, LiHo will also be launching an avocado Kopi drink (S$6.90).

Streat: Singapore Food Festival 

Where: The Promontory
When: 12 July & 13 July 2019, 1700hr – 2300hr
Prices: Free Admission (Food from S$3 – S$15)

Images from Muse INC Events

PSLE is an important milestone for every Singaporean and choosing a secondary school can be equally stressful.

Here, we list the raw PSLE cut-off points based on last year’s results. For affiliated schools and IB/ IP program points, please refer to MOE website.

Singapore’s newest telco, TPG Singapore joins in the price war by offering free, contract-less mobile plan for 1 year.

The mobile plan comes with unlimited mobile data and customers get to also enjoy free 20 minutes outgoing call to local fixed lines and 20 SMSs every month.

However, the 4G speed is capped at 2GB per day. After that, the speed will be throttled to 1Mbps.

For comparison sake, Netflix recommends a 3 Mbps connection for quality stream. For general web surfing, emailing and social media, 1 Mbps is more than sufficient.

There are also no support for international roaming.

How to sign up?

Customers can simply sign up on TPG Singapore website and pick up the SIM card to begin using.

These are the locations to collect the new SIM card:

1. Shaw Centre #03-20
2. Westgate Hwawei #03-38/39
3. Jurong Point Challenger #B1-94/95/96
4. Changi City Point Challenger #01-56/57
5. Courts Toa Payoh

Customers can collect the SIM Cards during weekdays from 11am to 7.30pm. Singapore NRIC and Permenant pass holders above the age of 18 years old can apply.

Some technical stuff to take note

TPG’s SIM card only works in 4G. This means it will not be compatible with older devices that are 3G and below.

Additionally, 4G VoLTE compatible device is required for incoming and outgoing calls.

Images from TPG Singapore website

For no particular reason, Audio House is pampering its members with six tons of durians for free. This event will take place at its Boon Keng outlet at Luzerne Building this weekend (13 – 14 July 2019).

Distribution of durians starts from 1pm and is given out on a first-come-first-serve-basis to members with QR Code. While stocks last.

5 Simple Steps to Get Free Durians

1. Register to be an Audio House member for free here.
2. Register your interest to pick up the durians here.
3. You will receive a unique QR Code via email before 12 July 2019.
4. Head down to Audio House at stipulated time
5. Let the Durian Feast begin

How many Durians can I take?

Members with the valid QR Code are entitled to two free whole durians without purchases. But you can collect additional 2 durians with purchases above S$100 per invoice on 13^th or 14^th July 2019.

Durian Giveaway

When: 13 July & 14 July, 1300hr – 2100hr
Where: 72 Bendemeer Road (S) 339941 (Luzerne Building)

The Avengers: End Game movie might have been released three months ago, but the hype certainly has not died. At least not for the Marvel x Miniso collection.

The Miniso x Marvel Products is officially launched today (5 July 2019) exclusively at at the Vivocity and Waterway Point outlets.

The other Miniso outlets would also be retailing the Marvel merchandise on a later date in mid-July.

These are some of the merchandise you can purchase: