Category: MediaInvite

Rise and Shine for happier and healthier kids

Did you know the bouncing castle malfunctioned earlier? Daddy told Boon Yi and Boon Xin to pose dramatic and look Sad. It was so hard to make our smiling kids look dejected.

Did you know why they were so Happy last Sunday morning?

As one of Rise & Shine’s blogger partners, we were glad to be invited to a Breakfast Carnival. Rise&Shine’s motto is “Rise and Shine – for happier and healthier kids“.

We heard the early bird families gathered today are aiming to break a Singapore Picnic record.

“Yummy Mummy, Yummy Baby” contest kickstart our morning. The babies oozes cuteness and the Mummies, WOW, are simply sexy Gorgeous and Radiant ! You know SengkangBabies’ population have stopped at four, so Mummy and Daddy are always eager to hug someone else’s baby hehe 🙂

Daddy was one of the judges (together with Joan, Daddy M and Debra) to find out which Mummy and child pair will charm the crowd 🙂

Apples greet Good-Morning to the families, but we noticed kids are not excited about the Apples.

Video : Kids have spotted rows and rows of Fun awaiting them ! Maybe Paula (the RealHouseWife) is somewhere in the crowd.

Angeline (from PrincessDana) knew our kids are always hungry, so nice of her to sponsor some fruity-goodness for us 🙂

Kids participated in soccer, golf, cricket and countless other games. All games are Free.

Daddy suspects kids’ favourite game is Frisbee, especially when they have kakis (buddies) from CheekieMonkies and BPDG to run with 🙂

(photo credit BPDG blog)

Whose kids can reject bouncing castle fun?

Who can resist Breakfast, when we have so many happy faces on a Sunday morning? Food, fruit and nutrition, with Fun games and great company. No wonder Rise & Shine broke the Singapore Records for Largest Picnic event 🙂

Click for more event photos on Rise&Shine fanpage.

(Image credit Rise&Shine)

We would like to thanks the team at Rise&Shine for the invite. When we see smiling faces, we know the event is well organised. Do pop by Rise & Shine homepage for more event and nutritional updates :

Website – http://www.riseandshine-expo.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/RiseAndShineExpo

Chingay 2013 Warms our Heart

By the time you read this post, Chingay 2013‘s second night would be in progress, and Daddy can imagine the crowd shouting themselves hoarse. Besides the special effects, gadgets, and costumes, do you know what is Daddy’s favourite segment?

Daddy loves the cooking segment, the cooking Uncles and Aunties literally Rocks with their wok of goodness !

Daddy had the opportunity to attend two of Chingay 2013’s media-invites. Both previews are very different in terms of presentation and atmosphere. The First preview pumped up with energy, with Zumba vibes electrifying the whole conference room.

The Second preview was more subtle, but no less Impactful. Our “Heroes” (Resilient Singaporeans 生命勇士) would be among the thousand who will be appearing in the finale holding their fire torches (in the Snow), symbolising Life-must-go-On!

Everyone of them, had been through a tough journey, be it disaster, illness or disability. None of them wish to Give up! Just to highlight a few Heroes, Mr Zeng is a Jakarta Marriott bomb survivor, Maximillian and Gemma is part of London Olympics’ Equestrian team.

Together, 生命勇士 (Heroes) show us how to be Brave and conquer our own struggles.

Chingay is all inclusive, anyone, anybody can always be part of the performance.

Fire in Snow(雪中火) is the theme for Chingay 2013.
With all the flames surrounding us, together with the crowd and participants’ enthusiasm, we can certainly feel the warmth 🙂

..even when the “Snow” fell, the experience is superb as everyone sings to the tune of
雪中火 (Fire in Snow).

You can trust Marina Bay’s amBAYssadors to bring you all the Fun and Excitement of Chingay 2013 ! We love it too.

Experience Chingay fun, from left, Darren, Andy(Daddy), Kevin, Jerome, and Edmund. (Kelvin and Marcellus are not in photo)

(group photo courtesy from Darren Chin Photography)

There is a replay on Sunday 24Feb at 8pm, let us show you what to expect for Chingay 2013 🙂

Traditional Operas (Yang warriors) and Phamtom of the Operas take turn to thrill the audience.

Send in the mystical creatures who can spit fire or sparklers ! The Centipede must be one of the Highlights. LOUD Firecrackers will accompany some of the performers.

China, Malaysia and Japan are some of the oversea contingents.

Explosion of colours and music will immerse audience for two hours. All Races, Religions and Faiths come together. We have Indian girls role-playing Chinese-folk-fairies, and Chinese gals dancing to Bollywood hip hop, Multiracial Singapore 🙂

Additional snapshots

Splendid display, sniff in the aroma. These cooks are in their elements, entertaining !

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Chingay is very much an Asian Musical, some other notable musical performances :
– Theme song for Chingay 2013 雪中火 (Fire in Snow)
– Billy Wang and Taiwanese artists singing 让爱动起来
– Ukulele performing Top of the World

Video : Do not worry if it rains, just don your raincoat, the show will go on ! These performers were caught in heavy downpour but they were smiling throughout 🙂

Video 2 : More contigents + the finale Snow !

We wish Chingay 2013 all the best !

– More Chingay photos on SengkangBabies fanpage
– We were honoured to witness Queenstown Cantonese Opera‘s Chingay pre-parade preparation
– 2012’s Water Chingay is Fun too