Earn Higher Interest Rate in Singapore

With 7% GST and 10% service charge if you dine in Singapore restaurants, it will be good to have a saving account that helps you to earn some extra pocket money. For me, I try to eat at restaurant once a week and the rest of the days at home to save money.

Initially I wanted my blog to help me earn some extra pocket money but sometimes I don't update my blog as often as I'm busy with work and being a frank person, others dislike my opinions especially if it differ from them. 

Now I just blog because my cousins and friends like to read my updates. Anyway since I blog in 2013, I already got paid about $400 from blogging. After Adsense changed payment to Singapore dollars from US dollars, I don't earn as much as before. Anyway back to the topic of earning some pocket money from local saving bank accounts.  

My favourite saving accounts are OCBC 360 and UOB Stash account for saving. My POSB saving account is assigned "spending" account. POSB/DBS is not the best saving account though they have DBS Multiplier which requires transactions above $2000 be it salary credit, credit card spend, home loan instalments, insurance or investments. 

Recently I discovered another saving account that offers higher saving interest rate and that is Citi MaxiGain saving account. It offers the highest saving interest rate if you maintain or increase saving amount every month. However you need a minimum of $70,000.00 to open this account. 

First published on 2 April 2019 and updated on 28 Nov 2019

OCBC 360

 I like OCBC 360 account as it rewards you for saving money too instead of just spending.

UOB Stash account

UOB Stash Account encourages you to save money. You only earn bonus interest if you maintain or increase saving amount.

Citi MaxiGain account

Citi MaxiGain saving account

Christmas Menu at Elemen Restaurant

Recently I had Santa-Licious Christmas 8-course meal at  Elemen Restautant Millennial Walk. There are some delicious dishes and some disappointing dishes. I'm quite disappointed with the cold pasta and cold and thick tortilla skin for the caesar salad. Maybe I will to Paya Lebar Quarter Elemen to try the Santa-Licious meal again. It would be good if I can the cold pasta to truffle ramen. 

To my surprise, this creamy pasta is cold. I'm not a fan of cold pasta. 

 Appetiser. I find the watermelon with balsamic dressing quite interesting. 

 Unfortunately this baked tortilla skin is not crispy. It taste kinda like our Chinese butterfly bun thick dough. I love the caesar salad but not the baked tortilla skin.

 This thick potato and mushroom soup is not bad.

 Cranberry sorbet is refreshing sweet.

 Fried Portobello mushroom with asparagus 

 I love this crispy portobello mushroom. It reminds me of shake shack mushroom burger.

 Raspberry red velvet log cake with strawberry has firm texture unlike some of the soft sponge texture which I don't fancy.

 The secret fruit tea comes with a watermelon cube.

Christmas Decorations in Singapore Orchard Road 2019

I love late November and December in Singapore as beautiful dazzling Christmas decoration lighting will adorn the streets and shopping malls in Singapore Orchard Road. I love the festive feel at Orchard Road though I'm not a Christian. For the past few nights in Singapore, temperature is also cool at about 25 degrees Celsius and I really love the cool weather. 

This year I decided not to travel and just stay put in Singapore and explore various attractions here like Sky luge, Gardens by the Bay, National Gallery of Singapore, Botanic Gardens and other places. Oh and going to karaoke to sing my heart out! I had been travelling since 2011 and this year I just want to stay put in Singapore perhaps due to fatigue from travelling for the past few years. Maybe next year, I will go to Taiwan again. 

Nearest MRT Station: Orchard MRT

                  I love Ion Orchard shopping mall Christmas decorations! How about you?

Paragon shopping mall also has impressive Christmas decorations.

Singapore Orchard Road are now adorned with Christmas lightings.

At Tang Plaza

Ion Orchard shopping mall

Lovely New #Vegetarian Dishes at Elemen Restaurant

I recently went to Elemen restaurant at Millenia Walk to try their new dishes and I must say I love their new dishes very much especially the dry truffle ramen and enoki bisque. I like lasagne but didn't try yesterday. For the 8 course set, I paid a total of $38.61 after including 10% service charge and 7% GST. As a member of Elemen, I enjoy 10% rebate.

#Vegetarian #meatless

Dry truffle ramen is yummy with fragrant truffle flat thick noodle and a half lava egg. I will order this in my next visit.

 I had Chocolate dome dessert again. I prefer chocolate lava cake but its not available at Millenia Walk.

 A small cup of apple cider to help in digestion

Enoki Bisque is really tasty and kinda taste like lobster bisque. I love this tasty soup with enoki.

Grilled mushroom and kale salad is really good for health.

Fresh watermelon and coconut juice

Rosemary bread sticks with raspberry yogurt sauce

The elements appetiser 

On Your Feet! Broadway Musical in Singapore 2020 June!

The most impulsive thing I ever done in my life so far is flying alone to New York to watch Jersey Boys Broadway musical in year 2011. It was money well spent as I enjoyed the trip to the arts and design museums and two other musicals like Wicked and Spider man, and went to Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. I love musical with catchy tune and dance. 

Now from 5 to 13 June 2020, Broadway musical, On Your Feet! broadway will be in Singapore Marina Bay Sands! I already brought front row seat to enjoy the musical as there is 15% early bird discount by 6 December. If you love Gloria Estefan's songs, you will like the musical. 

To buy tickets, click here.

Delicious and Crispy Tissue Cheese Prata

I love to eat roti prata but now its very rare to find crispy and tasty roti prata. Thankfully I found a good eatery at Srisun Express at Blk 407 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 where they serve great tissue roti prata. I don't find their roti prata awesome as it is not so crispy compare to the one I had many years ago. I think the signature dish there is tissue roti prata with cheese. I highly recommend it if you love crispy and tasty prata.

I like this tissue cheese prata($5.60) ! I highly recommend this delicious and crispy thin cheese prata which has tinge of sweet taste. It is quite tall and needs two plates. 

I also had the egg roti prata ($1.90).

 My friend had the Indian rojak filled with veggie and egg and I tried one piece.  

Coffee is quite good too.

They also serves cheese fries.