Family outing with Canon

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Recently, we enjoyed a family outing with Canon.
Happy siblings spotted at an old playground at Dakota.
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With our Canon Powershot G9x and fellow blogger friends, we hop between playgrounds and heritage sites.

First stop – Dakota Seal catwalk πŸ™‚
Dakota Seal playground

We had featured this old school playground earlier (link), and the kids were eager to try the “fireman” pole.
Dakota Playground

Photography Theme – Angles
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To the kids, Seal is just another playground, situated in an older estate.
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We hop onto our bus ride for the next leg of our journey, wondering where will Canon bring us next?
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Second stop – Everton road
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Pet some dogs or cuddle a chick. Everyone had fun clicking and posing away πŸ™‚
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Photography Theme – Like Real
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Third stop – the famous tilting Train at Tiong Bahru Park
Tiong Bahru Train playground

Weather was extremely hot, but it did not bother the kids. Swings and Merry-Go-round πŸ™‚
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Photography Theme – Action!.

We had fun pulling each other along on the flying fox.
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Organisers did not forget to demonstrate some old-school games (and gems) to kids. Zero-point, shuttlecock, these were some of the games the parents played during their recess (decades) ago πŸ™‚
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(Somewhere in Tiong Bahru)
As we got some time to spend, we caught some old comedies from ηŽ‹ζ²™ι‡Žε³° (Wang2 Sa1 Ye3 Feng1).
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Boon Xin pretending to sell kueh4 kueh4, and some heritage murals at Tiong Bahru.
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(images from Iphone)

Last stop is PoTeaTo.
Poteato cafe

After a hard day of playing, we needed some place to chill, and perhaps print out photos from Selphy πŸ™‚
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We need to shout out PoTeaTo’s delicious Mac and Cheese, and Salmon canape! We could not stop snacking after one helping πŸ™‚
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Thank you Canon and sponsors for the invitation, and Claudia (TheLovingMum) for coordinating, our family had an enjoyable morning.
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(image from Iphone)

The photos above (unless otherwise stated) are taken from our nifty Canon Powershot G9x.

Canon parenting bloggers
(image credit Claudia)

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We got a chance to review Snapask recently, Snapask is an online Tutor app.
Tutor in your pocket

You might be asking why do we need Snapask (or tuition) in the first place? The truth is we parents sometimes struggle with kids’ assignments.

Some schools are organising “orientation classes” to help parents understand and cope with kids’ questions!

It is either we fail to understand the question, or our “old” method will confuse the kids.
One good example would be algebra and modeling. Both can solve Maths problem, but kids will be hopelessly confused if I try to teach them Algebra (instead of modelling).

Let us share some of Snapask “Snap and Ask” app’s cool features.
Grab the app from Apple or Android store.
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My worst subject in school was history, so much memory work!

Snapask app offers a total of 11 subjects and 5 different curricula to choose from, quite comprehensive.
I would gladly let an expert handle Boon Wee’s Biology or History questions πŸ™‚
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Snap and pose your (Maths) question. It is that simple!
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We submitted a P6 Maths question at 7.30 in the morning, and a tutor (Roxxxx from NTU) picked up our question within a minute! (feels like UBER taxi app haha !)
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We heard up to 3000 experienced tutors are on demand!
But we were curious about how Snapask guarantee the quality and passion of the “online” tutors?

We understand that Snapask vets and set a high benchmark for their tutors, so parents should be able to trust the quality of the tutors.

Back to Roxxxx our Maths tutor, after a series of chat, he provided an answer and steps for us. He even offered to elaborate if we are not clear. I love the one to one personalised experience, compared to study group.

If kids are engaged, they will be more motivated to learn.
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When we first start the app, we have 3 free sessions. One session costs about SGD $2. We can always topup through in-app purchase (both on GooglePlay and iOS) and Bank Transfer (iBanking/ATM).

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If you find Snapask helpful, this is how you can top up your credits.
(Do take note of three months expiry for credits)

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Boon Wee is happy with his tutor app. I found the app innovative and convenient.
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If you are a working parent, coaching is really tiring after a hard day’s work. I would not mind trying out Snapask on more occasions.

The “instant” homework help from online tutors might buy parents additional time. We parents need not crack our brain trying to understand a question. Hopefully, kids can finish their assignments faster, so that they can have more free time (or sleep earlier).

We are not proposing that tutoring is the way to go, but if we really need help, try Snapask.
Help is just a few clicks away.

More details about Snapask can be found on their website “www.snapask.co“. Do pop by Apple or Android store to download the app (first 3 sessions complimentary)

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