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FURNITURE & HOME DECOR SHOPPING AT WIHARDJA

November 16, 2015 by Little Miss Honey 601 Comments

Wihardja

One of our family goals is to have a house of our own. My hubby and I dream to have our own place to decorate and make it our special homey haven. We are currently renting our a condo unit and sharing it with a couple of people. So we can’t really decorate it as much as we want to. But maybe someday, we can actually get to have our own home.

How timely that when hubby and I are having our late night talks about our own place someday, I received an invitation to join an intimate blogger session at WIHARDJA, an Indonesian furniture shop. And I can bring along my hubby. Yey!

Wihardja Furnishings, specialised in teakwood furniture, teakwood accessories, pottery wares and soft furnishings all made in Indonesia. It started in 1997 and currently has two showrooms in Singapore. They export to Canada, Spain, Costa Rica and Australia.

The blogger event was held in Wihardja Enterprise One Showroom at Kaki Bukit Road. It was nice to meet several familiar faces and their respective partners they brought along. We got to roam around the showroom and was impressed with everything inside especially the variety of displays and the different collections of wooden furnitures and suar wood tables.

Wihardja

Wihardja

Credit: Originally Us

I learned more about wooden furniture that night. Teakwood has natural oil content which makes it resistant to insect infestations and rotting even with extreme changing seasons. It is a very durable type of wood that has been used in ship-building,   bridge-building and furnitures. It varies in color from light to dark brown.  So let us address the question in your heads. Is Wihardja contributing to the haze that has plagued Singapore? The wood from Wihardja comes from the government-run plantation in Central Java, Indonesia and they don’t use the “slash & burn” technique in clearing lands. So no, they are not responsible for the haze.

Wihardja

Credit: Originally Us   

Wihardja

Credit: Originally Us

Wihardja

    Wihardja

Credit: Originally Us

Wihardja

Credit: Originally Us

Besides the wooden furnitures, there were also pottery wares, soft toys, small home decors and wall decors that can give your homes more character. I am already dreaming of how all of these would look in our future home. And did I mention that I checked out their prices? They quite affordable for a good quality furnishing.

Wihardja

Wihardja

Wihardja

Wihardja

I have been eyeing  several storage containers, a table decor, a plastic plant and a stuffed teddy bear that night. I needed a few decors for our room, some ontainers to keep our stuff and I wanted to get a stuffed toy for baby #2.

Home decor

Home decor

Wihardja
Wihardja

After excitedly roaming around the showroom, we all were gathered to enjoy an Indonesian buffet. The spread looks delicious. I am not very familiar with Indonesian cuisine and I am happy to try it that night.

Indonesian cuisine

Indonesian cuisine

Indonesian cuisine

Indonesian cuisine

Indonesian cuisine

My husband is a very picky eater and is often wary in trying new foods but he surprisingly enjoyed the buffet a lot. He even got a second helping of food because it was so yummy.  I was so full and satisfied that night. It was such a wonderful evening of furniture & home decor shopping, Indonesian buffet and dreaming of our future home. It is not too early to start buying stuff for our future home. My hubby and I are already selecting some furnitures and decors we want. Thank you Originally Us for inviting me and my husband to this fun & unique blogger session.

When I told my friends that I visited the Wihardja Showroom, I learned that they have heard  of Wihardja, bought some stuff there and are fans of Wihardja. I have a friend who got the convertible teakwood table/bench for their balcony. It looks great! I am seriously wanting to buy one.

Convertible Table/Bench

Credit: https://www.instagram.com/xxtraa/

convertible furniture

Credit: https://www.instagram.com/xxtraa/

*( Yes, that table and bench are one and the same)

For those who are in a hunt for premium furnitures for their home or decorating their  new units or are interested in shopping at Wihardja, just quote “WJLITTLEMISSHONEY” to enjoy a 5% discount during payment. This promo will be valid until December 2016. (Yes, that is not a typo. 2016!)

Wihardja Furnishings

Toh Guan Showroom
3-B Toh Guan Road East, #03-02, Singapore 608833
Operating Hours: 11.30am – 7pm Everyday
MRT: Jurong East MRT

Enterprise One Showroom
1 Kaki Bukit Road 1, #01-07/08, Singapore 415934
Operating Hours: 11.30am – 8pm everyday except Wed & Thurs
Bus: 5, 15, 58, 59, 87, 25, 45, 51, 55, 93, 94, 854
MRT: Eunos MRT

Customer Service Hotline: 67417717

Website: http://www.wihardja.com.sg

Facebook: wihardja.sg

Instagram: wihardjasg

Disclaimer: This was a blogger session invited by Originally Us on behalf of Wihardja Furnishings. We were given gift vouchers from Wihardja. No monetary compensation was included. All opinions are my own. Regardless, I only recommend products which I personally believe will be good for my readers.

Filed Under: Expat Diaries, Food Discoveries Tagged With: blogger event, Furnitures, Home Decor, Indonesia, promo code, Saur Wood, Singapore, Teakwood, Wihardja

THINGS THAT INSPIRED ME THIS WEEK

November 1, 2015 by Little Miss Honey 1,075 Comments

Things that inspired me this week

Things that inspired me this week

This week was filled with wonderful blessings and deep realisations. This week, I was invited to attended a fun blogger event at Wihardja Furniture Showroom. I was happy I was able to bring along my hubby. We enjoyed a sumptuous Indonesian buffet and we get to shop around the showroom. We went home with several stuff for our place.

Wihardja Singapore

Wihardja Singapore

Wihardja Singapore

This week, I also featured expat Elena, a beautiful photographer who founded Pixelena Studio in my blog for the Expat Diaries. Read her story here. Check out her dreamy and whimsical photos.

Pixelena Studio

Pixelena Studio

Pixelena Studio

Also, this week, I had my monthly get-together with fellow Filipina doctors working in the same company as me but different branches. It is such a great comfort to have support systems and friends if you are living and working abroad. It makes you feel that you have people to run to when the going gets tough, people with open ears to hear you complain, people who offer you encouraging advices and people who help you improve. I have several support systems of “gangs” in Singapore that gave me so much joy and comfort. Though we don’t often see each other but we always keep in touch.

Today is my bestfriend’s birthday. We have been since Grade 1 . We have experienced life’s up and down from medical school struggles, triumphs, heartaches & now having a happy family life and we are still best of friends. We often try to keep contact even how busy we are. I don’t know how we managed to be friends until now but one thing I know is that when my kids grow up, I will teach them the importance of having friends, in keeping friends and choosing the right friends.

Also today is All Saints’ Day. Back in the Philippines, it is a public holiday. We celebrate it by going to the cemetery and pay respect to our departed loved-ones in the Philippines It is also a holy day of obligation. I went to mass today and I was inspired by the homily of the priest. He said, we need saints in the 21th century. A saint who watch movies. A saint who surf the internet. A saint who drinks coke and eat hotdog. A saint who drinks beer with friends. A person who can still praise God during the modern times and not doesn’t often our God. How great is this calling. We don’t need to be uncool, boring or detached to be saints. We can still please God doing ordinary things just like St. Josemaria Escriva is preaching.

Here are a round-up of links I found online that inspired me this week:

2015 will soon be over. I want to buy a 2016 planner!

Like what I said. We can be achieve sanctity in everyday.

Tips in how to love yourself.

Which color looks good on you?

I love Grace Kelly’s fashion!

Advantage of having a nagging mom

Blessed All Saints/All Souls Day!

Filed Under: Beauty, Expat Diaries, Inspirations Tagged With: blogger, blogger event, Catholic, Faith, friends, Friendship, Wihardja

BLOGMEETSG AT PURE YOGA

August 24, 2015 by Little Miss Honey 571 Comments

BlogMeetSg x Pure Yoga

I was excited to be invited again to another #BlogMeetSg organized by the lovely Lucy of Lulabelle Lifestyle.

Let me tell you more about BlogMeetSg first. BlogMeetSg was started by Lucy to give opportunities for bloggers in Singapore and local brands to network and create a harmonious relationship in and out of the blogosphere.  Because of BlogMeetSg, I got to meet amazing bloggers that  I have collaborated with projects that are continuing until now and developed wonderful relationships with brands and sponsors. Due to the success of the first ever BlogMeetSg last February 2015 held at Edit Lifestyle, BlogMeetSg  is back and there won’t be just one BlogMeetSg but two this August!

  BlogMeetSg x Pure Yoga

Last Thursday, BlogMeetSg was set at Pure Yoga in Ngee Ann City. My choice of exercise have always been yoga and dancing/aerobics. So I was happy to take part of this BlogMeetSg gathering in Pure Yoga. I have been in love with yoga for a few years though I would practice Hatha yoga intermittently at home. I also enjoy Birkam Yoga which really surprises me actually.

  Pure Yoga Ngee Ann

Headed by Lucy, 30 bloggers gathered to enjoy one hour session with Yogi Kristin Khor.

BlogMeetSg X Pure Yoga

It was my first time in Pure Yoga and I love the ambience. Yoga mats were reay for us in the yoga room and in each mat has a small bottle of Peppermint essential oil. The walls and mirrors of the yoga room have decals of #BlogMeetSg which I think is very cool.

BlogMeetSg X Pure Yoga

Peppermint Essential Oil

At 7 PM, we met Yogi Kristin K. She gave us a little bit of introduction of yoga that we were doing for that night: Jivamukti Yoga. I have never tried that kind of yoga.  Jivamukti have 5 tenents : Shastra (Spiritual Reading) , Bhakti (Devotion), Ahisma (Kindness) , Nada (Music) and Dhyana (Meditation).  It is a flowing, dynamic form of Hatha Yoga that starts and ends with chanting with a little bit of soft music in the background.

IMG_9926

Credit: Dainty Diva

Before the class officially started, we met Nana Lim of Essential Oils Remedies to let us sample the Peppermint Oil on our mats. She asked us to pour a drop on our palms, rub our palms together and inhale the oil diffusing from our palm. We immediately felt refreshed and energised. There was an electric diffuser emitting peppermint oils throughout the class.

nana lim of essential oil remedies

Kristin started the class with an inspirational pep talk and chanted & sang “om“s and “shanti“s. Kristin’s talking voice was very sexy. I wish I can record it for my morning meditation and yoga practice to set my morning for a great start. She exudes a confident, positive and calm disposition. Her chanting voice was melodic and relaxing.

BlogMeetSg x Pure Yoga

Credit: Lulabelle Lifestyle

Then we through a flow series of Hatha Yoga. We did a lot of Downward Dog, Cobra Pose, Boat Pose, Side Planks and Warrior Poses.

BlogMeetSg X Pure Yoga

Credit: Lulabelle Lifestyle

We challenged ourselves to do a perfect Bow Pose and Full Bridge.

BlogMeetSg X Pure Yoga

Credit: Lulabelle Lifestyle

I was surprised I sweated a lot but I feel invigorated. I just love yoga so much!  I would say I have found my type of yoga. I am now a Jivamukti Yoga fan. The chanting, the music, the meditation, the flow series…. I am all for it.

After the session, there was a lucky draw for the very blessed blogger who will win a shopping spree of gym clothes from Pure Apparel. And the winner is: my mat neighbour Pearly Tan of PearlyWerkz. I am so happy for her!

BlogMeetSg x Pure Yoga
We had a photo op with the whole gang after class.

BlogMeetSg x Pure Yoga

Credit: Lulabelle Lifestyle

Outside the yoga room, Pure Yoga prepared some chilled Coconut Water infused with Mango and healthy nibbles.

Coconut water

Pure Yoga

Pure Yoga

I like the  Coconut water a lot. It’s perfect  drink to quench your thirst after a workout. I am also loving the dark chocolates.

We got to check out the Pure Apparel that are displayed in the lobby. Pearly is one lucky gal! I also got the chance to see the outfit she picked out and I think it is a great choice. Head over to Lulabelle Lifestyle blog to see what Pearly chose.

Pure Apparel

We get to go home with this bag with wonderful goodies from the sponsors.

BlogMeetSg x Pure Yoga

 

1. Pure Yoga  – we got 7 days complimentary pass at Pure Yoga. I am so excited! I must say the day after BlogMeetSg yoga session, I was still having a high that stayed throughout the day. I felt a renewed sense of energy and vitality even with my aching muscles that got stretched. Yogi Kristin K’s sexy energy infected us all.

2. Katharos Organics – we got  Pure Organic Aloe Vera Daily Repair Oil, Pure Organic Aloe Vera Face & Body Milk and Pure Organic Aloe Vera Face & Body Exfoliant. I have tried and reviewed Katharos Organics products from the previous BlogMeetSg. I love their products. I am a fan! And being pregnant now, going organic is the best way to go. I will review these products in a separate post soon.

3. Essential Oils Remedies – we got the Peppermint & Lavender sEssential Oil and we also get to attend workshops conducted by Nana Lim.

4. Suii Naturals – we got an artisan lipstick made if natural products. I got the Dark Red color and I am loving it.

Can’t wait for the nest #blogmeetsg. For updates on the next BlogMeetSg, follow Lulabelle Lifestyle Facebook Page.

Filed Under: Expat Diaries, Inspirations Tagged With: blogger event, blogmeetsg, Jivamukti, Katharos, lulabelle lifestyle, organics, Pure Apparel, Pure Yoga, Suii Naturals, yoga

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Hi I'm Honey! I am a Filipina who has studied & lived in Saudi Arabia for a few years, worked in Singapore and is currently based in Oman with my husband & our three little boys. I am a medical doctor, a lifestyle blogger, travel junkie, a foodie and a bookworm. I hope I can drizzle a bit of sunshine and inspirations whenever you drop by my blog. Thanks for dropping by! See ya soon.. :)
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