Posted in Blogroll, tagged Japanese Cuisine, salmon sahimi, salmon skins on September 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It has been a wet morning not the same morning that I woke up to. At 7.30 am the sun was out and at the time it appeared we would be blessed with a good day. How wrong was that first impression considering the morning glow got me thinking about a swim but the sudden [...]
Posted in Blogroll on September 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The actual name of this building escapes me but when its architecture is a landmark noted for its culinary delights, reputation precedes its name. Located in the town I grew up in Kuala Belait the noodle house as it’s affectionately referred to, has fed generations and is feeding generations more with different kinds of yellow noodles ranging from thin to thick and cooked [...]
Posted in Blogroll, Brunei Darussalam, Photography, tagged Brunei Darussalam, donnavventura, mitsubishi titan, seria oil town on September 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Put six Italian beauties in four red, beefy off-road Mitsubishi Tritons and you get one hell of a hot adventure. And, adventure is exactly what DONNAVVENTURA is all about. One of their many destinations in Asia is Brunei Darussalam where their first stop-over was the oil town Seria landmark, the Billionth Barrel Monument. Thanks to Rano of RanoAdidas.com for the [...]
Posted in Brunei Darussalam, Celebrations, Food, Photography, tagged moon festival, mooncake on September 24, 2007 | 28 Comments »
I know, it’s a little early to be posting mooncake photos but when you consider how early I received mine this year and how much earlier they have been available for sale at food outlets make my blog somewhat late in comparison.
This annual traditional Chinese celebration is called Mid-Autumn Festival aka Moon Festival and is [...]
Posted in Brunei Darussalam, Celebrations, Photography on September 21, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Chung Ching Middle School (CCMS) started educating the masses as early as 1938 and it’s remarkable how far its has come since its early days. Many of today’s highly accomplished senior individuals had been schooled at CCMS one time or another and my kids Jamie and Jewel are schooled here too since kindergarten in the hope that one day they [...]
Posted in Food, Photography, tagged black tea, chinese tea, food photography, oolong tea, wulong on September 20, 2007 | 13 Comments »
WULONG TEA 828 © Jan Shim Photography
Much like our very own Wu Chun the word Wu-Long is spelt in more ways than one can imagine—Wu-Long, Oolong or Wulong in the case of this variation pictured above—has an amazing appeal for tea drinkers all over the world due to its natural health benefits and unique taste. Trsanslated [...]
Posted in Health, Photography on September 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
RADIANTLIFE © Jan Shim Photography
It never ceases to amaze me just how many devices there are in the market today that promise to improve one’s health one way or another. And information about them are everywhere from the web to your email to your mailbox and they usually operate in a form of a multi-level marketing programme. [...]
Posted in Photography on September 17, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Self Portrait © Jan Shim Photography
In the short few years of my professional photography career, I have photographed many faces. Faces that convey a multitude of emotions from portraits of brides, professionals, figures of authority and celebrities but hardly that of my own–a tendency of an extroverted personality to put others first. Portraiture photography is an art I find [...]
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