Category — Taiwan

In-Cha, a 12 year old Taiwanese South African seems to be the next big thing after Vanessa Mae. She’s a violin playing musician who’s blending her work with a bit of hip hop and R n’ B.

In-Cha started playing the piano at the age of 4, but fell in love with the violin after going to a concert with her Mom at the age of 6. This resulted in her Mom securing private tuition lessons for her with the renowned Professor Vincenzo Lo Castro.

Not easy to impress, he instantly recognised her talent and potential as a violin soloist and thus In-Cha’s career in music began in earnest.

In-Cha is the youngest South African to pass her Grade 8 “Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music” classical violin examinations which she did with a distinction.

Find out more on In-Cha’s website

Thanks Elaine!

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On July 1st, Taiwan attempted to create a world record for the most people to receive foot massages (reflexology) simultaneously.

1,008 reflexologists and 1,008 tourists from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore, all volunteered to rub, and be rubbed, for 40 minutes in this record event.

The Taiwan Tourism Bureau organised the record foot feat to promote their health tourism. “Reflexology“ is among the most popular practices in Taiwan for relaxation and improving general health.

Guinness had set the requirement to have at least 400 participants receiving treatment for at least five minutes on each foot, a feat the 2016 participants managed with ease.

From Weird Asia News

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This is a brand new Da Fighter figure from Tim Tsui, unveiled at the Taipei Toy Festival.

Its the first in his new fighter series and has tribal patterns, horned shoulder armor, bling collar, red transparent left claw and mace.

More on VinylPulse.com

Technorati Tags: Da Fighter, designer toy scene, designer toys, Tim Tsui, Taipei Toy Festival

Galaxy Bunch are releasing a lot of new toys at this years Taipei Toy Festival 2008 and SDCC 2008.

They have the new vinyl “Alpha Ultimate“. It is an eight inch tall vinyl with various points of articulation on the head and body. The metallic and the full colour editions will be ready for worldwide order on July 2008.

Also, a plain white, special DIY edition will be launched at the Taipei Toy Festival. Only 100 pieces will be sold and will only be at the exhibition hall in Taiwan from the 10th to the 13th July.

More photos on www.flickr.com/galaxybunch

www.galaxybunch.com

Technorati Tags: Alpha Ultimate, Galaxy Bunch, Taipei Toy Festival, Taiwan, toys

Here are some amazing pictures of an abandoned housing complex called San Zhi outside of Taipei, Taiwan.

It was apparently built in the early 1980s as a series of vacation homes marketed towards affluent Taipei residents seeking to get out of the city.

The speculation about why the site was abandoned varies, with the most interesting being that a series of fatal accidents occurred during construction, causing locals to believe the site was haunted, and therefore instigating the developer’s decision to stop construction (and also putting a stop to any future redevelopment).

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Square watermelons carved with the Olympic logo are displayed during a news conference by the Chinese Agricultural Association (CAEA) in Taipei, China, on October 17, 2007.

CAEA said on Wednesday that supermarkets in China and Taiwan have ordered around 50,000 square watermelons, which cost about 200 TWD ($6) each to produce.

Via Activate.us

Technorati Tags: China, Olympics, square watermelons, Taiwan

For their Spring/Summer collection 2007, Italian design firm Alessi collaborated with the National Palace Museum in Taiwan and created The Chin Family, a collection of East Asian inspired kitchen utensils.

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Here’s a nicely composed shot of the Lunar Eclipse as seen from Taipei. The different positions were combined with PhotoShop.

From Flickr via Neatorama

Technorati Tags: Lunar Eclipse, photography, Taipei, Taiwan