Is it possible to have your ice-cream and eat it? Wong Peck Lin says yes, and demonstrates just how. By Lianne Ong Wong Peck Lin spent the first years of her career as a lawyer, then as a management consultant. Now she has the best job of all, putting both skill sets to use in the homemade ice cream business that she and husband David own — Udders Ice-Cream . In addition, she works part-time for a non-profit organisation, putting her legal skills to use. She is also a mother of two children, Kai, 7, and Fern 2.5 years, as well as an avid soccer...

Fashion designer Jo Soh, 33, has been making waves in the regional fashion scene since her Hansel collection first made it to the Australian runways in 2003. Since then, she’s picked up a number of awards, including Singaporean Designer of the Year (ELLE Awards 2009) and has also set up a her first Hansel boutique on Stamford Road. Jo shares with NanzInc how she established her label. By Melanie Lee How did you become a designer? I’ve known I wanted to be a designer since I was 12. I love to draw and make crafts, and I was in the art club...

Technology can help to save you time in the kitchen – so say the manufacturers of high-tech kitchen gadgets. We sniffed out some of the more useful and accessible gadgets for the cook at home. By: Sharlene Tan     Perfect Chill The Kalorik Tabletop Wine Cooler is the high-tech gadget for the wine aficionado. Not content with a commonplace ice bucket for your luxuriously expensive champagne? Now you can control the temperature at which you chill your wine, right there on the table. This wine cooler has four pre-programmed temperatures for...

Chinese New Year is coming and you’re planning to be a better mother and take the kids for a quick break. If carrying hot and grumpy children through a packed amusement park is not your idea of a holiday, opt for a relaxing trip to a resort near home where families can enjoy the opportunity to play and rest together in safe and scenic surroundings. By: Ng Lin-Li With open spaces, friendly hosts and fun activities for children, family-friendly resorts provide wonderful opportunities for you to truly chill out and bond with your family at the...

I think I have taken about 100,000 photos in the past year. Most of them are in the hard disk of my VAIO TT, and never been printed. Many of my 100,000 photos are the result of my adoring my kids and capturing all their moments. I make an effort to file my photos decently so that I can find them — don’t you hate it when you know you have taken some great shots but can’t find them?  I label them broadly under “work”, “family”, “others”. Sounds simple but look at my sub-categories: “Work: Old, Past, Current, Speeches, Nanz Inc”....

Thinking of having dinner with your ex? Or is being a virtual “friend” more than enough? Or is it best to have nothing to do with him? Take stock of your own feelings and those of your present partner before making plans to keep in touch with the past. By: Ng Lin-Li   There are differing schools of thought when it comes to keeping in touch with your past loves of your life. After all, not all ex-relationships are horror stories. Some come to an end in a mature fashion with little fighting or sobbing, for example, the scenario where there...

Taking good care of yourself is not just limited to healthy diets, exercise and grooming — there’s also your emotional and psychological wellbeing to think about as well. A good state of mental health not only enables you to fully enjoy what life has to offer, it also provides you with the necessary resilience to hold your ground during stressful situations and turbulent times. By: Melanie Lee Writer’s note: This topic hit close to home when a friend committed suicide last month near Christmas. It was such a sad, tragic shock and at first,...

After an absolutely exhausting day, the last thing you want to be bothered with is flossing and brushing your teeth. But here’s why you really need to pick up that toothbrush and spend those few minutes at your sink – this set of teeth is meant to last you for the rest of your life, so you ought to take good care of them! By Sharlene Tan The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that 20% of all US teens have untreated tooth decay. It’s worse in Australia, where newspapers recently proclaimed a tooth decay an “epidemic”,...

Are your jeans faded beyond recognition? Does your makeup kit contain untouched two-year-old mascara and lipstick that’s discoloured? Are the greys in your hair getting more noticeable? If this sounds like you, read on to find out why it is important to care about your appearance (and it’s not just about vanity). By Lianne Ong “Letting yourself go” is a common phenomenon for older women but we often don’t detect it till it has grown an ugly head. It starts off with something small and innocuous, like not waxing as regularly as you used...

Don’t retire your sports shoes just because you think you’re getting older and shouldn’t be moving around so much. In fact, getting back on the fitness track may be just what you need to deal with potential old age ailments. Here are three simple steps to rediscover your inner Xena! By: Melanie Lee Walk the Talk As the wise Lao Tzu once said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” If you haven’t exercised for months (or years), the best way to get warmed up to a regular exercise regime is to make walking a big...