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Yestrday, I happened to stumble upon this range of excellent France products by Rene Furterer (in short RF) while I was on my way to Mustafa. They are doing a 7-days road show outside of Metro level 1 entrance, at City Square Mall - see how to get here in City Sq Mall link.
A chronic seborrhoeic dermatitissufferer for more than a decade, I found much relief after using their Melaleuca shampoo this morning. Surprisingly no more itchy scalps for me. Hurray ! ! !
According to salesgal, RF's range of shampoo and hair care contains 12 kinds of essential oils and 11 types of plant extracts in various composition. Some of the plants can actually suppress itch and stop dandruff. Examples: Melaleuca essential oils aid in antifugal anti stress, Cucurbitaceae plant extracts regulates excess sebum secretions, etc - see brochures below.
The only setback is there are chemicals being use in their products, example: Sodium Lauryl Suplhate - SLS discussion (why some are avoiding sls)
The importer for Rene Furterer is: Color Play Enterprise Pte Ltd.
Address: 220 Tagore Lane, #03-13, Liberty Warehouse, Singapore (787 600)
Tel: +65 6453 4955 , Fax: +65 6453 9455 see map link
Road-show period: 25 Oct to 31 Oct 2010 (Sun).
Usual Price: 1 botte of 150ml for SGD$ 39 +
Sale Now: 3 bottles of 150ml for SGD$60 only ! ! !
The China Salesgal told me if you buy more than SGD $100 worth of products, you are entitled for a free hair care treament at their salon or something like that. Details you have to check from the sales-people at the road show.
The China salesgal told me if I like what I bought and still want more of their products can go to Watsons or Guardian Pharm after this promotion but the prices will revert back to the nomal prices of SGD$39+ / 150ml bottle .
They are only conducting 1week promotion in City Square Mall till 31 Oct 10'.
Brochures Pictures: Click pic to enlarge if you can't see properly
Aiptek S5W Digital Camera Specs see quality of images, pictures and video taken by this camera at bottom of this page below
With a price tag of SGD$149, I have not much complains about this digital camera as similar models of other branded camera may costs up to a heavier tag of SGD$400-$500. Its not easy to find a underwater digital camera that costs below SGD$400 in Singapore! Below are a summary of the pros and cons of what i thgt of this S5W digital camera. Enjoy your reading!!!
Aiptek S5W is a light weight camera 110grams which most primary school kids can handle comfortably.
Capable to take images and videos in any fish tanks and swimming pools of Singapore, max depth Aiptek S5W camera can withstand is 3 metres of underwater.
Great imaging tool for taking videos both above and under water during vacations (ex. P.Redang Island, Malaysia)
The rubber buttons are user-friendly and easy to read illustrations on it (not much need for reading an instruction manual to understand basic and advanced key functionss)
Large 2.7" LCD for easy review of pictures and videos taken.
Use 3 x AAA batteries (easy to find)
Accepts SD/SDHC Card up to 16GB (mass storage)
Cons:
No usb ports to link up to pcs - have to use a card reader to retrieve pics/videos from sd card into my pc
No shock-proof feature - i dare not try to drop it on the floor but i think most products are made to withstand certain shock abuse
No sounds of video during playback in camera - videos' sound can be heard only during upload to website like YouTube or playback in your pc
No brand camera -some of my friends call it "AH PEK" -uncle in hokkien language, so if you are not brand conscious or do not mind friends' jesting, this is the camera for you ;D ...lol...
No internal memory - if you ran out of sd card memory, you have to delete some of the old ones to make way for new video s/ images
External SD card slot of S5W can only accept up to 16GB, i thought can go to 32 GB will be wonderful ! ;)
Read more detailed specs of S5W after the screen-shots pics below
Screen-Shots of my Aiptek S5W Camera (click images to enlarge)
dimension: 95mm x 60mm x 24mm (fits into most of our hand palms of adults)
weighs 110 grams (excluding battery and card), body is made of plastic material light weight!
Operating temperature: 0 to 40 Degree Celsius
use 3xAAA batteries which can be bought easily anywhere,
card slot accepts up to 16GB SD/SDHC Cards (above battery slot)
the easy to use rubber buttons next to the 2.7" lcd
bottom of camera for tripod and macro/landscape mode selector on the side
underwater taking video of my ranchu goldfish, can go down to 3metres max
and do not leave the camera in the water for more than 60 minutes.
Image Sensor 5 Mega Pixels CMOS Sensor (Max 12.0M via interpolation)
Lens Type: Fixed Focus (F3.2/f=5.2mm)
Digital Zoom Still Image: 1x~5x; Video Clip: 1x~5x; Playback:1x~8x
LCD 2.7" TFT LCD
Focusing Range Normal: 1.2M ~ infinity, Macro: 20cm
Shutter Speed Normal: 1/2sec-1/2000sec, Night Scene: 3sec-1/2000sec
Flash Mode Auto, Fill-in Flash, Flash off
Metering Multi, Spot
Sharpness Soft, Normal, Vivid
Effect Normal, B&W, Sepia, Negative
White Balance Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Flourescent, Tungsten
Voice Recording Yes, also supports Voice Memo under Still Image
Storage Media Supported media cards: SD/SDHC Card (up to 16GB) Internal Memory: N/A
File Format Still Image: JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.2, DPOF 1.1 Video Clip: MJPEG, AVI Format with Audio PCM Voice: WAV Format
Playback Single Image, Thumbnails, Slide Show, Video Clip, Voice Clip, Rotation
Interface Digital output connector : No USB port; Built-in Microphone; Buzzer out
Power Source 3xAAA alkaline or Ni-MH batteries (rechargable)
Dimensions (WxHxD) 95mm x 60mm x 24mm
Weight 110grams (without batteries & card)
Mass Storage No USB Port
System Requirement for Windows Pc with processor better than Pentium II (500Mhz) Windows 2000 Professional (SP4)/ ME/ XP (S2)/ Vista/ Win7 Min 51MB or more SD Card Reader 800 x 600 pixels, 24-bit color display compatible monitor
System Requirement for Macintosh
Power Mac G4 or later Mac OS 10.0 or later Min 512 MB or more
SD Card Reader
CONTENTS OF CAMERA SET
PICTURES
Macro view of paper chicken (JE)
Food stall taken at 5x zoom (~20m away)
Landscape view of hazy conditions in Boon Lay
VIDEO
Video clip of my hyperactive Ranchu Goldfish taken underwater in a 1ft deep fish tank
(can go up to 3meters/10ft deep and immerse in a bucket of clean water for 1 min after that)
I noticed there are many pigeons flocking betwn Boon Lay Blk 210 and 215 this morning. There are also 2 dead pigeons birds lying on their road leading to the multi-storey carpark .
Few months ago, I have already feedback to Stomp about the population of pigeons flocking here, but it seems that there are no actions taken by the Boon Lay RC or the AVA.
Taken on the morning of 14 March 2011 (Mon) The birds are still there... hope the authorities can transfer them to P.Ubin or some Kampong
There are concerens about hygience since there are many children playing near the playground where the pigeons feed and hang around. The exposed dead bodies can spread germs and their droppings can be a health concern for the children there.
We wished that the relevant authorities in Singapore can seriously look into this matter. The haze already making people sick and we do not want anther health issues coming up.
See pictures and videos below*
*Note: The pics of dead birds are very gross, with intestines exposed.
Smashed another pigeon spotted on 8 Sept 2012
Video clip of pigeons congregating at the hard court
between Boon lay place Blk 210 & 215!!
Note:
This post has been written since Oct' 2010 - and pigeons are still a great crowd here.PDF File taken from NUS The Raffles Bulletin - Haemoproteus Columbae Infection Of Feral Pigeons Yr 2002.
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