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  • It is the Season to be jolly

    Way overdue, I got your messages; thank you for kicking my butt in action. I am still in North Sulawesi and very occupied with helping on all ends in the Resort. A quick trip brought me via Jakarta to Singapore, where I met up with Richard Q and joined a cocktail party for the island…

  • travel error

    I’m sitting in Singapore at my friend’s place and enjoy the soothing smell of Pandan leaf and chicken broth. Htun (pronounced Tun) from Burma is cooking me a soup, not without sharing his agony about his home country in dismay. While he is talking about the troubled Yangon homeland I feel strongly to voice my…

  • MSDT instructor

    After an amazing three weeks in PADI IDC training, exam and extended training in specialty diving I have successfully achieved my recognition as MSDT (Master Scuba Dive Trainer) Instructor. On the journey from Dive Master to Instructor were Sammy, a Indonesian local diver whom I have admirations for taking on this difficult challenge, two quirky…

  • Cat litter Glaze

    The Forno or Kiln is finished. Meaning, now Minahasa Lagoon has its own mini pottery city. It took us much longer to build it and get it up and running as originally anticipated, but the result is stunning; Guests already enjoy trying their talent on the wheel, and within one week  get to take back…

  • Godfather

    After a brief visit by the owner of Minahasa Lagoon I find myself committed for another few month aboard this venture. Clearly my help is needed here and I enjoy to be in a position where my input is of value. Within the last two weeks lots has changed in my life escalating to a…

  • Snake charmer

    First I find a beautiful little green snake in the Coconut tree and after bonding and playing around with it -to the shock of everyone around me, I too learned the darn thing is poisenous. Heck, things are always better if you dont know… I have never dwelled in my grown up life in a place…

  • Critter Hunting

    www.MinahasaLagoon.com is in the last corner after an hour drive from the Manado Airport on Sulawesi. A quaint little metal-sheet roofed village of 2000 people near by a dangerous river merely 300 meter away from the Ocean front and there, where salt- and sweet-water meet, rests a 15 villa Dive Resort with a tiny but…

  • Off to Sulawesi to Scuba Dive

    An incredible journey for red white & pure Singapore has come to an end. By far, my most exciting and challenging professional journey and education. Developing and training a great team of chefs for this TCM/French Restaurant TASTE project for the Eu Yan Sang Group in Singapore was great fun. I’m honored to have crossed paths with…

  • Burma

    Returning to Myanmar shortly after the Government had changed the capital away from Yangon immediately confronted me with this military-controlled nation’s new adjustments. The electricity in large parts of Yangon is cut often so the new Capital Naypyitaw can be provided with electricity. Although I had seen all the News broadcasts about this political change,…

  • MCM cook book

    red white & pure concept in Vivo City TASTE a restaurant concept in Singapore. Another eventful month has slowly passed by. My long days working in the kitchen and office are sometimes monotone, and getting this baby up and running is much more of a challenge than anticipated. At first, I had a few difficult…