Happy Meal Books

Do you like McDonald’s? Here is another reason for you to love it more.

Starting from 3 Sep till 30 Sep, for a total of 4 weeks, McDonald’s is giving you a chance to buy a Happy Meal set for your children, because with every Happy Meal set, you will receive a free Happy Meal Book, specially selected from publisher Dorling Kindersley’s (“DK”) “Watch Me Grow” and “WOW” series. This is part of the ongoing commitment to children’s happiness and well-being, McDonald’s seek to inspire more family reading time and to put the fun back into reading with its Happy Meals.

The “Watch Me Grow” books explore an animal’s-eye view of life through a collection of popular animal titles that include “Panda” and “Penguin”. The “WOW” series is a spectacular show and tell experience, exploring each subject in a unique way through stunning photographic images.

Week 1: Sep 3 – 9
Watch me grow! Panda
WOW! HUMAN BODY

Week 2: Sep 10 – 16
Watch me grow! Butterfly
WOW! ART AND CULTURE

Week 3: Sep 17 – 23
Watch me grow! Elephant
WOW! ANCIENT HISTORY

Week 4: Sep 24 - 30
Watch me grow! Penguin
WOW! SPACE

Since 1979, McDonald’s Happy Meals has been bringing flavorsome, fun-sized fare to kids. Over the years, their philosophy of offering balanced, great-tasting meals to suit children’s lifestyle and tastes has not changed.
The kids-sized fare now includes meal options that come in 500-calorie-and-under sets. Each Happy Meal also comes with milk along with a choice of Apple Slices or a Corn Cup (now lower in sodium).
Last year, McDonald’s also made the decision to switch to using Canola Blend oil to fry Chicken McNuggets after they’re par fried in Sunflower Oil. This change has reduced the level of saturated fat by approximately 30%.

MORE FUN!
Kids can join Ronald McDonald for a session of Art & Craft and fun reading at the following restaurants:

19 September – McDonald’s Bishan Park – 10am to 12pm

20 September – McDonald’s Ang Mo Kio Park – 10am to 12pm

26 September – McDonald’s Kallang – 10am to 12pm

27 September – McDonald’s Ridout Tea Garden – 10am to 12pm

NoQ Store [Giveaway Results]

Thank you everyone who participated in this giveaway contest!
http://jbabiesdad.blogspot.sg/2014/01/noq-store-asia-online-bookstore.html

Congratulations! The winner is:

Andrew Wong

You will be getting a $20 NoQ Store voucher.

For those who did not win, do not be dismay, continue to enjoy the 15% discount on all your purchases made via NoQ Store website and Mobile App.
Just quote the Discount Code: JBABIESDAD. The promotion is till 30 Apr 2014.

NoQ Store - Asia Online Bookstore

Sponsored Review

Calling all parents who are looking for cheap, good and hassle-free online bookstore in Asia. Let me introduce to you a great website – NoQ Store.

A Subsidiary of Times Publishing Limited, NoQ Store was founded in 2011 and offers a brand new shopping experience for books lovers and literature aficionados, making it convenient for everyone to purchase books and other related items, without the hassle of lining up and queuing, hence the name “NoQ.”

With the advanced book depository, NoQ Store offers an assortment of reading materials of various genres and categories for people of all ages, ranging from parenting and families, business, design, photography, fiction, non-fiction and even graphic novels and crafts and hobbies and more.

NoQ Store delivers the best for their beloved customers and pride themselves for the following:

Free Shipping (min $20 purchase)
If your order is $20 or more, that means no shipping fees and no delivery charge for Singapore orders! Orders as many as you want and you’ll have zero payment for its delivery. If your order is less than $20, the shipping fee for Singapore orders is $5 flat.

Lowest Prices
You are guaranteed of the best, marked down prices, as low as 50% off, making it easy for you to build your book collection and keep on purchasing more.

Speedy Delivery
Expect your books the soonest time possible, providing you notifications and updates on its shipping status, as well as giving you its estimated arrival date.

Secured Payment
You can be assured of a safe payment process, with the trusted merchants and partners.

How to go about using the online bookstore?

Sign up for an account which is a an easy 1 min process. A confirmation email will be sent to you.

 

Browse for your titles. You can use any of the methods mentioned below to search for your favourite book.

1. Shop by Categories.
After you click on a broad category (Children’s Books), you will find a more detailed list of Children’s Books for selection.

 

2. Staff Picks or Best Sellers.
This helps when you have no idea what to search for, and just want to get the more popular books, like me looking for a good Fiction Book, just look at the Best Sellers list. Perfect!

3. Advanced Search.
Works perfect when I am looking for a specific author.

4. Bargain Corner.
No idea what to buy? Or just looking for some cheap books? Click on the Bargain Corner and you can search for all the cheap bargain buys for as low as $2!

 

A special NoQ Store Price Guaranteed Programme is an additional feature given to all customers. The next time you make a purchase with NoQ and then find the same title in a bookstore priced lower, let them know and you’ll get the difference back. Isn’t that just a huge step forward to give this online bookstore a try? I definitely do!

After choosing our titles, the last thing left to do was to click for payment. Remember to key in your Promotion Code (because you are my privileged reader).

 

In my honest opinion:
NoQ Store is easy to use. The selections are massive. Online book shopping is fun and very time-saving. I can browse through all the books on my leisure time and not to worry about the opening or closing hours of the stores. I can view all the books I like pertaining to a certain author without the hassle of visiting different bookstore locations. No hassle of lugging tons of books home especially when we are buying the children’s books. Last but not least, another wonderful thing about online book shopping is no one sees what I buy. =)

And here is for all my friends/readers!

J Babies’ Dad Giveaway
S$20.00 NoQ Store Vouchers to be given away. Conditions to win as follows:
(1) Like NoQ Store Facebook Page
(2) Like J Babies’ Dad Facebook Page
(3) Leave you name and email on my Blogpost or Facebook Page or Email
(4) Winner will be announced on 27 Jan 2014

J Babies’ Dad Readers Benefits
Discount Code: JBABIESDAD
All my readers are entitled to a 15% discount on all purchases made via NoQ Store website and Mobile App.
Promotion is valid from 10 Jan 2014 – 30 Apr 2014.
Promotion cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers and discounts.
To enjoy the offer, enter promotion code under the ‘Voucher and Promotion Code’ tab during checkout.
Only one promo/voucher code can be applied upon checkout and not to orders already placed.
Promotion not applicable to shipping and tax charges.

NoQ Store – Asia Online Bookstore
Social Media: Facebook . Twitter .
Mobile App: App Store . Google Play .

P1 Admin Day @ WPS

Dear 2013 P1 Pupils’ Parent, You are reminded to come for Pri. One Admin Day on 29 Oct/30 Oct at WPS (Time: 9am – 4.30pm). Parents are to complete admin forms/ purchase of books and uniforms for 2013 P1 Pupils.

It has started. With a sms from the school, we were reminded that the P1 days are just ahead in less than 2 months time.

Once we have found her name on the school board, we collected all the forms for administration. Inter-bank Giro form, dental form, school bus form, health declaration form, school book list, uniform list, etc.

How can a child read so many books in a year?

Joey was excited to see her teachers to be. I pray that she will settle in nicely come next year.

After all the admin work, it’s time to check out the uniforms and purchase the books at the canteen’s bookstall.

A former student now mother commented that the uniform still looks exactly the same decades ago and now.

During my days, the PE t-shirts were in yellow colour. I think the white ones are nicer.

So convenient, even school shoes can be purchased at the bookstall for S$14 per pair.

All in all, we spent about S$300 on books, shoes & 3 sets of uniforms. Who says education is cheap in Singapore?

All photos taken on iPhone.