Aura Blender Review: Aura Portable Blender and Aura Insulated Sleeve

 We all know that having a blender at home is a great help, simplifying the process of preparing delicious smoothies, juices, sauces, and more. But having a portable blender offers an added dimension of convenience, allowing us to blend our favourite ingredients on the go, whether at the office, the gym, or while traveling. It is definitely a preferred option in our fast-paced lifestyles, ensuring a nutritious boost whenever we need it.

I recently had the opportunity to review the Aura Portable Blender, paired with the Aura Insulated Sleeve.

Aura Portable Blender

Regular price: $150.00 

The Aura Portable Blender boasts a sleek and compact design with AuraXtreme Borosilicate glass, the travel-sized wonder packs a punch for power, style, and convenience all in one.

The power button has a built-in light indicator that displays the current battery level. Press the power button to check the battery level. When the Aura Blender is running low on battery during use, the red light indicator will start blinking, serving us a reminder that it's time to recharge.

Red Light: 0-20%
Blue Light: 21-80% 

White Light: 80-100%

Cleaning the Aura Blender is an easy chore, simply add water and a drop of dish soap, then click on start button to blend and clean the blender.

I was amazed by the magic of a simple blend comprising only water and a single drop of dishwashing soap. The mixture transformed into a milky solution, and within seconds, my blender was completely  clean.

 I rinsed the blender with plain water to kickstart my blended creation.

I am going to try making dragon fruit drink where I will be blending together some fresh dragon fruit cubes with water for the antioxidant intake. I'm quite lazy in consuming the fruits so blending it into a drink in a perfect solution for me.

The cutting-edge blending technology allows the dragon fruit slices to be blend into smooth and velvety texture. The Aura Nutri Extractor blades extract & preserve up to 99% of vitamins and minerals, ensuring each sip of our blends are packed nutritional goodness.

The blender is equipped with AuraVortex blend technology, capable of pulverizing ingredients at an astonished rate of 25,000 RPM, equivalent to a dizzying 417 times per second! It can even crush ice in under 10 seconds.

I loaded the blender with dried shrimps, all set to create a batch of Hae Bee Hiam. This was the end result of the blended dried shrimps, which shows in a finely shredded form. The powerful blending capabilities surprised me, effortlessly breakdown the solid ingredients into smooth texture. 

I also had mango juices where I blend mango slices with milk to create a refreshing treat.

The Aura Blender has a built-in safety feature which ensure the blades do not function unless the jar is firmly secured to the motor base. This feature not only prevents accidental mishaps but also provides a sense of security during use.

Aura portable blender also features a convenient bottle cap, which offers the flexibility of transforming the blender into a portable bottle by swapping the base for the cap. This allows us to take our blended creations with us on the go without the need to transfer them to a separate bottle. 

Aura Insulated Sleeve

Regular price: $30.00

The addition of the Aura Insulated Sleeve was a thoughtful touch, ensuring that my freshly blended beverages stayed at the perfect temperature on the go. It can fit any standard 500ml bottles.

Crafted in premium neoprene, the Aura Insulated Sleeve provides waterproof and padded protection for the Aura Portable Blender. With the AuraGrid insulating technology, it works like a personal climate control system within the sleeve, ensuring our drinks maintain their intended temperature, whether refreshing cold or soothingly warm.

Check out Aura Blender Website to find out more about Aura Portable Blender and Aura Insulated Sleeve. Delivery is free for those residing in Singapore. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity if you have intention of getting a blender.

This post is a collaboration with Aura Blender and expressed in my own opinion.

Fun Filled Afternoon

 Taking advantage of a day off, I enjoyed a leisurely afternoon with Linda to finalise the details of our upcoming vacation. We met up for lunch at Eighteen Chefs in Star Vista after she ended her work.

We had Truffle Mushroom Grilled Chicken Cheese Baked Rice and add on Ice Lemon Tea and Soup of the day for $14.60 nett. The baked rice fell short of expectations, the cheese was applied on the top portion, resulting in a plain interior. The others were still decent.

Happenings in February - Scentopia + Go-Kart

Sunday 12/2/23

I joined GF on a Sunday morning at Sentosa for a perfume making workshop at Scentopia.

Scentopia is situated at Siloso Beach (former WaveHouse). You can take Sentosa Express, alight at Beach Station and walk over to Siloso Beach.

The session started off with a personality test to find out the scents that suits your personality. The scents are grouped into five categories - Citrus, Fresh, Floral, Woody and Oriental. You can choose the perfume scents according to your test result or just choose the scents you like. 

Although my personality scent was Woody, I chose the 10 scents according to the scents I tested and liked, floral and woody formed the majority (3 each out of the 10 scents).

There are over 6000+ scent wands of aroma oils that we can pick from. We were to choose 10 types of scents to customise our unique fragrant of perfume.  

Testing out all the scents to pick my top 10 favourite for perfume making.

Perfume is an essential in my life as I rarely walk out of home without spraying perfume on (unless I am in a rush), the fragrance acts as a finishing ritual to my preparation. 

Fruity scent is one of the scent that I am leaning towards, something I will opt for when going for casual occasion because I love sweet smelling scent. Hence, I picked one scent from the citrus corner.

We were given a paper cup when we pumped the aroma oils based on the selection we choose and blend the oil together to have a sense of how the final product of our perfume will smell like. After satisfied with the scent, I handed my selection form to the perfumer who will convert it into a 100ml (worth $125) bottle for us to take back home.

Other than perfume making perfume, Scentopia offers range of aroma products such as perfumes, reed diffusers, scented candles for sales. This corner is for the scents inspired by Singapore Memories such as orchid scent, suitable for tourists to buy back home.

Thanks GF for the photo and for bringing me along to the workshop.

Friday 24/2/23

I had my first Go-Kart racing experience at KF1 Expo. It was a once in a life time experience for me because I have never expected it to be so fun, experiencing what is it like to be a F1 racer.

The go kart circuit at Expo boosts a length of 750m and 16 corners with many sharp turns. We watched a video on the safety precaution on how to operate the go-kart.

I was assigned to the last kart, kart no. 6. It was quite hard to get into the kart, need to find the correct place to step inside. The kart was quite easy to operate, we just need the steering well to turn the direction, right foot is to accelerate and left root is to brake. Each round is 10 minutes.

The go kart racing was a surreal encounter, I love the adrenaline rush when I did all the sharp turns and it was thrilling as though we were flying around the track. The friendly competition with the other players have increased the fun of the race as we strike to do our best. I finished off in 3rd position during the practice round.

For the qualifying round, I performed better and I got the hang of controlling the kart. I finished off in 2nd position in a 9 players match. It was tough to put the fun and excitement I'm feeling in words. Now I'm utterly in love with playing go-kart and I can't wait for the next time I try it.

Jay Chou Carnival World Tour 2022

We had Mentaiko Fries ($13++) where the crispy fries were drizzled with mentaiko sauce and furikake. This has slowly becoming one of my favourite sauce because it added indulgence that spice up the flavour.

After the hearty dinner, we made our way to Singapore National Stadium for Jay Chou Carnival World Tour 2022 starting at 8pm. Singapore is first stop of Jay Chou's world tour.

The concert began at about 8.10pm with a circus performance, it lives up to its name of carnival world tour. Carnival World Tour celebrates Mando-pop King Jay Chou’s more than 20 years of achievement in the music industry.

I did not use the complimentary light stick because I have gotten the one that was not working.

Jay Chou started off the first song with 本草纲目, an addicting fast paced rap song that was released in 2006.

用我的方式 改写一部历史 

没什么别的事 跟着我 唸几个字 

山药 当归 枸杞 GO 山药 当归 枸杞 GO 

看我抓一把中药 服下一帖骄傲

斷了的弦.

Jay Chou's concert was a visual treat, he focused a lot on the visual effect and his outfit.

The first special guest was Alan Ko 柯有伦, it has been a long time since I last heard of him.

The second special guest was Cao Yang. I first knew about him from The Secret Jay Chou's Jukebox Musical in 2018 where he was playing the role of male lead and from Sing! China 2020. He sang us the theme song of the musical, 不能說的祕密.

只讓我們相戀 這一季的秋天 

飄落後才發現 這幸福的碎片 

要我怎麼撿

The graphical illusion created a visual feast to the eyes, Jay Chou also brought his friends along to the concert who act as backend singers.

There was a mystery song request part where they will pick random fans and they will sing a portion of the songs behind the numbers chosen.

你要离开我知道很简单

你说依赖是我们的阻碍

就算放开但能不能别没收我的爱

当作我最后才明白

What is Jay Chou's concert without magic performance?

The performance was by his friend and a lucky fan won a pair cat 1 ticket for tomorrow concert.

We were seated in the middle of Cat A and I got a good view of the stage. This was my first time attending Jay Chou's concert and I enjoyed his live performance with so many familiar songs of him. I can sing along most of the songs.

The 2 hours long concert ended with a blast. It was a great night immersing myself in the music of Jay Chou. Watching live performance is totally different from listening to mp3, the excitement of attending concert has been re-ignited. 

Exploring The City With Singapore Duck Tours

After all the activities and walking, we were totally drained out and need a place to just sit and relax. Hence, we headed over to Suntec City and had an hour rest at KOI.

It has been a long time since I last have bubble tea, I went for my all-time favourite classic Earl Grey Milk Tea With Pearl ($5.60). We just laze around while waiting for the kids to come.

The one hour long adventure began with a city tour before splashing into the water and swimming off like a duck. The amphibious vehicle was filled with excitement when we embarked on the water adventure.

It was raining earlier and drizzling when we boarded the vehicle, now a rainbow was formed after the rain, casting a magical charm where the sky was painted with different colours, with waves crashing against our vehicle and bringing a casual breeze as we cruised along Marina Bay. It was so enjoyable.

We cruised past Gardens by the Bay and the super trees, where we were at in the afternoon. The changing scenery made me feel like I have been to many places in that short ride.

 As the sun began to set, we watched the sun slowly disappearing from the bustling urban city's skyline while we relaxed in our seat and took in the surrounding scenery. Make sure to come for this timing if you want to enjoy the stunning sunset view.

Passing by the iconic landmark lotus inspired ArtScience Museum while the guide shared with us the history behind some of the sites and the upcoming development as we passed by.

Just now we saw the side view of Marina Bay Sands, now we had the front view. It was still as impressive as ever. It was enjoyable to watch the structure from far, get lost in the beauty rather than standing close to the structure with many crowds.

The rainbow was still there when we were approaching the Esplanade Theatre. We were about to pass the half mark where we will cruise back the route we passed by again. I love evening spent like this, watching the sunset and passing scenery.

Catch another iconic landmark of Singapore, Merlion Park. Another Duck Tour vehicle was behind us too.

Cruise past the Singapore Flyer and making the way back on land into the Civic District. In this one hour ride, I have came across many attractions of Singapore. For tourists who only have a short trip in Singapore, this is one of the must do activity which will cover a good amount of the city.

We ended our long outing with dinner at Shake Shack. My first time trying Shake Shack and I had Chicken Burger ($9.90). 

Though it was tiring, I have lots of fun today. Thanks to the lovely companions, look forward to the next one.

Seasons Of Bloom At Flower Dome Gardens By The Bay

The cooling weather made it a perfect afternoon for exploration. I brought the girls to Gardens by the Bay for a relaxing stroll around the park. It was definitely a popular place among the local and tourists even on a weekday.

Despite being here for countless of times, I could never get tired of the breathtaking scenery. The view just got me excited to begin my day ahead.

The Seasons of Bloom theme showcased floral display from all seasons as well as Christmas decorations. I could feel the Christmas atmosphere right from the entrance of Flower Dome. 

Immerse ourselves in the festive charm where we felt like we were being transported into another world, to a place closer to Santa's hideaway and a city full of greenery.

We spotted Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, the Gorse Fairies. One thing we like about Flower Dome was able to stroll away in aircon, making our time here cooling and enjoyable.

Visiting the house of Santa Clause. The colourful decoration and flowers added liveliness to the holiday season collection. The different decorations made the area feel like an enchanted fairytale land when put together. Everywhere lead us to beautiful discovery.