SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Festivities @ Changi Airport

Nickelodeon in collaboration with Changi Airport Group, brought the SpongeBob SquarePants themed Christmas experience at Singapore Changi Airport. This is SpongeBob SquarePants’ first airport collaboration in Asia.

From 15 Nov 2013 to 5 Jan 2014, Singapore families and visitors going through Changi Airport will discover surprises with the following:

1. The world’s tallest SpongeBob SquarePants’ Giant Pineapple House structure at the heart of Terminal 3’s Departure Hall.

This Bikini Bottom-inspired House stands at 11 metres high.

 

Step into the log house and you will be able to send your Christmas card to Santa!

  

Or just hug a bear and pose like Jayne.

  

Look out for the periodic ‘smoke bubbles’ that falls out from the top of the Pineapple House.

 

2. The biggest SpongeBob SquarePants Super Bouncy Playground in Singapore, also found in Terminal 3’s Departure Hall (Row 11).

 

Kids can tumble in the Krusty Krab Ball Pit. Or even adults..

 

Cruise down the giant bouncy slides.

3. Spot SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends at famous places all throughout the three Terminals.

World landmarks in giant topiaries such as Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa (Terminal 3).

Here you will find Squidward’s house too.

 

Surprisingly, Jayne’s favourite character is Mr. Krabs.

 

Italy’s Colosseum (Terminal 2)

Besides the Colosseum, you will find another SpongeBob SquarePants’ familiar place – The Krusty Krab restaurant.

Don’t forget to take a photo with SpongeBob in his Roman soldier’s uniform.

Turkey’s Trojan horse (Terminal 1), pulled by “Gary” who is SpongeBob’s pet sea snail.

 

As per all the other giant topiaries, the familiar building from the animated TV series – Chum Bucket, owned by Plankton the rival of Mr. Krabs.

4. Collect limited edition plush toys of SpongeBob and his friends.
[Public area: Visitors can take home a plush toy at $3 when they spend $60 ($120 for supermarkets). Collect a new character each week.]
[Transit area: Spend $150 and get any plush toy at $3. Choose from six characters.]

Send a customized Christmas greetings on Changi Airport’s website (www.changiairport.com/ChangiXmas2013) and stand to win a full set of SpongeBob’s plush toys.

Not only were the children excited to see the different characters (tho their favourite will always be the bouncy castle), the adults like us were equally happy to see the all-familiar characters and buildings coming into life from Bikini Bottom.

The girls have been hugging their latest plush toys every night to sleep.

GO 2gether

Product Review

When we first received the BackBeat GO 2 earbuds, the product manager did mention that he is not looking for tech reviews. Plantronics is more interested to know how will the earbuds change or enhance our lifestyle.

In my previous review (http://jbabiesdad.blogspot.sg/2013/11/on-go.html), I mentioned about how the wireless earbuds have changed some of my living styles, so in this post I would then talk about how the earbuds have brought much fun and bonding for me and my daughters.

Joey loves to read. But I hardly have the chance to read together with her. So with a single cable ‘tying’ us together, we have to sit together, each reading our own book and at the same time listen to our favourite music. The length of the cable is just nice for both of us, not having to worry we may pull out each other’s earbud or too much excess cable to distract our movements.

Have to say, this is such a great idea! Firstly, I managed to have some quiet and peace at home. Secondly, I was able to catch up on my own reading for the longest time. Looking at this photo, I can finally understand why so many people say Joey looks like me =)

With Jayne, since she can’t really read yet, the best thing to do with her was accompanying her to watch her favourite YouTube clips. Recently, I introduce her some SNSD music videos and she really like Gee and My Oh My. Like father like daughter =p

With the flat cable design, it enables us to enjoy our videos and move along with the music without worrying getting tangle.

 

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So there you have it, my personal reviews of the Plantronics BackBeat GO 2 wireless earbuds. There are more and more people using this amazing wireless earbuds and so far I have not heard any complaints. So what are you waiting for? Invest in one and I’m quite sure you will not regret too.
Check out the official hashtag for more product reviews: #sgBackBeatGo2

You can also check out the website and Facebook page for more information.

www.plantronics.com.sg
https://www.facebook.com/PlantronicsSEA

And for one more time, all my readers will enjoy a special discount by ordering online your BackBeat GO 2 earbuds.
Click on the following unique link (http://mbpr.sh/19zcnpX) and quote the discount quote, 15omyikuan, and you will receive a special 15% discount!

More than just the discount, now there is a chance for you to win a pair of earbuds! Just click on this link (http://contests.omy.sg/plantronics-backbeat-go-2/) and give it a try! Contest ends on Nov 27.

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I had a great time reviewing the Plantronics BackBeat GO 2 wireless earbuds. A big thank you to Plantronics for selecting me to do this review and to omy for organizing the entire event. Looking forward to more collaboration in future.

Studio.Me [Giveaway Results]

Thank you everyone who participated in this giveaway contest!
http://jbabiesdad.blogspot.sg/2013/11/studiome-review-giveaway.html

Congratulations! The winners are:

Joey Tan

Robert Sim

Grace Tan

You will be getting a free 30-min session with Studio.Me.

All three winners will be receiving an email from me to inform you on how to book for your studio session.

LEGO® Friends Friendship Campaign [Giveaway Results]

Thank you everyone who participated in the giveaway contest!
http://jbabiesdad.blogspot.sg/2013/11/lego-friends-friendship-campaign.html

I had a great time reading all your wonderful heartfelt memes. The results are out and here are the winners!

Two Runner Up Prizes (1 Friendship Diary & 1 Mia’s Mafic Tricks)

Congratulations to Jonathan Wilson & Christina Teong!

Top Prize (1 Friendship Diary & 1 Heartlake Pet Salon)

Congratulations to Mei Fang!

I will be getting in touch with you soon on the prize delivery details. Thank you for your participation!

Philips Hue - Personal Wireless Lighting

Invited by Philips to be one of the first few in Singapore to witness the world’s smartest LED bulb – Philips hue. What a surprise to see how much the home lighting era has evolved for the past few years. Totally blown away by the simple presentation and demonstration by the Philips team and special guest speakers.

The event was held at The Arts House Gallery and what an apt place to host the guests. The feel of being at the Arts Centre brought forth another level of ‘artistic’ feel to lighting available for home like ours (HDB).

Philips hue allows us to create and control our home lighting directly from our iOS or Andriod devices.

   - The app works on any devices running iOS 4.3 or later, or Android 2.3 or later
   - Allows you to easily control the color and brightness of your hue lamps
   - Base your light creation on photos or expert light recipes
   - Save your favourite settings as scenes for easy recall and even add timers for easy automation
   - Customized pages with a name and background to relate to a specific room

Even when you are not at home or overseas, you are still able to control your home lighting via the website www.meethue.com

- Provides a persistent online presence which the bridges, apps and users can connect to
- Keeps the system future-proof through firmware updates
- Control your home lighting from anywhere with remote access
- Monitor your lights from anywhere
- Share your favourite scenes with the hue community
- Get inspired by other people’s scenes and use them in your home
- Develop your own app for hue with SDK and developer program

It just takes 3 simple steps to install the Philips hue.
Step 1 – screw in the bulbs
Step 2 – connect the hue bridge to your router with the provided LAN cable
Step 3 – install the Philips hue app and you are ready for a whole new home lighting experience

With the connectivity of the bulbs to the Internet services via smartphone or tablet, meaning the bulbs can act as indicators for weather, stock quotes, sports scores, email, social media and more. They can be set to behave in any way you choose. For example, to change color if it is going to rain; to blink if you receive an urgent email; illuminate gradually as the sun sets; or even flash in your sports team’s colors when they score. All these are made possible through Internet automating service, IFTTT (If This Then That), meaning your home lighting can now be connect to the world in innumerable, exciting new ways.

Set different lighting scenes at home to enhance the ambience.
For the kids’ room, dining room, bar table or reading corner.

 

Philips hue will be available for online orders at apple.com.sg
Retail sales at Apple Premium Resellers and Philips branded stores from 11 December.

Product Information

The Philips hue introduction pack includes:

- 3 hue light bulbs of 600 lumen (50Watt equivalent)
- Each hue light bulb covers all shades of white, from warm white light to cool white light, and a wide variety of colors. Each hue light bulb uses 80% less power than a traditional light bulb
- A hue bridge to easily set up your lighting network, with a power supply and a LAN cable to connect to your router
- Note: the hue introduction pack can be enlarged with up to 50 individual hue blubs
- S$319 (including GST)

The Philips hue bulb individual pack includes:

- 1 hue light bulb of 600 lumen
- Note: the individual hue bulb is an extension of the hue introduction pack; you need the hue introduction pack and its hue bridge to operate this individual hue bulb
- You can connect 50 hue individual bulbs to the hue bridge
- S$89 (including GST)

De Hygienique [Review]

Sponsored Review

As working parents, weekends are usually the only time to do household cleaning. However it is extremely hard for us to really maintain a very clean (free of bacteria and allergens) environment. The only time we can have a thorough clean up is probably during CNY. So when De Hygienique came knocking for a chance to help us do a sponsored cleaning and sanitizing, it was like prayers answered!

Who or what is De Hygienique?
De Hygienique specialises in cleaning and sanitizing of mattress, carpet/rug and upholsteries. De Hygienique is the first professional cleaning service in Singapore to introduce soft furnishing cleaning treatment using 100% dry, or low moisture, and chemical safe cleaning technologies from Europe. Unlike conventional cleaning methods, their treatments do not use water and harsh chemical solutions so your cleansed furnishings can be used immediately after treatment is completed. Though no water and “soap” is used, the cleaning systems used have proved to produce excellent cleaning results.

As the cleaning treatments are chemical safe and aim to eliminate bacteria and allergens, De Hygienique’s services are highly preferred by families with young and elderlies especially those with chronic illnesses like allergies.

Sofa Cleaning
This service is not only needed when there are stains on the upholstery set, regular maintenance is good to ensure dust and dirt particles accumulated within the sofa are removed and fabric is refreshed.

Firstly, the sofa was given a vacuum to get rid of the dust and dirt particles. Then the fabric portion will be thoroughly cleaned using low moisture shampoo. The shampoo will encapsulate dirt particles trapped in the upholstery into fine crystals which would then be removed at the end of the cleaning treatment.

 

Mattress Cleaning
Same like the upholsteries, it is advisable that we clean our mattresses regularly to rid off the dust and dirt particles. The fact that we spent 1/3 of our day on our mattresses, probably that is a good advise.

This is the machine used for the mattress cleaning. The Manager did a demonstration and I cannot believe how much dirt was extracted in just a small area of the mattress.

 

The white particles are the dust mites.. Yucks!

After all the cleaning and sanitization, our mattresses and pillows are clean again.

Here are three reasons why I would recommend De Hygienique
(1) Excellent customer service
3 days prior to the schedule date, there was a sms to remind us of the appointment. And the cleaning team were right on time. That was excellent service, cos my previous encounters with other cleaning services were late or if not, they will just appear early without notice.
(2) Clear and knowledgeable explanations
The Manager in-charge (it was a team of 3), gave very clear demonstration and explanation on what his team will be doing and accomplishing within the short hour or so. Before the team goes on to a new step of cleaning, he will ensure that it was explained clearly and the customer understood. Good knowledge of the products his team is using too.
(3) Friendly and good inter-personal skills
This is purely my personal preference. I like services whereby the person-in-charge is able to engage in a friendly conversation. Not over talkative but confident to share his work experiences. Also going the extra mile, like vacuuming my floor when all the cleaning was done.

Special for all my readers:
10% discount on De Hygienique's cleaning services!  To enjoy the promotion, appointment bookings must be made by 30th November 2013.  Please inform their Customer Service when booking the appointment that you got to know about De Hygienique through our blog.

Company: De Hygienique (Asia) Pte Ltd
Address: 53 Ubi Avenue 1 #03-44 Paya Ubi Industrial Park Singapore 408934
Website: http://www.dh-asia.com/
Sales email: enquiries@dh-asia.com
Phone Number: +65 6749 1950
Fax: +65 6749 1179