Wella Trend Vision 2007 awards Toppy Beauty Salon Theme Winner recently held in Singapore. The theme Sensual Intrigue in Wella’s own words “marks the staging of a rare kind of luxurious glamour, darkly and dangerously alluring. East meets West, showcasing a particular style of contemporary sensuality that’s decadent, hypnotic and eternally nocturnal.”
Toppy is a Wella System Professional partner [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Food, Photography, Travel, tagged disneyland japan, jan shim photography, japan holiday, kimono, mount fuji, travel photography, universal studios japan on March 28, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Japanese model in traditional kimono © Jan Shim Photography
Japan, a nation synonymous with traditional values and culture, merged with modernisation and high tech developments brings visitors a unified landscape of a highly accomplished society. Despite its high cost of living, Japan is a country that has so much to offer and if you’ve never been there, let [...]
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Posted in Blogroll on March 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Tonight’s dinner was supposed to be a simple chicken in ABC Sweet Soy Sauce the way our maid does it and instead of doing the same and taking the easy way out, I ended up elaborating dinner and ended up with an unnecessarily complex dinner. With that, I present to you an oven baked chicken chunks [...]
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Posted in Blogroll on March 12, 2007 | 7 Comments »
It’s that time of the year and the inevitable has happened-an overdue annual cholesterol and glucose check and the results came back to haunt me, reminiscing the days when I was younger and careless with my diet. I had been IT professional for 13 consecutive years working long and odd hours and eating irregularly until middle of 2004 [...]
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Posted in Blogroll on March 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You may have come across the term “Alkalising” recently and more over, you’ve had Iced Lemon for years and wonder why it’s such a popular thirst quencher. Recent drive to alkalize our diets has put me in touch with my food on a more intimate level. There are pages and pages of information on the web [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Food on March 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It would appear that if you’ve been following this blog I do nothing but cook and take photographs of food. And guess what, I feel like that sometimes … I’ll spare you the details of what’s eating up the hours but suffice to say, there isn’t enough hours in a day. We managed a whole week without [...]
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Posted in Blogroll on March 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Commonly referred to as Char Kway Teow or “fried flat noodles” it is very delicious but apparently “has a reputation of being unhealthy due to its fat content.” Between your regular “Kolome” or fried noodles, I find myself ordering one every Saturday for breakfast right after we’ve dropped the kids off school. The local kopitiam does it [...]
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Posted in Blogroll on March 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A number of viewers commented offline that the dishes featured here are fresh and healthy - lots of greens and low fat. As much as I would like to maintain that perspective, there are nights when a simple take out seems the obvious alternative. It was to be a pizza night - kids love Honey Garlic Chicken [...]
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