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Taobao product recommendation – Christmas gifts for under S$3

November 17, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Christmas is just around the corner. I think many people are preparing to do Christmas gifts shopping soon. If you are looking into buying low cost gifts for kids in bulk, here are some suggestions: 1. 3D Puzzles I’ve mentioned about buying these 3D Puzzles in a previous post. I still think this is a fantastic gift idea, suitable … [Read more…]

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

True Singapore Food: Fried Bee Hoon

November 16, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Fried Bee Hoon (rice vermicelli) gets my vote as being the national dish of Singapore. The “official” national dish of Singapore is Hainanese Chicken Rice, but I think the popularity of chicken rice has slowly been eroded away over the years. I don’t know about you, but there’s something about Fried Bee Hoon that makes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Breakfast, Food Review, Recipe, Singapore, True Singapore Food

Perfect weekend getaway in Johor

October 5, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Pontian is about 1.5 hours from Singapore if there is no jam during border crossing. I initially wanted to go via Woodlands, but on learning there is heavy traffic at the causeway (through the LTA signboard), I immediately changed my route and headed towards the second link. I got my wife to verify via the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift, Travel Tagged: Food Review, Hotel, Johor, Malaysia

Critical steps to earn cashback

October 2, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Today i received an referral email from a cashback website that i didn’t know about before. It looks like the cashback business is really getting hot these days. The business model of giving cashback is difficult to understand to most consumers. I like the way the perplexity is put across in this article – “Why are they offering … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, GivingAssistant

$3 set meal courtesy of Qoo10

September 30, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Qoo10 is probably the most popular online shopping site in Singapore. I’ve been a Qoo10 user for more than a year. Qoo10 succeeds in attracting shoppers by giving out incentives in the form of coupons (discounted prices) and points (cash to offset payment). Because of the volume of business Qoo10 generates, often times sellers are willing to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Qoo10, Singapore

Shopback review

September 29, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Now that I’ve received the first payout from Shopback, I guess I’m qualified to say something about them. The $25 payout consisted of $15 from an Agoda booking and $10 from the bonus given for signing up through Citibank and for updating the personal particulars. The best part of Shopback so far is in getting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift, Travel Tagged: Cashback, Hotel, Rebates, Review, Shopback

Honestbee review

September 26, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I received my first Honestbee groceries delivery yesterday. Well, they were more than 3 hours late. So much for “get groceries fast”. I was sceptical and my scepticism turned out to be right. If you read their website about how they work, they basically recruit temporary staff to do all the work – packing and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Groceries, Honestbee, Review

Best value ramen fix in Singapore

September 21, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Ramen is expensive in Singapore, typically ranging from $12 to $18. In Japan, it is seldom more than 1000 yen ($11.80). It is hard to justify paying so much for a bowl of ramen in Singapore, and when I’m having a craving, nothing makes me feel more satisfied than the Tsukemen from Menya Musashi. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Food Review

Cashback on groceries

August 27, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Groceries must be one of the main categories of expenditure for any household. Many people should be aware that some credit cards offer a 5% rebate on supermarket transactions, but there is now a better deal if you do groceries shopping online on Redmart.com (Singapore only). They are one of the merchants on the Shopback.sg … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, Groceries, Rebates, Shopback

Taobao product recommendation – Dust blower and CCD swab

August 18, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I’ve been using a Nikon D40 camera since 2009 and somehow, a few dust specks appeared on my camera CCD sensor barely a year after I had the camera (or maybe it was there since the very beginning, i don’t know), resulting in 2 specks in every photo I take that has a light background. … [Read more…]

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