M1 M Card roaming data plan

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When we go traveling, it is convenient to stay connected.
It gives us the flexibility to check our emails, Google for resources (Maps Navigation GPS etc) or simply updating our Social Media.

Kids (and sometimes adults) can engage in online games too πŸ™‚
We would like to call home on WeChat or Facetime with family.

But getting Online might not always be straightforward.
You need to identify a suitable telco (telecoms operator), find the booth in airport (example),
and hope he or she will help you Connect and settle the data-plan registration.

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I had difficulty getting online in Japan Osaka.
In Japan, 4G sim cards are from auto-dispenser (you can get a lot of things from auto-dispensers in Japan!)

The technology looks cool but the irony is we need a “wifi” in order to register our Data plan.
When you cannot connect Online easily, it is not Cool!
I need a Japanese colleague to help me call the telco hotline and activate my data-plan.

Nearer to home, we visit Malaysia frequently for our drive holidays.
Although we can find a lot of vendors in shopping malls, we still need to spend time to locate telco’s booth, before we can update or topup our plan.

This can be very inconvenient when your whole family is tagging along, or if there is a long queue.
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Recently, we used M1’s M Card for our Johor road trip.
M Card is bundled with free 500MB data and it costs only $15.

The best thing about M Card is we can buy it off any M1 Shop, and activate our data-plan even before we leave Singapore. (Choose Celcom for Malaysia)

3 simple steps, you are ready to roam overseas!
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Some other advantages of M Card :
a) Surf with M Card’s data plans in Singapore or overseas is simple and seamless, you will not be able to tell the difference.

b) We can go online and top up whenever necessary! No worries about closed shops during odd hours
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c) Remember, there is no overseas data roaming charges (or admin charges for roaming between selected countries). No heart attack when the bill comes end of month.

d) M Card is worth $15, but we get to enjoy $18 worth of value in which I can simply use to subscribe data plan.

e) Each $15 M Card enables us to stay connected while overseas with the Free bundled 500 MB Data. That should be enough for a short trip overseas! It gives you the ease of Googling for anything we need, referring to our maps anytime and most importantly staying connected.
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Being connected means I am able to share all the fun my kids and I have almost immediately! Here are some of the pics that you would have seen if you follow @SengkangBabies on Instagram.

If you are going overseas soon, don’t forget to check out the M card to stay connected. Going overseas is all about enjoying the experience and minimum hassles and worries. Let M1 take one worry off for you.

More details about M Card is available at this link.

SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon is here again

[ Tickets Giveaway ]

My kids are quite active in sports. From swimming to cycling, from jogging to hiking.

Besides improving their fitness, I believe sports will mold their character and make them more positive (perseverance, sportsmanship etc).
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My intention was to keep everyone healthy, I am now more motivated to run myself. And it is always a joy when familes do sports together.

Army Half Marathon (also known as Safra Bay Run in 2014) was our first family run, Boon Yee was 7 then but completed his 5km race in style.

We had not stop running since then, and kids have mostly upgraded from 800m race :p
By the way, those 800m runs (kids call it 800m SPRINT) are a good way to kick start the kids’ interest in sports.
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SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon is back again on 28th Aug.

To encourage more families to stay active, we have three pairs of tickets (5km category) to giveaway.
(Each ticket public-price is worth $25, contest details at the end)
Safra Half Marathon run registration

This will be a run down memory lane for us, join us!
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*Last date of registration is 28th July.

[ x3 pairs of Tickets to Giveaway, thanks to Safra ]

1. Contest is on our Fanpage
2. Fans must first LIKE SengkangBabies Fanpage
3. Leave your name and email on our Fanpage (or you can message email address)
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4. Share this page (refer step 3) on your Facebook Wall and tag @SengkangBabiesBlog
(so that we know you are participating)

5. Contest ends 05 Jul 10pm, and three winners will be randomly picked
6. To earn an extra chance, do leave your message and regram our Instagram photo (below). Remember to Hashtag #SSBRskb