The ‘Come Out & Play: Foodology’ Programme at THOMAS TOWN and SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN, Puteri Harbour, Johor

From now until April 30, 2019, kids get to enjoy food science-themed sessions - using colours, textures and experiments to inspire learning and creativity through the ‘Come Out & Play: Foodology’ programme at THOMAS TOWN and SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN:

Learn about nutrition through play
Little Foodologists will be introduced to the food pyramid and how calories are converted into energy via an interactive game.

Be hands-on with food preparation
It’s fun for kids to see how different ingredients behave when mixed together. Colour n’ Cream* allows kids to explore chemical reactions between salt and ice while they make their very own ice cream using just five basic ingredients!

Colour keeps things interesting
The Colour Crazy activity gives kids a fun way to see how milk and food colouring reacts with dish soap to create distinct patterns; and Lights, Lava, Action!, a simple experiment involving water, oil, effervescent tablets and food colouring, shows kids how to create their very own lava lamps!

In addition, THOMAS TOWN and SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN team up with Cold Stone Creamery to bring the premium ice-cream brand experience to the theme park (Red Bow Café) for a week from Saturday, March 23 to next Saturday, March 30. During this time, the first 1,000 customers with Puteri Harbour tickets will enjoy free condiments of chocolate chips, M&M’s milk chocolate/peanut, sprinkles or gummy bears with their choice of delicious vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, cotton candy or pandan-flavoured ice cream.

For more information or to purchase tickets to experience the ‘Come Out & Play: Foodology’ programme at THOMAS TOWN and SANRIO HELLO KITTY TOWN, please visit www.puteriharbour.com! Families can enjoy a special discount on the Two-Park Pass when they book their tickets online using promo code ‘OTF319’ (valid from March 1 to 30).

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Michelle Mumbles #1

Woke up at 5.30am on a Sunday. I only had my eyes shut for about 5 hours. Or lesser. Which is considered good enough cause I wake up at 4.30am 5 days a week.

I dragged myself up, got myself a glass of chocolate milk and sat in front of my laptop working away. Occasionally scrolling through some social sites, for personal and work purposes.

And then I thought, wow, I just gave up sleeping.

Don't get me wrong, I would really really love to sleep in. But having some quiet time when everyone's still asleep just feels... good. The house is peaceful and I get to focus on my task.

Penning this down cause I miss the old blogging way. Just jotting down mundane stuff without having a solid purpose.

I'm gonna head back to work and hopefully, when I'm done, I get to watch some TV shows to unwind. Or maybe I'll just head back to sleep. Even just for another 5 to 10 minutes will fuel me up.

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My February 2019 in Review

Read also my January in Review Good huh I'm keeping up with this monthly review thing, albeit late haha. So proud of myself *pats on the shoulder*
So this February, it's all about the F!

1. F is for Food poisoning.

Charlotte kicked off February with food poisoning after having a snack at the mall. Then Emmett had it on the second day of Chinese New Year, after we enjoyed a reunion dinner at a well-known Japanese buffet restaurant the day before, right after Charlotte was feeling better. #winliaolo

When Charlotte was not feeling well. Emmett was trying to get her to play with him.

So I basically spent the first half of February staying at home caring for them most of the time. As a result, I gave in to my guilty pleasure, milo, to make myself feel erm comfortable and compensated wtf. Sigh, bubbye target weight.

They are both better now and let's hope it stays like this for a very very very long time.

2. F is for Fellowship

Thankfully, the kids were feeling much better during the second week of Chinese New Year. So I went ahead to attend whatever gathering I was invited to.

Gathering with church friends :)

IN.Deed gathering. I love this bunch of people. They are funny lol.

We had good food and wonderful fellowship. At least I know this year's Chinese New Year didn't passed by in vain.

3. F is for Falling ill.

I always pride myself as someone who doesn't fall sick easily. I could fully care for my kids when they're down with HFMD or influenza knowing that I will be 99.9% fine. Thanks to myself for contacting all the viruses when I was younger to build up the immune system I have today wtf. Yet, I also know that if I do fall ill, it will be reeeaaalll bad.
Guess who got the cough bug and couldn't stop coughing for almost 3 weeks until the lungs are almost out? Sigh.
Thank God it's over now. 

4. F is for Farewell.

A friend of mine lost her 8 month old son to meningitis. The virus took away his precious life in less than 24 hours. I was extremely affected by it and cried for days just thinking about it. I can't even start to imagine how my friend has to go through the day dealing with this situation. My heart still bleeds for her lost and as a fellow mom, I wish there's something I could do for her.

RIP little angel.

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CB&TL Introduces the New Matcha Sakura Tea Series

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® (CB&TL) builds on this revival of cultural flavours with its latest beverage series Matcha Sakura, using ceremonial-grade matcha harvested with first-flush Tencha and stone-milled to preserve its superior quality, says David de Candia, Tea Master for CB&TL. These premium green tea leaves are sourced directly from a small-scale family farm in Shizuoka, Japan that has been around since 1923, in order to keep the traditional harvesting methods alive while the small batches ensure the quality of leaves. The tea leaves for this grade of matcha are shade-grown for almost 30 days, resulting in a vibrant green colour, before being hand-plucked so that the leaves are not bruised. The leaves are then steamed and deveined, before being ground slowly to powder-like consistency in a granite mill over many hours.

To further enhance its flavour and to bring a new experience to tea drinkers, the matcha is then blended with a Japanese sakura syrup, made from the delicate flowers that bloom in spring, to create two Matcha Sakura beverages: Matcha Sakura Ice Blended® drink (RM17.50/S and RM18.50/R), topped with sakura whipped cream and drizzled with sakura blossom syrup, and Matcha Sakura as a hot or iced latte (RM15.50/S and RM16.50/R respectively).

Going even beyond fair trade, CB&TL has a long history of working directly with tea farmers and not via third parties. CB&TL is a leader in sourcing, developing and creating premium tea-based beverages from plantations in 10 countries including China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand. As each type of tea has different plucking seasons, working directly with growers means tea lovers get fresher, more exclusive flavours as the different leaves go through tailor-made processes in order to produce the right balance of flavours for each and every cup.

Enjoy CB&TL’s Matcha Sakura beverages for a limited time from 6th March at all outlets, or try the Fukamushi Sencha, a whole-leaf green tea with sweet, floral and grassy hints (RM12.50/pot and RM55 for 20 tea bags).

In conjunction with the launch of the Matcha Sakura tea series, CB&TL is also partnering with local handmade bath & cosmetics brand Wunderbath to create the Wunderbath x CB&TL Matcha Sakura Lip Balm (RM20.90) & Lip Stain (RM22.90), available at 6 selected CB&TL stores nationwide, namely:

1.       Johor Bahru City Square
2.       Gurney Plaza, Penang
3.       Sunway Pyramid, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
4.       Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
5.       Kuantan City Mall
6.       Genting Premium Outlet



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