SNIPPETS
Ocean Health Wants To Save 1000 Lives
Register for a free blood
cholesterol test this October at
all Guardian pharmacies with
pharmacist counters! Ocean
Health, one of the leaders in health
supplements, wants to encourage
Singaporeans to get the health of
their hearts checked.
The blood test, sponsored by
Ocean Health in partnership with
Guardian, will help you measure
the amount of good cholesterol
and bad cholesterol as well as the
level of triglycerides in your body.
Knowing these numbers will enable
you to better understand your risk
of heart disease.
All you have to do is to:
1. Visit any Guardian pharmacy counter for an
initial assessment
2. Book your test once the pharmacist deems you eligible
3. Go for the test and collect your results two weeks after
the test
There are only 1,000 free screenings available, so
make your way down to a Guardian pharmacy as soon
as you can!
Saving 1000 Lives 2013 is a healthy heart
awareness campaign organised and sponsored
by Ocean Health in partnership with Guardian.
Registration period is between 10 October and 31
October 2013, and the blood test period is between
21 October and 5 November 2013. For more information, call 6288 6810,
email marketing@oceanhealth.com or visit saving1000lives.com.
Build Your Kid’s
Mandarin
Let your child learn Mandarin with
the award-winning Chinese Starter
Kit from MandarinaKids. This 3-step
learning kit, which helps parents to
build a bilingual environment for their
children, was recently crowned one
of the winners in Dr Toy’s 100 Best
Children’s Products for 2013 under
the “10 Best Educational Products”
category.
Indulge In Spuds!
Come hungry and leave happy! That’s Spuds
& Aprons’s promise to you and your family
when you swing by, literally! Located at the
top of Mount Faber, Spuds & Aprons is a
new restaurant opening in October 2013 that
promises an indecent repertoire of comfort
food for the young and old and an alluring view
to match.
We love the piping hot potato fries that have
been lashed with thick gravy and six types
of cheese, which will definitely satisfy your
tummy. We’re sure your kids will also love
the Jar of Happiness, made from shortbread
biscuits, mixed berries, ice-cream and warm
berry compote. We licked the jar clean!
Head on over and indulge in spuds and more
before they become the next hot spot to be at
in town!
Spuds & Aprons is at 109 Mount Faber.
Make your reservations by giving them a call
at 6377 9688.
The MandarinaKids Chinese Starter
Kit has been carefully designed to
reinforce words and helps a child build
confidence through word recognition,
sentence structure and eventual
reasoning through multi-layering of
sensorial arrangements.
To make learning more fun and engaging for the child, the kit comes with a picture book titled
Grandma’s 80th Birthday together with an audio CD to engage the child, while also helping him or her to
absorb key words through fun storytelling. A DVD on general words and a set of peek-a-boo cards are
also included to complete the learning experience.
The MandarinaKids Chinese Starter Kit is available for purchase online at mandarinakids.com/
mandarinakids-dvds/Chinese-starter-kit for S$45.
Minding The Gaps
Wr itten to help parents whose children have been diagnosed with a learning disorder, Minding the Gaps
offers useful information, practical recommendations and approaches that parents may find helpful in
supporting their children. The book also hopes to inspire
and empower parents to play a more active and creative
role in supporting their children with learning disorders.
We love this book because it provides multiple
perspectives from a multi-disciplinary team comprising
Dr Daniel Fung, the Chairman Medical Board at the
Institute of Mental Health Singapore, Kheng Joo Lian,
Principal Educational Psychologist and more.
Here’s a short excerpt from the book:
“The first step in minding the gap is to give the child
assurance that he/she is accepted and loved in spite of
his/her poor achievement at school. Picture the analogy
of the gap when alighting from the subway train onto
the platform. With little children, we hold their hand and
guide them across the gap. With older children, they
learn to be aware that the gap exists but in no way does
the gap hinder them from crossing onto the platform.”
Minding the Gaps retails at S$19.26 (with GST) at most
major bookstores.
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Family & Life • Oct 2013