Advertorial: Citibank mobile services

There will always be the last minute, spur of the moment, middle of nowhere transactions we will need to perform, away from the convenience of our office / home computer. Say for instance, you were overseas, or in a location without free wifi, and without easy access to your bank’s ATM network (or that your […]

Wear blue to go green this Saturday

They showed that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity. The bad news is we’re already past that number – we’re at 390 parts per million, which is why the Arctic is melting, why drought is spreading across the planet, why humanity is facing perhaps its greatest challenge […]

Tyrepac – tyres delivered to your doorstep (and fixed on your car)

Disclosure: Tyrepac sponsored a set of tyres for the purposes of this blog post. I love driving, but car maintenance can be a pain. But that’s mostly because I’m quite the idiot when it comes to anything mechanical. Cars I’ve driven would’ve lasted a helluva lot longer if I’d taken the trouble to look after […]

Green zen baby

Baby Kai loves greenery. He loves to stare at trees and the rustling of leaves seems to lull him into a trance-like state. So it’s a good thing that we’ve got trees right outside the dining room window, and we took these pictures when we had lunch recently at District 10, and you’ll see how […]

Knick-knacks to impress Hollywood!

It was really hot yesterday afternoon, but we managed to walk some of the fabric shops on Arab Street, looking for ribbons and other decorations. And it always strikes me when I’m there, how pretty the area is, and how twee the Tourism Board’s description of it is: Nothing beats Arab Street for bazaar-style shopping […]