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Taobao product recommendation – household ozone sterilizer

April 29, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

This is another product recommended by Dr Tom Wu. I felt it delivers a big impact for a fairly low cost. Food is becoming less safe in this age when there is tremendous pressure to drive the cost of food down. This inevitably implies widespread use of chemicals in agriculture. An ozone sterilizer is an … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Review, Taobao

Taobao product recommendation – high speed blender

April 11, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I never thought i needed a blender until i was introduced to Dr Tom Wu’s nutritional approach. He advocates consuming the Phytochemical found in plants, and he suggests that the best way to get them is to break down the plant cell walls using a high speed blender. This is a very subjective matter, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Review, Taobao

Breakfast chronicles – Prata Quiche

April 1, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

A Quiche is very easy to make (you just need to mix all the ingredients together), especially when you have ready made puff pastry, which unfortunately is not affordably available here. Frozen Prata is a viable substitute. It produces flaky pastry, though it doesn’t taste buttery at all. Related posts: Taobao product recommendation – baking … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink Tagged: Breakfast, Recipe

Taobao parcel forwarder review – SGShop

March 16, 2019 by yenkai 1 Comment

I never expected to have to try yet another Taobao parcel forwarder after i have already gone through Taobao official shipping, ezbuy and 86of. I had to ship a piece of phone battery, which is obviously a sensitive item. Taobao official sea shipping does not allow it. Ezbuy still does not work (and probably won’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Parcel Forwarding, Review, Taobao

2019 Cashback Credit Card Strategy

March 15, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

It’s been a long time since i did a check on the ins-and-outs of the world of cashback credit cards. Things have changed tremendously. For the longest time (more than a year), i’ve been relying on the OCBC 365 Credit Card, but they put a stop to the benefit i needed the most from the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, Credit Card, Rebates

Another ezbuy fail – eBay forwarding

March 7, 2019 by yenkai 2 Comments

Update: Not sure what happened, but i don’t get that error message anymore. So my post below does not apply anymore, and yes, i’m back to using ezbuy for USA forwarding. I have used ezbuy to forward eBay purchases from the US countless times, but when i tried to checkout my cart today, i encountered … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: ezbuy, Parcel Forwarding

Breakfast Chronicles – Bak Kwa seaweed glutinous rice wrap

February 20, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I’m sure many of you are like me, you don’t know what to do with the Bak Kwa leftover from Chinese New Year. I decided to incorporate it into the tried and true Japanese combination of seaweed, rice and mayonnaise. Basically Sushi. I happen to have Kombu on hand, and it is easier to handle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink Tagged: Breakfast, Recipe

North-South Highway lunch stop – Tangkak revisit

February 17, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I started off from KL fairly early in the morning and i wanted to have a quick lunch stop. Well, more like a snack stop. As with Yong Peng, Tangkak is just a short distance from the Toll booths, so it is good for a quick stop. Everyone probably goes to the beef noodle shop. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Travel Tagged: Food Review, Johor, North-South Highway, Travel Tips

Taobao product recommendation – UHF wireless audio transceiver

February 10, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I have previously tried Bluetooth as a means of transmitting audio wirelessly, and it was unreliable. Bluetooth 4 is just not good enough (i didn’t try the Bluetooth dongles that supported apt-x though and maybe those work). I have yet to try Bluetooth 5, but it is quite a bit more expensive. Instead, i decided … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Review, Taobao

Taobao product recommendation – Midiplus X6 Pro keyboard

February 10, 2019 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Midiplus is a Taiwanese brand that’s been around for some time, and they have a range of budget Midi controller keyboards. No, don’t compare them with the likes of Roland, Nord, Korg or Yamaha, but having read the reviews for their competitors like m-audio, Nektar Impact, i chose Midiplus. Related posts: Newbie’s guide to setting … [Read more…]

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Yen Kai the spend-thrifter loves to eat, drink, travel and spend save money. He's always pondering on ideas to solve the little problems of everyday living (what to eat, where to go, what to buy, how to save money etc.) and shares them here on this blog.

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