Saving Tips: Wink+ App

 

If you use the public transport quite often, you would have seen this pink QR code all around the train stations. To be quite frank, I have signed up for the Wink+ App for quite a long time back, but because the points accumulation was so slow (each scan is literally 1 cent) and the merchants were so limited, I don't even put much emphasis on it. I am definitely not going my way out to redeem an unwanted service/ product!

It is only recently, purely out of  apps spring cleaning reasons, I reopened it and realised I had almost $50 in it. Holy Moly! As the points don't expire, before the kids came, I would sometimes be scanning this qr code while waiting for my friends/ family/ husband to arrive.  It is a little like catching pokemons just that you have to be kinda of thick-skin and survive a lot of stares. To accumulate the points faster, do scan those beside the advertisement boards which gives 2 points instead of 1.

In the new panel of merchants included a store near me and allows me to redeem useful toiletries. I managed to redeem this while only paying 50 cents. :D Generally, it is a more effective use of time if you are just hanging around and waiting for someone (way better than scrolling aimlessly). It does take quite a long time to reap the results. But if you wait long enough, you can accumulate enough like me...haha.

If you are keen to download the app, you can key in "94Z83I" to get 40 Wink points. That should give you a good headstart. 

Day out at the Zoo - New Kidzworld

There have been some poor reviews on the "new Kidzworld"...but my kids really enjoyed it. I think it might be because I never experienced the old Kidzworld before so to me everything is new. The reviews are true to describe the water play area to be basically sprinklers with very little structures. But I really like how clean the bathing/ changing areas were. 

The toddler did play at the dry playground which was more impressive in terms of structure but the weather was really warm and humid so he didn't last long there. (Sorry for the lack of photos cos I went to the petting area with the baby.) As for the petting area, we could only pet the animals at the end of the show. We spent really long at the free petting range with the goats :)

I really love petting animals. But it would be great if we could pet more than just the goats. This was probably the area we stayed the longest. It is true...when they say the kids will never leave it. My tip is save the Kidzworld as the last stop so that the children can enjoy other parts of the zoo. To set expectations realistic, my children don't really look at each animal for a really long time. 10 mins max at each animal with random babbling and questions. 

The longest arena we stayed was for the reptiles, maybe because it is air-con. Or my toddler really like the cold-blooded creatures...*shudders*. Another highlight would be the tram just for the ride experience. You can't really see much animals on the tram. I won't advise it to the mode of transport if you have a stroller because folding and unfolding the stroller to load on the stroller is exhausting. 

We did catch a show with the children. It was not amazing. The animals were really small so we could barely see anything and we are seated halfway away from the stage. And it was so hot :'( I am quite surprised the kids manage to sit through the whole show. For food, we chose to have it at Ah Meng Cafe. The food was very reasonably priced (20% off for Wildlife Reserves Members - free to sign up by the way) and the portions were huge!

The food at Kidzworld is more expensive by the way. Haha. But the reason why we chose Ah Meng was because it is on its way and I am quite tempted to give Breakfast it the Wild a try in future. Hope this review helps. You can read my past review here on other Zoo tip!

Ticket to Zoo: https://www.klook.com/en-SG/activity/141-singapore-zoo-singapore/

** Use the discount code "BABYNFAM" for 5% Discount For All Klook Activities with min. spend of SGD50. Discount capped at SGD15.

Starbucks - Free Babyccino

Like a true blue kiasu, I recently realise the hack that my kids can actually get free babyccino if you order something from there (that's too easy for me). For parents who need to know the ingredients, it is basically a short-sized steamed milk with a drizzle of chocolate. You can ask for more chocolate drizzle if your child is a chocolate monster. At this rate, I am going to retain my rather benefit-less gold membership... haha. But I am a true Starbucks girl, so no complains!