My Xmas Tree, my Xmas Tree

I love Christmas and I love Christmas trees. Do swing by my house to take a look at my lilo'Xmas tree. Check out my flicker site for more Xmas trees.

Got Zagat can TRAVEL !

Armed with a Zagat Guide, we started our gourmet trail, from Hot Dogs@ Gray’s papaya to burgers, to pizzas@ John's, to steaks@ Les Halles, we conquered them all!!

Top on our list of favorites, is the Blue Ribbon Sushi joint (along Prince St, I think), the tuna and unagi melts in your mouth and the beef is super succulent!! Portions though not HUGE was truly filling!!! Photos...Nah we didn't take any because this joint is super Atas, thus the trigger-happy Megan didn’t dare take any pictures—it just didn’t seem appropriate. It’s so good that it doesn’t need a signboard. Sounds familiar? Go early or expect to wait in line -- we were lucky to get seats without waiting-Ho Ho Ho. (Geee why am I sounding like the Zagat guide??)

Our favorite wld have to be the Steak and Fries from Les Halles, but coming a close second is the Jap place Yama. At Yama, one can eat like a bear and not burn a hole in the pocket. Many who visited the joint felt that it is better than Tomoe. Check out the pic on the left if you don't believe me!

To see more of the highlights visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shermeen

Bev First Steps!!! & Xmas invite?

hey'all, come over to my place this Xmas and see me!

Live from the CUBE@fifth avenue,New York City

Just dropping a line to one and all from the Apple store at 5th Ave.... its been cool so far and we are enjoying ourselves ...and yes we have already been to the regular eating places like Choga and Pepe Rosso... Tonight its on to General Chao's Chicken!!!!

We have loads of pics to show...when we return home of cos....

Anyone wants anything just drop us an sms....

Later alligators!

Big Apple Here we come

The time is 4:21pm, I am officially packed for the trip to Big Apple. We may not be posting often ... but we will most certainly log into check on madaboutus when we swing by the Apple Store.

Will bring back footages (fotos n Videoclip) of our adventure since Jon will be buying a videocam!!! So keep us posted on the going-ons in Sunny Singapore. See Yah on 8th Aug.

Karlo- Dont forget your date with Pin on 8th Dec !!!

Daily Scoops Icecream @ Sunset Way

Here's Josh showing how yummy cookie choclate surprise is....a day away from his sister, surprise after surprise - new school orientation in the morning, Bee Movie, and icecream. Guess who's ecstatic for the day...

Hello, I'm Beverly!

MAH BITCH!
If you are missing out on my growing years, oops, months... my daddy has some pics to share! And I took my first 4 steps today - November 13, 2007 at 9.5mths with mummy and my brother Joshua as witnesses! Check out my flickr slideshow!

'Elo

hiya, heard about your recent adventure! hope alls well and you are resting well...

here's an update from the Seahs:
Most importantly, the oceanic project in my living room is up finally!!! and after many many many hours of back breaking work, and many many nights of gallavanting, and many many dollars later... I'm proud to present my marine fish tank. denizens include: blue tang, naso tang, powderblue tang, yellow tang, fox face, 2 maroon clowns, chromis, damsel, zebra goby, 2worker shrimps, 2 boxer shrimps, fire urchin, cucumber.. and lots and lots of corals, clams and rocks!

See my Slide show here

Megan@home(Day 01 -04)

I just wanna say Thanks Be To God! By his grace the procedure was a success, I was able to stay in the high D ward (instead of B2)and was able to be discharged the next day.

I thought 10 days of MC wld be great fun... but I am so so wrong ... I am getting bored to tears.

I can't believe it but I have not step out of this apartment for 4 days!!! Today, I did for 2 reasons :Firstly, someone needs to rev the engine of mon petite Vios. Secondly, there was a huge plastic bag hanging on the palm tree facing my living-room(see pic),someone needs to inform the estate management.

So what else have I been up to ... read on :


1. Admiring these blooms and rearranging them.
2. Going on facebook
3. Sleeping
4. Eating Food which has Low Salt and Low Cholesterol Content(Instructed by my Nazi Husband) .

(Mee Suan with Fish,Meat and Asparagus, it taste rather yummy!)

5. Attempting to make my house look like ManaThai-take a look at this arrangement Next I am going to start working on some craft ... humm how abt painting a picture??

Contributed by Sherms aka Megan the Shark (Sigh! I need the sand and the sea! I want Chicken Pie!)

Phuket…and the Great Adventure

Yes, the Phuket trip was great fun. The sea, the food and the whole child-like silliness of having our faces smashed by the waves, and still enjoying every moment of it! And best of all, we enjoyed the sheer good company. Indeed, this short trip added to our collective memories and our repository of war stories (which honestly, was getting stale) …yet more experiences that define and tell of our friendship and shared adventures.

In the same way, the trip is perhaps a reflection of our own spiritual walks. Our relationship with an ever present yet physically unseen Father is in part strengthened by our encounters and ‘adventures’ with Him. We can partly define Him by how we encounter Him, or even how we allow Him in our lives. But just how often do we see with our spiritual eyes, instead of merely with our physical ones? How much do we seek to consciously experience His presence and countenance upon us?

At a time when we face a shared angst about upcoming medical procedures and our physical health, how should we react? Fear and anxiety are par for the course. Frustration, even so. But I believe we are called to something deeper, something more reflective of the divine. A few lines in Chris Tomlin’s song “Made to Worship” speak powerfully to me:
“You and I embrace surrender, you and I choose to believe
You and I will see, who we were meant to be.”
We are called to involve and experience Him in every circumstance, and rest in the conviction that He too desires to enjoy our company/worship as well. But this involves a conscious effort to embrace surrender, and choose to believe what God promises to us He would be.

As we face our fears and discomfort with our physical situations, may we see the anxious weeks ahead in the right light. To surrender, and to believe. To exercise and strengthen our faith. And like Phuket was for us, this is another opportunity to experience
His grace and faithfulness, a time to accrue more ‘war stories’ of His goodness. The great adventure continues…

More Images from our Ho Wan Trip

Just a few days of paradise - the sun (under an umbrella),
the blue-green seas and the gentle breeze every now and then.
Just slumping on our deck chairs listening to the waves...the now
hard to access simple pleasures in life.



Oh, agonizing questions every 4 hours - What shall we eat ?



Spending our day at the beach was really hard work(no, play).
We found the perfect resting place - the hotel's lobby with its
comfy, perfect for lounging sofas, soothing music and gentle breeze wafting in carrying with it a light floral fragrance from the
fresh flowers littered throughout the hotel.
After a hard days' play - >

Phuket Ho Wan!

Yes....as the title suggested, we had a great time during our short
sojourn to the land of a thousand smiles..


In fact the fun began even before we stepped on the plane! For anyone who hasn't had the chance to go on a trip with Ms. SP should do so at least once in your lifetime - the journey from the moment she gets into her seat until the plane lands is an adventure all in itself. As you can see from the photo, she was certainly enjoying the attention...



We got ourselves into this place on Surin Beach called Mana Thai and the place was beautiful... you can see some of the shots Sherms took... really it was the ideal setting for our relaxation... I myself is ambivalent about beach holidays - while not adversed to it, I wasn't sure if catching the waves or snorkling was my thing. Boy was I wrong!

On the first day, we had a wonderful time behaving like children trying to "ride the waves". Now you see me, now you don't!!



On the second day we went snorkling and this was the first time we all tried it...and guess what? It was great fun!! Pity we could not bring our camera along to capture the beautiful scenes but trust me when I said that the picture of colourful fishes and undulating corals was a sight to behold...

Whenever we go on tour, the main thing has got to be food and this time round it was no exception...we had curry almost everyday but the highlight of the trip was our meal at a seafood restaurant at Patong. Yes, we all felt uncomfortable and a bit disconcerted over the sleaze and depravity that we saw but on the other hand, the seafood meal we had was really really good. Kang Kong, Curry Crabs, Garlic Mussels and Papaya Salad made for a fantastic meal and just when you thought it can't be topped, the price of the meal bowled us over.. We spent less than $15 each!!!

To tell you all about all that we ate would be too much for me to write... but as they say - a picture speaks a thousand words so I shall let these shots speak for themselves...

All in all - a damn Ho Wan holiday!!!!
check out more of our photos here : www.flickr.com/wpwan

Another Wan Family Dinner

Welcome to another edition of the Wan family dinner. Sometimes at the end of a busy day, you are usually too tired to do anything elaborate and just wanna chill. Nothing could be easier than to do an "instant" dinner - just boil up some buckwheat noodle, chill them and straight away you have a dish of cold noodle that is just perfect for a hot day.

What we also whipped up was an Oden soup that came from a packet - not fantastic but filling and suits the noodle to a "T".

The chicken wings you saw are left-overs from the previous week's BBQ - all we had to do was to pop them into the oven and they cook in their own time.

So in just 15-2omins, we whipped up a simple yet nice little dinner that required minimum effort. Tune in next week as we introduce to you more dinner adventures with the Wan family!

Wan-derful Dinner

Does the nasi goreng look delicious? Well we had some left over rice and lamb kebabs from the BBQ on Saturday and I thought to chop them all up and to make nasi goreng. With loads of pepper, some small ikan bilis (fried of cos), shallots, garlic and eggs, I managed to whip up a tasty treat. All in all, it was not too bad an effort as the wife will attest to - look at her tucking into her plate!

The only thing that was missing was some sliced green chillies but hey I have no time at all to go to the supermarket so we'll just have to do with whatever we have. All in all, Jamie Oliver has nothing on me!

Till the next time the great chef visits the kitchen, you'll just have to wait while you drool.....

My plants

One of the catus died .... Boo hoo hoo.....I water it everyday ...well almost but it has been healthy for weeks. We realised some patches of brown on it only on 3rd Oct and on Sat (6th) my gardener (Mr Green Wan) pronounced the plant dead :-(. I am sorry Sup and ELK :-(

Took the Vios onto the road today!!

I decided to take the vios onto the road today with my co-pilot (Pin of course). According to him the ride was smooth. His reaction says otherwise ---Why??? Bec the dude had a bad case of LS after the ride. Hummm perhaps the vios should stay in the carpark for now :-P

Nostalgia

I love lollipops ... and recently I found out that I am not alone, take a look :http://www.flickr.com/photos/wpwan/sets/72157602351813641/

First Post : Cool Plants for the House of Wan
Compliments of LK and Sup


Finally some greens were added to our place thanks to Sup and LK. These were delivered to us last Sat, 25 August. I really love those cartus. Yes! those "Green hearts" are living-thing too !! A lovely pot of greens - but under my care ... I am not sure what will become of it.
Any tips on care for plants?
Picture taken on Day 03. Will keep you folks posted on the growth rate of our greens.