Seth's 1st Christmas

It's baby Seth's very 1st Christmas!!! And guess what? Mummy can't wait for boxing day to let baby Seth open all his presents, so he gets to open his 1st 3 presents.

What is this? I hope it's food.

booooo.. Doesn't seems to be food.

 orhh.. It's Mega Bloks.

Heehee! Never mind. Still got 2nd present!! I hope it's food!!

HAHAH!!! YOU ALL KIDDING ME RIGHT?? GOT ME TWO OF THE SAME THING!!

I got some clothes too. BUT WHERE ARE THE FOOD???

Fine... I will make do and just take a bite.

I guess we can always share the toys.

*Do not try this at home. And before you guys send in the hate mail, we know this is bad. I just did it for the photos. It was removed shortly.

Ok, enough of disturbing him. Flatlay for the road.

Merry Christmas everyone.

xoxo.

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Sudio VASA Review + Discount Code

Sudio is back with their new product VASA! If you don't remember Sudio, I actually did a review on the Klang some moons here. Read it here. CLICK CLICK CLICK LAH (don't stingy leh)

REAL MEN WEARS PINK!

So besides the high sound quality Sudio has always been providing, what really made me melt was the pink ear piece that goes very well with the new rose gold iPhone 6S. Nope, I did not change my phone but it goes very nice with my space grey phone too. (Himbo Moment)

And you know what else is the Sudio very good for? Taking nice pictures for your instagram. I have to confess that my Instagram ain't the prettiest around because of my lousy photo taking skill and laziness of curating content (Very sorry to my 6,000 followers. sigh. I promise to work hard on this.) properly but look at it's possibilities. Below is a snap shot of #sudio on Instagram.

Their pictures seriously put my picture to shame!

So what's new? 

The Sudio VASA comes with a full-feature 3-button remote and mic for both Android and iOS!!

Good News

I did it once and I'm doing it again! Use code: Smithankyou15 to get 15% off!! You are welcome! 
I think this make a very good X'mas present too!! (Yay! 5 more Fridays to X'mas!!) 
http://www.sudiosweden.com/sg/earphones-collection

Christmas Is Coming! 

Since it is just a Youtube video, it might not justify the sound quality of Sudio earpieces but here is my favourite Xmas song. And I am sure if you give sudio to anyone, nobody is going to give it away the very next day lah. So just give people earpieces and don't anyhow give people your heart. 

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Why I Love and Hate Christmas

Christmas is around the corner and I have to say Christmas is one of those festivals that I have the biggest love-hate relationship with.  I mean what can be so bad about Christmas right? Everyone love this festival be it Christians or non-Christians. Let me try to be a little positive and start with the good and why I love it.

The Christmas Carol

Christmas will never be Christmas without Christmas Caroling. I don’t go around singing but I do like listening to them despite the fact that I did work in retail outlets years ago. Nothing is going to change my love for “Jingle Bells”!

The Santarinas!

 Nuff Said?

The Christmas Lighting!

Not exactly a fan of Orchard Christmas lighting photo shoot because it is way too crowded but I must say I really love to decorate my own place and feel the love in the air!

The Parties

At our age where most of us are either busy working or starting up their families, such festive seasons meet-ups are really important. Of course, not everyone likes them but surprisingly I do!

See, there are things that I love about festive seasons that makes me not exactly a Grinch but there are things that I really hate about it too?

The extended working hours

Not so much of this these days but back in the days when you are in the retail, events or advertising industry. Xmas is nothing close to being jolly because it’s all about commercial and work!

The Holiday Weight

All these gatherings and eating. I swear it is just the holiday weight.

The Gifting

You would probably think gifting should go under things I like but no, it goes under the things I don’t like and in fact I hate. It’s not uncommon that people hate buying gifts but for me it is more of hating the receiving part.

I hate it when I receive a bad gift, especially from a close friend. Not only it shows that this person doesn’t know me THAT well after all and the biggest problem is “what’s next”. Because it is a gift, I am not going to throw it away or sell it away and it is going to be there for awhile? I’m a shopaholic so it shouldn’t be that hard really. From anything sports-related, humourous, sexy and practical. So how can you actually buy me some stupid paperweight or pen? Like really?

Gift Idea – Oral-B Power Brush

Talking about a practical gifts, useful and at a reasonable price – nothing beats the Oral-B Power Brush this Christmas season. I mean since you are meeting some friends it is always better to have a nice smile right? Everyone needs to brush his or her teeth so I would say this gift is almost failproof!

There is a discount of $50 off the product but there sure ain’t any discount on the function. In fact it offers up to 100% more plaque removal vs a regular manual toothbrush. It is not just about being “lazy” to manually brush but the fact is that the power brush is way better! 

So if you are looking for a gift for someone, check out this link and buy one today at  http://goo.gl/nK4smu!

P.S. I already have one so please do not buy one for me cause I only have one mouth. HAHA.

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Merry Christmas 2013!!!

We wish you a merry Christmas!!! Have a good holiday everyone! 

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[Giveaway] Merry Taobao SEA Christmas!

I am kinda like a Christmas Grinch because of my work. I work extra hard on festive seasons like these because of the industry I'm working at. Events and marketing to support this cultural imperialism (if you may) season. It is all about buying and gifting and buying and gifting. So why am I so unhappy? It's not because I don't receive but simply because I am always working, attending events and what not and that leaves me with very little time to shop of gifts for the people I love!

Christmas 2011 where I spent hours and hours on this bus making others' Christmas awesome.

Times has changed and this time round I do not have the same problem because Taobao SEA IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY! 

If you haven't read or heard about it, it is about time to get fascinated by the world of Taobao! So what is Taobao? It is this fascinating online shopping web portal which allows you to buy literately ANYTHING. (Before you get too bored of reading my jibber jabber blog post, I am giving you a headsup that I am giving away 4 x 500RMB gift card for your Christmas Shopping, so please stay tuned till the very end. )

This is SEA.Taobao

So like many other shopping sites, you can simply surf around to buy what you want or simply key in what you wish to search and like I mentioned earlier, the most wonderful thing about Taobao is that you can find everything and now, you do not need a third party agent to help you with you purchase because you are not from Singapore. 

As I'm a hoarder toy collector, my very first instinct is to find all the things that is so difficult to find at the retail stores in Singapore. One of the toy collection that I've yet to be able to complete. The marvel universe action figures! 

No surprise, they have got every single figure I wanted. All these toys are from different sellers and to make things easy, I prefer to get all from the same seller.

But apparently his "shop" did not list one of those I wanted. What do you do? They actually have this "IM" known as Wang Wang (Instant Messenger) that allows you to communicate with the seller on the fly with any question you have! I ask him about it and he actually has it in stock too! 

Please bear with my not so proper Chinese sentence structure. On Wang Wang, you can even ask for a discount or free shipping if you have purchased in a bit bulk. (Or thick skin enough like me. :X) 

And because of Wang Wang, things can be discussed fairly quickly, they will actually tell you immediately on certain items that runs out of stock etc. So it is really easy to use. I once had an experience with other site that you can only Email to ask question and it took me 72 hours to correct my order and it was too late because they already sent that item out. So I'm really glad they have this function! 

Closer look at the Wang Wang. Seller telling me that 1 of the figure was out of stock.

So on my previous post, I've discussed about this forwarder that you can use. It's really convenient. So you can have 3-4 items sending towards the forwarder and you do not need to send it to Singapore immediately 1 by 1. You can actually keep it there and wait for all your purchases to reach, consolidate before sending them over. 

Let our powers 合拼!!

 FAQ

How do I pay?

This is like the most common question I am getting these days. So far there are two ways that I've tried. 1 is paying directly using your credit card OR you can simply go to any AXS machine and purchase these shopping credits. Top it up to 支付宝 which is like an internal paypal system and you can shop away. Paying with 支付宝 is a very simple process especially for those who are very concern about your credit card details. Point to note: you are not allowed to split your payment using half shopping credit and half on your credit card. If you really wish to do so, I suggest you split your products into two groups and make two payment instead of one. 

All my loot came in good condition and on a Sunday! Can you believe it? They did delivery on a Sunday! 

Looks like Durian delivery! LOL.

Big boy is happy!

So I managed to find all the toys I wanted within a few minutes online instead of doing all the walking around town and getting nothing but disappointment.

Here comes the giveaway: 

So I have with me 4 sets of 500RMB gift cards to giveaway!

Step 1: Simply "LIKE" Taobao SEA Page

Step 2: Simply "LIKE" The AWESOME(and kinda empty) fictional character page of Smithankyou. 

Step 3: Leave your comment under the comment box on Facebook saying what you wish to buy using this 500RMB and keep your fingers crossed! Tell us your wish and it might just come true! Giveaway ends this Friday 20th Dec!

Good luck everyone and Merry X'mas!! 

Mr.Smith, TAOBAO SEA FTW

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[Giveaway] SantaCon Singapore 2013!

"Ho Ho Ho! Merry X'mas!"

It is the time of the year again where Mr. Santa Claus gets really busy giving out presents from the list of Naughty or Nice. The nice boys and girls will get the present they asked for and the naughty one will get.. well.. this..

That's me in 2007.

Your most non-traditional Santa Claus. He's orange, with a sword and more of all, Chinese. Life was a little hard back then when I was the only Santa around town that I have to be the one doing gifting as well as maintaining law and order. It was not too bad cause I use to have like elves and a pretty Santarina.

Old photo from yesterday year, please pardon the bad quality.

Ever since I retired from the role of Chinese Santa Claus (I shaved my beard, lost that belly and gotten younger), life have been getting better for the younger generation (So that's what they say every where. In the Navy, in the Army and even at Santa Corp.) They have a lot of help, not just 1 Santa, 2 elves and 1 Santarina but this Christmas, they are coming in a big company of 300 Santa Claus and amongst them are many many pretty Santarina!

SantaCon Singapore 2013! 

So what is this invasion of Santa Claus about? It is actually the Santa Con Singapore 2013!

SantaCon is an international festive phenomenon where revellers in cities around the world, gather and dress in Santa costumes to embark on a jolly excursion with singing and dancing performances. With roots in Denmark, SantaCon has been made popular and has become an annual fixture on the streets and bars of New York and San Francisco for decades.

It will take place on 20 December from 7pm till late, and 21 December from 10am to 3am. Tickets to the party are available at $10 for a day, $20 on both days from www.santacon.sg

Tickets cost $10 for a day and $20 for both days. Ticket holders are entitled to participate in all activities with fantastic prizes up for grabs. First 3000 attendees will also receive a bag of goodies filled with $100 worth of vouchers & products. (Or if you wish to score some FREE Santacon tickets, skip to the end of this artcile NOW! Or read everything please~ ) 

So what's gonna happen on that night? 

MISS SANTABELLA 

15 ladies will battle out to be the face of SantaCon Singapore by exhibiting their skills of knowledge, beauty, talent – and ultimately, kindness.

SANTA HUNT - Set out on a Christmas-themed treasure hunt, as Santas make their way along the riverfront.

LAST STAG STANDING - Battle against a live opponent or the "Jägerettes" and claim your rightful place as the strongest stag.

So where are the FREE tickets?

So I have with me 5 pairs of tickets up for grabs! And how do you win it? 

Step 1: Simply "LIKE" SantaCon Singapore Facebook Page. 

Step 2: Simply "LIKE" The AWESOME(and kinda empty) fictional character page of Smithankyou. 

Step 3: Leave your comment under the comment box on Facebook saying you wish to be part of SantCon Singapore 2013! It's just that simple! The event is just round the corner so act fast and the Santa Claus(es) will get the tickets to you ASAP! 

In case you are not too excited by my words, here's something visual for you! 

See you this weekend at SantaCon Singapore 2013!

Mr.Smith, HO HO HO! HO SEH LIAO!

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Shopping For Christmas

This is the season to be shopping…for Christmas gifts! But there are some (i.e. me) who need help in looking for gifts. Though I like the idea of gift packs (But really, who doesn't? Gift hampers are super!), I prefer to find something that's uncommon and interesting during this time of the year. 

With that in mind, I've just narrowed down my choices by default and cornered myself. HOW. DILEMMA.

So are you a bad gift shopper too? (You've no choice by to say yes, tee hee!) Is it because:

A.     You don’t know what your friends like, or

B.     You’re just bad at shopping.

I’m bad at shopping. It doesn’t help when I don’t know what my friends like as well. OH MY FAIL. Perhaps this lethal combination has me finding it difficult to shop for presents and that’s why I’ve to put in extra effort when shopping for friends, especially since I've ruled out gift packs too. Thankfully though, I’ve recently found a solution!

The key is to ponder, look around, get inspired and don't buy the first thing you see! It works for me, what about you? What's your secret to great Christmas shopping?

 

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