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Living Well - Freebies Every Two Weeks

2011-05-02T17:45:00.000-07:00

Make sure you subscribe to LivingWell.ca. It reminds you about freebies that are coming up. For example, on May 3, 2011, they are giving out 10,000 free Neutrogena Clinical products!

They have a freebie to give out approximately every two weeks!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2010-12-25T12:33:00.000-08:00

Be a Smart Vancouverite would like to wish everyone Merry Christmas!

Groupon freebies!

2010-12-22T16:24:00.000-08:00

Do you want free groupon credits? There are few places that you can get at least $5 credits towards your next purchase.

WebPiggy ($5 credit - You only have until December 23 to get it)

Wagjag ($5, 10, 20 - Depending on your luck! It's on Facebook and you can win $20!)

Dealicious ($5 when you sign up)

Enjoy!

Sushi Oyama - As Good as Sushi Garden

2010-12-14T22:44:00.000-08:00

Sushi Oyama, which is quite close to Sushi Garden, is another great place for sushi. It's usually where I go if I see a long line-up at Sushi Garden. The restaurant is in a standalone house, which is interesting. The food there is great too. I usually order Alaska roll, since it is comparable with the one at Sushi Garden.

Tired of receiving different groupons emails? Try Cakedeals

2010-12-13T00:22:00.001-08:00

Have you every found yourself registering to different groupon websites like groupon.com, livingsocial, dealfind, wagjag, and many other sites? Now you should just subscribe to only one: cakedeals.com. This website keeps track of all the groupon websites in town and you only receive one email every morning. If you like the deal, just click on the link, then you will be redirected to the groupon site.

Don't know what groupon is? It is the latest deal trend where you receive daily deals from different stores and services, such as beauty, restaurants, yoga classes etc. From all the groupons that I have seen, they are at least 50% off the regular price.

I'm not part of cakedeals. I just think that it is convenient for people to organize their daily groupon deals in one single email.

Nao Sushi - A Japanese-Owned Sushi Place

2009-06-21T23:36:00.000-07:00

I finally found a not-so-expensive Japanese-owned sushi restaurant in Burnaby!!! It's called Nao Sushi. It is located right across from Highgate Village and it's a bit more expensive the Sushi Garden. They have good sushi and a variety of choices. There are lots of Original Special Roll such as Atlantic Roll and Rock'n Roll (Back to the 70's lol).

Take a look at the menu:

Ethiopian Food! (Fassil)

2009-06-18T01:00:00.000-07:00

I visited Fassil about a week ago and I had a good experience there.

The food there was unique. The gray bread is sour. You use it as a "spoon" to scoop the food. I ordered the Yebeg Tibs, Yberie Tibs and Doro Tibs. They are pretty good. You can choose between spicy and non spicy.

I didn't know what I should do at first. My friends and I went in, we sat down and the owner came out and greeted us.

He told us to order the "Tibs" for ourselves. But at the same time you should consult other people on the same table because you are sharing the bread and the "side dishes."

So when the food was served, we put all the "tibs" into the "sharing dish" and we use the bread to "scoop" the meat with the sauce. It tastes yummy but I had too much bread in the end and I gave up in the end-- I used spoon to finish my meat! =)

Jumbo Cup

2009-05-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

I just went to Jumbo Cup yesterday and I found that their bubble tea is quite good. I ordered a Honey Lemon Green Tea. The pearls are pretty chewy. Try out!

Here's the menu from the store:

Sushi Garden!

2009-04-13T19:08:00.000-07:00

I just went to a restaurant across from the Metrotown Mall. It's called Sushi Garden. It is a great restaurant and the line up is always long. If you go between 3-5pm or after 9pm then you don't have to wait for long. They have many different sushi and they are not too expensive.

However, there's no bento boxes, only sushi combos and some udon and rice bowls. Check this out!

The menu is posted below.

Manufacturer Coupons

2009-03-07T12:25:00.000-08:00

Have you ever seen coupons around the stores that you shop? Many of them are manufacturer coupons. A lot of people think that you have to use the coupon in the store that you take, but it is not true.

You can actually take the manufacturer coupon and go to another store and use it! I tried that a few times. I took a manufacturer coupon from Save On Food (Buy 2 boxes of rice crispy and get $1 off) and I used it in Superstore! It is way cheaper too! Save On Foods is selling for $7 for 2 while Superstore is only selling for $1.99 each! I made such a good deal off it!

Also, you can use your manufacturer coupon whenever you want. It does not have to be in regular price! It can be on sale too!

To find out if that is a manufacturer coupon, flip to the back of the coupon and it usually have a whole paragraph of fine print and a bar code on it.

$3 for an Uncle Burger?

2009-02-19T00:17:00.000-08:00

I just got a sweet deal from A&W. Thanks to redflagdeals.com.

They were giving out free Uncle Burger coupons for the first 2000 people who signed up for that. But I missed it so I have to download the coupon so I can get an Uncle Burger for $3...

It's actually not bad, consider a regular teen burger costs you around $4...

Here's the link! http://www.uncleburger.ca/coupon/

I tried it a similar product, Angus Burger, at McDonald's and it tastes like a Big Mac. I'm guessing it's around the same. (ie. taste like a papa burger) so paying $3 is about right. I wouldn't want to pay $6 for that...

Nood

2009-02-12T11:55:00.000-08:00

I just passed by a store today at Metrotown. It's called "Nood." (New Objects of Desire) It looks like it's a furniture store, but when I walked in, there are a lot of cool stuff that caught my eyes.

For example,
Matchsticks erasers
mini bowling set
nice wooden storage boxes
and a lot more.

I forgot to bring my camera so I cannot take any pictures of it...

The prices are relatively expensive than the other stores but they are really cool! You can just walk in to the store and take a look. It doesn't cost you any money at all!

If you have time you should check out the store. It's at Metrotown right across from Staples, the old A&B Sound location.

There are two other locations in Vancouver area too.
151 Water Street, Vancouver (I believe it's Downtown near Gastown)
801 Marine Drive, North Vancouver

There's one in Victoria:
546 Yates Street, Vicotria

Honour Roll at UBC

2009-02-11T01:32:00.000-08:00

Well I'm thinking everyone who studies at UBC has been to Honour Roll at the SUB basement. But do you know that they have more types of sushi than you think? You don't have to pick the sushi boxes that you see in the fridge; you can actually order some other types of sushi too!

I just tried beef teriyaki because I'm sick of chicken teriyaki... Too much!

Next time you visit Honour Roll, take a look at the menu and you might find something that you want. Just ask one of the staff about it then you can try something new!

View a Website and Get $20!

2009-02-08T17:44:00.001-08:00

I just saw this at UBC.

Send an email to jalen@geoadvice.com if you want participate in viewing a website (www.quenchmark.com). They'll pay you $15 by mailing check. If you refer someone and that person completes the survey, you will get $5 more! Which is a total of $20!

It's not bad but the questionnaire is quite long (8 pages) even though the ad says it's only 15 minutes long and it has a lot of procedures that you have to do. I think it's doable if you have at least an hour to spare.

The ad also says they only want 50 viewers so you should fire her an email asap!

UBC Bookstore Sale!

2009-02-03T00:59:00.000-08:00

On Feb 11, UBC Bookstore will have a sale. It's called the Staedtler Day Plus!

Pentel pens are on sale too, as well as 20% off clothing, gifware, art & design, stationery, Maxell Products, Non-course books and on sale books!

There are deals which you can save up to 84% off!

84% off -- Champ Mechanical Pencil (Box of 12)
50% off -- Cool Roller Pen (Now $1.18 each)

Here's the flyer:

Freebies at UBC!

2009-01-31T00:34:00.000-08:00

I just got a free note pad today at UBC. It's from unote.ca, which is a company which "is driven by the diverse needs of the students."

There are good coupons in the note pad, such as:
Pearl Fever - 50% off a drink if you purchase a $10 gift card.
$35 off Gold's Gym @ UBC

However personally I wont use the note pad because it's full of advertisements... Only the last 3 sheets are ad-free...

If you want to know more, you can visit their website

Dining a la UBC Card

2009-01-29T22:26:00.000-08:00

I found the UBC a-la-card a really useful thing to use because it gives you 5% off your food! (so basically you don't have to pay tax, just pay whatever price it is on the menu)

I think this is a good deal for me because I can get discount off things that I don't usually get discounts such as Tim Hortons and Starbucks.

The best thing is A&W at the SUB. They actually give you an extra 5%, so you don't have to pay tax and you actually get 5% off your food too! This is the best place to use the UBC Card.

Simply go to UBC Food Service to sign up.

You can use your UBC card at the following places:
99 Chairs
Arts 200
Barn
Caffe Perugia
Edibles
Ike's Cafe
IRC Snack Bar
LTK Cafe
Pond Cafe
Reboot Cafe
Sage
Starbucks (Kaiser and SUB)
Steamies (UBC Bookstore)
Tim Hortons (99 Chairs and Forest Science Centre)
Pizza Pizza (99 Chairs and SUB)
A&W
KOYA Japan
Manchu Wok
Subway
Place Vanier Cafeteria
Hubbards
Trek Express Deli Bar (99 Chairs)
Totem Park Cafeteria
Magdas

BUT there are places where you can't use the card:
Pie R Square (at SUB)
Bernoulli’s Bagels (at SUB)
Blue Chip Cookies (at SUB)
All the food services at the SUB basement
Starbucks at Tech (6190 Agronomy Rd)
The village (of course!)

Welcome!

2009-01-29T11:15:00.000-08:00

Welcome everyone to this blog. The reason that I start this blog is that I want to share my deals everyday that I see in Vancouver. Since I'm a UBC student and I will have even more deals for students. You can always leave a comment for me if you have any suggestions.

-Smart Vancouver