Send gifts of data, music and news with Singtel Online Christmas Gifts

For the first time in Singapore, Singtel customers will be able to buy mobile services as gifts for their loved ones

Singapore, 12 December 2016 – To usher in the festive season, Singtel has launched Singtel Online Christmas Gifts (gifts.singtel.com/Christmas) - Singapore’s first online gift shop for mobile services. It allows Singtel postpaid mobile customers to go digital and easily purchase a variety of Singtel’s popular mobile services such as data, Singtel Music and Singtel Newsstand, and send them as gifts to their family and friends. Customers can purchase multiple gifts of up to S$200 and enjoy the convenience of paying through their monthly Singtel bill.

Customers will be able to enjoy exclusive festive prices when they buy any of the following gifts from now until 31 December 2016:

a three-month or six-month subscription of 1GB/month data, starting from S$23.70;

a six-month or 12-month premium Singtel Music subscription with Spotify, KKBOX,
           TIDAL or Saavn, starting from S$49.90; or

a six-month or 12-month premium Singtel Newsstand digital subscription with Fortune, 
            The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or TIME, starting from S$44.50


“In this digital age, we know how much our mobile customers appreciate extra data, music and news on the go. With Singtel Online Christmas Gifts, they will be able to give meaningful gifts that are also practical and useful to their families and friends at affordable prices. We are pleased to be able to offer this first-of-its-kind service in Singapore as we continue to come up with innovative products and services that delight our customers,” said Ms Diana Chen, Vice President of Mobile Marketing, Consumer Singapore, Singtel.


Gifting with Singtel Online Christmas Gifts is simple. All customers need to do is log in, choose a gift, personalise a message and send it. The recipient will be notified via SMS in minutes and can redeem it anytime from now until 30 June 2017.

Spreading the Christmas cheer

To celebrate the season of giving, Singtel has a host of treats for customers.

Singtel TV

Singtel TV customers can look forward to an entertaining Christmas with selected free preview channels from 22 Dec 2016 (0500 hours) to 2 Jan 2017 (2359 hours) on Singtel TV and Singtel TV GO.

A range of exciting movies such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Trip and I am Number 4 will be available on the following free preview channels:

FOX Action Movies (CH 408)
Sundance Channel (CH 401)
FOX Family Movies (CH 406)
Thrill (CH 415)
FOX Movies Premium (CH 414)
Turner Classic Movies (CH 420)

Customers can also enjoy special Singtel TV offers such as X-Men specials on Video-on-Demand at S$1.99 each, two months’ free subscription on a 12-month Movies+ Pack1 contract and 50% off the Singtel TV GO and DVR Bundle.

Singtel Dashing Christmas

Singtel Dash customers who spend S$5 or more in one transaction at any Dash merchant or remit a minimum amount of S$350 each time will earn a chance to unwrap a special gift. 60,000 gifts are up for grabs, including Samsung Galaxy S7 4G+ mobile phones, up to S$100 Dash credits2 and 10% cashback at Dash merchants3. The promotion ends on 31 Dec 20164.

Singtel gives back

In the spirit of giving, customers can do their part for charity too. Singtel is selling Christmas Baubles, which customers can customise, at S$10 and greeting cards at S$5 each at the Singtel flagship store. All proceeds will go to the Singtel Touching Lives Fund.

Find out more about Singtel’s Christmas campaign on singtel.com/christmas.

Beautiful Music from C ASEAN Consonant Concert : The Sound and Spirit of ASEAN ( Video )

It was a night of good music as I attended an interesting concert by C asean Consonant. A collaboration between the nations of ASEAN. I am surprised that ASEAN do not just cooperate on business, they also worked together on music. 

Young and outstanding musicians from various countries in ASEAN gave their best to form a small musical group, playing their own country traditional wooden musical instruments, thus great music which I have not heard before. It sounds like  some sort of fusion music where nationality, culture all play a part in the creation of great music from ASEAN. 

Although the musicians may not communicate well due to different languages used in their own countries, but with music, languages are no longer a barrier. The event is initiated by ThaiBev and for Singapore roadshow, sponsored by F&N. 

The C asean Consonant is created with the aim of using the universal language of music to build a musical bridge that intertwines ASEAN countries' heritages together and create stronger bonds of understanding, friendship, and collaboration. It has become a platform for young generation to develop, share, learn and preserve traditional music of ASEAN.

C asean Consonant is formed by "C asean" a Bangkok-based social enterprise whose aims are to strengthen regional connectivity by promoting high growth environment for ASEAN businesses and uplifting public knowledge, awareness, and understanding on regional integration. Their main missions are to build an effective ASEAN network and community; to set a stage of showcase on business, arts, and culture for young entrepreneurs and new generations; and to build a regional hub for ASEAN knowledge center focusing on business start-ups, arts and culture. 

C asean Consonant Concert "The Sound & Spirit of ASEAN" was performed at Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall, Malaysia Tourism Centre )MaTiC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiaon 2-3 April 2016 for invitation and public respectively, and at the Shaw Foundation Alumni Huse Auditorium of the National University of Singapore on 8 April 2016.

All  photos and video are taken by me and now sit back and enjoy the video that I have created for my blog. Click below to play the video. Hopefully C asean will organise more of such collaboration in the near future. Look forward to it. 

Singtel debuts data-free music service with Spotify, KKBOX, MeRadio and AMPed

The launch of Singtel Music is an event that music enthusiasts will be interested, especially if they are already on a Singtel postpaid mobile plan.

 For the price of two bowls of noodle at the food court, SingTel mobile subscribers can access each month an unlimited data and ad-free music streaming and downloading. That is $7.90 for any one premium account with Spotify, KKBOX or AMPed.  Included in the subscription are 13 of Mediacorp’s most popular radio stations via MeRadio.  Being data free, there is no local data charge to pay and no more fear of busting your data quota when listening to your music.

The launch took place at 61st Floor , Altitude, One Raffles Place, witnessed by bloggers, guests and well-wishers. Diana Chen, the Vice-President of Mobile Marketing at Consumer Singapore, SingTel and representatives from Mediacorp and the three music service providers placed their palms concurrently on the panel to initiate the digital launch, heralding in SingTel Music amidst a burst of quivering confetti cascading to the floor. 

In a world filled with choices, the Singtel Music is another for the music fans. And that is the nature of competition.

For more information about SingTel Music, visit www.singtel.com/singtelmusic

St. Patrick's Day Street Festival is back.

This weekend St. Patrick's Day street festival  ( 14-15 March 2015 ) is going to be exciting. This is an Irish world event happening yearly. Do check out the website for more details. I will be including some of the photos that I have taken during last year (2014). Do enjoy the photos and support my blog. Thanks everyone and have a FUN WEEKEND.

Info on St. Patrick's Day Street Festival