Ever wonder where Nanz gets her looks and spirit from? Meet the lady who gave us Nanz Chong-Komo: her mom. My mother is a strong-willed, capable and attractive woman. When my brother Paul and I were young—I was 5—she told my Dad that Singapore offered a better education system than Hong Kong did. A few years later, when I was 9, our family moved to Singapore and we have not looked back since. My mother was a true “helper” to my Dad in his business. She was the cashier, salesperson, cleaner, manager, all rolled into one. She worked next...

FairPrice Xtra offers all the competitive pricing of FairPrice with loads of extra offerings that you can’t resist. Catch the anniversary promotion, on till 21 April!   What do you get when you combine all the cost-effectiveness of FairPrice and the range of a hypermart? ! FairPrice Xtra. I checked out the store at the basement of AMK Hub on busy Good Friday, and it was packed with families shopping. This weekend was one of five weekends of celebrations marking Xtra’s third anniversary, themed Family Fiesta. Great offers are up for grabs,...

Busy business women know just want things better and faster — and intuitive seals the deal. That’s exactly what the Sony VAIO Z Series offers. This notebook offers everything at “optimum”, which is why its keyboard has a built-in ambient light sensor that backlights the keyboard when it detects that the surroundings are dark – perfect when you’re on a plane or in a darkened conference room. With its

Busy women need to work and run. That’s why we love the Sony VAIO Z Series. Forged from high-grade aluminium and lightweight carbon fibre, the VAIO Z Series notebook combines the best of durability and portability. You’re never weighed down by this svelte 1.3kg, inch-thin laptop that has a performance comparable to a high-end desktop PC. What’s even more reassuring is that stringent Quality Assurance tests have proven that this amazingly portable notebook is just as robust on the outside with its one-piece milled aluminium palm rest and top...

Let’s face it: Good looks matter. Great styling is imperative. The stylishly compact VAIO Z Series notebook exudes plenty of class and professionalism with its stately matte black finish, slim carbon fibre body and its subtly rounded and bevelled edges. Its signature cylindrical form integrates the power button into its silver hinge, seamlessly connecting the battery, monitor and keyboard for a slick, efficient design that makes it an ideal mobile device for the busy executive on the go. Inside, its finely brushed palm rest and backlit isolation...

It’s all about timesaving with this powerful notebook. The VAIO Z Series comes with the advanced Quad SSD (Solid State Drive) in RAID 0, a technology only unique to Sony that ensures speedy data transfers up to 6.2 times faster than the typical 5400rpm (revolutions per minute) laptop hard disks. This means you save seconds every time you open and close a file. Coupled with the VAIO F Series notebook which makes turbo-charged multitasking a breeze with its

It’s been nearly two weeks and Jack Neo’s affair has dominated the headlines. It may seem a horrible thing to have happened to Jack and his wife, but Nanzinc.Com feels it is a good thing. Here’s why. By: Theresa Tan & Nanz Chong-Komo Nanz and I, having come from the fashion, entertainment and media industries, may be predisposed to understanding Jack Neo’s awkward situation the last two weeks. Did anyone else feel it was hypocritical of the press to blow up Jack’s infidelity into so many sensational pages, when infidelity is so rife...

Today was a really good day for Nanz and I. We had been hurtling through Jan and Feb like two rockets when suddenly two weeks ago, Nanz said “Hey. What are we doing for International Women’s Day?” A mad scramble and a half later, my good friend, the beautiful and most lovely Ms Daryl Teo (“Dee” for short), marketing manager of the Lo & Behold Group (they own Loof, White Rabbit, The Shack in Sentosa and OverEasy), offered to host a luncheon for us and 10 of our MVPs (much-valued pals) at the wonderful OverEasy,...

I have to admit I have never really understood the appeal of organic. It seemed for a while that it was just more expensive goods that were perhaps grown on a farm that didn’t use pesticides. The few times in the past decade that I tried organic teas or organic meat, they seemed either tasteless to me, or there was no discernible difference except in the price between the conventional produce and organic produce. It was really only when I started having children, and listening to my friends who were mothers sing praises of eating organic, that...

What kind of superwoman does it take to cook a Lunar New Year reunion dinner in an hour? The kind of superwoman who shops at FairPrice Finest and knows the secret shortcuts. By Theresa Tan Nanz and I decided we wanted to do a big cookout for our NanzInc team to celebrate our first Lunar New Year together, and to usher in a prosperous year for all of us. But us being busy businesswomen and moms, we looked for a quick — yet delicious — way to get our feast. We had one hour to shop, so we headed down to FairPrice Finest at Marine Parade. Nanz...