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  peachey

  Monday, Nov 30, 2009 6:31AM [Report]

  I so wanted to catch a show but hubby was against it. Grr. It wouldn't have killed him to sit thru one just for the girls' and my sake. He's a rather inflexible man, I find. More and more so as he ages. Things got rocky toward the end of the trip. It brought to mind that last TG we were also embroiled in some tiff. Over what, I dunno. I tell ya....I've had it up to Here!
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   janechu

  Monday, Nov 30, 2009 6:09AM [Report]

  hmm... cool!! i haven't heard/seen the wok before... will have to look that up. =)
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   Christopher Lay

  Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 11:11PM [Report]

  When I read your comment, I saw, "...fists are always something to commemorate." What? Oh, "Firsts!" Thanks. Your spirit was found lurking in one of the corners.
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  Jaine

  Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 2:28PM [Report]

  actually that is a good point
  a  bit like how I feel about Christmas as a non-christian. I love it, it is a time for celebrating family and friends.  Of course it coincides with our summer holidays so I also associate it with hot days and swimming and bbqs etc.
  
  My teen is pretty good, I'm quite lucky really she is less critical of me than I was of my mother.  I was just having one of those days with her.  
  
  hehe I can imagine you being a spirited teen!
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   D.Y. Sao

  Friday, Nov 27, 2009 5:08AM [Report]

  The rule is everything you eat today will not count :P Have the best Thanksgiving evar!
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  peachey

  Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 10:36AM [Report]

  I never liked using a sponge to apply any foundation. It just seemed like too much product was staying on the sponge, sucking it all away. The minerals foundation brush is made with natural fibers and the foundation seems to jump to my face. I hardly have to brush much. I truly was amazed. And it doesn't seem like much product is going to waste. The Sephora minerals kit was $65 but the standalone foundation is $34 or so. I like the consultation there, at least Porsha took the time to match and explain to me. Plus, the lighting is more natural than dept or drug stores. If you feel like a little splurge or have time, visit Sephora. I'm not a makeup person so the easier the experience and the better result, the more relieved and happy I am. haha
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   Marie Jost

  Monday, Nov 23, 2009 9:56AM [Report]

  I didn't plant the seeds yet, I just found the package the other day.  Should I plant them now and let them winter over, like they would have done as wild seeds?  I had so many volunteers come up in my planters this year that I am amazed by the resilience of plants.  One of the volunteers is a tropical impatiens that I grew last summer.  I have now idea how it survived (as seed?) through being planted over with violas in the spring.  I didn't change the soil in the pots since last year (I was too lazy), so there must have been something left from last year.  But still...
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   Christopher Lay

  Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 2:21PM [Report]

  Thanks. I've got a standing position that if it snows, I get up in the morning and go out shooting. Of course, that plan does not always work, but that's the general idea.
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  peachey

  Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 3:52AM [Report]

  Oreos are definitely too sweet. I prefer shortbreads. I think it would behoove me and the fam if I shopped for plainer biscuits and cookies. Yup.
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   Marie Jost

  Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 2:08AM [Report]

  I think Leslie made a very clear distinction between his public life and his private life.  In the 80s, when he was a pop idol, his life quite literally was not his own.  If you look at the pace of television appearances, record releases, touring and public appearances, not to mention acting in films and television series, being a star was more than a full-time job.  Interestingly enough, this was also the period of time when he met his male partner and they embarked on their relationship.  People inside of the industry knew about his partner, but no one breathed a word to outsiders.  They know how important it is to preserve one's privacy in the fishbowl that is HK pop stardom.  If Leslie hadn't been outed by the HK tabloid press in 1995, I wonder if he would have ever been forthcoming about that aspect of his personal life.  He always said that it wasn't fair to his partner, the media scrutiny, because he was a simple private individual, not a celebrity, and so was exempt from that sort of media attention.  Mr. Tong has kept a very low profile since Leslie's death.  He still lives in the house he shared with Leslie in the last years of Leslie's life and still manages Leslie affairs that he inherited (he is an investment banker, and apparently a very savy one).  He is still in contact with Leslie's friends and family.  On the date of Leslie's birthday in September, he hosted the traditional mahjong game that Leslie loved when he was alive, inviting some of Leslie's closest friends to participate.  He has also been active in providing personal effects, such as Leslie's costumes, to various fan exhibitions.  But he is totally mum on his relationship with Leslie.  You have to respect the man.  He is a very dignified individual and, by his behavior and general bearing,  you get some sense of what Leslie loved and admired in this man.
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   Etchy

  Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 6:24PM [Report]

  i'm actually the Asia's least adventurous eater...  but just by the fact i've lived out here long enough, I think I've tried more than most people back in the States...
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   Marie Jost

  Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 9:34AM [Report]

  I haven't been able to bear listening to the interview just yet.  I got the feeling, after the recording session, that Dick Gordon didn't "get" me or Leslie.  It was actually a pretty frustrating experience and one that has left a slightly disappointed aftertaste.  At one point, when he kept characterizing my experience with Leslie as an obsession, I actually challenged him and said that I objected to the term obsession, that it had a pejorative and even pathological ring to it.  Unfortunately, I didn't have another term handy (and I still don't) to describe the nature of the relationship I have with Leslie as my own kind of fan.  Sometimes language is so limited.
  
  But I suppose I have moved on.  Tonight I have begun woing on an exploration of Leslie and gender representations.  Since this won't be anything scholarly, it will end up being a lot more fun to read than it sounds from this description. :-)  A handful of academics in Hong Kong film studies and Queer Theory are beginning to publish some very interesting work on Leslie.  I tried to mention that in the interview and, apparently, that was cut, too.  Hey, I'm an intellectual at heart (and by a decade and a half of rigorous training), so this kind of thing is really exciting for me.  I can't help it that it doesn't register with the general public.  I'm my own kind of Leslie Cheung fan.  You can take me out of academia, but you can't take the academic out of me!
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   D.Y. Sao

  Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 7:55AM [Report]

  can't believe i'm so excited and it's my sister's wedding, not mine hehe
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  peachey

  Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 5:50AM [Report]

  The flu shot clinic did say they didn't advise 65+ to get the h1n1 bc they don't need it. My mom called and inquired whether we got our and I told her my story.
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   Etchy

  Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 2:11AM [Report]

  i think the clock tower one was two takes, the first one that looked like it would kill someone was another stunt man,  after that guy almost died, Jackie did it himself.
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   Etchy

  Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 1:15AM [Report]

  Well do you notice they never say 'he does all his own stunts!' anymore?   when do you think that transition happened?   
  
  I would say that although the depiction is obviously an exaggerated caricature,  given what has become public about Jackie's private life since 1995 (the existence of several children for example), I think its safe to say that this was not a 100% baseless parody:-P
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   Etchy

  Monday, Nov 16, 2009 9:49PM [Report]

  Flagday - oh my,  you've never seen the real version of High Risk? Just the rap-version?!?   you owe it to Jet to see the real version ASAP!  this movie is actually pretty good for what it is (a Speed + Die Hard go Asia over-the-top production by Wong Jing).
  
  
  As for the Jackie parody... it is EXTREMELY biting,  and I think Jackie was probably pretty Pissed Off,  but its also kind of hilarious to see how closely they parody Jackie's real dad and manager.
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  Jaine

  Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 4:19PM [Report]

  lol
  and probably only in cartoons
  
  ah, I don't know when I became cynical about "love" but there is no going back
  (hopefully that's not famous last words)
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  cassfung

  Friday, Nov 13, 2009 6:24AM [Report]

  Hmm. In just going through the "Martial arts" category, other people from AnD that I recognize who were there are:
  
  Nikolas Maricic-Wolf
  Sami Ben Mahmoud
  Xu Huihui
  David Török
  Bao Xian Fei
  Jing De He
  
  I haven't competed in a while now. Don't really have the drive to at the moment, given the lack of competitors in my division.
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  JRS

  Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 6:23AM [Report]

  Yeah...me, the vid queen!  haha!  It's been a lot of fun putting the videos together because I gain so much more experience after each one.  There was a lot of footage from each workshop so it was challenging to whiddle it down to something less than 10 minutes that made sense.  But the "Silly Sword Form" vid is my favorite!  It captures just how much fun it is to learn from Bob.  The rest of the group is fantastic, too!  Thanks for watching!  =)

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