Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
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This is one of the most exciting #CollectiveBias vlogging shops I have ever done. I am so proud of my Samsung K Zoom that I would like to share three of my favourite features on the camera. Last year, I received this Samsung K Zoom phone for review and until now it is still my favourite phone.
I am so glad the weather is getting warmer. After a long hard winter, the stone patio path, wooden decking and driveway looks extremely dull. So armed with the Kärcher K4 Home Pressure Washer, it is an ideal time to clean away all the dirt that has accumulated.
The Kärcher K4 Pressure Washer combines power with an innovative water-cooled induction motor for enhanced performance and longer life. Our model also comes with the additional Home kit that includes a T350 patio cleaner and detergent.
How would you like to be able to call and track your young child by a press of a button to give you peace of mind? Sound like a great right? Indeed! LG KizON are finally coming to UK and we are amongst the first in the UK to try it on!
This LG KizON is a wearable designed (pink & blue) exclusively for pre-school and primary school children that gives you a simple and convenient way to communicate with your child. This has been designed specifically for children to wear on their wrists to be used as a direct communication device with their parents and guardians. My 7 year old son was very impressed and he thinks this looks like a ‘spy’ watch. Instead of holding a phone next to his ear, he can easily communicate by talking to his ‘watch’! His friends were impressed and they all wanted to press the call button to make a phone call. So yes, I have received a lot of missed calls from him and his friends trying to work out this cool gadget!
Need to protect your smartphone from water? Splash might be your solution. I have recently received this spray which creates a water resistant barrier around your phone, stopping the water from penetrating the device and attacking the delicate components inside.
When is the last time you cleaned your windows? I have to be honest that it has been almost a year since I cleaned ours! I do hate cleaning windows as it takes a long time to do properly. Firstly, you have to wash it with warm soapy water, then wipe the water away and finish by using a dry cloth to make sure there is no water mark left on the window. In the end, I will end up with 2 buckets of water, 2 cloths and maybe a paper towel!
TomTom has created an online complimentary children’s book, Alfie’s Story, written by award-winning author Miriam Moss, which is available to parents to redeem as part of an exclusive TomTom GO and book package by uploading their purchase receipt within 21 days from the date of purchase. The book tells the story of Alfie and his mum who are trying to get home from school in time for Alfie to read his new book at bedtime but the pair keep coming up against obstacles along the way. For more information on the book please visit their website.
Ageing is one of those inevitable things in life and as we do so, I find I pay more attention to my family’s health and well-being more than ever. Last year, Mr C and I made a resolution to walk around our estate for 30 minutes each day during lunch time, weather permitting, and we achieved a little each day. But we didn’t have any measure of how beneficial this was for us, such as how many calories this was burning and we didn’t know how many steps we did either.
There are many times that I find using a ziplock bag to store food is not ideal because they tear easily in the freezer (especially those bought from cheap stores and of poor quality) or they don’t keep the food fresh at all. So having seen the FoodSaver demonstration at the Home Show, it made me wonder if I really needed one for my family.
After giving it much thought, the answer is yes. It’s helpful in a number of ways – it helps keep food fresh for a very long time, it can also be a space saver for your fridge or freezer, it means you cook only the portion that you need and you can also boil the bag in low temperature.
Having a keyboard is always very useful if you have a small screen like a mobile phone or mini iPad. Personally, I find even using a full size iPad quite annoying sometimes that the keyboard fills up half of the screen. This means that most of the time, I am not able to scroll up to see what is covered by it.
Bosch have just made cleaning so much easier and convenient by vacuuming on the go without having to find a power point. The Athlet is Bosch’s first range of cordless upright vacuum cleaners. Currently, they have two model which are the 18V BCH61840GB in black colour and 25.5V BCH625KTGB in white colour.
I have received the 18V BCH61840GB to try it out. My first impression of the vacuum cleaner is that it looks very stylish and of course cordless! How many times have you found that your vacuum cleaner cord gets caught under a door, tangled up or is simply not long enough?
Inside the box, it comes with four items which is the handle, the body, the suction head and a charger with instructions. It took me under a minute to fix the whole vacuum cleaner together. Easy peasy.
Last week, I was invited to a Dyson Event where they introduced us to their new product: Dyson DC43H Mattress and many more products like their 360 Eye Robot and Hot & Cold fan AM05. During the session, I learnt a lot about dust mites, the Dyson digital motor V2 and many more.
Having new products is not always great as it can mean incompatibility problems with older products. For example, I always have to bring my big and chunky iPad charger along as it does not charge when it is connected on my laptop. Also, I have had my laptop for over three years now and the internal fan alone is not enough to keep my laptop cool. So I had bought a laptop cooler and a mini fan to keep my laptop from overheating. This also means that I don’t have any spare USB ports when I need to charge my phone or plug my USB stick in!
My next solution is to get a hub that does fast charging for iPad and Android phones. Inateck has this Inateck Hub HB5001 which is equipped with both a 5V 4A power supply and built-in surge protection, 4 Port USB 3.0 + 1 fast charging port (5V 2A) for SamSung tablets, iPad and smartphones etc.
Teksta is a life-like interactive robotic puppy that responds to your voice, physical gestures, lights and sounds. There are five in the Teksta range: Blue, Pink, T-Rex, Kitty and Dalmatian. They are suitable for aged 5 and above.
Inside the box, it comes with a puppy, dog bone, a red ball and instructions. It requires 4 x AA for the puppy. For advanced programming, you can download the Teksta app from Apple store or Google play to have more fun with your puppy!
When is the last time you checked your smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm? Own up time – we checked ours a couple of times after we moved into our new house but haven’t checked our smoke alarm for a few years! Without a prompt or a reminder, it had not crossed my mind as it becomes inconspicuous. Also, we only installed our carbon monoxide alarm early last year due to our boiler broke down but we haven’t checked it since.
Inateck has newly released this model Inateck IPX5 water-resistant bluetooth speaker which features a high-performing microphone! We were very impressed with the clear and uninterrupted communication. I used my phone to call my husband and hid the phone about a metre away from the speaker and spoke to him via the Inateck speaker and it all came through very clearly.
