Huney'Z World: CK Tangs

Hi Huneybees,

How was your Great Singapore Sales haul coming along? Last weekend, it was amazing shopping fun when we all shopped amongst great music, performance fun! Were you there for the Pedestrian Night On Orchard Road?

This monthly event was back after a two month break and this time with a vengeance plus an extension till December 2015! Shout "Woohoo!" with me to more great shopping fun and deals!

What is the Pedestrian Night all about?
You do not know what you have been missing if you have not attended one before, my huneybees! On the first Saturday evening of every month, the stretch from ION Orchard (Scotts Road) to Paragon (Bideford Junction) will be closed for all traffic, from 6pm to 11pm, and shoppers are free to roam onto the streets! Of course, these Pedestrian Nights are all specially planned with a specific theme every month. And with this comeback, starting from July till December, Orchard Road is yet again transformed into playground for all!

For July, in conjunction with Great Singapore Sale (GSS), it was a tie up with the Orchard Road retail stores for in-mall shopping activities, special deals and contests, on top of an array of bustling activities one would never expect to see on the streets of the iconic shopping boulevard.

Were you there? Did you catch all the activities? Here's a recap of the wonderful night!

Flame of the Forest, a homegrown Instrumental / Fusion band, performed LIVE and also celebrated the launch of their debut EP Album launch. Though it was sweltering hot, hot weather that evening, I couldn't help dancing to their great songs!

Along with that, there were also buskers performances along the whole stretch, the kids were definitely kept entertained whilst mothers did their shoppings! There was balloon sculpturing, wire name twisting crafts along with singing and dancing. *No clowning around though*

I think the biggest shopping event for the night has to be at the long time historic local retailer - TANGS. Shopping hours were extended to 11pm that night with The A-list shopping Party for the public to join the A-Listers for a night of shopping and exciting activities, such as pop-up barber (Wah! Shop, shop, also can style hair leh~), sneaker tagging, and Temporary Jewelry Tattoo.

Wefies and selfies were sending cameras clicking non-stop at the free instant photo booth. Why? Coz, there was a chance to win one of three Capisco Puls chairs worth $1299 each, for the first 1000 shoppers. Of course, we had to join in the Singapore spirit and I heard queues started even before the roads were sealed!

And speaking of great deals, shoppers at Metro Paragon also received a $10 Metro Gift Voucher with minimum $100 purchase in a single receipt while enjoying saving up to 50% at its Shoes & Bags Fair.

But I really bagged it big at the Wing Tai Stores - Miss Selfridge, Topshop, Warehouse, Ben Sherman, etc. All those pieces I had been drooling over, were all snagged up by me coz I simply couldn't resist the fabulous saving of additional 15% off on top of the 50% discount on selected pieces!!!

Envy? Well, you better be there for next month's Pedestrian Night On Orchard Road coz we will be all decked in red and white for Singapore's Golden Jubilee on 1 August 2015. Themed as SG50 "Red and White" Party, Orchard Road will be celebrating Singapore's pioneers, stories and national milestones from 1965 to current day through the Pioneer Portraits Initiative. Come walk down Singapore's memory lane through a visual tour of the arts...

The rest of the month's Pedestrian Night On Orchard Road will also feature:

5 September 2015: Rev-up on Orchard (Fast and furious shopping fun as F1 roars through the night)
3 October 2015: Family Fiesta (Expect a carnival of activities for the entire family)
7 November 2015: Fashion with Friends and Family (Time to style yourself up and take your best shot!)
5 December 2015: Christmas on A Great Street (Immerse yourself in the sea of bright and tinkering festive lights).

Thanks to the great team behind the Pedestrian Night On Orchard Road! I can't wait to be there for more of these nights! Thank you to organizers - Orchard Road Business Association (ORBA) and Singapore Tourism Board (STB) for working tirelessly behind-the-scenes to ensure that the whole fanfair went smoothly and safely.

See you there next month! :)

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Hi Huneybees,

Alot of people tell me there is nothing to do in Singapore except eating and shopping. But guess what, I spend my weekends in Orchard Road. No! Not shopping! I'm there to experience Singapore life. Do you know there are a lot of promotions and events mostly held on weekends? Why? Coz weekends, you get the most crowds and your brand gets publicized effectively, news spread fast in just a day. And where to get the most crowd? Of course town!

Let me show you what I experience over the weekends. This is over a span of 3 weeks and I bet you will be rushing down to Orchard this weekend and thereafter!

All these were bought at the *SCAPE Flea market. They are there every weekend.

Love this bangle! I got it only for $6!

Armour Rings are the new "it" and the little hearts gave it a girly twist. $8 ONLY!

O.P.I. nail polishes for only $10 each?! Pink's one called "DS Reserve" and the other's "Bronzed to Perfection".

This is from Beadstreet on 2nd floor of Cineleisure, but they have a store at the entrance too. $2.90 for 1 and $4 for 2.

All reviews of the nail polish can be seen here.

The next week, we invaded Takashimaya and the food fest they have at the basement level. It was mainly Japanese related food and I was so full up just trying the samples!

A pic with hubby before we set off.

First reached Taka and we were appalled by the Hokkaido Fair.

Can you guess what I'm eyeing on?

OMG!!! Squid Balls!

It's not cheap, but I must try!

For those who owns NDS and plays Cooking Mama, Squid Rice would definitely ring a bell. It's a pretty troublesome process as one has to clean out the squid, stuff in cooked rice and then cook the squid and hang to dry etc. So I guess it's so expensive coz of the hard work.

It's my first time eating the squid rice and boy it tastes heavenly! There's a squid sweetness to the rice and it was super filling just eating 2 pieces of it.

Cuteness alert!

Aren't these Cream Puffs adorable?! It was pretty pricey and I was watching my weight, so we gave this one up.

There was also expensive bentos, but come on! Uni lehs!

These are some cheese cake! I think I might go back and buy a box when I'm done jogging this week. LOL!

Sample time!

Then, we went outside and see what we found!

Chef at work.

They even have these cute Japanese pastries on the side!

We bought the Red Bean and Black Sesame Rice Balls.

See out faces and you'll know how happy we were eating the rice balls!

Then, we sampled this sweet sweet rice.

Why sweet? Coz, it's been cooked with these Japanese Scallops.

This Evian booth caught our eyes.

A free pic with the t-shirts?! We're in! *Don't be shock to find our pics on ads soon!*

We got Evian drinks in return! And that marks the end of the day.

Lastly, we have the last week's end. I find this the most rewarding one as so many things were happening at the same time. Check it out!

Yes! I wore my armour ring out!

Who else would I spend weekend with except hubby right?

Hubby and I were attracted to this new fragrance by CK One. Roadshow outside Tangs @ Orchard.

Can you guess what's all these cameras for? All 24 of it.

We went into the room and there was a lady by herself, so we formed a group.

1,2,3, POSE!

What happened was, at the count of 3, all 24 cameras snapped at the same time and snapped our photos at different angles. So animators! 24 frames = how many seconds animation? Yes! 1 second! Immediately, all 24 frames were placed together repeated and made into a video to send to us via email and this was the final video...

* I've looped the video, so that you guys can digest what it was all about. Guess it will be even more cool if they had another 24 cameras, so that there's a 360° view. *

Snap a pic before I leave.

And when night fall, we realized there was a Youth Festival event outside Takashimaya! The youths did booths from cardboard and stuck themselves in it, offering to take pictures with passer-bys.

Look Ma! I'm a brick wall!

Barbie and Ken was here to play.

There was even live percussion performance on the side.

Super hyper kids.

Phew! What a night! Good bye Orchard! I'll be back next week!

So, after the extensive photo blog, one can see there's lots to do in Singapore. It's more of who's eye catches first. Just keep your eyes wide and have your camera in your hand on standby. I bet you will get to see more sides of Singapore. Let me know what your weekend in Singapore is like ya? Have fun!

Muahz,

Christina aka Huney

Pedestrian Night On Orchard Road is Back on July till Dec 2015!

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