[EVENTS] Launch of OCBC MyOwn Account + Cricut Wonderland + Double yuu Festival

OCBC Bank launched their all-new OCBC MyOwn Account, designed specifically for kids aged 7 to 15 years old. To celebrate the launch, a party was set up at the OCBC Wisma Atria branch, which my girl and I attended while waiting for Jessie to join us after getting her hair done nearby. 

As one of the first 1,000 visitors, we received a complimentary tote bag with a velcro patch that we could decorate ourselves. My girl also received a complimentary macaron, as she was dressed in Disney-themed outfit as Mirabel from Disney's Encanto.

Other highlights included a popcorn and candy floss booth, meet-and-greet sessions with Disney's Stitch, photo zones, and a themed photobooth.

I helped my girl sign up for the OCBC MyOwn Account on the spot and got a chance to play at the claw machine. Unfortunately, we didn't win the Stitch bag charm at the claw machine, but we did received three exclusive Disney pins (random designs were given out)! There are a total of 20 pins, and to get the rest, we need to refer others to open an OCBC MyOwn account. My girl also chose her favourite card design for the debit card tied to her own account. Unlike traditional joint accounts, this account is solely dedicated to the child's name, helping them master their own money management. Parental controls and security measures are in place, allowing parents to view their child's account activity in real-time via a separate dashboard inside the OCBC app. Parents can also set daily transaction limits on the account and debit card, which the child cannot change on their own OCBC app. 

**Use my girl's referral code KAAW37JB to get S$5 in the account (minimum deposit of S$10 within 30days of opening the account).**

Sign up link: https://www.ocbc.com/personal-banking/deposits/myown-account

We left Orchard and headed to the National Gallery Singapore to meet up with Meryl for the biggest Cricut event of the year - Cricut Wonderland. Featuring a very special guest, Ashish Arora, the President & CEO of Cricut, there were also other fun activities, such as Cricut live demos, Cricut project booths, a Cricut Wishing Tree, photobooth, lucky draws and exclusive deals. It might be the machine to consider if I want to start a small home-based business creating personalized gifts in the future.

It's yuu 2nd birthday and they're having a Double-yuu festival at Suntec City (Convention Centre Atrium). We walked over from the National Gallery Singapore to participate in the 10 different game booths with a "Life is better with Double Yuus" game card. Half of them were mini-games like matching identical cards, and the other half were booths from Cold Storage, DBS, Gojek, Singtel and Great Eastern. We completed the game card and exchanged for a chance to pick a prize. My girl and I got a recycled bag and a cup noodle. I also linked my yuu account with the Suntec+ app to earn double rewards on all qualifying spend in Suntec City, meaning every spending at Suntec earns me yuu points as well. They were also promoting the DBS yuu card, which gives cash rebates or miles when spent at yuu merchants. Although it seems attractive with up to 18% cash rebates or up to 10 miles per S$1, I decided not to sign up as I already have many other regular cards to maintain. 

XOXO

[Events] Dior Prestige Pop-Up + Dinner at King and The Pawn + Bugis Night Light

We went to the Dior Prestige Pop-Up at CHIJMES Alcove at Caldwell House as we experience the luxurious world of Rose de Granville with Dior Prestige's relaunch of their Micro Huile de Rose Activated Serum. 

Each of us had a lifestyle questionnaire to fill up, after which we had a complimentary 1-to-1 consultation and learnt more about the power of micro-nutrition. From the lifestyle questionnaire, my profile stated that I had overexposed and active skin. Skin may become dehydrated, complexion duller, and signs of fine lines, wrinkles, and dark spots may become more visible due to a busy lifestyle, polluted environments, and frequent UV exposure.

We were also given a bag of Dior Prestige Samples and a refreshing bottle of Strawberry Hibiscus Tea before we left.

 

Lovely setting and thanks Jessie for sharing this event. 

We settled on dinner at King and the Pawn after checking my Entertainer App, which showed a one-for-one promotion and it's nearby.

It's a board games, bar and cafe all in one. There were lots of board games to choose from. 

As we didn't plan to stay on long, we only ordered our dinner and didn't go for the board games which requires additional charges. Dinner was good. 

After dinner, we decided to take a stroll at the Singapore Night Festival at the Bugis area.

We tried out the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Galaxy AI function was super cool! 

With the AI built into the phone, it can remove people and replace them with other elements.

We also created our own AI portraits. 

Happy girls night out! 

XOXO

[Events] Prisma Glass Giorgio Armani + OATSIDE Fun Side at New Bahru + Dinner at Woodlands Claypot Prawn

Set in the former Nan Chiau High School, New Bahru is a new lifestyle destination where many of the school's original architecture features, such as the vast school hall, corridors and labs, have been preserved. These spaces now house some of the leading and rising homegrown creative businesses in the food, retail, wellness, enrichment, arts and culture sector and will open progressively to the public.

Jessie, Meryl and I signed up for the Prisma Glass Pop-Up by Giorgio Armani, which was conveniently hosted at PPP Coffee at New Bahru. Hubby sent us down to New Bahru to meet them after completing some research study at NTU for my girl. We got to try on and experience their next gen lip gloss and also complete some quests using our handphone. 

Thanks for the complimentary samples upon completing the online quests.

It so happened that the OATSIDE booth was just outside PPP Coffee, and they were giving out complimentary OATSIDE Chocolate Malt. We checked out the booth, and they gave my girl an OATSIDE Fun Side Adventure Booklet. They were having an ongoing activity where, to redeem a Chocolate Malt Adventure Kit, we had to be among the first 500 each day to collet 10 stamps on the adventure booklet. 

To collect the stamps, we needed to go around the participating stores, take a photo of the Oatside bunny/bear decal, show the photo to the staff, and they would help us chop a stamp on the adventure card. This turned out to be a great opportunity for us to explore this new place. I almost wanted to give up on completing the adventure booklet when I realized we were only left with about an hour to 6pm, which was the time we need to report back with the adventure card. However, my girl persisted, so we continue to explore the place while trying to complete as many stamps as possible. 

Luckily, after we finished exploring the entire area (found the school hall, some cool shops and cafes),  we returned back to the OATSIDE booth exactly at 6pm, just as the staff were starting to pack up. We had left a few stamps uncollected as the shops were closed, but since I had taken the photos, the staff at the booth kindly helped us stamp the remaining ones, and we managed to complete the adventure card. 

We were overjoyed and screamed out loud when we were told that we had completed the card and were the last winners of the day. Thanks Oatside for organizing this event. We received a wonderful prize - a box full of Oatside Chocolate Malt Drinks (Plant Based, Source of Calcium, No Artificial Flavours, Nutri-Grade B). 

We played and took some lovely photos at the New Bahru playground, located outdoors next to the lawn area. It is known as the Oatside Funside Playground, featuring Singapore's tallest outdoor communal slide. The slide is wide enough to allow two person to slide down side by side.  

46 Kim Yam Road

New Bahru

Singapore 239351

We left New Bahru and head to Toa Payoh for dinner joined by Kelvin and Joe at the Woodlands Claypot Prawn. This was the third outlet of Singapore's First Charcoal Claypot Prawn and is also the only halal-certified outlet so far. Really our comfort food and we ordered many sides including the Hokkien Mee. Thanks Meryl for extending her tasting invite to us. 

9 Toa Payoh Industrial Park

Singapore 319061

We ended the day by checking out Muted. Gelato for ice cream dessert. It was good to hang out and explore new places together! 

221 Lavender St

Singapore 338774

XOXO

[EVENTS] Her World : Bare for Hope + HKC Plaza Opening + Syle :Fashion Salon Wisma Atria Tea Party

Her World's inaugural Bare for Hope event aims to raise awareness and funds for Singapore's Breast Cancer Foundation. The exhibition was set up in Paragon's Atrium 2 with a Bare for Hope artwork as the main highlight. This artwork is made up of 55 pairs of 3D breast models of celebrity Jade Seah and Oon Shu Ann, as well as breast cancer survivors and the Her World Team. The artwork was later hand-painted by Adeline Yeo and mounted into the shape of a giant pink ribbon which is up for a silent auction.

 I came to know about this event as Meryl was one of the helpers for this exhibition. Members of the public were able to contribute to this good cause by placing the 'I Bare for Hope' pledge card against the chest, post on instagram with hashtag #bareforhope and for every 10 instagram posts, 1 free mammogram will be provided to the under priviledge woman from SCWO. My friends and I went down to give our support and did out part to help. The first few pledgers also get to receive a Her World goodie bag. 

A big congratulation to the official opening of HKC Plaza Skin Aesthetic at Forum The Shopping Mall. Along with the official opening, they've also set up temporary booth at the basement selling some beauty products. We was given a $10 voucher for a minimum of $30 purchase and I bought myself an eyeliner which I will use for special events. Thank you for the samples too. 

Tracy extended her invites to us for this Style X Wisma Atria Tea Party where I get to eat some very interesting cookies by The Cookie Museum for the very first time. The cookies came in classical flavours as well as Heritage Flavours such as Hainanese Chicken Rice, Laksa, Nasi Lemak and Pandan Chiffon. Took instant gif photos at the photo booth which also gives a instant photo print out as well. Super cool machine. We were entertained by performances from VOX. Was really mesmerized by their wonderful performance.

It was an eventful Sunday spent. A photo with the PEANUTS movie crew and a wefie with Linus Van Pelt, favourite character in the series. Love his witty character and his blue security blanket. Photos taken way before all the events while we were having our McDonald's breakfast at Shaw Lido. That branch didn't sell breakfast meal though and we were supposed to have it at Lucky Plaza which was a bad choice cause we forgotten Sunday is Maid's day out and it was so packed over there.

Ending my post with a performance of VOX. This is a mash up of Rolling in the Deep with Mozart Symphony 40. Enjoy! 

XOXO