Christmas gifts will help lift up and delight everyone, gifts are frequently regarded as rewards and a token of affection given by a loved one, invoking the Christmas spirit of togetherness, goodwill, and celebration.

For Children

Girls

Coming up with a stylish, cool, or practical present that your younger sister, daughter, niece, or friend's toddler would enjoy may seem like a daunting chore. Worry not, since AEON has you covered with hard-to-pass-up toy brands like Barbie, Aquabeds, Baby Alive, and Licca and many more!

Boys

They say boys will be boys. What excites boys more than thrilling fun and adventures? Perhaps some cars too – if that is a yes, Hotwheels, Wan Lee Boy Toys and Thomas & Friends will ring a bell in your mind! Come over to AEON and get your sporting gears, and also some cool toys/ games such as LEGO, Hasbro, Gundam, Beyblade, Nerf and Jurassic Park - all starting at RM50++ only.

For Her

Women and fashion are inseparable – well, beauty comes first! Pamper your woman with a skincare regimen package from SK-II, Laneige, Shiseido, or KOSE' and watch how it makes her day. Not only that, with AEON's exclusive on-going promotion, you may shower your woman with irresistible scents from Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Tiffany & Co, and many more brands.

For Him

Nothing defines a man better than classic old leather. Consider getting him a good wallet, bag or belt made of top-notch quality leather from Obermain & Alain Delon or even good pair of shoes from Crocodile and Larrie. Not a man with eye for fashion? No problem! Gift him good Men’s collection watches from Caterpillar, Alto or even Polo Club Britannia, which is available up to 50% discount at AEON. 

Visit any AEON store nationwide for ongoing promotion and extended New Year's specials until 2 January 2022 for the ultimate variety for the entire family, including toys, shoes, handbags, perfumes, electrical gadgets, and home fashion all under one roof.

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As we grow older, we start to realize the importance of health and wellness, there's a saying "Health is Wealth" and I couldn’t agree more, if you're a smoker, have you ever wondered what is the best way to reduce harm from smoking? Unfortunately, there's none, the best way is to quit smoking and nicotine completely, having that said smoking is a temptation that can be very hard to stop but there are small changes in your lifestyle to help with the situation.

Let's go in details of why smoking harms us, tobacco is best known for three major dangers: Carbon monoxide, Nicotine & Tar. The cigarette tar is a term used to describe the toxic chemical particles left behind by burning tobacco. Nicotine is the addictive chemical in cigarettes, but it is the tar that is responsible for the biggest health risks, including many types of cancer.

Recently I've learned a little bit more about tobacco harm reduction which refers to switching to a less harmful nicotine product for those who are not able to quit smoking or nicotine use.

Smoke-free nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes or Heated tobacco products to reduce harm from smoking. These options are not risk-free, but it helps to reduce exposure to harmful compounds when compared to smoking cigarettes. It can help satisfies the nicotine cravings with an added advantage of replicating the familiar hand-to-mouth ritual and sensations of smoking which smokers can find very hard to stop.

Believe it or not I used to be a heavy smoker when I was in my 20s, on bad day a pack is easily finished by me but due to health reasons and after a having a family, I knew I had to deal with the problem sooner or later, at first it was really hard to quit, I started having mood swings, craving for a stick all the time but I found an alternative to help and support my journey to quit smoking with heated tobacco. 

Heated tobacco was an alternative to help curb my cravings, although not entirely safe risk-free but it has lessened my need to smoke and after trying it out, I noticed I can’t smoking smoke normal combustible cigarettes anymore, ask anyone who turned to that and they'll agree with you, eventually this ich lead to me stopping smoking entirely. 

Hope my personal sharing will be able to help those in need, it's never too late to stop just need to find the right way to help you throughout your journey. 

Reference List: 

• https://www.athra.org.au/what-is-tobacco-harm-reduction/

• https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/smoking-facts/whats-in-a-cigarette

• https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2021/05/27/rethink-tobacco-harm-reduction-strategies-to-curb-smoking/

• https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/tobacco/cessation-fact-sheet

• https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/e-cigarettes-vaping/what-do-we-know-about-e-cigarettes.html

The winner of the pandamart Sweep will receive RM10,000 worth of pandamart supplies donated to their charity of choice and will also walk away with a RM1,000 pandamart voucher but thanks to the generosity of foodpanda all the charity houses will receive the same prize too. To add an element of surprise, all three brand ambassadors were only informed once they completed the pandamart Sweep Challenge and representatives from all their selected charity homes were present.

Commenting on this impactful initiative, Bernard Chong, Director of Marketing said that this was unlike any other CSR initiative that they have done in the past. “This year, we were looking to do something different hence why we decided to have our brand ambassadors compete in our very own pandamart Sweep and win RM10,000 worth of pandamart supplies for their charity of choice.”

No stranger to the Malaysian entertainment scene, these brand ambassadors include television host, radio announcer and event emcee, Aishah Sinclair, singer, model and actress, Elizabeth Tan, and Malaysian vlogger and successful Youtuber, Tanesh Vijayagomaran.

“These brand ambassadors were carefully handpicked by our team to represent diversity in Malaysia and appeal to our audiences from all walks of life. Additionally, we felt that they have quite the impact and influence in society with loyal followers who would try and follow their tips and tricks, advice as well as suggestions that they have shared on social media,” added Bernard.

pandamart Sweep was inspired by the American game show, Supermarket Sweep, located at the pandamart outlet, a list of items were given to all three ambassadors and they are required to collect all items within a given time but here's the twist to make things fun, instead of referring to the items in a grocery list, they would need to listen to it from a rap song. 

Each of these brand ambassadors will listen to different versions of the rap and try to get all the items within 3 minutes. Each of them will take turns to go through over 4,500 different items in pandamart and find the 18 items from the rap song. The winner of this game would then walk away with the prize, which will be donated to the charity of their choice.

 “The charity of my choice was OrphanCare Foundation, which is a non-governmental organisation that helps rescue babies from baby dumping and assists in adoption. The reason that I chose to go with this charity is that it always broke my heart to hear about unwanted and unplanned babies. With a place like OrphanCare, they can have a chance of survival and find a home that will love and care for them,” said Malaysian celebrity, Aishah Sinclair.

Elizabeth Tan, on the other hand, had chosen Agape Outreach to the blind, a non-profit organisation that caters to the visually impaired and blind. She believes that love is not blind and would like to raise awareness on how to help support the visually impaired.

Separately, Malaysian Youtuber, Tanesh Vijayagomaran picked Anbe Sivam Charity Home, an orphanage for children as well as children with disabilities and special needs as his charity of choice. As a kid back then, his parents would drive past this center every day and he would see the children playing outside. It was then that he decided that when we grew up, he would try his best to help them in one way or another.

panda Sweep sounds like fun right? I manage to catch a glimpse during the event but if you'll like to see how the three brand ambassadors competed and what went down during the challenge, please visit foodpanda’s Social Media pages soon!