I've been browsing through bestselling author Daniel Pink's book When. 

While it's only vaguely related to my line of work, I found a number of tips that should be quite useful for some of you.

I'll be uploading some of the tips in a short digestible format and I hope they'll help you out.

Spreadable cream cheese ($6 and below)



I still find Philadelphia Cream Cheese (original) to provide the best value in this category. It tastes perfectly creamy and cheesy (the very reasons why I want cream cheese). Usually $5.50 for 250g. However, I'm not the only shopper at JP's Fairprice Xtra to notice this, as this product is often sold out. Don't confuse this with Philadelphia Cream Cheese (light), as I'll explain later.

If Philadelphia Original isn't available, Emborg Cream Cheese is a passable backup. But it's a distant second as the taste is noticeably lighter and not as cheesy. 

But please avoid SCS Cream Cheese. Its packaging is similar to Philadelphia Original's; SCS knows what they're doing.  But the flavour is almost nonexistent. At this point, you're better off buying butter.

And if you're like me—buying cream cheese for the creaminess and cheesiness, also avoid Philadelphia Light. It costs the same as Philadelphia Original but tastes like a cheaper brand. Of course, it may still be a decent choice if you want cream cheese with lower fat content. But taste-wise, let's just say there's a reason why Philadelphia Original is often sold out and Philadelphia Light is always available.

Cheap everyday sliced bread


If you take a look at the nutritional information of both products, they're exactly the same. It's extremely likely that Bonjour Bakery is also the manufacturer of the Super Value generic brand. Of course, Super Value is 20-30% cheaper (if I remember correctly) than Bonjour.

Dental Floss


Oral-B Essentialfloss is a good product as it doesn't shred easily unlike some other brands I've tried. However, it's not fairly priced at Fairprice (more than $5). It's available on Carousell typically from $2.50 to $3.90. It used to be sold in those Value$ outlets at $2.50 but sales have been discontinued, for some reason.

Do you have any other tips for shopping at Fairprice? Please feel free to share here!
Or if you have any non-Fairprice value shopping tips, don't be shy to start a new topic.

My kid is still a couple of years away from sec school but I think it's a good idea for me to learn more about the schools in the area first. 

So if you have any inside information about the secondary schools in the Jurong West/Boon Lay or even larger Jurong area, please feel free to share with me and other parents on this website.

To be more precise, I wish to learn about the school's teachers, the culture, management, and how well the students generally do after graduating.

Thanks!! 

Years and years ago, us Westies could depend on the famous stall in Boon Lay Place Village Village for one of the best plates of nasi lemak in Singapore. 

However, things seemed to change when Power Nasi Lemak started to become commercialised, with outlets opening all around Singapore and even in Changi Airport.

The chicken no longer stayed crispy, the egg yolk no longer runny, and the rice became clumpy. Luckily, the sambal more or less remained the same.

They're an amazing business story, but too bad for us food lovers in the west, the overall quality dropped.

Still, many good memories remain. I wish them all the best.


Photo taken from here.

Hi Hi everyone, 

I'm starting this thread to hopefully help people or just discuss investment-related topics. 
Don't worry I am not selling you anything I just want to share my knowledge. Most of the stuff about investment is self-taught so I am also learning.
If you guys have any questions do ask them I'll try my best to answer. 
*Disclaimer I am not a professional at investing, I'm just a student that has tried investing and still learning.

Hi Hi, 
I am living in Jurong West St 64 Blk 660A 
I don't mind helping people to get groceries or if you know anyone that needs help with getting them but don't have access to this forum, I don't mind
Just that I will not be able to pay for it because I am still a student. 

Feel free to PM me or reply to this thread

Thank you and have a nice day,

Regards,
Blobfish

Was reading reddit.com/r/singapore and saw a thread on stereotypes of different parts of Singapore.
Here are some quotes about our beloved Jurong West. What are my fellow residents' thoughts?
Remember, these are just stereotypes. Don't take them too seriously. 

Quote:Jurong West, lots of gangsters and secret societies still operating.

Quote:Jurong west to me is like sg version of wild wild west..whereby you are living amongst heavy industries with cocoa smell, lots of migrant workers esp from south asia, and where people don’t queue up ever before boarding mrt..just chiong in once doors open..

Quote:Need to bring passport when going to the west

wazzzuppp.....

hello world!

Quite surprised damnlocal doesn't have a subforum dedicated to video games. I've been playing a Korean game called Critadel. It's like Metal Slug. Quite fun but somehow not very popular. Any other gamers on this website?

Haven't been able to travel...so I've been watching a lot of travel and food videos on Youtube recently. 

I recently watched this video and the Italian pastry she eats at 1:30 looks so damn good! It's like a super crispy and flaky croissant with ricotta cheese inside.

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