Factory Outlets in Singapore: The Best Shops for Cheap Branded Goods (2020)
Everyone falls prey to advertising. I mean, yeah, there are people who keep proclaiming that brands are ...
20 December 2019
AMORE Store x Lazada Launches With New-to-Singapore K-Beauty Brands in One-Stop Shop — So You Can Pay Less for Shipping and Transport
This post was written in collaboration with Lazada. While we are financially compensated by them, we nonetheless ...
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Free Samples Singapore – Where to Get Samples for Baby Stuff, Beauty, Toiletries & Food
If you ever feel like Singapore is too boring, just go to any Sheng Siong and scream the words “FREE SAMPLES!” ...
10 December 2019
The Queensway Shopping Centre En Bloc Failed, But Is It Still Worth Visiting?
Queensway Shopping Centre’s fate had been hanging on thin thread for the longest time — many people were ...
26 November 2019
Amazon Singapore — 10 Great Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season with Deals and Early Discounts
This post was written in collaboration with Amazon Singapore. While we are financially compensated by them, ...
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Don Don Donki Singapore Shopping Guide – The Best & Cheapest Things to Buy
Move aside, Daiso. The stampede of Singapore customers has moved from the famous $2 discount store to a ...
20 November 2019
KrisShop Guide — How Cheap is Duty-Free Shopping with Singapore Airlines?
I don’t know about you, but I often confuse Singapore Airlines’ KrisShop with iShopChangi. They’re both ...
13 November 2019
The Ultimate CapitaLand Mall Playbook — 7 Hacks Singaporeans Should Know
I must preface this article with a confession that I’m really not the best person to write it. Look, I ...
29 October 2019
People’s Park Centre / Complex — 5 Cheap Reasons to Visit this Chinatown Icon While You Can
While you were busy grieving for iconic 90’s shopping malls like Queensway Shopping Centre and Sim Lim ...
14 October 2019
NTUC Plus vs PAssion Card vs LiveUp vs Amazon Prime — Which Loyalty Programme is Best?
Way before online subscriptions became a thing, our forefathers were already proud “subscribers” to NTUC ...
9 October 2019
New Taobao Shop at Funan Mall — A Complete Walkthrough, with Pics
The new Taobao shop at Funan Mall is something of a mythical place. Most people I know want to go there… ...
4 October 2019
10 “Interesting” Buys From The Golden Mile Complex Thai Supermarket
It’s true that people “don’t miss (their) water till the well runs dry”. In the Singapore context, we don’t ...
25 September 2019
NTUC FairPrice Xtra at VivoCity — 7 New Features to Woo Online Shoppers
Our favourite supermarket NTUC FairPrice has just opened a massive new store at VivoCity, and we hear that ...
13 September 2019
Zero Waste Grocery Shopping? We Visit Unpackt, Scoop Wholefoods & The Source To See If It’s Possible
Thanks to growing awareness about wasteful packaging (save our world~), eco-conscious stores like Unpackt ...
12 September 2019
I’ve Hit the Cheap Cheese Jackpot in Singapore — Its Name is Phoon Huat
You’ve probably seen Phoon Huat (or Redman) outlets around Singapore, but, unless you happen to be a baking ...
19 August 2019
5 Worst Things to Buy in JB — Totally Not Worth the Causeway Jam
By now, you would have seen the numerous memes and videos of the overnight super-jams at Johor Bahru during ...
15 August 2019
Facial Treatments in Singapore — Are They Worth $200 If You Can “DIY” At Home?
Facials are crazy expensive in Singapore. At most respectable spas and salons, a 60- to 90-minute facial ...
8 August 2019
HDB BTO Status Symbols – How Much Would It Cost to Buy Them All?
One of the downsides to living in a resale flat is that I don’t get to take part in the bubbling cauldron ...
29 July 2019
IMM Singapore Guide – 11 Outlet Shops for Branded Handbags, Sportswear & Cosmetics
Japan has Gotemba Premium Outlets, and we have… the IMM Singapore in Jurong East. It’s nowhere near as ...
23 July 2019
Daiso’s New Store ThreePpy Opens in Funan Mall – Worth a Visit?
“Wanna ThreePpy with me?” Your hot colleague asks you over lunch at KopiTech, making your heart skip a ...
22 July 2019
Does NTUC FairPrice Live Up to Its Name? A Survey of FairPrice Housebrand Prices
For most Singaporeans, picking up groceries from the nearby NTUC FairPrice outlet is as commonplace as ...
15 July 2019
14 Free (or Really Cheap) Things You Can Do at the New Funan Mall
I was totally prepared to hate on the new Funan Mall because it sounds like it was made for and by pretentious ...
4 July 2019
Buying Cheap Furniture from IKEA? 10 Unexpected Costs to Look Out for
Most people are alternately horrified / impressed that I can rattle off the dimensions of various IKEA ...
27 June 2019
15 Online Shopping Sites with Free Shipping to Singapore
Just because the Orchard Road malls are getting no love from Singaporeans doesn’t mean there are fewer ...
25 June 2019
Muji JB Opens in Tebrau City – Is It Worth Crossing the Causeway For?
So the other day, when I was looking up the map of Muji outlets in Singapore — just, you know, a regular ...
24 June 2019