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Articles by Cheak Hong Ian

Armed with a mildly morbid fascination with the English Language, Cheak writes and edits content and copy for Beds.sg Magazine and Beds.sg Super Store. He's also known for his insatiable appetite and impressive but rather useless ability to stuff his entire fist in his mouth.

Young, Jobless and a Single Mother
December 12, 2011 – 7:38 pm | No Comment
Young, Jobless and a Single Mother

“I really hope to see my mum and daughter sleeping comfortably on a nice mattress.” The voice behind this simple plea belongs to 23-year-old Suhaida Ali, a quiet, and rather weary-looking girl. As we first step into her bare, dimly lit flat, she cradles a scared-looking toddler in her arms.

FerroLite: Brilliance or Bane
November 20, 2011 – 6:04 pm | No Comment
FerroLite: Brilliance or Bane

Like any other new homeowners, Cheng Wee Hong and his new neighbours eagerly began renovation works when they first moved into their new build-to-order (BTO) flats at Treelodge@Punggol late last year. The initial excitement, however, turned out to be short-lived. Works on their new walls are leaving bigger holes than originally intended, chunks of wall were breaking off and requiring extensive touch-ups with plaster.

Furniture Delivery Mini-Guide
November 3, 2011 – 3:57 pm | No Comment
Furniture Delivery Mini-Guide

We’ve been providing delivery services for a few years now. Most of them go pretty smoothly and are completed quickly. However, as our catalogue expands, so does the size of some of our furniture pieces. In the recent months, we’ve been facing some issues with delivery of larger pieces of furniture.

EconoJet Shower Head Video
October 27, 2011 – 7:47 pm | No Comment

We’ve edited the EconoJet Shower Head Video for easier viewing. Check it out!

Water Better, Faster, Stronger
October 20, 2011 – 4:39 pm | No Comment
Water Better, Faster, Stronger

The Koreans have come up with Econojet; a series of water-saving shower heads for your bathroom. Harnessing pressure created by the existing water flow, a patented vacuum valve sucks air in from the surroundings and pumps it into the water flow, saving up to 40% of water during bath time and hundreds of dollars in utility bills over the years.

BEDS.sg Quality Score
October 4, 2011 – 4:44 pm | No Comment
BEDS.sg Quality Score

You might’ve noticed a little something extra popping out on certain product pages and upon closer look, you’ll see that it’s yet another rating; the BEDS.sg Quality Score. So what’s that all about?

BEDS.sg Feature On SquareRooms
September 5, 2011 – 11:57 pm | No Comment
BEDS.sg Feature On SquareRooms

Three of BEDS.sg’s products were recently featured in local interior design-solutions magazine SquareRooms. Take a look at the spread by clicking on the links below! Do look out for our Anglo Faux Leather Bed, Alano Faux Leather Storage Bed and Alson Tall Wardrobe.

Filling Out Their Home
August 21, 2011 – 2:30 pm | No Comment
Filling Out Their Home

Getting the keys to your new home is usually reason for celebration, but for single mother Punita Devi, the joy of finally getting a place of her own comes a sobering realisation. “We had been living on rental for the past year or so, and had no furniture to bring over to our new home,” she says.

One Drink Too Many
July 23, 2011 – 4:51 pm | No Comment
One Drink Too Many

After a long day of ceremonies, chatter and running back and forth, plenty of newly-weds just sign the bill at the end of the banquet without scrutinizing it in detail. Some hotels capitalize on this, especially if you don’t purchase packages that include a free flow of beer and wine.

Induction Cooker: Making The Change
June 11, 2011 – 10:27 am | One Comment
Induction Cooker: Making The Change

After decades of getting comfortable with your trusty gas stove, you’ll probably be hesitant to adopt the new technology of induction cooking. BEDS.sg has done its research and found that induction cookers are indeed worthy of the recent hype they’ve been receiving.

Induction Cooker: Not Just A Hotplate
May 27, 2011 – 2:25 pm | One Comment
Induction Cooker: Not Just A Hotplate

An induction cooker is so much more than a hotplate or gas cooker. It’s technology that moves beyond the traditional ‘heat source heats cookware to cook food’ process. Induction cookers turn cooking vessels into heating elements in their own right.

A Break From Chasing The Dream
May 12, 2011 – 1:21 am | No Comment
A Break From Chasing The Dream

Sepora’s tagline, “Dream Within A Dream” is a reflection of the young, local sleepcare start-up’s vision of creating mattresses catered to those in pursuit of the infamous Singaporean Dream: Car, Card, Cash and Condominium, only to forgo the dreams that come with sound, restful sleep every night.

Are You Sure You’re Insured?
April 25, 2011 – 5:54 am | No Comment
Are You Sure You’re Insured?

Motor Insurance; apart from mulling over our most worthwhile options within the saturated local insurance market, we don’t put much thought into it. So as long as if you’ve your CI in hand, you can assume that he has you’ve all the accident coverage you need, right? Wrong.

Lifting The Hearts Of Boon Lay’s Elderly
March 26, 2011 – 7:16 pm | No Comment
Lifting The Hearts Of Boon Lay’s Elderly

Despite the harsh rays of the merciless afternoon sun beating down on his greyed head, 76-year-old Mr Lee Liang Soon slips on a pair of well-worn sneakers and shuffles around the Boon Lay area with his trusty old cart, sifting through rubbish bins in search of empty drink cans to sell.

Add Dimension To Your Walls
March 10, 2011 – 12:56 am | No Comment
Add Dimension To Your Walls

It’s about time you decorated those bland, boring walls. Spice up your walls with a little oranje influence in the form of 3DWalldecor; your painless and classy solution to upping the ‘chic’ quotient of your home.