tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673155117150797742024-03-05T23:06:27.011+08:00A Sakura StoryLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17978710431842621873noreply@blogger.comBlogger660125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267315511715079774.post-5115814100389917122017-03-14T15:34:00.000+08:002017-04-20T15:34:53.968+08:00Justy and Cally visit Singapore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Kingsley's Aunt and Uncle flew up from Sydney for a long weekend visit, they had not been in Singapore for about 20 years so it was fun to show them the modern amazing city that we call home. A few highlights from the weekend were the long dinners at Wild Rocket, Indochine Super Tree and the Singapore Cricket Club. </div>
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One of my favorite things about the Seychelles was the beautiful color of the Indian ocean. On a clear day, you can see at least three or four shades of blue in the water, and the white sandy beaches are some of the most beautiful we have encountered in all of our travels. The water was clear and full of colorful fish for snorkeling. <br /><br />Our trip to Mauritius back in August helped me fall in love with Creole food and I’ve craved those amazing curries ever since. Although we enjoyed some beautiful meals in Seychelles, for the most part we found the food to be incredibly overpriced. Especially dining at any of the fancy resorts like Banyan Tree and The Hilton didnt really live up to our expectations. Though we ate some delicious meals on our trip, we felt the value for food was much better in Mauritious. <div>
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Overall we loved our relaxing holiday in the Seychelles and I'm so very thankful we were able to explore the island, but it is not necessarily a place that will remain high on our travel list to make a special effort to visit again.<br /><br />
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17978710431842621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267315511715079774.post-54714163262046363082016-12-25T07:18:00.000+08:002017-01-15T07:19:21.578+08:00Christmas 2016 Celebrations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I LOVE how Singapore always goes all out with Christmas decorations each year. Despite being in the tropics, they really are able to capture the festive mood of the season with over-the-top beautiful and ornate Christmas decorations everywhere you turn.<br />
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I also love how Christmas time serves as a reminder each year to catch up with friends I haven't seen in some time. Life can get so busy during the year and months seem to fly by...especially living on the equator with no visible seasons to serve as time guides. So for me, Christmas has become my calendar alert that another year is coming to a close and to focus on the things that matter most in my life, my family and friends.<br />
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Christmas lunch with Bronnie</div>
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Takashimaya and Paragon department store Christmas trees</div>
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Secret Santa gift exchange friends</div>
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Lovely pre-Christmas dinner at Cliffords Pier </div>
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Orchard road Christmas lights</div>
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The last time Kingsley's parents were in town we took them to Chiang Mai for a long weekend which they loved, this visit we decided to show them Siem Reap. Siem Reap is one of the first locations that Kingsley and I took a side trip to right after we moved to Asia and really fell in love with the spot. We haven't had a chance to go back for another visit together so this was a perfect opportunity. The great thing about Siem Reap is that it's small enough to explore over a weekend and really feel that you had a chance to get a feel for the place. </div>
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Highly recommended this Boutique Hotel that we stayed in for our weekend getaway: <a href="http://www.pavillon-orient-hotel.com/" target="_blank">Pavillion d Orient</a></div>
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The first night we had a lovely dinner at <a href="https://www.restaurant-siemreap.com/html/madamebutterfly.php" target="_blank">Madame Butterfly</a>, I would highly recommend getting the set dinner which came with a starter of tom yum soup followed by green mango salad, banana leaf salad, and a spicy beef salad. The main course was a red chicken curry with fresh fruit and sticky rice for dessert. </div>
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Tour guide <a href="http://www.theangkorguide.net/" target="_blank">Ratanak</a>. I would highly recommend hiring him for the full day temple tour. It is $70 USD for the day 8am-4pm. Ratanak is funny, engaging and very good at customizing his tour for the needs and interest level of his customers. We visited the top three temples in Siem Reap as well as enjoyed a lovely local Cambodia lunch at a restaurant near Banyan temple. </div>
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Delivering soccer goals that we brought over from Singapore to a small locally run community school in Siem Reap</div>
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Other restaurants we enjoyed during our stay in Siem Reap</div>
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<a href="http://www.chanreytree.com/" target="_blank">Chanrey Tree</a> - Cambodian food, lunch along the river. I had pomelo salad and green seafood curry.</div>
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In December Kingsley's parents came to spend Christmas with us and to visit on their second trip to Singapore since we moved here. <div>
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Singapore has changed so much even in the last few years since his parents were here last so it was fun to take them to see a few of the new highlights in the city. One of the places we checked out in the first week they were here was the Gardens by the Bay Flower Dome. Spectacular and innovative, the Flower Dome is the largest glass greenhouse in the world as listed in the 2015 Guinness World Records! The Dome changes it's display of flowers and plants seasonally so we enjoyed the Christmas themed flower displays from the Mediterranean and semi-arid regions of the world such as South Africa, California, and Australia. </div>
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Kingsley and I attended our first ever Bollywood Christmas party in early December, complete with mandatory choreographed Bollywood dancing performances. It was so fun to get dressed up in pretty bright colors and enjoy some fantastic Indian food with friends. And the dancing was just priceless! </div>
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Kingsley's work Christmas party this year was a 1950's theme so I had a fun idea to dress him up like a 1950's milkman and myself up as the housewife. Kingsley's costume was so good he was chosen as one of the top three finalists for best costume. It was a fun and memorable evening and fun to see everyone's creative 1950's outfits. </div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/195237906" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/195237906">Milkman Costume Competition</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user3827475">Lynn Wood</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17978710431842621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267315511715079774.post-89327716719417320712016-12-10T11:13:00.000+08:002016-12-13T11:13:52.115+08:00Singapore Dance Theater - NutcrackerThe Nutcracker was showing this holiday season and the timing was perfect as my Mother-in-law was visiting so we were able to enjoy the festive seasonal ballet together. The Nutcracker performed by the Singapore Dance Theater brings audiences on a journey through the pre-WWI, turn of the century Shanghai featuring favorite and familiar characters including Clara, the Snow Queen, the Sugar Plum fairy and her Cavalier. Based on a story by E.T.A Hoffman, featuring the adventures of Clara after she receives a beautifully crafted doll from Dr. Drosselmeyer during a Christmastime celebratory party. This enchanting ballet featured a spectacular set and gorgeous costumes by local designers. Lesley and I so enjoyed the evening show and fell asleep that night with sugar plum ferries dancing in our dreams.<br />
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Last weekend we said farewell to our friends Brian and Tess who are moving to New Zealand next month after spending the last 11 years in Singapore. Brian was a good squash buddy of Kingsley's so his presence will be missed around the squash courts at the Singapore Cricket Club. </div>
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Later in the evening, we enjoyed listening to the live music and watching the annual Singapore Light to Night Festival displayed on the facade of the National Gallery building. </div>
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<i>Back by popular demand, the highly anticipated Facade Show had a successful display last year during the Gallery’s opening weekend. This time, Australian Spinifex Group’s spectacular projection show transforms the Gallery’s stately facade, turning it into a dazzling light and music extravaganza. From 8pm onwards, the facade of the City Hall building will be covered in luminescent paint, along with objects such as picture frames, paint tube machines, and art desks to create magical scenes inspired by the abstract artworks in the Gallery’s collection.</i><br />
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Though Mauritius was an incredible island to explore, my favorite part of the trip was spending time with some special friends from Kingsley's Universtiy years. Below are a few of my favorite snapshots from the week.</div>
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Our first day in Mauritius we took the opportunity to dive at a beautiful dive site called the Aqarium. This was my first time in about a year so I was a little apprehensive about it, especially since the surface waves were fairly significant just above the dive site. I also had not done any diving in water that far south so it despite my 5mm wetsuit I was pretty cold, well actually freezing during the entire dive. But all of that was so worth it for the beautiful turtle encounter I had which can be seen in the video below. </div>
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In mid- August Kingsley and I spent a week staying at a wonderful hotel and resort in Mauritius called the One and Only St Geran. It's located on the East coast of the island about an hours drive by road from the airport, the hotel occupies a private peninsula with golden sandy beaches. Of course, the views and the facilities are magnificent but more than that we felt immediately at home after our arrival.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br />Mauritius is an entire nation of immigrants, many of which are from India. Kingsley went to Universtiy with quite a few Mauritians who became his close friends. Thus our trip back to visit these friends was very special for Kingsley after all of these years. Creole is the informal language and is spoken in homes and between friends, but everyone also speaks English.<br /><br />A good portion of the island is surrounded by an outer reef, which creates calm and piercingly blue lagoons for swimming and awesome water sports. We had a chance to kayak, water ski and do some amazing diving while staying at the resort. </div>
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Overall I would highly recommend this hotel as a gorgeous place to stay in Mauritius. I am hoping we can return to visit again someday soon. </div>
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Kingsley and I took advantage of the long weekend over Singapore's National Day and went to stay at <a href="http://www.telunasresorts.com/private-island/" target="_blank">Telunas Private Beach Resort</a> in Indonesia. To get to the island you take the Batam Fast ferry from Singapore to Batam island in Indonesia, which takes about 40 minutes. From there you take the Telunas resorts private boat for 1.5 hours to arrive at the resort. </div>
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The resort proudly offers a no wifi experience which in today's day and age is actually a rare and refreshing find. The hotel has about 18 over the water bungalows which are beautifully decorated and maintained. There isn't any air conditioning in the villas however the contestant gentle ocean breeze kept the place cool. </div>
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I would highly recommend this place for an easy to get to weekend break from Singapore. </div>
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Kingsley and I tried Stand Up Paddle Boarding (SUP) for the first time at the resort. One of us got the hang of it pretty flawlessly, the other spent more time in the water than on his board! But we both had a ball and couldn't stop laughing! </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Neil and Kingsley were very close friends in school growing up in Johannesburg. And have kept in touch remotely over the years as both moved away from South Africa. Neil and his wife Amanda have visited us in Seattle once before many years ago and we visited them once in London. Though we only had about 24 hours together this time around, it was fun to show them a bit of our lives in Singapore and to catch on all of the events over the last few years. As often happens when spending time with lovely friend, we didn't have enough time together. Hopefully we can meet up again somewhere in the world one day soon. </span></div>
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National Day 2016, its amazing to think that this is our 6th National day since moving to Singapore. Where has the time gone?!? This year is extra spacial as it is the first year that they are holding the ceremony at the new National Stadium (i.e. right next to our house). The last few weekends we have enjoyed the rehearsal fireworks from the comfort of our living room. It doesnt get much better than that. Happy 51st Birthday Singapore.</div>
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A few days after arriving back in Singapore from Seattle, my gorgeous friend Michelle turned 40. Though I was still in the midst of a jet lagged haze, I knew I could not miss celebrating her in grand style at Tanjong Beach Club. We had all the makings of an awesome party.... beautiful weather, temporary tattoos, squirt guns filled with vodka, a large rainbow inflatable unicorn and a bright pink birthday cake. I can't think of a better way to celebrate my beautiful friend! </div>
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Oliver is a longtime friend from Singapore who has since moved his family to Seattle. Kingsley and I were fortunate to be in Seattle to celebrated his 40th birthday in style at <a href="http://www.suncadiaresort.com/" target="_blank">Suncadia</a> on July 9th. Suncadia is located about 1.5 hours east of Seattle and is a popular vacation spot with golf courses, horse riding, spas and lovely lodge, wine tasting and much more. His parents and sisters flew in from Namibia for the occasions and friends from Seattle and Singapore joined in as well. We stayed in a 7 bedroom massive house on the golf course, for a fun filled weekend of golf, BBQ's, card games, wine tasting and best of all just hanging out together. </div>
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With our competent guide Nikkin, we spent two glorious days sea kayaking on Haro Strait which is the body of water that separates San Juan Island from Vancouver Island. This area is considered one of the world’s best orca whale watching sites. Resident orca's in this area are organized into stable, highly social matrilineal family groups called “pods” and labeled alphabetically as the J, K, and L pod. Known collectively as the “Southern Residents” they return regularly to the west side of San Juan Island during the summer months to take advantage of strong currents and optimal fishing for their favorite food source the Chinook salmon.<br />
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We were a bit nervous about our odds of seeing the orcas as our guide explained that no orcas had been spotted yet that summer which was highly unusual as this is typically the peak time to see them. The theory is that the salmon levels are very low this year which could be why the orcas haven't been around. I was also a bit nervous when our guide Nikkin informed me that my husband had chosen the "divorce" kayak as our kayak for the weekend! Evidently, the kayak he chose always tends to carry couples who fight with each other the ENTIRE time. Our last kayaking trip was a disaster in Vietnam where the rudder was "not broken, just not working" which led to- not our finest hour- as a married couple. So I was a bit concerned as we began this adventure, however, thankfully we managed to break the divorce boat curse and had a lovely time together in the San Juans without a single marital mishap.<br />
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Nikkin was such an excellent guide for the weekend trip. We saw lots of seals and seal pups, bald eagles and tons of other sea life. Through Nikkin we learned all about the San Juans and the biodiversity in its waters. We also were fortunate to see orcas whales both days of our trip. The highlight being the second day when we had a close encounter with one of the pods. Such a magical experience. Nikki also made the most AMAZING meals in our campsite dutch oven and even creatively catered to our fussy gluten free palettes. </div>
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17978710431842621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267315511715079774.post-72103500140026000522016-07-02T11:07:00.000+08:002016-07-31T11:08:21.503+08:00Bakhtovars First Paragliding FlightKingsley had a lovely tandem flight with Bakhtovar at Tiger Mountain in Seattle. I put together a little video to document the adventure.<br />
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I never get tired of the view from Ce La Vi, the amazing rooftop bar on top of Marina Bay Sands. I am fortunate to have a close friend who is involved with Ce La Vi for her work so every now and again I get to tag along for the VIP events which are always over the top opulent and amazing. </div>
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Enjoying sundowners with friends at a VIP event at <a href="http://sg.celavi.com/skybar/" target="_blank">Ce La Vi</a></div>
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Summer afternoons in the Colorado Rockies are heaven on earth. Pair them with a secluded mountaintop venue and one wonderful couple who are in love and you have yourself a wedding that is bound to be amazing.</div>
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I had the honor of being a bridesmaid in my dear friend Jen Jen's wedding in early June. The wedding took place in Estes Park at the <a href="http://www.dellaterramountainchateau.com/">Della Terra</a> hotel which was an absolutely stunning location for the ceremony.<br />
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We spent the first two nights at the <a href="http://www.stanleyhotel.com/" target="_blank">Stanley Hotel</a> which is where we had the bachelorette party and the rehearsal dinner. The hotel is reputed to be haunted and was the inspiration for the movie the Shining. Though I tend not believe in these kind of stories, I have to admit I had an eerie feeling that I was being watched the entire time I was at the hotel.<br />
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Here are a few of the stories that I heard from staff who work at the hotel:<br />
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The ghosts of Freelan Stanley and his wife Flora, who built the hotel in 1909, have been seen dressed in formal attire on the main staircase and in other public areas, such as the lobby and the billiard room.<br />
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More than one guest has said they have awakened to find their blankets taken from their beds and neatly folded. I can't imagine a ghost strong enough to rip the blankets out of my equator accustomed hands. So thankfully this was not an issue for me!<br />
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Room 217, was the site of a tragic accident in 1911: housekeeper Elizabeth Wilson was nearly killed by a gas leak explosion. Since her death in the 1950s, strange, unexplained activity is said to take place in that room, including doors opening and closing, and lights switching on and off by themselves.<br />
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There are so many more stories, but much more than the tales of hauntings, the Stanley hotel was a beautiful location to reconnect and catch up with so many friends from near and far.<br />
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The Singapore Gang reunited (sadly minus Kingsley)</div>
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Short hike into Rocky Mountain National Park</div>
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The day before the wedding we moved to the Della Terra hotel, a beautiful small hotel at the entrance of the rocky mountain national park. The location is mainly used for weddings so we were pretty much the only guests. I shared a room with Kate (another one of the bridesmaids), despite missing our husbands, Kate and I had a fantastic time together. </div>
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The day of the wedding, everyone got a little nervous when it started to pour just 45 minutes or so before the ceremony. But luckily there was a lul in the rain storm just in time for the guests to get seated and the wedding to go on as planned under the trees and against a magical mountain backdrop. Jen Jen and Mark even planted two of their own Aspen trees as part of the ceremony, which was certainly a unique touch.</div>
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Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17978710431842621873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267315511715079774.post-4102771490505002482016-06-04T17:07:00.000+08:002016-07-23T17:07:39.640+08:00Kinsokuroi<br /><br />Since our trip to Japan a few years ago I have been fascinated with the Japanese art of Kinsokuroi. The art of repairing broken ceramics using gold with the belief that something that suffers damage becomes more beautiful through the process. <br /><br />This art form began in mid-1500 in Japan. The story is told of a bowl that was much loved by a military ruler. One day during a gathering, a servant accidentally dropped the bowl, which broke into five pieces. Everyone paused, fearing for the young man as the military leader was known to possess a quick, harsh temper. Then one of the guests improvised a comic poem about the incident, provoking laughter all around and restoring the leader to good spirits. <br /><br />This story goes on to say that instead of the break "…diminishing (the bowl's) appeal, a new sense of its vitality and resilience raised appreciation to even greater heights." The bowl had become more beautiful for having been broken. The true life of the bowl "…began the moment it was dropped…"<br /><br />From that day onward, mended bowls have been used and cherished for generations. In Japan, cracks in precious bowls are often filled with gold. The Japanese believe that when something has suffered damage and has a history, it becomes more beautiful. <br /><br />I find this concept truly beautiful, perhaps someday I will own a beautiful kintsukuroi piece as well. <div>
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Another year older, another year wiser!</div>
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This year I was again in Seattle to celebrate my big day with lifelong friends and family. Cynthia and I shared a birthday/going away party together which was wonderful because so many people came out to celebrate. But also a bittersweet evening knowing that this was the last time I would see my dear friend before she moves to Las Vegas. <br />
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