The Tan Tans' Life Begins

Ha ha ha... Finally, with all the hard work and sweat put into gardening, the little garden of Tan Tans' is ready for harvest. And by little, I literally mean it. Well, we are harvesting the mini-daikon (radish) And as we harvest the daikon, the familar childhood song was sang . . . ba rou po, ba rou po, hey yo hey yo, ba bu dong... And here is a satisfied Mrs Tan Tan with the harvest.. and a not so satisfied Mr Tan Tan with the ultra small daikon. So.. what is the fate of the daikons harvested? A wonderful pot of daikon soup of course!

Well, the Tan Tans had received a typhoon alert. (do not fret as the typhoon will not hit Owase directly but will graze pass us instead) When? Starting early tomorrow for the next 2 days. And now, we understand clearly the meaning of the phrase "The calm before the typhoon" .. hmm . . take a look at this, blue skies and the eagles/hawks/falcon/hawkings, whatever they are called are circling and dancing in the skies (but I would say this is the first time I saw such a sight and was actually wondering if they are discussing about evacuation plans. ^_^) But things will be tough for Mrs Tan Tan as she still have to travel to the schools to teach and one of the school is on a hill. (if only my language skills are better and I can aid her in this) Anyway, the Tan Tans will update everyone again on the typhoon status (for all we know, it might be similiar to a downpour in Singapore.) However, there are "Armour Doors" for use with the windows here in Owase (to protect the g...