Where To Go This Weekend – 24 July 2010

What To Do and Where To Go?

Hurray……..Weekend is closing in again!    I have handpicked some best exciting pro-family activities for you and your family.  Hopefully you will enjoy the recommendations and will save you from cracking your brain of where to bring your family to during this weekend.   All activities provide opportunities for family bonding, fun and what’s more….. MOST activities are FREE!    Enjoy

 

Singapore Food Festival

For: Whole Family  Editor’s Choice

Do not miss your chance to satisfy your taste buds on various kinds of local delicacies.  There are so many things to do such as eating great food at Clarke Quay Food Street, trying the different street snacks , take a Tingkat Cruise down the beautiful river, join in one of the Makansutra SFF Culinary Master Classes and have the Heritage Feast as the grand finale.

When: till 25 July 2010 (Sunday)

See more details about the Singapore Food Festivals

During this weekend, there are three interesting competition and events of this Singapore Food Festival that I would like to highlight:

1. Family’s Cantonese Recipe Cooking Competition

If you are one of those families that is able to cook Cantonese food, you stand a chance to win great prizes and having fun working as team.
During this year’s Cantonese Recipe Cooking Competition, you and your family members can whip up any Cantonese dish (of your choice) in the given 45mins to impress the chef judges! The winning family can win up to the 1st prize of $1000 worth of Cash and Hampers!

For the rest of us who are not taking part, we can also experience and enjoy the fun-filled, adrenaline pumping cooking competition and see which family will be crowned as the King of Family Recipe Cooking Competition in this year’s Singapore Food Festival 2010.

Date: 24th July 2010, Saturday
Time: 12.00pm to 2.30pm
Venue: Kreta Ayer Square, near the Buddha Tooth Temple

MRT: Chinatown.

Registration Fee : $10
Registration: chinatown@eventions.com.sg or call 6474 7909

 

2. Singapore’s LONGEST ‘Chee Cheong Fun’ Record

Personally, I have never seen any “Chee Cheong Fun” (see picture of how it looks like) that is longer than a normal plate.  However, this Sunday, we will witness the longest “Chee Cheong Fun” ever made in Singapore.  There will be 150 Chefs from Society of Chinese Cuisine Chefs (Singapore) gather at Chinatown to challenge this amazing feat for charity!  They are aiming to make a 80m long “Chee Cheong Fun” that will be recorded in the Singapore Book of Records!   The completed Chee Cheong Fun will be pan-fried immediately on site to be sold at a nominal price to the public in efforts to raise funds for charity.

Date: 25th July 2010, Sunday
Time: 3.00 pm
Venue: Kreta Ayer Square, near the Buddha Tooth Temple

MRT: Chinatown.
Admission: Free !!!

 

3. Cantonese Cuisine Food Expo

If you love Cantonese cuisine, you should not miss this chance to explore and feast on a fascinating mix of exclusive Cantonese dishes whipped up by renowned restaurants in Singapore.

 

Date: 24th July 2010, Saturday  – 25th July 2010, Sunday
Time: 11.00am to 9.00pm
Venue: Kreta Ayer Square, near the Buddha Tooth Temple

MRT: Chinatown

Admission: Free !!!

 

Expressions

For: Art & Cultural,  Whole Family 

Homegrown artist Dick Lim’s art pieces capture emotions through powerful colours and dynamic compositions.  His gallery boasts a humble collection of oil paintings in a spectrum of styles and expressions, demonstrating the veteran’s technique.

 

Venue: d’Art Studio, Blenheim Court #02-03

When: till 31 July 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 11am to 6pm (Mon to Sat)

Admission:  FREE !!!

Official Website:  d’Art Studio

 

SESAME STREET Meet & Greet

For: Whole Family with Young Children

Meet your favourite Sesame Street Characters Bert and Ernie and get the chance to get up close with them.  Bring along your camera along so as to capture the cute moment as memory. 

Venue:  Vivo City

When: Jul 24, 2010 (Saturday) – Jul 25, 2010 (Sunday)

 

Time: 3pm & 5pm

Admission:  FREE!!!

 

 

Electronics and Lifestyle Fairs 2010

For: Whole Family

This is one biggest ever post GSS Electronics Sale with never seen before prices for all major brands and products. Massive savings and deals that will topple what consumers have seen at the GSS.  There are 3,000 electronic products at only $1.

Items on offers include digital camera, portable DVD player, water kettle, printer, DVD player, optical mouse, stand fan, hair dryer and iron.

Venue:  Singapore Expo hall 5B

When: 23 July 2010 (Friday) –  Jul 25, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 11am to 9pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

Ngee Ann Poly LIVE

For: Whole Family
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Film & Media Studies) organizes the live performance at Library@Esplanade.  Enjoy performances by local acts, such as Casting Skylines, SavingSomeone, Zahidah, Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Baracuda, Look Behind!, Joshua Simon & Steph Micayle at the Library@Esplanade. You might win an electric guitar worth $500 or a Lenovo Laptop worth $1000 in competition.

Celebrity guest Alaric Tay will be there from 3-4pm and a Film Makers Dialogue featuring Anthony Chen & Michael Kam will be held from 6.30 to 8pm.

Venue:  Library@Esplanade

MRT: Esplanade

When: 24 July 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 11am to 8pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

 

 

COACH & Kate Spade Sale

For: Whole Family

One day sales only.  Come down and grab your Coach and Kate Spade.  

Venue:  Singapore Expo, Conference Hall G

When: 24 July 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 12pm to 4pm*

Admission:  FREE !!!

* While Stock last.  Cash & nets only.

 

 

Drift Carnival

For: Whole Family

Come down to this drift Carnival to feel your pulses racing with the all-new motorcycle performance,  many exciting activities and performances.

 

Activities includes:

• Drifting Demo
• Tyre Changing Challenge
• Fun Go-Kart Ride for spectators & children aged 10 & above
• Precision Parking Challenge
• Remote controlled drift car challenge
• Entertainment and Games
• Best decorated car parade
• Pocket Bike Performance

Great prizes to be won and the event will be hosted by Radio 1003 DJ Jiang Jianwen and DJ Christie Ng.

Venue:  Kovan Hub

When: July 25, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 2pm – 6pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On

For: Arts and Cultural, Whole Family

Cai Guo-Qiang is a renowned China artist who was the Director of Visual and Special Effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Cai Guo-Qiang will exhibit three of his groundbreaking works—renown installation Head On which consists of 99 life-sized wolf , Illusion II a two-channel video installation that also documents the explosive project of the same title; and Vortex, a gunpowder drawing depicting hundreds of thousands of wolves chasing one another in a circular motion.

Venue:  National Museum of Singapore

When: Jul 2, 2010  – Aug 31, 2010

Time: 10am – 6pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

Home Ideas

For: Whole Family

Get some ideas on how to furnish and decorate your home beautifully at the Furniture & Furnishings exhibition.

Venue:  Singapore Expo hall 6A

When: till  Jul 25, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 12pm to 10pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

Sink Or Swim! A Parent’s Guide To Surviving Primary School

For: Parents with children aged 4-7
This seminar is targeted at parents of children aged 4 – 7 years old. Join us for an informative afternoon to find out how you can survive Parenting 101. A seminar organised by Lorna Whiston Schools for a good cause. All proceeds from the seminar as well as from the auction of children’s art pieces will go to the Life Community Service Society for children from low-income and at-risk families.

Bring along your child to this event! They have organized a slew of activities that includes fun phonics and reading activities, script writing and acting classes in Mandarin to keep the young ones occupied.

 

Venue:  Tanglin Club, 5 Stevens Road MRT: Orchard

When: Jul 24, 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 1pm to 5pm

Admission:  $50 for a parent and a child and $10 extra for additional child.

Official Website: Lorna Whiston Seminar

 

Wishing You A Happy Weekend

 

 

Photo: chunyanlim, roland