Wedding Feast in China

October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

By now the world knows China a bit better after the recent Beijing Olympic Games. The Opening Ceremony was such an amazing, beautiful and exciting event. The sheer scale of it was astonishing. From this alone, I guess many would have realized how the Chinese people celebrate important occasions.
Bring it a bit closer to the ordinary folks living in smaller towns or even rural villages, the spirit of celebrating a wedding occasion is a big cultural event. Not to the scale of an Olympics event but still by any measure its BIG! Take a look at some photos of such an event shown below. You would have noticed that it is impossible to leave out anyone in the town! Moreover they turn up to share the joy, rain or shine! Wonder how many people have experienced this cultural extravaganza.
The Banquet Place
The Kitchen The Menu

Literally you are feeding an army here. I guess there is no restaurant big enough to accommodate all the guests! One gets the feeling of the comradeship here in China and the tremendous support given for such joyous occasion like a wedding!



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Face of an Angel

September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Remember the little girl who was on the World's Center Stage during the recent Beijing Olympics? she is now highly sought after for advertisements. I do not know her name but ever since I saw her on the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics where she sat beside the pianist and even managed to play a few keys, I am unable to forget her face! she has such a sweet, innocent and lovely face. Received some great photos of her and post here so that others can appreciate this Angelic looking Chinese girl. I guess by now she is a very famous 'girl' in China.


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Don’t laugh at The Chinaman

September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Firstly, I have to say that I was so disappointed that Rafael Nadal did not make it into the US Open Finals! Secondly I was disappointed that the Finals between Roger Federal and Andrew Murray was over in just 2 hours in straight sets! Expected Andrew Murray to put on a better fight since he could knock-out the World No. 1!

Well, today I would like to share with you something I heard from a friend about Chinamen! Many people, especially the Westerners laughed at the Chinaman because of his queer habits and the way he speaks English! However please read this story and perhaps you would hold yourself back before you laugh at a Chinaman! A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks out. The Loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there. Two weeks later, the Chinese returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, 'Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000? The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I return. The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I return.' In closing I would like to add that the only thing straight about the Chinese is the hair!

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Japanese Art “Butoh”

August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sometime back I shared about our youngest daughter Dawn did a month long study of the Japanese Art Form 'Butoh' and she did her Solo Performance titled OLIN which is basically a Butoh Performance. Received this Review on her Solo Work and sure made us proud of a job well done. Here is a copy of the Review of Dawn's Solo Performance.

Go Solo 2008 Created and performed by the graduands of Toi Whakaari | NZ Drama School Directed by Jade Eriksen, Annie Ruth and Sophie Roberts at Te Whaea - SEEyD Space, Wellington From 21 Jul 2008 to 3 Aug 2008 [1hr 20 minutes approx per group, no interval] Reviewed by Thomas LaHood, 28 Jul 2008

Group C begins with Dawn Cheong's OLIN, an impressively choreographed, Buto influenced visitation from an insectoid god. Cheong's emergence from the chrysalis is a powerful opener and her mesmerising movements are well supported by dramatic lighting states and elemental sound effects.

For many of these young actors, this season is the first time they will present theatre that truly originates from them as an individual; for some it will also be the last. It is a tribute to the calibre of Toi Whakaari as an institution that in this season, as in last year's, we are able to see such diversity of thought and expression presented with such flair and confidence.

For those who wants to know what is 'Butoh' you can watch a Youtube video of the origins of Butoh whose founder was Hijikata Tatsumi.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8o0S1OMVqOM

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Brain Teaser

June 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Words fascinates me and especially how creative writers use them so very effectively, impactful, humourously etc. I admire writers for their ability to use Words to communicate their thoughts which truly enlightens the readers' minds. Ever since I watched the movie "My Fair Lady" back in 1960's what Prof. Higgins said about being able to tell the character and from where that person comes from, made me pay attention to what people say and how they say it. Before coming to the subject matter, I would like to pay tribute to the person who wrote these words and which gives me the opportunity to use them as a Brain Teaser! the words below are either single word or a few words, but they can be rearranged to other word or words that more or less has the same meaning, implications etc. For the adventurous reader, try them out and see what you can come up with but please don't look at the answers below for thats part of the fun! Here we go:-
  • DORMITORY
  • PRESBYTERIAN
  • ASTRONOMER
  • DESPERATION
  • THE EYES
  • THE MORSE CODE
  • SLOT MACHINES
  • ANIMOSITY
  • ELECTION RESULTS
  • SNOOZE ALARMS
  • A DECIMAL POINT
  • THE EARTH QUAKES
  • ELEVEN PLUS TWO
  • MOTHER-IN-LAW
THE ANSWERS
  • DIRTY ROOM
  • BEST IN PRAYER
  • MOON STARER
  • A ROPE ENDS IT
  • THEY SEE
  • HERE COME DOTS
  • CASH LOST IN ME
  • IS NO AMITY
  • LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
  • ALAS N MORE Z'S
  • I'M A DOT IN PLACE
  • THAT QUEER SHAKE
  • TWELVE PLUS ONE
  • WOMAN HITLER


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