Reaching over 70,000 children and their families in 2013 with excellent productions like The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and The Frog Prince, Singapore Repertory Theatre's The Little Company has established a reputation for staging quality plays based on well-loved classics for young audiences.This year, The Little Company (TLC) opens its 2014 season with a witty retelling of 'Rapunzel' - Disney's 10th and newest princess. Loosely based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the … [Read more...]
Far from the maddening crowd and into the West…
The beautiful SPGG club houseThe March school holidays has just begun and with that, you can imagine most of the kid-friendly attractions in Singapore would be crowded with children and families. Think long snaking queues, and the unexpected hot and hazy weather may just make visits to these supposedly family-friendly places less enjoyable.The Singapore Poly Graduates’ Guildhouse (SPGG) is offering a free one-week trial membership for the public and they are doing it in style: carnival style!Go … [Read more...]
Make it AMAZING with 3M®Scotch Expressions Tapes
I couldn't hide my excitement when I saw the invitation to an afternoon of parent-child crafting to celebrate the launch of 3M®Scotch Expressions Tapes. I've long been an admirer of washi tapes - those small little (read: expensive!) rolls of Japanese masking tapes with 'oh-so-pretty-I-want-them-all' patterns. While friends around me hoard rolls of them and show off crafts after crafts of washified stuff, I held my ground. 'Let's not go there...' I restrained myself, 'it's dangerous'. This … [Read more...]
Larger than Life Legacies – Dinosaurs: Dawn to Extinction
There it was… right before me… the skeletal cast of a full Apatosaurus (from the Brontosaurus family) peering down at me. I stood, quiet…in a mix of awe, thankfulness and, well…you know that sort of feeling when one of your bucket list items is fulfilled? Yes….THAT feeling. That encounter was in March 2012 in the great south entrance hall of the American Natural History Museum in New York where I transited en-route after a conference trip. Finally, at age 41, I came ‘face to face’ with a … [Read more...]
Motivational Mondays: Have a Reunion Everyday!
Food reunites people. In Singapore, where everyone proclaims to be a foodie, it's not uncommon to hear people use food as a conversation starter to break the ice. In this part of the world, we ask "Have you eaten?" instead of 'How's the weather today?". In Asia, food often carry special significances and it's almost unthinkable if a happy occasion is found lacking of food. For example, we distribute red eggs to loved ones after a child's birth to celebrate the couple's fertility; we eat … [Read more...]
Miam Miam – the perfect match
The newly opened West Gate Shopping Mall in Jurong East has few gems which set my heart a flutter. Finally there is an Isetan for 'west-siders' like us; a one-of-a-kind 11,000 square-foot fantasy themed outdoor playground (named Westgate Wonderland) and an eclectic mix of Food & Beverage outlets to cater to all budgets and taste-buds. Welcome to Miam MiamLocated at ground level of Westgate is this charming French-Japanese fusion cafe 'Miam Miam' (The French equivalent to "yum," or … [Read more...]
{Giveaway} Redoxon Kids Vitamin C Gummies Treasure Chest Twin Pack and Disney on Ice Treausre Trove Tickets!
With the end of the Lunar New Year feasting, it’s time to load up on the good vitamins! Parents will be pleased to know the Redoxon Kids Vitamin C Gummies now come in a special promotion box that is banded with a beautiful Disney on Ice Treasure Trove Box. The new Twin Pack is retailing at SGD29.00 at Guardian, Watsons, Unity, supermarkets, independent pharmacies, department stores and other leading retailers. According to this Huffington Post article, Vitamin C helps protect us from … [Read more...]
A Royal Celebration with Swensen’s Disney Princess Cakes
When Dana was younger, she was not very much into girly pretend play; she would rather rumble and tumble on slides, swings and climb rock walls. In our bid to 'feminize' her, Daddy and I brought her to watch her first movie in the theaters - 'Tangled' and she became fond of the free-spirited Rapunzel. Subsequently, we watched 'Brave' and she was enamored with the athletic Princess, Merida's archery skills. As parents, we like this new generation of Disney Princesses who exhibit … [Read more...]
A Simply ‘Loverly’ Musical: My Fair Lady in Singapore!
The musical, 'My Fair Lady' adapted from Irish Playwright, George Bernard Shaw's 'The Pygmalion', has won 6 prestigious Tony Awards for Best Musicals since it was first staged in 1912. The musical follows the relationship between 'Eliza Doolittle', a Cockney flower girl, and the snobbish, misogynistic 'Professor Henry Higgins', a teacher of phonetics, who wagers with an old friend that he can turn Eliza into a “proper lady" within three months. The popularity of 'My Fair Lady' stems from … [Read more...]
Perfectly Horrible Histories – Awful Egyptians!
They came... they saw... and they laughed ! Yes, the wildly popular and entertaining British series 'Horrible Histories' is now a live sketch comedy before our very eyes. Started more than ten years ago as a series of educational books to bring a lighter side to history, which then evolved into a highly popular TV series on Discovery Kids Channel, the creators now move on to a different platform, in the form of a live theatrical drama to bring the love of history to the … [Read more...]
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