Joanne Ooi

Chivas Studio - Meet the Artists CANCELLED

joanneooi — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:13:17 GMT

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Wing Shya, Ambassador of Chivas Studio and member of alivenotdead.com, invites you to the "Meet the Artists" session of the upcoming Chivas Studio.

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Chivas Studio Hong Kong

joanneooi — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:24:49 GMT

Chivas Studio - the Home of Exuberant Creativity will present an exuberant blend of the world's finest in design, fashion, art, music, gastronomy and mixology. Chivas Studio Hong Kong will be an exclusive invitation only three-day extravaganza held at

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my brain is fagged (already)/another chapter of catch-up

joanneooi — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:05:00 GMT

why is it that there is no such thing as a slow ramp-up back to daily life in hk, where you don't feel like you're hitting a brick wall as soon as you step out of the airport? i've only been back for less than a week and i need a vacatio

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catching up is impossible but here goes!

joanneooi — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:21:00 GMT

i literally haven't written since i decided to open an art gallery in JANUARY!
jesus!
...
well, i OPENED IT!
check it out at www.ooibotos.com
and photos of the gallery are at
http://www.jonathandsolomon.com/index.html?id

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EDISON CHEN (THE WHOLE THING MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT)

joanneooi — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:45:06 GMT

we -- IN HONG KONG and ONLY in hk -- expect our cantopop stars and starlets to be perfect, plastic, pre-pubescent, desexualized, eternally teenage, virginal human beings, rather like living hello kitty characters -- rather than full-blooded adults who

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DINOSAUR DREAM

joanneooi — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:26:39 GMT

my dream last night.

suddenly, my stomach started feeling jumpy -- but to the point where i could see some creature's head, literally moving beneath the skin on my abdomen. the thrumming sensation turned into something much more violent, jumping...

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YOU SHOULD GO TO THIS ON SATURDAY, GODDAMMIT

joanneooi — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:00:54 GMT

www.clockenflap.com
first, the name is deliriously absurd.
next, the artists from st/art will be painting the "flap", so to speak.
plus, there are some cool bands playing there all day. from 2 pm to 2 am! namely, the Young Knives.

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hk kids are so fucked up

joanneooi — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:58:59 GMT

cousin, i'm sorry to use an expletive in my blog entry. don't be mad.
it was the only expression i could use to describe what i'm seeing this morning at my flat.
my son's eight-year old friend is over here and he is completely flummoxed when h

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yet another catch up!

joanneooi — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:24:23 GMT

this is another crazy catch up session, just so y'all know i haven't died yet.
since the last time i blogged, i went trick or treating (with sam, my son), caught the linkin park concert (with sam), then flew to beijing, then new york, miami, london

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catch up

joanneooi — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:47:00 GMT

since i wrote my last entry, i shot the shanghai tang ad campaign in madrid (massively stressful since one suitcase went missing on arrival and we only got it back 36 hours later after working closely with cathay in hk. the iberian people were worse

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