Welcoming in the Year of The Pig with Amazon

Hi Huneybees,

 Are you ready for Chinese New Year? Have you been busy cleaning the house, shopping for new clothes and stocking up the pantry with yummy New Year goodies? But there is simply so little time to get so many chores done!

I'm already up to my neck with all the preparations and thankfully there is Amazon to help out, I don't have to spend hours outside running errands and having not enough time for other chores and work. Moreover, I don't have to travel under the warm sun, lugging the huge load of purchases, which is super un-glam!

If you are like me and like to do things in style, check out Amazon as you get free delivery on purchases of more than $40 and it will be at your doorstep within a 2-hour delivery window so that you will have everything you need in the shortest time possible! Check out some of the recommended deals below, I can't wait to let my fingers do the shopping already...

Readying the House

⬣ Partyforte Piggy Wall Couplet, $4.80

Auspicious Chinese New Year couplets are a great addition for your home this Chinese New Year. You can choose or customize your message to jazz up your home as you wish.

⬣ Chinese New Year Yellow Lion Tissue Box, $18.80

This tissue box holder is shaped like a Chinese lion, a fun accessory to ready your living room for a real festive mood.

⬣ Partyforte Chinese New Year Embroidered Hanging Plush Decoration Soft Toy - Sitting Zodiac Boy Pig with Tuft, $9.18

A hanging plush toy that's great as a gift or a decoration, cute and festive addition to entertaining your guests in between food and games.

Goodies Galore

⬣ Kele Traditional Pineapple Tarts, $27.80

Made from a thirty-year-old family recipe, these pineapple tarts are arguably the best around. With a crust that's neither too hard nor crumbly, each piece is topped with a generous portion of pineapple jam -- a perfect combination of sweet and sour.

⬣ Crystal Jade Almond Puff Cookies, $17.98

This highly addictive cookie by Crystal Jade is a must-have to sweeten every reunion gathering.

⬣ Kim Joo Guan Bak Kwa (500g), $27.50

Kim Joo Guan's traditional recipe has been an integral part of the Ong family spanning four generations, originating from Fujian, China and dating back to the early 20th century. These handmade bak kwa are char-grilled to perfection. No queueing needed!

New Year, New You

⬣ Kenneth Cole New York Women's Kam Chinese New Year of the Pig Sneaker, $185.04

Available on the international tab, this limited-edition collection commemorates the Year of the Pig with festive metallic details and Kenneth Cole's exclusive graphic print. Celebrate the new year with new shoes!

⬣ Whitmor Plastic Magazine Organizer (Set of 5), $22.80

Feeling inspired by a certain Japanese lady and intend to make this your year to conquer the mess on your desk to organize your desk in an efficient way? These plastics storage boxes will help with sorting your documents.

Entertainment For Everyone

⬣ Make Us Dream

Soccer fan or not, here's a great Prime Original to bring the family together. Directed by Sam Blair, Steve Gerrard tells his story of his history at Liverpool FC and how he became perhaps the greatest player in the history of the club.

⬣  The Grand Tour

The wildly anticipated third season of The Grand Tour, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back to rampage around the world driving muscle cars, Italian classics, hot hatchbacks, luxury bargains, pick-up trucks, photography platforms, grand tourers, motorised suitcases, astronauts' cars and more.

If you're not a member of Amazon yet, sign up now or start a 30-day free trial at www.amazon.com.sg for just $2.99 per month. Prime membership benefits in Singapore include free two-hour delivery with Prime Now on purchases over $40, free international shipping on over 7 million items with purchases over $60, streaming and downloading Prime Original series and other popular movies and TV shows from Amazon Prime Video, and free games and in-game loot on Twitch Prime. 


Oh! In the spirit of blessings in the new year, all purchases come with a pack of Amazon Ang Paos. Happy shopping this Chinese New Year! Gong Xi Gong Xi!!! 💕💕💕

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Easy Peasy Payment With Just Your Fingerprints?!

Hi Huneybees,

With most people having at least a credit card or debit card in his/her wallet/purse (even my 12-year-old nephew owns one!), one could literally pay for anything cashless these days, from grocery to transportation to food, and I am not even talking about purchases done on E-commerce platforms like Amazon Prime, Grab, UberEats or Taobao, etc.

While this is certainly the way to go in the future, according to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's 2017 National Rally Speech of going cashless as a Smart Nation, what is alarming to our Queen Bee (yours truly Christina) is the fact that no one - be it a restaurant manager or a counter cashier - bother to even verify the ownership of the credit card at the point of purchase anymore!
To prove her point, she did a test recently by using my credit card (with my approval) and made a purchase of several hundred dollars at a departmental store and got away with it even though the name imprinted on the credit card clearly read "Winston Chua" and she didn't even try to replicate my signature on the bill!! That's a serious security breach that could be unfolded on a daily basis indeed.

Luckily with the introduction of the world’s first Biometric payment solution platform that requires nothing but your fingers, transactions can now  be truly secured and hence providing the cardholder with a peace of mind as it has been certified by none other than the famous intelligence and security service of the United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)!

Initially developed in Singapore by Coolpay together with POSB, NETS, STYL and 3Radical as part of the POSB Smart Buddy programme to demonstrate a fully biometric system for payments in local schools, it has since transformed into a commercial biometric loyalty and payment solution called Touché.

The hardware of Touché is an elegant rectangular device that has one of the highest resolution biometric sensor, certified by FBI, in the market to detect two fingers for efficient payment.
To ensure that identification and authentication using Touché are highly accurate and secure, the hardware has incorporated anti-spoofing technology that ensures up to 45 unique points from each of the two fingers are real upon scanning and that the cardholder is indeed present before payment is accepted.
And as a backup in the event when communication link between the hardware and the secured cloud database is compromised, there is always a slot to accept credit card with chip technology as well as a slot for the traditional magnetic strip!

Celebrity Chef Justin Quek's restaurant, Grignoter, is one of the early adopters of Touché. 

In just 3 months since its launch, 50 restaurants, 20 hotels and 5 private social clubs have shown interest in taking up this solution in Singapore.
I have also been told that there has also been ongoing discussions held with the potential partners, largest departmental stores, most prestigious mall, technology firms, retail chains, and more to expedite Touché adoption!

Do let me know if you are looking forward to having a FBI certified payment system for your next transaction!

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