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9 Tricks Dogs Can Teach Us On Social Media Marketing

Walter — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:50:26 +0000

Wish to be the top dog in the dog-eat-dog of social media marketing? Bone up on these "pawesome" lessons from your favourite canine as we celebrate The Year of the Dog.

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20 Evergreen Facebook Marketing Tips for Chinese New Year

Walter — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:32:55 +0000

Chinese New Year is almost here, but are your marketing efforts ready to roll? Here are some evergreen Facebook Marketing tips you can use for CNY!

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Celebrate the Year of the Snake with Crystal Jade

Walter — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:25:00 +0000

Vegetarian Pen Cai from Crystal Jade Hungry for traditional Chinese fare this Chinese New Year? Consider popping over to one of Crystal Jade’s many outlets. Ushering in the Year of the Snake, Singapore’s largest Chinese restaurant chain recently unveiled its 2013 Lunar New Year menu. Diners can choose from four different varieties of the traditional […]

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What Dragons May Teach Us

Walter — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:21:00 +0000

Courtesy of Hong Kong – a Visual Research Blog As we celebrate the arrival of the Black Water Dragon this Chinese New Year, the fengshui masters and economists have given varying prognoses of what it’ll bring for the year. Taking a different trajectory, I thought it’d be fun to look at the traits of this […]

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Celebrating the Bunny Year @ Chinatown

Walter — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:47:00 +0000

One of my family’s favourite tradition every Chinese New Year Eve is to squeeze in with the masses at the Chinatown Night Market. Located along Trengganu, Sago, Smith , Pagoda and Temple Streets, the annual nocturnal bazaar is a celebration of sight, sound, scent, touch and tastes, mingled with hordes of humanity. Organised by the […]

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Funny (& Fearsome) Facts on the Bunny

Walter — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:59:00 +0000

Courtesy of Leong, Cheng Chit As we hunker down to celebrate Chinese New Year and usher in the year of the metal rabbit, I thought it’d be interesting to compile a list of useless trivia about this long-eared cuddly beast. According to the Chinese Horoscope, the coming 2011 year of the metal rabbit is one […]

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“Mauled” by “Lions”!

Walter — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:40:00 +0000

…. good thing he managed to survive and even “triumph” over the mythical beasts! Caught this interesting lion dance performance with a big-headed doll at the Jurong Bird Park recently. Here’s wishing all of you an Ox-traordinary year ahead!!

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Leapin’ Lions and Rollin’ Dragons

Walter — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:25:00 +0000

As some of you would know, my 3.25 year old son Ethan simply LOVES lion dance performances. He will go into a frenzy, eyes glazed and jaw agape, when he hears the heart pounding bellows of the Chinese drums coupled with the clashing cymbals. Long time readers would probably have seen him doing his own […]

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Happy Year of the Ham

Walter — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:26:00 +0000

Ethan wishes you “Gong Xi Fa Cai, Xin Nian Kuai Le!” Here’s wishing all my friends, family members and readers a very “pork”-sperous Chinese New Year full of “ham”-some harvests, sausage days, pigging out, fat returns, and endless opportunities to go the whole hog! In the wise words of the 40th President of the United […]

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Chinatown Crush

Walter — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:29:00 +0000

Brought the family to the Chinatown Light Up ceremony last night, amidst the drizzling rain, nursing Ethan’s raging fever (he insisted on going nonetheless), and the extraordinary crowds. As usual, there were the fire crackers popping which ushered in the festivities, as well as the street lights. I found the accompanying reveberations and echoes rather […]

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