Blog #2

What happens when the city of Beijing gets hot? The smells that were masked by cool winter breeze, are amplified by the severe dry heat. Shorts and flip flops come out, only to be greeted by flying spit.

No, no this is not going to be another spit filled blog where projectile gobs of goo come flying at you and hit you right on your naked toe cleavage.

After leaving MTV after 4 years in NY and Beijing, I knew that whatever happened next would have to happen organically, naturally. No pushing, fighting, forcing... things were going to come my way... and whatever that was, I would love doing it. God knows I earned the right to do what I care about.

So here come passion projects where all of the sudden I am working my ass off, for a fraction of the pay I used to get, and lovin' it (sorry mc donalds for stealing your line). I am going to struggle along with my artists, and make something out of them, and me, hopefully, in the long run.

My favorite thing - working with people you LIKE.  At an office, you have to work with people because someone in HR decided that the person would be good for the company. And now, running my little teeny tiny consultancy, I get to work with people I like. WOW. What a revelation. No dumb people = no dumb politics!

Another thing is being able to nap when you want, no I am kidding - I napped all the time in the office, especially in New York MTV office, I would be snoozing underneath the cubicle of a mohawk-ed, punk rocker's desk, sleeping off a hangover as I lay next to his worn doc martens boots. No one would dare ask where I was or question me next to him!

I fell into managing an Asian American soon to be pop star called Chloe Wang in Beijing who, at 16 had never done dancing and singing at the same time, or a music video - never mind performing live at a concert of 40,000 in Chengdu China right after S.H.E (who she says "opened" for her), on stage with Jin and Tia - they rocked China that night...

Chloe's footage:
http://video.sina.com.cn/ent/y/2009-05-03/012640912.shtml

Jin the emcee:

http://video.sina.com.cn/ent/y/2009-05-03/025740914.shtml

Chloe's music video which was produced in Beijing:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODYzMTAxMDg=.html


So hats off to you guys, you artists who do not think twice about working hard, struggling and not having a J-O-B! You are an inspiration to me.




 

So its not exactly Sex and the City and its not exactly CitySeen - but here we go, Tinnie is starting her first blog!
Why? I got inspired by Jae Chong. We met up last night and he mentioned that he has one, and there, he can speak on the issues that he finds annoying and the people who listen are like minded. And face it, we have history together. Whether its Tinnie in Hong Kong, Tinnie in L.A., Tinnie in New York,its CNN, SCMP, MTV Chi or MTV China - however you know of me, its just me and you.

HK for a weekend
    Realised how IN LOVE I am with Hong Kong. Not only can people understand what I am saying, I can get to wherever I need to be in a quick amount of time and I can eat like a pig. I love food, and it always has more of an euphoric effect than shopping. I hate shopping, I go into H&M, and like one of those sped up clips, I am running around in double time, with an annoying soundtrack, just throwing things into my basket, and because I hate lining up, I don't try anything on, and I just pay and leave. NUTS. But for the most part, I only have remorse of a couple of bad choices... not unlike my relationship strategy, actually.

    And of course as soon as you get back into China, you see the amazing airport (which looks like a carbon copy of HK Airport) and you think, ok, its not going to be too bad coming here... I walk through, and stare in a amazement at the giant Olympics check in counter and then to my laughter, see the free to use computer sitting there with a "Under Repair" caution page on the front. I laugh and go to use the washroom, and apparently women in China have a problem with flushing/peeing on the seat. I wonder if they are foreigners or locals that do this. It can't be the work of a Hong Konger!! As we walk out, this guy sticks his tongue out, which has a gob of greenish gray spit on it, as he does some cool maneuvering and then swallows it whole! ICK! Only in China. Welcome Back to China. China is so not cool.