How goes the xmas shopping folks? Been having fun squeezing thru the human laden crowds at the shops for that last crazy gadget on the shelf? I mock you from my laptop hurhur for i have been buying pretty much everything online where stuffed toys, books, dvds and tshirts have arrived safely in my mail mmm convenient…

So, want to buy stuff online but arent sure if its the right make/model/style? Check out www.wize.com a website which has about 78,000 products with more than 2millions reviews. Want to buy a waffle maker? A rotating or flip waffle maker? Square, round or heart shaped waffles? So many little differences and all different prices! Go and have a gander at the Wize waffle maker page and make xmas shopping a lot easier

hey guys its that time of year again! the fourth annual Menu For Hope is up and running! Menu for Hope is an annual fundraising event in support of the UN World Food Programme and last year managed to raise a whopping US$60,925.12 to feed the hungry. All donations will be collected by a third party, the online fundraising company First Giving.

Over the next two weeks (December 10-21), the general public have the chance to buy virtual raffle tickets for the prize of their choice for US$10 each. Prizes are donated by us generous food bloggers and some of those prizes are awesome check them out here

My own contribution is the entire range of handmade shortbreads from The Biscuit Tree (valued at AU$42) mmm go forth and bid! My prize code is: AP17

Here’s what you should do to bid on those awesome prizes:

1. Go to the donation page at First Giving.
2. Make a donation: each US$10 will give you one raffle ticket toward a prize of your choice. In the ‘Personal Message’ section in the donation form, please specify which prize or prizes you’d like, using the prize-code and detailing the number of tickets per prize you’d like to purchase. For example, a donation of US$50 can be 2 tickets for AP01 and 3 for AP02
3. For US donors, if your company has agreed to match your charity donation, please remember to tick the box and fill in the information so we may claim the corporate match.
4. Please make sure you tick the box to allow us to see your email address so we may contact you if you win. Your email address will not be shared with anyone.
5. Winners will be announced on Chez Pim in mid-January 2008.

Chez Pim will be publishing an entire list of prizes offered around the world.
Grab Your Fork will provide a regional round up for us peeps in the asia pacific

it started with an ominous rumble and then suddenly the sky went blue grey and the world was filled with the deafening sounds of ice pelting down smashing into the windows, the plants, the cars and the people


it begins…


it kinda looks like snow


noods’ handful of ice altho thats nothing compared to this:


(photo taken from ninemsn

thats right folks 15 days to xmas my gosh its been fast!


when all you feel like eating for lunch is fruit… mmm mango and sticky rice how i love thee. durian and sticky rice would be even more awesome if i could just convince the parentals to buy a whole durian to chop open…


mother nature has gone psycho its been hot and sunny one day and windy and cold the next i would hate to be a tourist in sydney for this past week. i took this shot of our clothesline cos i thought it was cool haha it didnt actually fall over more like my dad pulled it out… but hey it looks awesome!