If you live in Singapore long enough, you are probably very familiar with the pandan lifehack to repel mosquitoes, cockroaches and other insects. Usually this tip is passed down from your mother, from your grandmother, and from your great-grandmother....
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Fogging, aerosol, mosquito nets,vaporiser, citronella candles, lemongrass, pandan leaves, ultrasonic devices, lotions, window screens – and the list goes on....
We would think that as dwellers of this tropical metropolitan state called Singapore, we would have figured out everything we need to know about preventing insect bites, wouldn’t we? But have we been doing it correctly? Do you still get bitten by mosquitoes even though you are pretty sure you do not...
Mosquitoes do not have sensory organs like us humans to pick up on shapes, colours and sound the way we do. Instead, mosquitoes rely on these three cues to detect an animal to feed on for blood:...
Being parents in Singapore is already a tough battle. First, we think about maternity packages in hospitals. Next, we budget for childcare cost (thank goodness there are grandparents!). Not long after that, we bid for the best nursery and kindergarten, while doing the same for enrichment centres at ...
As January rolled over in 2018, Singapore was once again confronted by first reported case of Zika virus infection of the year. This reminds all of us that we should remain vigilant on how we should continually protect ourselves from Zika virus....
Last week, National Environment Agency (NEA) reported the lowest daily minimum temperature between 21.2 and 22.4 degree Celsius since 2016. This is caused by the second monsoon surge that pummelled South China Sea and the surrounding region with wind, clouds and, of course, rain between 10 to 14 Jan...