Posts from — August 2007

I came across these desk-sized Buddha Statue lamps in the window of the lighting consultancy SKK Lighting in London (they were closed) yesterday. As you can see, they had a white (which they say can have a colour-changing bulb inside) and a red one, but the statues also come in gold, silver, black, blue, orange, green and pink as well.

They look quite modern in a sense that the details are clean and simply designed, so having them as statues in your personal altar might be acceptable to the more design conscious. The fact that they light up is an added bonus if you also simply want to light up different areas of your house!

More photos below

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The UK-based East Asian and award-winning company Yellow Earth Theatre have just announced the dates for the UK tour of Typhoon Live.

This is the UK and European premiere of a double-bill of short plays by two of East Asia’s most exciting playwrights. Getting Married and Dogs, two plays about falling in love… and falling out again opens at the Oxford Playhouse on 25th September and finishes in London at the Oval House Theatre on the 13th October.

Well worth seeing if you can get to any of the shows in the UK Tour! More information and the production flyer below:

Technorati Tags: Andy Cheung, dogs, Elangovan, entertainment, Getting Married, Jamie Zubairi, Kwong Loke, Liz Sutherland, Phillippe Cherbonnier, theatre, Typhoon Live, Yellow Earth Theatre, Yi Kang-baek

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Here’s a lovely photo by Bill Hocker featuring a Letter Writer from Wan Chai, Hong Kong in 1974.

Chinese people will undoubtedly recognise the calendar on the wall (well, we still use one like that, and go the extra effort to get one every year). But I love the whole feel of the shot and setting. Nostalgic and reminiscent of growing up and visiting the our relatives in Hong Kong.

Via Photo.net

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We previously posted about fish in Singapore that are used in feet beauty treatments. Here’s another photo of similar fish grazing on a young Chinese woman’s body!

Apparently, beauty-seekers in Southern China are soaking themselves in pools filled with this type of small fish that eat human skin:

“Garra Rufa, a type of small tropical fish, also nicknamed Chinchin Yu, nibble fish or simply doctor fish, are put in hot springs. As they can live and swim freely in at least 43-degree-hot waters, they are naturally used for the treatment of skin diseases in such spas.

“When placed in the spa, these fish can feed themselves on the dead cells of the human body, since they only consume such cells, leaving the healthy skin of the human body to grow. The whole process is reportedly free of pain. It won’t hurt and the bather might feel a pleasant tingling on his or her skin.”

Sounds like they go for more than just the beauty treatment.

Via BoingBoing

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Looking for a resource or more information on the hottest Chinese actresses today? Well, website Asian Popcorn has put together a guide to Chinese actresses from mainland China.

Their guide includes weblinks to the sites of popular Chinese actresses, as well as an English language resource and a little gallery of photos. Guys, pick up your tongue! (Speak for myself…)

Asianpopcorn Guide: All About Chinese Actresses

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A Tibetan performs a traditional dance during a cultural festival in Yushu, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province July 27, 2007.

The five-day arts festival includes folk performances, costume displays and horse racing, local media reported.

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Check out the epic Starcraft (PC game) battle below constructed by origami. Aside from the obvious dedication to creating numerous “artworks”, these are apparently very close to their respective designs from the game itself. Dedication.

Via Joystiq.com

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Chinese painter Xiao Hu watches as two chickens walk on a paper at a studio in Songzhuang, Beijing, July 21, 2007.

Xiao Hu bought the two chickens at a market, painted their claws with ink, and then left the chickens to walk on the white paper, making paintings.

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