Review TISWIM Armbands and Belt Nabaiji

Posting hari ini, gue kepengen share tentang salah satu produk NABAIJI, salah satu swimming brand dari Decathlon. Ini sambungan dari posting traveling ke Singapore kemarin.
Berhubung saat ini Decathlon udah ada di Indonesia, store nya terletak di Alam Sutra, iseng-iseng sekitar bulan April gue coba datang kesana untuk cari aksesori renang buat anak. Pelampung ini cukup menarik, karena bentuknya yang armband-belt, membuat gue merasa aman kalau anak gue nyemplung dikolam menggunakan ini. Penggunaan yang disarankan untuk anak dengan berat 15kg - 30kg. Dan bentuknya begini:

website Decathlon Singapore

Pertama-tama emang gue lihat dari temen gue yang beli di Decathlon Singapore, and so with all hope that this item also available in Indonesia, rushly I went there. Tapi sayangnya, si mbak storekeeper bilang kalau item ini kosong dan karena udah limited banget jadi kalaupun masuk di Indonesia, cuma ada beberapa biji aja, dan kemarin langsung ludes dengan cepat. Entah si mbak ini ngomong beneran, atau emang item ini lagi not-available (like) forever di Decathlon Indonesia. Tapi saat ditanya kapan estimasi datang, semua storekeeper ga ada yang bisa kasih jawaban.
Agak kecewa sih, mengingat ini kan "katanya" most wanted item,.

Akhirnya karena penasaran banget, I decided untuk titip teman di Singapore. Luckily, gue ada rencana business trip ke Singapore. Jadi pas banget! I think universe is on my side. 😆
Karena schedule gue padat merayap, so I need to make arrangement to meet my friends near my hotel. Fortunately, I have wonderful, nice, and very very kind friends, who willing to bought this for me and I will pay her later after I meet her. Temen gue ini beneran baik, menyempatkan diri beli di Decathlon Bedok yang katanya si mbak, is the most complete store than other Decathlon in Singapore. Harganya juga ga beda jauh kata si mba, emang sih lebih mahal di Singapore. Dengan kurs SGD 1 anggap aja sekitar IDR 10.550, harganya adalah IDR 283,799, dibulatkan aja deh IDR 284,000. Not really cheap, compare to another local brands such as : INTEX.  😀

Tapi ya, sekali lagi, ada harga ada rupa. This product surely not disappointed. Once it in my hand, I'm not regret paying for it. It's awesome. Really love the design, material and the function. The inner surfaces are made of polyester for softness and comfort. The three ways of using them adapt to the child's level of comfort in the water.  Jadi ini pelampung, bisa dipisah antara armband dengan beltnya. Kalau anak udah gede, bisa ga perlu pakai armband. Ini dia foto aslinya. Keren maaakkk! Bahannya halus, dan fleksibel.

Then, the most happiest thing when my daughter looks amazed when she wore this armband. Bagusnya, saat anak gue pakai ini, kelihatan nyaman dan memang pas banget buat ukuran dia. Dia bisa tertawa-tawa sampai terkikik kikik saking senangnya bisa mengapung sendiri. Comfy to wear, and seriously, worth every penny.

Late Post : Salted Egg Pork Ribs and Salted Egg Fish Skin

Actually, this is my late post from my visit in Singapore last month (on April). I went there only for 3 days, for business purpose. Since I’m not often visit Singapore (not really sure why I’m not so interest going around in there), I also arrange to meet my friends there in the evening.

We planned to have dinner in Kushikatsu Tanaka, Clarke Quay, around 7pm, but the funny thing, I lost when heading there. My boss gave me the wrong direction, instead of take the MRT, he said that by Bus is faster. But apparently, he forgot the Bus number, and so finally after going around from 1 Bus stop to another stop, we decided to take MRT. The things that I don’t know at that time, that I should take the Blue Line and get off in Fort Canning instead of take the Purple Line, and stop in Clarke Quay. The station and the restaurant quite far, and since I’m very tired because just get back from Expo, I take the taxi. The cost around SGD11, 5 minutes from Clarke Quay MRT Station. J  

This time, I also asked a favor from one of my friends to buy an armband-waistband in Decathlon Bedok (the price SGD 26.9) for my daughter. Since in Decathlon Alam Sutra this product never available and the shopkeeper said that in Decathlon Bedok, this stuff still has some stocks. Luckily, she’s very nice person, she bought it first for me, and I only have to repay her when we met. She even gave me discount, it should be SGD 26.9, but I only pay SGD 26. Awesome!  

The next day, I’m following the recommendation from one of my friends yesterday. She told me that the new menu in Far East Plaza (near Orchard MRT) is very famous for its Salted Egg Pork Ribs. This food stall named: New Station Snack Bar. And she said that this is must try dish. So, I search in goggle map for the location, and around 5.45 pm, I going there alone. 

Far East Plaza not far from Orchard MRT station, only walks around 10 minutes. This Plaza is not crowded; moreover, I don’t think it can be name as a Plaza. Its looks like ITC for me. J  

The restaurant located in 5^th floor, and I could say this place have complete Chinese food menu, despite of the location seems like food stall in ITC Mangga Dua. The price is also affordable, mostly under SGD10. I only ordered Salted Egg Pork Ribs with Rice, and Tea. Total cost SGD 8. Crispy and well-done pork ribs, drenched in tasty salted egg yolk sauce, a very yummy dish. I love that the sauce is rich and extremely savory with a hint of curry from the curry leaves.

And still about salted egg, I also decided to buy salted egg fish skin. This snacks nowadays become very popular in Singapore because of the savory taste. Since I want to try various kind of fish skin, I bought 3 brands that well known in there, The Golden Duck, Fragrance and Oyu. I didn’t get small size of Irvins, so I cancel the order.

Overall, the taste was good. I actually love every dish or snacks with salted eggs topping. So For me, every brand were yummy J The Golden Ducks itself has spicy taste (and now Irvins also launching the new product, spicy fish skin). My Japanese friend doesn’t like it, but somehow I love it. This is the snacks that maybe I’ll looking for when I visit Singapore once again. I think I must spare larger space in my luggage for this. Haha…  

Finally, that’s my experiences for only 3 days in Singapore during my business trip. Very short time, but it’s enough for me. Since I went there only with my boss, sneaking time after working hour for a little bit happiness vacation is a precious moment. I’m glad my boss not the kind of killer type. Haha…