Welcome to irishbornchinese.com's blog. This is specially for IBCs (Irish Born Chinese) to post articles with regards to IBC's life in Ireland and comment on articles posted. The real reason for this site is that I wanted to bring together all the 2nd generation IBCs, either hang out, or chat on irishbornchinese.com's message board. Here you can talk about almost anything, fun places to be, games, music etc. In the future (or sooner) I would like to be able to link up with other overseas born Chinese forums/sites. Of course, even if you are not an IBC, come join in the discussions/views, and send me your articles. "Let's get together." Enjoy! -- Vicky Lee Wei Kay (李韋岐)
This Chinese guy went into a dealership and paid for his car in small change!
Mr Zhao, a businessman, dropped bundles of notes, none worth more than one yuan - about $0.15 - at the dealership in Jining, in northern Shandong province.
Long flights are not normally comfortable at best, but plane passengers on-route to Hong Kong on a BA flight on Tuesday evening were more terrified than uncomfortable. A mistaken announcement that the plane is about to crash while they were over the North Sea. I'd say the cabin crew had some job trying to keep everyone at ease after that erroneous announcement.
Little Big City - Hong Kong Tilt Shift from Fershad Irani on Vimeo.
A little thing I made during 1 lovely summer's week spent in Hong Kong. Taken from areas in Causeway Bay, Soho, Hung Hom, Tsim Sha Tsui & The Peak. All that's left is say is ... I <3 HK.
Music:
Artist: Phoenix
Song: Long Distance Call
Album: It's Never Been Like That
An Irish boy is in the top 5 in the Chinese story-telling competition in Hangzhou, China. Impressive, isn't it? So are the judges. Read more...
(Via Irish Times)
Even though the summer is quickly winding down, The Fresh Air Fund is still in need of host families.
Check out: http://weneedfreshairfundhosts.com
The Playboy Of The Western World : Trailer from Pan Pan on Vimeo.
PAN PAN'S PRODUCTION OF THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
Performed in Mandarin with an all Chinese cast with English surtitles.
Text by John Millington Synge
Directed and Adapted by Gavin Quinn
Designed by Aedin Cosgrove
Translated by Sun Yue
Cast:
La La (Pegeen Mike)- Xia Zi Xin
Zhao Yingjun (Shawn Keogh) - Liao Wei
Liu Ge (Michael Flaherty) - Zhang Wan Kun
Zhang Xiaofei (Philly Cullen) - Lan Fa Qing
Ma Shang (Christy Mahon 'The Playboy') - Cheng Jun Nian
Kun Guafu (Widow Quin) - Bai Shuo
Shan Shan (Susan Brady)- Zhang Ting Ting
Sha Sha (Sara Tansey) - Sun Xiao Yan
Na Na (Honor Blake) - Wang Jing Lei
Lao Ma (Old Mahon ) - Bao Gang
"Stoking nationalist flames and testing the boundaries of decency." Variety
"PEKING AT YOUR KNICKERS, CHINESE CRACKER IN STAGE STORM. AN IRISH PLAY HAS SPARKED A SEX STORM IN CHINA - because one of the cast shows her KNICKERS." The Sun
"The Actress's mini-skirt is too short - call the police!" Daily Mail
"Short shifts leave Beijingers breathless. It's funny and very hip. You never get bored. The mostly young audience was extremely enthusiastic." The Irish Times
"Pegeen Mike evokes a blush in Beijing." The Irish Times
"This exciting production is innovative and unique drawing on the counterpoints of an Irish story and contemporary urban Chinese culture. The well known anti-hero Christy Mahon morphs into a fast-taking Chinese who hangs out in a foot massage parlour. Rather than a village in darkest rural Ireland , this Asian version is transposed to a modern setting of an a 'Whore-dressers' on the outskirts of Beijing in 2006." Irish Independent
Came across this site via WongFu Productions sample entry for Interpretations Film.
The whole thing is headed by Justin Lin, and basically challenges aspiring film-makers to create a 3-5 minute short with the following lines:
“It’s not something I’d do.”
“Well?”
“It’s not what I expected.”
“You sure?”
Some good sample/featured vids on front page, but there's many other up and coming film producers vids that are just as good.
[...] scheme requires applicants to show they have a net worth of C$800,000 (US$776,000; £502,000) and they must invest up to C$400,000.. Ottawa has stopped its "federal immigrant investor programme" as it's in the process of maybe doubling the amount of funds needed before an applicant can apply.
The one thing to note, the applicants are typically in their 40s but they are getting younger!
Hong Kong Sky Elevator from Edwin Lee on Vimeo.
Riding Hong Kong's little-known observation elevator... before I got kicked out! Tough to find a clear day these days as you can see by the haze across the harbour.
Shot with Canon 7D with 70-200mm f/4 + polariser
Track: Briefcase by Tom Rothrock (Collateral soundtrack)
I didn't even know that. Saw it via this Beeb article about "EDF agrees £5.8bn sale of UK networks to Li Ka-Shing".
Just picked up a copy of IFI's programme for the month of August. As I was flicking through it, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Hong Kong Season will be on between August 3rd to 22nd. They even have McDull Kung Fu Ding Ding Dong for kids on Sunday (Aug 22nd).
August 3rd 18.30 Written By
August 4th 13.30, 18.30 Running Out of Time
August 5th 13.10, 18.20 Long Arm of the Law
August 7th 13.50 Storm Warriors
August 8th 13.40 Night and Fog
August 14th 14.00 Invisible Target
August 22nd 11.00 McDull Kung Fu Ding Ding Dong
Just noticed that the latest fashion with the girls in HK and Macau are short hammer pants, check this out to see what they are like. Guys are still either wearing pants that droop down or hip-hop gear (although bois are wearing the latter as well, you can seem them hanging around downtown Kowloon).
For foreign residents, this does not make for good reading...
Ireland granted just six citizenships per 1,000 foreign residents -- compared with more than 50 per 1000 in Sweden and Portugal, and an average of 23 across the EU.
(Source: Irish Independent)
Chinese characters originated from picture form, but this takes Chinese characters and art to a whole new level. Check them out...
