Taobao vs Shopee: Taobao is More Expensive After COVID-19
If you are thinking of buying and shipping from Taobao - STOP. Don't do it. We no longer recommend buying from Taobao for one simple reason. COVID-19 made shipping from…
Our HDB WiFi Setup – Asus AiMesh Wifi Network
Wifi is a basic need. Especially in Singapore. Everyone here goes online on their laptops and phones via Wifi. So your HDB Wifi setup is the most important thing to…
How to Clean a Glass Toilet Shower Screen
Having a Glass Toilet Shower Screen A toilet shower screen is nice, especially when it's made of glass. A screen is more expensive (around $500) than a shower curtain, but…
Budget Guide: Shopping and Taobao Shipping to Singapore
Note: We no longer recommend shipping from Taobao. Check out our Taobao vs Shopee comparison. Taobao Shipping to Singapore - Is It Possible? Yes! In the past, you needed to…
How to Change a Ceiling LED Light Bulb (Recessed Downlight)
We moved in for about a year, so some things have started to spoil and needed replacement. We had to change a bathroom ceiling LED light bulb, a recessed downlight,…
Our DIY Washing Machine Installation
We DIYed our washing machine installation. It sounds easy. Unfortunately, it wasn't. Buying our washing machine without installation We bought our washing machine before renovation finished. We wanted to take…
Be Careful! Taobao Isn’t Cheap Anymore
Taobao isn't that cheap anymore. This shouldn't surprise you. Taobao was super cheap Most people caught on to the fact that Taobao was cheap around 2015 to 2017. Indeed, things…
Taobao Cabinet Review: Not Cheap, Quite Pretty, Hard to Install
We got a lot of stuff from Taobao for our HDB BTO home - well, at least those that arrived safely anyway. (If you're thinking of starting out, then you…
Taobao Missing Item Experience – How Our Shipper Lost Our Parcels
Since writing this blog we've mostly had positive experiences. Perhaps this post here will offer some variety. It's probably more interesting to read about failures and troubles. So here we…
Taobao Tips and FAQs: Shopping and Shipping from Taobao
(UPDATE: We ended up losing a couple of boxes and incurring a cost of SGD 100 after factoring in the compensation. As such, we decided to stop using MRC and…