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Top Places to Eat in Singapore: A Culinary Adventure

Singapore, a vibrant city-state known for its rich cultural diversity, offers an eclectic culinary scene that caters to every palate. From hawker centers dishing out local delights to high-end restaurants serving gourmet cuisine, here are some of the top places to eat in Singapore that you shouldn’t miss. This food lover’s guide and our Singapore tour packages will take you on a journey to experience unique cuisine, iconic street foods, casual and fine dining spots, seafood places, cafes, and food courts that cater to every palate. 

1. Lau Pa Sat

Lau Pa Sat, a historic market turned food court, is a must-visit for those looking to experience Singapore’s street food. Located in the heart of the Central Business District, this iconic hawker center is famous for its satay street that comes alive in the evening. Try the satay skewers, Hokkien mee, and chili crab for an authentic taste of Singapore.

2. Maxwell Food Centre

For a truly local experience, head to Maxwell Food Centre. This hawker center is renowned for its Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice, a dish that has gained international fame. Other notable stalls include Zhen Zhen Porridge and Maxwell Fuzhou Oyster Cake. The variety and affordability make it a favorite among both locals and tourists.

3. Candlenut

Candlenut is the world’s first Michelin-starred Peranakan restaurant. Located in Dempsey Hill, it offers a modern twist on traditional Peranakan cuisine. Chef Malcolm Lee’s innovative dishes, such as the signature Buah Keluak Pork Ribs and Westholme Wagyu Beef Rendang, provide a delightful culinary experience that blends heritage and creativity.

4. Odette

For a fine dining experience, Odette is a top choice. Located in the National Gallery Singapore, this three-Michelin-starred restaurant is helmed by Chef Julien Royer. Odette offers contemporary French cuisine with a focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients. The Art Deco interior and impeccable service add to the luxurious dining experience.

5. No Signboard Seafood

Seafood lovers should not miss No Signboard Seafood. Famous for its white pepper crab, this restaurant offers a range of delectable seafood dishes that highlight Singapore’s maritime bounty. With multiple locations across the city, it’s a convenient spot to enjoy some of the best seafood Singapore has to offer.

6. Din Tai Fung

For those craving dim sum, Din Tai Fung is a must-visit. This Taiwanese chain is known for its meticulously crafted xiao long bao (soup dumplings). The Marina Bay Sands outlet offers a stunning view to complement the delicious food. Other popular dishes include the truffle xiao long bao and shrimp fried rice.

7. Burnt Ends

Burnt Ends, a modern Australian barbecue restaurant, is another Michelin-starred gem in Singapore. Located in Chinatown, it’s famous for its open-concept kitchen and custom-made grills. Signature dishes like the Burnt Ends Sanger and King Crab with Garlic Brown Butter are a testament to the restaurant’s commitment to quality and flavor.

8. Newton Food Centre

Made famous by the movie “Crazy Rich Asians,” Newton Food Centre is a bustling hawker center offering a wide array of local dishes. From BBQ stingray and oyster omelette to satay and fried carrot cake, the variety of food here is astounding. It’s a great place to enjoy a late-night meal in a lively atmosphere.

9. PS.Cafe

For a more relaxed dining experience, PS.Cafe offers a chic and comfortable setting with a diverse menu. Known for its brunch options and decadent desserts, it’s a popular spot for both locals and expats. The Dempsey Hill location is particularly charming, surrounded by lush greenery and offering a serene escape from the city.

10. Violet Oon Singapore

To experience authentic Singaporean cuisine with a touch of elegance, visit Violet Oon Singapore. This restaurant celebrates the flavors of Singapore with dishes like dry laksa and beef rendang. The beautiful Peranakan-inspired decor and warm hospitality make it a perfect place for a memorable dining experience.

Conclusion

Singapore’s culinary landscape is a reflection of its rich cultural tapestry. Whether you’re indulging in street food at a bustling hawker center or savoring a gourmet meal at a Michelin-starred restaurant, the city offers an unparalleled gastronomic journey. So, loosen your belt and get ready to explore the top places to eat in Singapore – a true food lover’s paradise.

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Cheapest Foreign Tour Packages: Deals and Discounts

Dreaming of exploring the world but worried about breaking the bank? Fret not! We've curated an exciting list of some of the most cheapest foreign tour packages that allow you to indulge your wanderlust without burning a hole in your pocket. Let's embark on a virtual journey to Singapore, Canada, England, and Bali, all without breaking your budget.

Singapore: The Lion City on a Budget

Singapore, a vibrant city-state, offers a perfect blend of culture, adventure, and culinary delights. Explore the iconic Gardens by the Bay, stroll through Chinatown, and visit Sentosa Island, all without overspending. Affordable accommodations, efficient public transport, and hawker centers serving delicious local cuisine make Singapore an economical yet captivating destination.

Canada: Embracing Nature without Draining Your Wallet

Canada's natural beauty knows no bounds, and you can experience its wonders without a hefty price tag. Explore Banff National Park, discover the enchanting Niagara Falls, and immerse yourself in the multicultural ambiance of Toronto. With budget-friendly hostels, extensive public transport networks, and numerous free attractions, Canada welcomes budget travelers with open arms.

England: Historical Marvels and Scenic Countryside

England, with its rich history and picturesque landscapes, England tour package offers plenty of affordable experiences. Explore the historic city of London, visit the free museums, and take a stroll along the scenic countryside in places like the Lake District. Utilize the budget-friendly Oyster card for public transport and consider cozy B&Bs for economical yet comfortable accommodation.

Bali: Island Paradise on a Shoestring Budget

Bali, the tropical paradise, is not just for honeymooners and luxury travelers. Experience the island's serene beaches, lush rice terraces, and vibrant culture without draining your wallet. Opt for budget guesthouses, indulge in delicious street food, and explore the island's hidden gems. Bali tour package offers affordable activities like surfing lessons, temple visits, and yoga classes, ensuring a memorable yet economical vacation.

Conclusion: Travel Smart, Explore More

Traveling to exotic destinations doesn’t have to cost a fortune. By choosing the right destinations, being mindful of your expenses, and exploring affordable options, you can embark on a memorable foreign adventure without emptying your bank account. Whether you fancy the futuristic allure of Singapore, the natural wonders of Canada, the historical charm of England, or the tropical bliss of Bali, these budget-friendly tour packages allow you to satiate your wanderlust without breaking the bank.

So, pack your bags, start on these affordable adventures, and let the world become your playground. After all, the best experiences in life need not come with a hefty price tag. Happy travels.

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Homecookings [Dec. ed]

Oh look! It’s the end of 2020 already :O

This yr has been a disruptive one for most, so I’m hoping 2021 will be better *fingers crossed* December was a bad month, overall, for me. I wasn’t stressed but I think I suffered a minor PTSD in regards to a student. It was more frustrating/annoying, if anything. As a lead student person in the department, I have seen a lot of students but this one was special. .. There are so many things that I don’t understand about ppl, in general, in addition to why some regulations are in place. (lol makes me sound like a rebel, but I’m not)

... At the end of the day, my expectations are high. That’s all. :D

Alrighty, my December homecookings & things~

CURRY! I love this brand of ‘instant curry’!! You guys should all try this. There are several types/levels of spicy. This medium one was mild to me, but there is a mild one that’s like. .. very, very mild.

The package looks like this inside. Several options to heat it up... you can put the silver pack in a pot of boiling water; you can pour out on top of your rice or whatever & heat up (in microwave/oven), or what I like to do is actually squeeze out contents & cook.

I made curry chicken over rice; topped with chili flakes & furikake.

I like this green grape candy. That’s all. Can be purchases from Hmart~ haha I saw this for the 1st time back in 2014, when I was traveling in Korea. It was just. .. casually in a convenience store. Now we have it here!!! Only took like 5 yrs. .. -.-’

Remember I told you one of my staple lunches/dinners for work is pasta? Well, sometime earlier in the month, I had a little bit of the rosee sauce left (wasn’t enough) so I looked in the fridge to see what else I can add.... I settled on cheddar cheese lol turned out great!

Singapore laksa paste by Asian Home Gourmet~

I added about 2/3 of the pack in; diluted with water, of course. Holyyyyy it was spicy! But it was very delicious!

Doesn’t look great. .. this kimchi jjigae but I needed this, I really did.... haha

So satisfying~ I added kabocha squash to it so it was a little sweeter than usual.

Banana Chocopie topped with condensed milk. Who could resist? Everything tastes better with condensed milk!

Seafood pancake + kimchi pancake to go with my chestnut makgeolli.

This was interesting!! My brother dropped off some mini soft taco shells for me & this was what I did with them. I put in some cream of mushroom soup & Swiss cheese, then microwaved them till it become one homogenous mixture. & then I put them into my toaster oven so I could ‘brown’ the cheese. The cheese-containing filling didn’t turn brown but the taco shells started browning lol fail! But it was good!

Following the success of the cream of mushroom soup + Swiss cheese combo.... I applied that to penne pasta!

I drizzled some of the olive oil on top for a ‘smoky taste’. YUM!

Chicken thigh with Korean rice syrup + gochujang. I normally do a saucier version of this, which also contains soy sauce, but I decided to make a grill-like chicken thigh dish so the rice syrup + gochujang is more like a glaze than a sauce. Turned out well!

There was an evening where dinner was delayed, & so I ended up cooking a quick rice noodle dish for myself. This was thin rice vermicelli with oyster sauce-cooked tofu + a braised Chinese mushroom condiment + soup scallops. (The broth was chicken broth my mom had made with the Instant Pot so I just poured that over top.) So yes, this was a vegetarian dish haha which is unusual but it was getting kinda late for dinner so. .. less is more :P

Spaghetti with rosee sauce (+ tomato + beef)

Onion + herb seasoning chicken with carrot & onions~ Chicken is my family’s favourite protein & we have a LOT of it. Well, for me, it’s a lot haha our freezer is mostly chicken....... need more ways to make it. Suggestions, pls!

Guksu noodles with Korean seaweed soup (miyeok-guk), & chicken & napa cabbage. I felt fancy so I added seaweed snack to it.

A year-end wrap-up post is coming. Pls come back soon!

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Ramen vegetable stir fry. This ramen stir fry doctors up packaged ramen noodles with a rainbow of fresh vegetables and an easy stir fry sauce made from pantry staples. If you've seen my vegetable Singapore noodles recipe then you'll know that I'm a big fan of stir fried noodles. While that recipe has a wonderful curry flavour.

I also love Asian food, so I've been wanting to try out an Asian stir fry for a while now, but was just waiting for that open window where I could make broccoli! Ramen Noodle Stir Fry with Chicken & Vegetables Haiku: "Wow, this was awesome! Today at the lounge, we cook up a gourmet college student's meal!

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, ramen vegetable stir fry. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This ramen stir fry doctors up packaged ramen noodles with a rainbow of fresh vegetables and an easy stir fry sauce made from pantry staples. If you've seen my vegetable Singapore noodles recipe then you'll know that I'm a big fan of stir fried noodles. While that recipe has a wonderful curry flavour.

Ramen vegetable stir fry is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It's enjoyed by millions daily. It's simple, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Ramen vegetable stir fry is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook ramen vegetable stir fry using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ramen vegetable stir fry:

{Take 2 of frozen vegetable stir fry bags.

{Take 2 of top ramen packets.

{Prepare 12 oz of chicken breast , chopped.

{Make ready 1 of sweet n sour mix.

{Take 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.

Ramen noodle stir fry with a mix of colorful, assorted vegetables and basil stir fried in a delicious savory sauce is all you need for a quick and easy weeknight dinner! This just happened to be one of those throw together meals that turned out to be delicious. This quick and flavorful ramen stir fry is so delicious and full of vegetables! Add your favorite meat to make it a meal!

Instructions to make Ramen vegetable stir fry:

Boil water for the top ramen. Discard the flavor packets.Cook while you prep and get other pan ready..

Get pan hot (wok works best) , and add oil . Add chicken. Cook until no longer pink. About 3 minutes..

Add frozen veggies. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes. Add noodles and mix in ..

Add sauce. I used sweet n sour. You can also use teriyaki or any other sauce you like. Mix and cook another couple of minutes, about 5..

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Today's recipe is a mash-up of ramen, stir fry and chow mien… and it's absolutely delicious. It's a great one to make when you feel like cleaning out your veggie drawer too!! Stir-fry: Heat up the oil in a wok or a large pan on medium high heat and gently swirl - spin in a circular motion You can also use vegetable stock to add more flavor to the ramen noodles and can also add sriracha This ramen stir fry is the quickest and easiest vegan dinner recipe you can ever thick of. Serve immediately, garnished with green onions and You can use soy sauce instead of oyster sauce, you can use vegetable oil instead of sesame but if you DO eventually get sesame it brings a certain flavor. Ramen Noodle Stir Fry (Cheap & Easy Dinners)Mrs.

So that is going to wrap it up for this exceptional food ramen vegetable stir fry recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I'm confident you can make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!

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Here’s one of the gorgeous photos from our wedding shoot with @sunrisegreece in Paris!😍A lot of you have been asking me about what it’s like to travel and shoot with @sunrisegreece, and if you followed my ig stories while I was there (still in my highlights) you’d know that I had an superb time 😌 . For our anniversary trip Mike and I traveled from Austria to Switzerland to France. These days we experienced Europe’s finest... from staying in freaking PALACE hotels (not one but two) to a beautiful snow resort, ate delicious meals from iconic local cuisine to fine dining (foie gras, oysters, sea urchin) etc. We had private tours of all the must-see spots as well as hidden treasures; and went to the most romantic & private places to do a our wedding photoshoot! . I know I’ve praised @sunrisegreece many times but I’ve been recommending them to all my friends! Every meal is taken care of n carefully curated, all transport is pre-arranged so you don’t need to fuss or get lost. All locations we went to were meaningful n not the usual touristy cliches. I really enjoyed myself n best of all I got such pretty wedding pictures to keep! . If you had watched my ig stories wishing you can experience the same, @sunrisegreece is coming to Singapore! Their 10 nights/12 days honeymoon package, which includes Austria, Switzerland, France and Santorini, costs SGD8,500 per person, not inclusive of airfare. For this SGD8,500, it includes all accommodation, all food, all transport, as well as all the travel fares like air tickets or train tickets from country to country. Basically for the 12 days you don’t have to spend a cent. . If you want to include your wedding photoshoot in 2 different locations n 4 gowns (mine is Vera Wang!) + hair n makeup, the cost is SGD11,500 per person! A gown rental can be in the thousands already so this is so worth it! . This experience which is called “The One” is going on for a limited time only. Reservations open today, until 15th Apr. @sunrisegreece will be dropping in SG from 13-15 Apr n they’re meeting couples who want to join them in “The One”! I will also be there 😊 . Please email them at info@sunrisevotremariage.com to book your slot! (at Eiffel Tower, Paris)

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Get your face printed on your socks! | Printsfield socks review + Exclusive Discount

Keeping your feet warm with my face

The moment I opened this package, I started to laugh. It’s not because there’s laughing gas in the package but seeing myself staring back at me on a pair of socks is a lot more humorous than I expected. This pair of socks is definitely what I would describe as something I never thought I wanted until I see them. To have my face all over my socks brought me so much joy and laughter as I see my friends and family confused at what to say when they laid eyes on them. It’s the kind of entertainment I craved for and the kind of entertainment that you should have for they will be the talk of the town. These socks are the perfect gift for your friends and family to spread joy and laughter to others. A purpose that Printsfield hope to spread to others.

Printsfield

Printsfield is created by Jakub and Myhkailo to help others express their passion and love through socks. They specialised in printing vibrant and personalised socks. That means, you’re able to print your face or your pets face on these socks. You can print up to 3 faces on each sock. These socks have a variety of comical and alluring patterns for you to choose from. From a galaxy themed to a dog-themed, the world is your oyster. Or at least your socks’ oyster. 

1% from every purchase is transferred to the Schronisko dla bezdomnych zwierząt w Józefowie (Shelter for homeless animals in Józefów)

Printsfield supports Schronisko dla bezdomnych zwierząt w Józefowie, an animal shelter located in Poland. For every purchase made, 1% of the purchase would be transferred to the animal shelter.  Alternatively, you can join Printsfield’s socks club and do charity for free.

Bunny Personalised Socks

Since I am often called ‘bunny’ due to my buck teeth, I’ve decided to embrace that name and chose the bunny themed socks. I chose a selfie where I showed my rabbit teeth and uploaded it alongside with making my order. Before printing, the Printsfield team did an amazing job with the cutting and editing of my face on the socks. They even cut out my hair such that it looked like lop rabbit ears.

Bunny Personalised Socks Review

Since the socks are made in USA, the package took about a month to arrive in Singapore. When it arrived, I was shocked by the splendid quality. The socks had vibrant prints that showed many details. I like how you’re able to see the ombre effect of my hair on the sock

These socks were super comfortable. They are made of 60% polyester, 10% acrylic, 25% nylon and 5% spandex. They had spandex at the ankle area to hold the socks up and spandex at the base of your feet to ensure that the socks don’t slip and slide when you’re wearing it. I like how it is an adequately thick sock that is perfect for rainy days in summer countries like Singapore. Plus, this thickness also means you’re able to wear shoes over them easily without having to worry about an uncomfortable bulge in your shoes.

At the bottom of the socks, they added cushioned bottoms with super soft interior lining. There’s also no dangling threads coming out from the socks. The meticulous effort that goes into the crafting of these socks is impeccable. I have never been so impressed of the inner lining of the socks until I inverted these socks. They looked so perfect that I even considered wearing them like this as another sock pattern to flaunt. 

Additionally, they look great peeking above your shoes to show off your face. Since all of us have the habit of looking down on our phones a little too much, what better way to get someone else’s attention by wearing these socks? They’re even able to prepare themselves for the face that they will see when they look up from their phone to give you a reaction.

One thing I would like to comment about Printsfield is how they spice up their product descriptions. Since their main focus is on personalized socks, you would expect the descriptions to be dull. However, the truth is far from that. From “You'll giggle like a schoolgirl, every time you put them on” to “No one can love you more than you love you“ these descriptions are such a joy to read. It put a smile on my face and made me feel like I can relate to this company more. 

These socks come in 3 sizes: Small, Medium and Large. Small ranges from EU: 36.5-39, Medium ranges from EU: 39.5-42.5 and Large ranges from EU: 43-46. I decided to go with a medium for one side of my feet is 39.5 while the other side is 39. That means that one side of my feet will find the sock too big while the other would feet snugly - and that was the case. I did not mind the side that was too big for that extra space allowed for my feet to breathe. The spandex at the ankle area also helps in keeping the sock from slipping down. 

All in all, these socks are a pair of wonderful quality socks that you would never expect to get or never knew that you needed. A gift that you never know you wanted, that’s the best kind of gift.

Get 20% off your order on Printsfield

Time to fill up your world with the joy I’ve received from these socks. Printsfield have generously created a discount code for all of my IreviewUreaders. You can get 20% off your order on printsfield by quoting “ireviewuread20″. Although Printsfield prints top-quality custom socks, they also offer custom printing for laptop sleeves, men and women’s briefs and more. Do check them out!

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Written by Iris Lee Things may look bleak due to the choppy economies that seem to impact emerging markets like Malaysia, resulting in the continuous slide of our currency. There are many factors that caused the declining Ringgit, and this impacts everyone, directly and indirectly. Along with that, we also have the highest household debt against GDP in south-east Asia at 82% at the end of 2019. Safe to say, the current economic outlook certainly looks gloomy for Malaysians. So how do we combat this? We certainly can’t control global (or even local) economies right now. Increasing one’s income is definitely one way to deal with the current currency crisis and the rising cost of living, but there are other lifestyle adjustments to bring down our costs that we can all make to manage our finances better. Here are 9 lifestyle changes that you may consider making to survive the weak Ringgit: 1. Forget vacations abroad The weakening of the Ringgit has significantly slowed down the demand for overseas travel packages, said Hamzah Rahma, the president of the Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA). This is hardly surprising. If you are planning for a holiday in the UK or even to Singapore, you may want to recalculate your vacation budget as RM1 is only worth £0.189 and S$0.327, at the time of writing. An RM5 plate of chicken rice at a hawker centre in Singapore would easily cost a whopping RM15.30! (un)Fortunately, international travel is highly discouraged with the current global pandemic. Many countries have strict operating quarantine procedures for visitors, which prevents overseas vacations. In other words, forgett going anywhere outside of Malaysia. If you really need to rest and relax somewhere outside of the hustle and bustle of KL, consider nearer destinations within the country, such as Sepang Gold Coast, Port Dickson, or Penang. You will stay safe and your wallet will thank you for it! 2. Buy local products This is a no brainer. You will immediately see the impact of the weakening Ringgit when you buy imported products, because like the rest of the world, Malaysia trades mostly in US dollars. When the Ringgit slides against USD, you will find yourself paying more. If you like to buy imported fruits like blueberries or kiwis, consider changing to something local like papayas and bananas. A few Ringgit here and there, can add up to a lot at the end of every month. Bigger ticket items like a phone, may have to be substituted for cheaper alternatives. A brand new Samsung Galaxy S20 costs RM3,299, while a Samsung Galaxy A50s from last year can be found for as low as RM1059.  A word of advice? Phones that were released the year before are can be just as good as the latest model. 3. Don’t eat out Like most urbanites who don’t stay with their parents, you will most probably be eating breakfast, lunch and dinner outside. If you take the time to jot down every sen you spend (yes, even the curry puff you bought for tea time yesterday), you will be surprised at the amount of money you end up spending on food every month. To add salt to the wound, these meals are usually not the healthiest option either. By preparing your own meal, you can save A LOT! Here’s how much you will spend on meals on weekdays (tried and tested!), compared to meal prepping at home: No meal prep*(3 meals for 5 days) Meal prep**(3 meals for 5 days) Daily breakfast: Food: RM5Drinks: RM6Total a week: RM55 3kg of chicken = RM555 types of vegetables = RM151 tray of chicken eggs = RM111 large loaf of bread = RM3.40Others (spices, seasonings, garlic, onions) = RM510 servings of rice = RM10 Daily lunch:Food: RM10Drinks: RM3Total a week: RM65 Daily dinner:Food: RM12Drinks: RM3Total a week: RM75 Total spent in a week (5 days):RM55 + RM65 + RM75 = RM195 Total spent in a week (5 days):= RM99.40 You save RM95.60 in a month * Prices of food and drinks based on prices in Damansara Heights.** Prices of groceries based on Tesco Online Malaysia website. If you are afraid you will fail in this cutting exercise, you can keep your weekends flexible. Budget restrictions that are too rigid will inadvertently results in failure. By just preparing food from home on your work days, you can save at least RM95.60 a month, and that’s RM1,147.20 a year! 4. Review all your subscriptions The best way to begin reducing your monthly expenses, and also to see an immediate savings, is to look at your fixed expenses, which should make up a maximum of 50% of your income. List down all your fixed payments such as loan, subscriptions and bills. Then, decide which of these items you can downgrade, extend or cancel. If you find that you don’t use all your data mobile data at the end of the month, consider downgrading your plan to a lower data cap. Alternatively, moving to a prepaid plan can help you manage your budget more carefully. You can even consider canceling your gym membership if you don’t go regularly or opt for cheaper alternatives. These are changes that will make a very immediate impact on your monthly budget. 5. Cut spending This sounds simple enough, but definitely not easy. Living pay cheque to pay cheque makes everything seem important, and you may not know where to start cutting. Once you’ve trimmed your fixed costs, then you can move on to flexible costs that should make up a maximum of about 30% of your monthly income. Categories that you can look at first are entertainment and hobbies. Don’t strike out the whole category, but you can reduce the amount spent on each category in a realistic way. If you watch a movie at the cinema every week, that’s at least RM45 spent a month on movie tickets. Try to reduce that to once or twice a month. It’s also helpful to cut down on shopping, unless it is absolutely necessary. Here are some tips on how you can control your shopping urges. Buying a pair of shoes every month? That definitely falls into the not necessary category, unless you wear disposable shoes that tear every month! Sometimes buying a more expensive item with better quality that will last longer makes more financial sense than buying something cheaper that has to be replaced every other month. 6. Start investing, or review your portfolio At this challenging time, investing has become a dilemma for most people. On one hand, most people are afraid to put their money in volatile investments while still maintaining some level of liquidity, while on the other hand, they are afraid of the diminishing value of their money if they keep it in a savings account. Investment becomes even more crucial to protect your Ringgit in these times. However, investing can also work against you if you are on the wrong side of the trade. The value of your investment can be affected by currency fluctuations if the fund invests overseas. Changes in rates of exchange may have an adverse effect on the value, price or profit of investments. Of course, hedging techniques may be used to manage currency risks. This could be done through derivatives for example but these instruments carry their own risks which may not be apparent to you immediately. Of course, if you are already holding foreign currency investments then it could also work to your advantage. If you already are investing, it’s time to relook at your portfolio to ensure your investments are able to help you weather through the weakening Ringgit. If you have not started investing, it’s time to get started, but make sure you are putting your money in products that suit your risk profiles and to also minimise your exposure to currency fluctuations. 7. Review your credit cards Every sen saved earns you extra maneuvering space for your finances. If you rely on your credit card heavily, it’s time to take a long, hard look at your wallet and see if it’s time to break-up with your long-time plastic partner. Remember, no matter how good the benefits are for a card, if it doesn’t suit your lifestyle, it will be as useful as having Ringgit when you are in the US (considering the current exchange rate, not useful at all). You may have signed up for an entertainment card that gives you excellent cash back for movie tickets, clubs, and shopping, but now with a family, your spending may mostly be on groceries, petrol and even paying utility bills. Why waste all that cash back and reward points by using the wrong card? Go back to the drawing board and figure out which card will reward you the most for every Ringgit spent. Get started with this short quiz to find out which card should enter your financial life right now! 8. Earn in a stronger currency In addition to reducing your expenses, you need to boost your income. After all, no matter how good a money saver you are, a bit more is always useful. When the currency you are earning is on a continuous slide downward, it makes sense to look for income in stronger currency. And in today’s globalised world, you don’t even need to leave the country to do that. One way to do that is to sell your things internationally on sites such as etsy, ebay, or even Amazon. If you have a crafty side, start making things and list them on etsy. Things like handmade hairbands, jewellery or photo props are extremely popular on etsy. The beauty of these sites is, everything is traded in USD (the listed price is converted from USD to Ringgit)! Other ways to increase your income is to consider working part-time, such as writing freelance, starting a blog and teaching tuition classes. Choosing the right part-time job to do depends on your preference and expertise. If you are into scrapbooking, you can even advertise your service on Facebook for free to get some extra income. The world is your oyster when it comes to making a few bucks. Most of these services can be offered to overseas clients, if you know the right market place to promote your skills! 9. Review your long-term financial goals Even though we need to start planning to achieve our financial goals as early as possible, these goals should be flexible. When certain hurdles present themselves along the way, you need to be able to make changes to your financial goals. One of the most common goals is saving for your child’s tertiary education. To send your child overseas, you may need to start saving as early as possible. However, for those who are at the brink of leaving for their tertiary education, they may find the weakening Ringgit a bitter pill to swallow. Instead of sacrificing other areas of your savings, for example, sacrificing your retirement funds to send your child overseas now, it may be a better option to study locally on a twinning programme – allowing your child to study locally for a year or two (while waiting for the economy to stabilise) before sending them off overseas. Going overseas in the final year only can save you a lot more money. Currency fluctuates. Things change. You can’t stop it all. However, these lifestyle adjustments will take you a long way, financially, even when times are good. Establishing these as habits will make your finances healthier in the long run. Get rewarded with every Ringgit spent. This can only happen with the right credit card in your wallet. Find the best credit card to suit your lifestyle now! 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All-Natural Methods To Boost Your Sexual Ed

In case your sensual potency is diminished after sunny summer days do not be worried, it really is quite ordinary! Continue studying, on the upcoming lines you will figure out couple hints and a special formulation to defeat these days!

Based on mythology, love goddess Aphrodite was famous by her personal formulated lotions and trainings that she creates on her behalf lovers to maximize their sexual ability. This is the reason why today we predict all stimulating elixir as aphrodisiac, however now guys aren't such blessed, and this post is highly recommended especially to persons surviving in major cities.

Devoid of the doubt top aphrodisiac are sunlight, also a superb sleep and fresh air. A excellent sleep is necessary for the body to package up itself, to increase its energy and rejuvenate its hormones. Sunlight warmth and light is actually a highly effective doping for your own body including hormones. The most important purpose of men's vitality in vacations will be rested in fresh air. However, in fall's cloudy times some organic supplements might assist a lot.

Magical energy of foods:

Basil, drizzle, ginger, onion, tomato, radish, celery, lettuce, lettuce, red pepper, oats, asparagus, fresh onion, chestnut, hazel nut, pistachio nut, coconut, pineapple, oyster, caviar are main food items to enhance your sexual capability. With them in your weekly menu collections would be a sensible alternative. Notably, foods containing Vitamin e antioxidant including pistachio, almond, hazelnut and walnut are natural drugs for male potency and erectile disorders.

Red is Fantastic for men's energy:

When we state aphrodisiac we generally mean supplements for men because they are needed to become busy in sexual relationships. In other words, for a prosperous foreplay, guys must be aroused, straightened, and stay erected! To get a man's energy reddish colorization is essential. In astrology Mars symbolizes man and its sexual potency, and Mars's emblem is red. For men sexual vitality red colored foods and drinks are highly recommended, as red pepper, red ginseng...

Besides this can be why using reddish light, red underwear, red sheets... to generate sensual environments. Also reddish coral or ruby stone may help increase person's energy. Guys wearing consistently pale, pastel and dark coloured dresses may get less appeal and not as much enjoyment!

Red stones and color may also be helpful activate women's sexual feelings although the must strong aphrodisiac for a female will be love and affection inserted into attentive sexual intercourse!

Apart from vegetable ginseng vitamins are helpful for a thriving sex life. Especially vitamin E is vital for guys. You can get VitaminE in pills or by way of organic food items (notably hazelnut includes many minerals and important body fat acids). To over come the tiredness syndrome because of modern life and superior technology, vitamin-B is most highly advised. Check out https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/malaysia-269/how-can-i-get-desaru-singapore-3570496-2.html website for effective information about erectile dysfunction now.

Prevent melancholy:

At the rear of most sexual issues, a few hormonal and nutritional issues and depression can survive. After a serious depression or some disorder, together with natural health supplements, help of a psychiatrist (sexologist) as well as also a nourishment expert could be required with no

Hefty training Could Possibly Be harmful:

For wholesome sexual living a light training program is equally as useful as ginseng. A routine and consistent workout program will balance your metabolism and also hormonal system to keep your own body sexually active. But beware of exhausting and heavy training apps due to a supplementary low fat texture may cause a performance decrease.

Meditation, yoga and several other favourable energy processes are suggested to purify the human brain contrary to stress. Right breathing is likewise crucial for sexual strength that is powerful. In the event you insist upon heavy training you need to pay special attention for an appropriate and healthful nourishment plan.

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Ring In the New Year for a Bitcoin with Singapore Bar Party Package

Skyline, a bar in Singapore, is offering a party package for celebrating New Year’s Eve that costs a single Bitcoin.

We’re getting closer and closer to watching the ball drop in Time’s Square, heralding the end of 2017 and ushering in 2018. Around the world, people will be celebrating with friends and families, probably while singing an off-key version of Auld Lang Syne. Crypto enthusiasts will remember 2017 as the year that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exploded and became a part of the public consciousness. If you really want to ring in the New Year with a crypto bang, you could sign up for the Bitcoin Baller Package being sold by Skyline, a popular bar in Singapore. The cost? A single bitcoin.

Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

Partygoers should have a great view during the Skyline party, dubbed Bianco, on New Year’s Eve. The bar sits on the 45th floor of a skyscraper and looks out on the city’s waterfront. Party goers will be decked out in white and can drink and dance the night away before enjoying an amazing fireworks display being held at the waterfront.

So what does spending a bitcoin get you? The Bitcoin Baller Package includes the following: limousine pick-up, 2 butlers, and a platter of lobsters, oysters, and caviar. There’s plenty of booze in the package as well as buyers also get:

1 x Hendricks 1 x Ron Zacapa 23 1 x Cordon Bleu 1 x JW Blue Label 1 x Belvedere 6L 1 x Cristal 1 x Armand de Brignac 10 x Doms

Of course, people are still free to pay cash for partying at Skyline. The bar admits that nobody has come forward and bought the Bitcoin Baller Package, whose cost currently runs close to $13,000.

Skyline Used to Cryptocurrency

The Skyline bar in Singapore has run a number of successful cryptocurrency-themed events in the past. The main focus for such events is the people working in the financial technology sector, which is booming in Singapore. The bar was also the first club in the city-state to accept virtual currency when it began allowing Ethereum as a payment option on November 28th.

Subaish Rajamanickam, manager at Skyline, says:

We had a couple of cryptocurrency after-parties here, and we have also themed a night … called Crypto Thursdays. So that basically got the ball rolling for cryptocurrency acceptance here at Skyline.

Some patrons of the club have said that they’ll continue buying drinks in cash as the transaction fees are just too high to use on buying a drink or two. Still, a single martini is a far cry from the Bitcoin Baller Package. In the end, the important thing is that more and more businesses are accepting virtual currency as a viable payment option, and it appears that such acceptance will only grow in the new year.

Would you pay one bitcoin for the party package at Skyline? Does your favorite club or bar accept cryptocurrency? Let us know in the comments below.

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Celebrate the New Year With Bitcoin

Bitcoin certainly has had a wild ride in 2017. Its price has risen from around $1,000 at the start of the year to over $13,000 at the time of writing. At one point, less than a month ago, you’d have to fork out almost $20,000 to buy a single Bitcoin. The market was clearly over-extended as the mania surrounding the launch of Bitcoin futures subsided, so too did the price. Recently, fear and uncertainty over legislation in South Korea has put a temporary dampener on the party but with the price still over 13 times what it was at the beginning of the year, there’s still plenty to celebrate this New Year’s Eve.

If you really want to flaunt the Bitcoin wealth you amassed this year, a club in Singapore could be the ideal venue for you to bring in the New Year. It’s called Skyline and it’s located on the 45th floor of a a luxury skyscraper which overlooks the city-state’s glamorous waterfront. It’s the first club in the nation to accept payments in cryptocurrency. The party they’re hosting this evening is called “Bianco” and has an all white dress code. The ultimate hospitality package they offer will set you back an entire Bitcoin. This includes a limousine collection, butler, champagne, oysters, and caviar.

Despite the opulent service provided, the bar manager Subaish Rajamanickam told UK newspaper the Mail that no one had taken the club up on their elite New Year package yet. However, other cryptocurrency-themed nights there have had greater interest. He told AFP news about the decision to offer payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the crypto events they’d hosted:

“We had a couple of cryptocurrency after-parties here, and we have also themed a night … called Crypto Thursdays… So that basically got the ball rolling for cryptocurrency acceptance here at Skyline.”

Despite the various digital payment options presented, most transactions still happen in cash. This is likely due to the volatility associated with cryptocurrency prices, as well as recent network congestion on both the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains. Unfortunately, due to the surge in popularity of digital payment methods, neither network can handle the large numbers of transactions users are trying to make. This creates a scenario where people are forced to ramp up the fee to the network. Increased fees incentivise miners to include transactions quickly. However, they do render overburdened blockchain-based cryptos useless for making micro-payments. Paying $20 for a $13,000 hospitality package isn’t so bad. That same fee for a $35 round of drinks is ludicrous.

If you’re at a loose end in Singapore later this evening, and have a whole Bitcoin to burn on indulgence, why not hit up Bianco. Alternatively, you could just pay in inflationary fiat currency, and save your crypto for a rainier day. If the average price trend is anything to go by, you’ll thank yourself later.

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Celebrate the New Year With Bitcoin

Bitcoin certainly has had a wild ride in 2017. Its price has risen from around $1,000 at the start of the year to over $13,000 at the time of writing. At one point, less than a month ago, you’d have to fork out almost $20,000 to buy a single Bitcoin. The market was clearly over-extended as the mania surrounding the launch of Bitcoin futures subsided, so too did the price. Recently, fear and uncertainty over legislation in South Korea has put a temporary dampener on the party but with the price still over 13 times what it was at the beginning of the year, there’s still plenty to celebrate this New Year’s Eve.

If you really want to flaunt the Bitcoin wealth you amassed this year, a club in Singapore could be the ideal venue for you to bring in the New Year. It’s called Skyline and it’s located on the 45th floor of a a luxury skyscraper which overlooks the city-state’s glamorous waterfront. It’s the first club in the nation to accept payments in cryptocurrency. The party they’re hosting this evening is called “Bianco” and has an all white dress code. The ultimate hospitality package they offer will set you back an entire Bitcoin. This includes a limousine collection, butler, champagne, oysters, and caviar.

Despite the opulent service provided, the bar manager Subaish Rajamanickam told UK newspaper the Mail that no one had taken the club up on their elite New Year package yet. However, other cryptocurrency-themed nights there have had greater interest. He told AFP news about the decision to offer payments in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the crypto events they’d hosted:

“We had a couple of cryptocurrency after-parties here, and we have also themed a night … called Crypto Thursdays… So that basically got the ball rolling for cryptocurrency acceptance here at Skyline.”

Despite the various digital payment options presented, most transactions still happen in cash. This is likely due to the volatility associated with cryptocurrency prices, as well as recent network congestion on both the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains. Unfortunately, due to the surge in popularity of digital payment methods, neither network can handle the large numbers of transactions users are trying to make. This creates a scenario where people are forced to ramp up the fee to the network. Increased fees incentivise miners to include transactions quickly. However, they do render overburdened blockchain-based cryptos useless for making micro-payments. Paying $20 for a $13,000 hospitality package isn’t so bad. That same fee for a $35 round of drinks is ludicrous.

If you’re at a loose end in Singapore later this evening, and have a whole Bitcoin to burn on indulgence, why not hit up Bianco. Alternatively, you could just pay in inflationary fiat currency, and save your crypto for a rainier day. If the average price trend is anything to go by, you’ll thank yourself later.

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Ultimate (Exchange) Student Guide + Travel Tips! [University of Surrey x Nanyang Technological University EEE]

After more than 171 days away from home, I am finally back in time for the reunion dinner in homely Singapore which is nice! :) Back to the topic, this is a short guide that I decided to put together for the benefit of the students who are going to/ interested in going for an GEM exchange programme at University of Surrey(UoS).  Writing this also serves a good time for me to reflect all the experiences and lessons learnt from my time at University of Surrey. Before I begin, I would like to mention that one of such article have been written before by getsurrey.co.uk which you can refer to as well. Academic: In case you are wondering, I am a EEE/3 student specializing in infocommunications and I did my Y3S1 at UoS. The 4 modules I took are: EEE2045 ELECTRICAL SCIENCE II Lectured by Dr David Carey and Prof Ravi Silva aka EE3001 ENGINEERING MICROMAGNETICS (4AU) - 100% Lecture and 100% 2 hour Written Paper. EEE3008 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING A Lectured by Prof Mark Plumbley aka EE3014 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING - 20% Weekly Flipped Classroom Assignments which are basically group presentations for your self learning of the new topic before the lectures. 80% 2 hour Written Paper - More theory explanations and derivations than calculations as compared to the usual NTU teaching style. - I realise there is a different syllabus for DSP B offered in Sem 2 while studying for my finals. I am not sure about this. EEE3033 RF AND MICROWAVE FUNDAMENTALS Lectured by Dr Peter Aaen and Dr Tim Brown aka EE4151 RF AND MICROWAVE ENGINEERING (3AU) - 20% Lab (Advanced Design System) and 80% 2 hour Written Paper - Really skeptical about taking this mod at first since I am taking Electromagnetics mod concurrently. - Lab was a little hard to grasp at first since the overall learning curve was pretty steep for me. - Glad that I have plenty of help from my EPS project mates :)

EEE3035 ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Lectured by Dr David Carey and Supervised by Prof Klaus Moessner aka EE3080 DESIGN & INNOVATION PROJECT (DIP, 2AU) - Probably biggest takeaway mod; an eye opener - Project on creating a wearable tech for the medical field with a group of 6 - Lectures on various industry standards was very insightful. Topics like technological adoption life cycle, hype curves and sustainability management are a few of the many materials covered. - The UoS students have stronger hands-on skills like coming out with PCB designs and testing. Their 1 year placement/internship really gave them an edge that I am still hoping to catch up on my own. - Learnt some EAGLE basics and reinforced my knowlege of 3D design which I self learnt prior to this. - Efficient use of team management apps like Slack which was also new to me. University of Surrey EEE Faculty was highly regarded in the UK and it is a real privilege to do an exchange programme there. As mentioned, the teaching approach is very different as compared to NTU. It is very vocal with its flipped classroom teaching and there is a lot of self learning to do here. I have to refer to the textbooks a lot here. However, there is a need to memorize essential formulas for the finals which I am not used to, since the formula booklets for NTU papers are specific to the mods and comprehensive.

Play (Travel):  I went a 44 days pre-exchange trip with my friends from 8 August 2016 and we mainly covered the Scandinavian countries and Central Europe. I traveled on plenty of day trips around UK during the semester and explored the Eastern Europe during the winter vacation. I did a custom google maps to detail my travels and wrote about it a few times before. It can be overwhelming at first so it is easier to refer to the legend as a guide. Article and Legend WallEEExplore v17.01.21 Map

Helsinki, Finland (09 - 11 August 2016) Hameenlinna & Tampere (11 -12 August 2016) Turku, Finland (12-13 August 2016) Stockholm & Tyresta National Park, Sweden (14 - 17 August 2016) Norway Road Trip: Oslo Trolltunga Bergen Lysebotn Larvik, Norway (17 - 23 August 2016) Copenhagen, Denmark (24 - 27 August 2016) Aarhus, Denmark (27 -29 August 2016) Hamburg, Germany (29 Aug - 01 Sep 2016) Berlin, Germany (01 - 04 September 2016) Frankfurt, Germany (04 -07 September 2016) Luxembourg (07 - 09 September 2016) Brussels, Belgium (09 - 12 September 2016) Antwerp, Belgium (12 - 14 September 2016) Rotterdam, Netherlands (14 - 17 September 2016) The Hague, Netherlands (17 - 19 September 2016) Amsterdam, Netherlands (19 - 21 September 2016) London Day Trip (09 October 2016) Windsor Day Trip with Students’ Union (22 October 2016) Oxford Day Trip (23 October 2016) Woking Day Trip (02 November 2016) Bristol + Northern Ireland + Glastonbury & Wells (04 - 09 November 2016) Scotland(Glasgow & Edinburgh) Trip with Students’ Union (11 - 14 November 2016) Cambridge Day Trip (19 November 2016) Brighton Day Trip (26 November 2016) Paris + Disneyland (02 - 06 December 2016) Manchester + Lake District Road Trip (19 - 21 December 2016) Stonehenge + Bath Tour (23 December 2016) London (24 - 27, 30 - 31 December 2016) Prague, Czech Republic (01 - 04 January 2017) Salzburg + Hallstatt + Vienna, Austria (05 - 09 January 2017) Budapest, Hungary (10 - 12 January 2017)

It will take me a while or forever to ever write about the details of all the places I have been to, so if there is any particular places that you might want some tips or itinerary, do contact me directly. I don’t bite. :))

Here are some other custom maps I did during my researches for new places to go. These are mainly within the UK.

UK Top Places to Visit (Detailed)

Lake District Day Drive Trip

: This was meant for a day trip to the Lake District from Manchester during the winter when the daytime is short. Nonetheless, it is still recommended to spend more time there and go for a hike!

*** Tips for travelling around UK 1. Get a 16-25 Railway Card first! It cost  £30 and it’ll save you 1/3 on rail fares. You’ll cover back that  £30 in no time if you go for a lot of day trips. 2. Going for day trips with University of Surrey Students’ Union (SU) is a lot cheaper (even with a rail card). It is more worthwhile if they are able to get discounted admission tickets to castles etc. However, in my opinion, it is not recommended to go for a long trip with them though. You’re more restricted in terms of time and (super) long bus trips is tiring. :( 3. Generally, you can go for a day trip anywhere as long as the ride one way is about 3 hours or less. You’ll still have enough time to explore the city/town. Avoid going those that are far away during winter as you will have little day time. Unless you want to fork out more money to find accom. 4. Get advance tickets if you are able to plan about 2 weeks ahead. It can be very cheap. However, day trips tend to be impromptu, so super off-peak tickets bought on the day itself are your best bet. But still, try to plan ahead. 5. The best part of Guildford is that, London is just 40 - 60 mins away! A day travel zone tickets covers both your travel to and fro plus unlimited London tube travel! 6. Get an Oyster card if you travel to London a lot. Don’t forget to link it to 16-25 Rail card for 1/3 off. You have to go to any station and ask the station attendants to do that. Remember that daily fares caps are at about  £6 or  £ 6.45 and it costs nothing after that. UNLIMITED POWER~ 6. I prefer the National Rail app over Trainline cos it tends to be more detailed. But you will need trainline app if you want to buy tickets online.

Where to go in Guildford?: 1. Picinic / BBQ by the university lake 2. Short hikes / Picnics around town like The Mount, Pewley Downs, St Martha-on-the-hill, Guildford Castle 3. Tea Terrace  at the top floors of House of Fraser 4. Bike / Walk along River Wey to nearby towns like Godalming, Shalford or the Riverside Park. Refer to this route guide.

Giffgaff or Three: Personally, I used giffgaff when I know I am not travelling out of UK for the month and Three if I am going to travel. Yes, in the end, I kept 2 UK lines since my android phone support dual sim anyway. Here is why: Giffgaff: Good: More data tiering than Three. You can buy data for 1, 2, 4 GB and so on, depending on your usage. Three only has 1GB and 12GB packages. (who uses 1 GB anyway?!) Three: Good: You can use your data in many other European countries. No more trying to connect wifi on the streets to upload your latest snaps or instagram stories. UNLIMITED POWER~ x2 Santander Basic or Current: Basic. I think it will still be confusing even if I explain the differences between the two here so, you should listen closely when you are at bank then. Here is the why: 1. You will get used to transferring money between your bank card and debit card in no time. 2. No  £5/mo

BTW, remitting money from DBS to Santander is free and it offers the best exchange rate. It is almost instant during office hours (both UK and SG), but it can be a nightmare if you ran out of money and it is the weekend.

Food: There are food places like Young’s Kitchen, Hillside and some kebabs stalls nearby in school, but trust me, you will get used to cooking for every meal in the end. Deals varies from time to time in Tesco and Sainsburys’ but there are 2 things that are certain. 1.  £2.50 -  £3 B&J or Haagen Dazs is irresistible 2. Poundland for your snacks, chocolates and Haribos. 

Useful Apps (Android): 1. National Rail / Trainline: For your railway timings etc 2. Santander: Banking 3. Giffgaff / Three: Check your data usage 4. Tube Map London: London tube can be confusing and there is no reception once you are inside! 5. Moovit: Shows transport route options in many European cities when Google Maps fails 6. Flixbus: Mostly used this bus service in Europe like Germany. Track its prices religiously if you desperately need a cheap getaway from studies to Paris Disneyland 7. Skyview Free: Just cos you tend to see more stars wherever you are in Europe than Singapore 8. Maps.me: If you need an alternative to Google Maps. However, I used Google Maps extensively by starring important places. You can label them for easy identification when your maps get too crowded.

Tip: Use location history in Google Maps to review the places you go before, in case you want to research further on the place you been to when you are back.

Tell me your experiences! :  While I spent a rather fruitful time in UoS, I didn’t really join CCAs or had any sort of party life. Haha. I had plenty of the “chill in the kitchen/room” life though. Besides, my housemates kept telling Rubix, the school nightclub was always mediocre anyway. There are plenty of interesting CCAs in UoS like Equestrian Club, ABACUS, the Singaporeans Society or the SurreyEARS but I didn’t get myself to join in the end because: 1. You need Surrey Sports Park membership for sports CCA. 2. I want to travel around during my free time. Hope this guide have been useful so far and do share with me your exchange stories, I would love to listen to them! Go out there and create your own memories if you started your exchange!

PS. Pardon me for any major grammatical errors etc, I am writing this at 5am, Singapore time in the morning. Jetlag is hitting me pretty bad. Haiz.

[ Teng Kok Wai (Walter) - Nanyang Technological University x  University of Surrey, Email: teng0107@e.ntu.edu.sg EEE AY16/17 Y3S1]

[brajeshupadhyay]

When a new coronavirus outbreak emerged last week in Beijing, residents were jolted by reports that traces of the virus had been found on a cutting board used for imported salmon, and the backlash was swift. Within a few days, salmon was removed from major supermarket shelves in Beijing, reserves of the fish were dumped and bulk orders evaporated. Diners rushed to cancel reservations at Japanese restaurants in the capital, while salmon suppliers around the world scrambled to salvage the tarnished reputation of their prized product in the country. Chinese officials later said that imported salmon was not responsible for spreading the virus, but the damage had already been done. “The unluckiest restaurateur of 2020,” said Alan Wong, owner of Hatsune, a chain of Japanese restaurants in Beijing and Shanghai. “That’s my title.” “We were packed on Friday and now dead ever since,” he said. “Totally empty.” In a country where fears of the virus remain strong and nationalism is on the rise, imported salmon has found itself an easy target. Facing global criticism for its initial mishandling of the virus, Chinese authorities have for months waged a propaganda campaign to highlight their successes in taming the virus and deflect blame for the pandemic to outsiders. They have cast foreigners as public health risks, sowed doubt about the origins of the virus and even pushed an unfounded conspiracy theory that the United States military had deliberately brought the virus to China. After the chairman of the wholesale market linked to the latest outbreak told a Beijing News reporter that the virus had been found on a cutting board used for salmon, panic ensued. On Saturday, Zeng Guang, a senior epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was quoted in the Global Times, a party-controlled nationalist newspaper, urging the public to temporarily stay away from raw salmon. For years, China’s growing appetite for salmon, like American lobsters, oysters and cherries, had been celebrated as a sign of the country’s rising living standards and burgeoning middle class. Now, the luxury good, which is mostly imported from Norway and Chile, is being cast out. For the many salmon suppliers and restaurateurs who were already struggling to claw their way back in the aftermath of the pandemic, the sudden boycott in China has dealt an unexpected blow. Like many other restaurant owners in China, Mr. Wong of Hatsune was forced to close several of his fifteen restaurants after the epidemic exploded in the country in late January. The remaining restaurants were beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels of business earlier this month. Then reports began circulating last Friday about the contaminated cutting board, and the customers stopped coming. Halfway around the world, the reports also delivered a seismic shock. Regin Jacobsen, chief executive of Bakkafrost, a salmon farming company based in the Faroe Islands, said that calls from China to cancel orders began coming in over the weekend and soon they “practically went from 100 percent down to zero.” Over the last decade, Mr. Jacobsen said, the market for salmon in China had grown with the increase in Japanese restaurants and the expansion of a Chinese middle class interested in reaping salmon’s health benefits. Up to 20 percent of Bakkafrost’s fresh salmon exports, he said, went to China every year. After seeing the mounting cancellations, Bakkafrost rushed to respond, putting out a statement emphasizing that there had been no new cases of the coronavirus in the Faroe Islands since April and that the company’s employees had been regularly tested for the coronavirus. Anders Snellingen, manager of global operations for the Norwegian Seafood Council, an industry group, said that Norway’s seafood companies had also seen a rapid uptick in cancellations for salmon orders from China over the weekend and that several shipments of salmon had been destroyed or returned. “We hope this can be resolved quickly,” said Mr. Snellingen. “In the very short term we see there might be logistical challenges to getting seafood in via Beijing.” It is not the first time that Norwegian salmon has been made collateral damage in China. In 2010, the Nobel committee, which is based in Norway, awarded the Peace Prize to pro-democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo, angering the Chinese authorities. Beijing responded in part by slapping import controls on Norwegian salmon that were so strict that much of the fresh fish reportedly ended up rotting in Chinese warehouses. It took six years for Norway and China to normalize relations, and salmon sales began to recover. Last year, Norwegian salmon accounted for 45 percent of the market in China, according to the Norwegian Seafood Council. The total value of the country’s salmon exports to China last year reached $167 million and was growing, Mr. Snellingen said. The new outbreak, which has so far sickened more than 130 people in Beijing and forced the closure of workplaces, restaurants and hotels in high-risk areas of the city, comes at a delicate time for China’s leader Xi Jinping. Official data released this week showed that authorities are still struggling to rev up the country’s economy. Abroad, the ruling Communist Party faces a growing international backlash for its initial attempts to downplay the epidemic. “Given all of the effort they put into protecting Beijing, the fact that they let the virus slip through their formidable capital defenses is a bit of a blow to the Communist Party,” said Drew Thompson, director for China in the Pentagon from 2011 to 2018 and now a research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. “Blaming this on foreign forces that got through their screen is a palatable option for them,” he added, calling the backlash against salmon a form of “xenopescophobia, the fear of foreign fish.” In Beijing, concerns have spread beyond salmon. One vendor at Jingshen market, which processes much of the city’s seafood, said in a telephone interview that he had seen sales of all seafood drop by 80 percent since Friday, though he was optimistic that demand would eventually rebound. In the last few days, state media and health officials have started to walk back their earlier statements about salmon. At a news briefing on Tuesday, Shi Guoqing, an official from the Chinese Center for Disease Control said that there was no evidence to suggest that salmon could host the new coronavirus. Officials, however, have not ruled out the possibility that the seafood products could have been contaminated during the packaging process. Updated June 16, 2020 I’ve heard about a treatment called dexamethasone. Does it work? The steroid, dexamethasone, is the first treatment shown to reduce mortality in severely ill patients, according to scientists in Britain. The drug appears to reduce inflammation caused by the immune system, protecting the tissues. In the study, dexamethasone reduced deaths of patients on ventilators by one-third, and deaths of patients on oxygen by one-fifth. What is pandemic paid leave? The coronavirus emergency relief package gives many American workers paid leave if they need to take time off because of the virus. It gives qualified workers two weeks of paid sick leave if they are ill, quarantined or seeking diagnosis or preventive care for coronavirus, or if they are caring for sick family members. It gives 12 weeks of paid leave to people caring for children whose schools are closed or whose child care provider is unavailable because of the coronavirus. It is the first time the United States has had widespread federally mandated paid leave, and includes people who don’t typically get such benefits, like part-time and gig economy workers. But the measure excludes at least half of private-sector workers, including those at the country’s largest employers, and gives small employers significant leeway to deny leave. Does asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19 happen? So far, the evidence seems to show it does. A widely cited paper published in April suggests that people are most infectious about two days before the onset of coronavirus symptoms and estimated that 44 percent of new infections were a result of transmission from people who were not yet showing symptoms. Recently, a top expert at the World Health Organization stated that transmission of the coronavirus by people who did not have symptoms was “very rare,” but she later walked back that statement. What’s the risk of catching coronavirus from a surface? Touching contaminated objects and then infecting ourselves with the germs is not typically how the virus spreads. But it can happen. A number of studies of flu, rhinovirus, coronavirus and other microbes have shown that respiratory illnesses, including the new coronavirus, can spread by touching contaminated surfaces, particularly in places like day care centers, offices and hospitals. But a long chain of events has to happen for the disease to spread that way. The best way to protect yourself from coronavirus — whether it’s surface transmission or close human contact — is still social distancing, washing your hands, not touching your face and wearing masks. How does blood type influence coronavirus? A study by European scientists is the first to document a strong statistical link between genetic variations and Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Having Type A blood was linked to a 50 percent increase in the likelihood that a patient would need to get oxygen or to go on a ventilator, according to the new study. How many people have lost their jobs due to coronavirus in the U.S.? The unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent in May, the Labor Department said on June 5, an unexpected improvement in the nation’s job market as hiring rebounded faster than economists expected. Economists had forecast the unemployment rate to increase to as much as 20 percent, after it hit 14.7 percent in April, which was the highest since the government began keeping official statistics after World War II. But the unemployment rate dipped instead, with employers adding 2.5 million jobs, after more than 20 million jobs were lost in April. Will protests set off a second viral wave of coronavirus? Mass protests against police brutality that have brought thousands of people onto the streets in cities across America are raising the specter of new coronavirus outbreaks, prompting political leaders, physicians and public health experts to warn that the crowds could cause a surge in cases. While many political leaders affirmed the right of protesters to express themselves, they urged the demonstrators to wear face masks and maintain social distancing, both to protect themselves and to prevent further community spread of the virus. Some infectious disease experts were reassured by the fact that the protests were held outdoors, saying the open air settings could mitigate the risk of transmission. My state is reopening. Is it safe to go out? States are reopening bit by bit. This means that more public spaces are available for use and more and more businesses are being allowed to open again. The federal government is largely leaving the decision up to states, and some state leaders are leaving the decision up to local authorities. Even if you aren’t being told to stay at home, it’s still a good idea to limit trips outside and your interaction with other people. What are the symptoms of coronavirus? Common symptoms include fever, a dry cough, fatigue and difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. Some of these symptoms overlap with those of the flu, making detection difficult, but runny noses and stuffy sinuses are less common. The C.D.C. has also added chills, muscle pain, sore throat, headache and a new loss of the sense of taste or smell as symptoms to look out for. Most people fall ill five to seven days after exposure, but symptoms may appear in as few as two days or as many as 14 days. How can I protect myself while flying? If air travel is unavoidable, there are some steps you can take to protect yourself. Most important: Wash your hands often, and stop touching your face. If possible, choose a window seat. A study from Emory University found that during flu season, the safest place to sit on a plane is by a window, as people sitting in window seats had less contact with potentially sick people. Disinfect hard surfaces. When you get to your seat and your hands are clean, use disinfecting wipes to clean the hard surfaces at your seat like the head and arm rest, the seatbelt buckle, the remote, screen, seat back pocket and the tray table. If the seat is hard and nonporous or leather or pleather, you can wipe that down, too. (Using wipes on upholstered seats could lead to a wet seat and spreading of germs rather than killing them.) Should I wear a mask? The C.D.C. has recommended that all Americans wear cloth masks if they go out in public. This is a shift in federal guidance reflecting new concerns that the coronavirus is being spread by infected people who have no symptoms. Until now, the C.D.C., like the W.H.O., has advised that ordinary people don’t need to wear masks unless they are sick and coughing. Part of the reason was to preserve medical-grade masks for health care workers who desperately need them at a time when they are in continuously short supply. Masks don’t replace hand washing and social distancing. What should I do if I feel sick? If you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus or think you have, and have a fever or symptoms like a cough or difficulty breathing, call a doctor. They should give you advice on whether you should be tested, how to get tested, and how to seek medical treatment without potentially infecting or exposing others. Norwegian officials said on Wednesday that together with Chinese authorities, they had concluded that salmon from Norway was not the source of the coronavirus found on cutting boards at the Beijing market. “We can clear away uncertainty,” Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, Norway’s fisheries and seafood minister, said during a video conference. Despite the official reassurances, many Chinese diners were still hesitant. Alyssa Mai, 19, a college student from Guangzhou, said that while she knew the risk of getting the virus from eating salmon was low, she would not have it any time soon. “My relatives would be worried,” she said. Some Chinese researchers and state media have zeroed in on a finding that the virus in the latest outbreak most closely resembles what they described as a “European strain.” They have cited it as the latest reason to question whether the virus originated from Wuhan. On Monday, the headline of a story in the Global Times read: “Source of Beijing cases renews speculation over Covid-19 origin.” Other experts said that the speculation over the virus strain was misleading. “It clearly emerged in Wuhan,” said Ben Cowling, a professor and head of the division of epidemiology and biostatistics at Hong Kong University’s School of Public Health. “In the media in China they are saying it’s a European strain but they haven’t clarified that it’s the virus that came from Wuhan and went to Europe and then came back again.” As Beijing reverts to a partial lockdown, many restaurateurs like Li Kuan are finding it harder to be optimistic about the future. Mr. Li had been forced to suspend business at his 30-seat, high-end Japanese restaurant during the height of the epidemic but bookings quickly bounced back in May as restrictions were lifted. But since Friday, the intimate, earth-toned restaurant in eastern Beijing has been nearly empty. Mr. Li said he was reluctant to close the restaurant because he didn’t want to give in to the misinformation. But, he was struggling to stay afloat — he had already sent half of his staff home and was sitting on a rapidly expiring stock of fresh tuna and salmon flown in from Japan. “I’ve been a chef for so many years, I can’t just give up now,” Mr. Li said. “But right now the problem I’m thinking about is just: when is this going to end?” Bella Huang contributed reporting from Hong Kong. The post Coronavirus Fears in China Find a New Target: Salmon appeared first on Sansaar Times.

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It’s Friday and we can smell the weekend from here! Feast Up! Pop-Up Market is here after a hiatus for 2 months to bring to you another run on this Saturday, with a very wacky theme…GALAXY REGALE!

Come space-out with us, enjoy instagrammable hipster food & heart-warming moments, artisan products, curated open stage performances and delectable free vegetarian cuisines, and now… *LIVE ART JAMMING*(NEW), all in one event!

Feast Up! Galaxy Regale Date: 26 October 2019, Saturday Time: 4.00PM to 9.00PM (Extended Hours!) Venue: BW Monastery, Level 4,  1 Woodlands Drive 16, Singapore 737764

Creative Market featuring: Streaks ‘n’ Strokes (Live Art-Jamming), Old Hen Coffee (Cold Brew Beverages), Bakes N Bites (Vegan Shepherd’s Pie, Assorted Muffins & Cakes), Fire Flies Health Farm (Organic Produce, King Oyster Mushroom Porridge & Lion Mane Herbal Soup), Wander’ful(Vegetarian Lok Lok/Oden), Simply SewKnit (Handcrafted Fabric/Crochetted/Knitted Usables), Colorfüll (Curated Children’s Accessories & Apparels), Shirollina(Assorted Flavoured Vegan Ice Cream), Burning Blooms (Artisan Pressed Flowers Phone Cases), Dan‘s Bites(Brownie Crisps), NibbleXNibble(Mala Rice Balls, Fried Cheese and Street-style drinks), First Brew Singapore (Almond drink &Herbal Tea), Soapnut Republic (Eco-friendly cleaning agents), Nut Culture (Vegan Cheese & Almond Butter), Handmade Crafts by LENY (Upcycling Plastic Packaging Pouches & Accessories), Silver Hub Trading (Silver accessories), Bio Benefits (Eco-friendly usables) and Arissto(Gourmet Coffee & Tea)!

Open Stage featuring great live music by young talented performers @waytingwayvesofficial and others

Free Delectable Galatic-themed Vegetarian Food Sampling featuring our signature mushroom soup, rocket fruit skewers, blue pea jelly with longan, sweet potato cake and Taiwanese waffle pancakes!

                          More about Feast Up! Galaxy Regale and its participating merchants: FEAST UP

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*Let’s support local young entrepreneurs because we are the fullest when we are a tool that helps other grow.* See you there!

Some of our youth events that our BW Monastery organises and introduce the Lamrim lessons to them at a time suitable for my friends.

Other activities:

https://bwmonastery.org.sg/adult-courses/

https://bwmonastery.org.sg/arts-and-culture/

https://bwmonastery.org.sg/children-courses/

https://bwmonastery.org.sg/seniors-courses/

FEAST UP @BWMONASTERY ON 26.10.2019 It's Friday and we can smell the weekend from here! Feast Up! Pop-Up Market is here after a hiatus for 2 months to bring to you another run on this Saturday, with a very wacky theme...GALAXY REGALE!

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Singapore Noodles (Singapore Mei Fun) That a Well Known Take out Recipe

Singapore Noodles can be actually a super-quick dish of stir fried rice vermicelli noodles with veggies and also some type of protein. Nevertheless the defining nature of this Singapore Noodles could be your accession of curry powder, that's the commonplace flavour with this take-out dish.

Singapore Noodles or Mei enjoyment -- that the most title is simply plain inappropriate. Discussing just as being a bred and born Singaporean! That isn't any such matter as Singapore Noodles at Singapore! We've got much too lots of noodles for the planet to really be one, however immortalised it really is from the sphere of Chinese take-outs!

The very first time that I encounter Singapore Noodles was in my own very first month while in the United Kingdom. Shock, terror. Nearly as bad as once I watched that a whirlpool store named Singapore therapeutic massage! Nearly. Absolutely a WTH minute! For need of a much rude word.

Have a peek in the gallery beneath, showcasing only a number of the far adored noodles you are going to see in Singapore (plus a few in Malaysia) and you're going to find out exactly what I am talking.

So, in case Singapore Noodles failed to arise in Singapore, exactly where at the planet did the fish emerge out of? Seemingly, it's actually a Cantonese production, remarkably popular in Cantonese wineries and restaurants at hongkong. However, the curry powder, even if it is perhaps not an ingredient related to cooking? Your figure is like mine. Most likely the cook that generated Singapore Mei entertaining had seen Singapore and strove that our Malay or Indian or even Nyonya foodstuff. He popped on to Burma, and even even India! No matter the source, suffice it to express, it's really a hugely common stirfried noodle dish while in the united kingdom, the US, Canada and Australia.

Much like almost any noodle dish, even the"filling", that's the veggies and nourishment, is often an issue of preference. The"Regular" veggies at a Take-away Singapore Noodles recipe Are Inclined to function:

Beansprouts (in the united kingdom ) Carrots Chinese cabbage Mushrooms (some times ) And also the protein May Be One of a Mix of these next:

Poultry Pork (roasted or differently ) Each one of the aforementioned, afterward it truly is termed"The Particular" Herein the United Kingdom

Cooking Singapore Noodles in Home The moment you have the elements this can be an extremely, incredibly speedy dish . The rice noodles just need 2 3 minutes of ingestion high heat. No more, plus so they'll certainly be stodgy, no more further which elastic, nearly al-dente texture them. And you also really don't desire stodgy.

Thus, just how can we prepare the fantastic Singapore Noodles? Let us Look at a Number of of the components:

The simple fact we are employing rice noodlesthat which makes this perfect"clear of" recipe. Make use of a wheat soy sauce and simmer sauce, also you've got a gluten noodle dish that is free.

If you're fortunate enough to possess accessibility to brand new rice vermicelli or parasitic hoon, or mee hoon or even mei pleasure, acquire individuals and only go using the true cooking.

Otherwise, dried vermicelli would be your noodles we all utilize. All you could have todo is to soak the noodles in heated H20. Perhaps not too cold, maybe not space temperature, & most undoubtedly, not water. Allow me to explain the reason why.

The Way to Get Dried Noodles (Vermicelli) Soaking your dried noodles in coldwater ends in noodles which will continue to be brittle and hard after ingestion. Goes together with warm H20. Noodles saturated in water really are in reality do able, however, also the situation with employing coconut drinking water, is the fact that an additional instant can destroy those sausage and also create sure they are and lumpy up on ingestion. 5 minutes can be overly much time, in my own opinion.

Thus that the optimal/optimally selection? Boil the pot. Abandon it settle for five full minutesand pour about your noodles, then completely masking them. Drink 5 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water to avoid them out of burning farther. Exactly why 5 10 moments? As you might have rendered that sexy water more than you might imagine! Examine the noodles , should they're pliable although nonetheless perhaps not tender all of the manner they truly are finished. Should they aren't pliable, provide them two more moments. Erring on the side of care is significantly far better than regular noodles. Therefore, in the event that you aren't certain, prevent and wash them. Just don't forget, the heavier the water, the time that the noodles will need to get soaked.

Once I bake cakes, such as Chow Mein and pad-thai I love to blend all of the sauces and simmer to a bowl, then to ensure if I'm flash printing the noodles, then it truly is only a event of ditching inch component, in the place of just half several. And that is that which we are right here: exactly the soy sauce, oyster sauce, and so get put into 1 bowl, then prepared to be properly used.

Curry-powder for Singapore Noodles Chinese curry powders are normally always a blend of madras curry combination, together side different ingredients such as flour, garlic, sugar, ginger, and msg. Therefore it will not always have the complete curry odor which you'd have having a"appropriate" Nordic or Indian curry-powder.

Therefore go make hold of a package of even Japanese curry-powder if you enjoy, or only make use of a routine light Madras or some other standard curry-powder. You might boost blood glucose into the sauce tsp, to really make the noodles a bit more straightforward, in the event that you fancy, then which makes them even like take-away Singapore noodles. In the event you'd like candy noodles!

Shaoxing Rice Wine

That really is from your area of Shaoxing and created out of fermented riceand really is really a pale brownish to dark brownish color. You may utilize any rice (perhaps not vinegar) as replacement, or, failing which, dry sherry can be the ideal alternative.

In the event you really don't conduct alcohol, then simply replace some cooking wine using a small sum of vinegar. Therefore within this specific particular recipe, 1/2 tsp crystal clear vinegar will probably be ideal.

Soy Sauces

We utilize two distinct kinds of soy sauces right here: dark and light. Go the link in order to see about different types of soy sauces. Now you need to have the ability to have both quite readily nowadays. This within the united kingdom they are located anywhere.

The Protein (Meat) within our Singapore Noodles I am having a little segment of prawns (shrimps) the following. You'll double the quantity of prawns, in the event that you enjoy, or utilize pork or chicken. No matter meat you utilize, really wants to be more trimmed small and also be quick-cooking. You might additionally utilize cooked poultry or beef, such as leftover roast chicken or roast beef (char siu).

However, perhaps not cooked prawns. Never ever cook previously cooked prawns, so much of this flavour could be missing out of the cooking. So far as I am worried, this principle holds most seafoods.

High Heating or moderate High Heating for Frying Noodles? Preferably, it ought to be elevated temperature. Nevertheless, within my own experience, it truly is perhaps not some thing a lot of men and women are able to take away, and stir skillet rather higher heating in your household is really a little bit of an art and craft and calls for attention. No distractions out of kiddies or becoming the following deserted ingredient. I have long-gone medium-high, because of compromise, even within my own courses and also though they prepare themas I have 4 schooling kiddies. In my opinion for generating my recipes user-friendly at real life.

Vegetarian Singapore Noodles It really is really super easy, just like with almost any noodle dish. Only exit the meat/seafood and substitute more vegetables or tofu. I'd unquestionably indicate kale, in the event that you're a tofu supporter. Other veggies You May incorporate to create our new entertaining vegetarian could be

Sugar snap peas mangetouts Green beans Bamboo shoots More mushrooms Last Term on ingestion Singapore Mei Fun You have to own every thing available, as the true cooking has been achieved at the blink of a eye fixed, and also the noodles tend not to need to overcook.

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A Bitcoin New Year for this Singapore bar

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