SMRT Stations along the East-West Line will continue to close earlier, open later on April weekends
All 35 MRT stations along the East-West Line (EWL) from Tuas Link to Pasir Ris, and from Tanah Merah to Changi Airport, will continue to close earlier and open later for all weekends in April 2018. Train services along the EWL have been ending earlier and starting later on weekends since 2 March 2018 to […]
Changi Airport won the World’s Best Airport prestige title for the sixth consecutive year
This is the first time in the history of the awards that an airport has won this prestige title for six consecutive years. Congratulations to Changi Airport. Changi Airport Singapore achieved great success at the 2018 World Airport Awards, being voted by air travellers as the World’s Best Airport for the sixth consecutive year. Changi […]
mobilityX, a SMRT funded start-up, aims to strengthens footprint in urban transport solutions
mobilityX, an SMRT seed-funded start-up aims to enhance the way people commute in urban areas quickly and safely through strategic partnerships. Travel options range from e-scooters that can be used by individuals to zip around town, to driverless electric-driven pods that move larger numbers of commuters that connects people to MRT and bus networks. mobilityX […]
Régilait a milk powder from France that offers four different products to cater to different nutritional and dietary needs, now available in Singapore
Régilait offers four different products to cater to different nutritional and dietary needs. Régilait is a French dairy cooperative, that controls every step of the production, from the production of milk at the farms to the manufacturing of the milk powders. The milk comes from French dairy farms that are committed to a stringent quality […]
Use This Shortcut to Jazz Up Your Hair Without Expensive Salon Visits
Recently, I splurged a little on a pretty Kosmart hair tie which I really liked. It is red with splashes of lightning zigzagging through it, and I thought it was pretty unique. Under the sun, the hair tie really looks like it’s set on fire by lightning. The simplicity of the Kosmart hair tie complements […]
10 per cent increase in tobacco tax is unlikely to curb smoking because increase too small, expert says
The 10 percent increase in Tobacco Tax that the Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat announced in his Budget 2018 speech is unlikely to make any difference. The small percentage of increase is likely to have only a modest effect on decreasing smoking prevalence in Singapore and the effect is likely to be temporary only. […]
Bubble tea turned out to be Lizard tea in KL
A Malaysian netizen posted his scary encounter with a drink he ordered, on his Facebook. 2 days ago (10 February), he ordered a cup of large classic roasted milk tea with pearl from a Tealive outlet at Bukit Jalil. Halfway through his drink, there was a weird feeling in his mouth. There was something else in […]
Lesser places to eat Shark’s Fin soup from this year
89 Singaporean restaurants will take shark’s fin soup and other shark products off their menus from this year. They are heeding the WWF’s (World Wide Fund for Nature’s) call to action last year. The decision was announced yesterday and is the largest collective pledge by the local industry to date. Establishments can phase out shark’s […]
Supplement pills may not help you the way you think
Medical experts say that frequent supplement pills popping can have negative effects on our bodies. The side effects include kidney or liver problems, vomiting and diarrhoea. In fact, most healthy people don’t need supplements. Yet, Singaporeans are spending more on vitamins and health supplements. About $494 million was spent on health supplement products last year, […]
Your coffee might actually have cockroach in it…
Ok, prepare for it… The coffee that you drink at some F&B outlets might actually have cockroach in it. A news article in UK highlighted how a couple found their coffee machine infested with baby cockroaches. And it also happens in Singapore. But the potential cockroach infestation is limited to F&B establishments that use fully […]