Archive for October, 2009

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Ninja October 3rd, 2009

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)!!

giant moon cake

Giant mooncake photo credit: People’s Daily

My family will be celebrating by making tay (sorry I don’t know the English translation or proper pingying for that word), so let me just show you. Below are some photos of Grandma’s tay:

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Grandma has secret recipes for all her tay. One day, I’m hoping she’ll share with me. ^______^

Of course, we’ll also be digging into mooncake. My aunt got a variety of different flavored mooncakes (sans yolk) from a Starbucks in Shanghai.

Starbucks mooncake

Cheers,
Ninja

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Rilla’s penguin overboard

Ninja October 2nd, 2009

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I <3 Rilla Alexander from Rinzen! And my heart flutters even more at the sight of her darling penguin illustration for Fataim. OK, fine, it’s not all about the penguin — Noah’s whole ark is there — but naturally, I’m drawn to the penguin.

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Ark Pattern and Tag
Description: A procession of animals make their way across this textile print, climbing aboard the ark on the hang tag. The penguin protests when he remembers he can swim. Troublemaker.
Client: Fataim
Software: Adobe Fireworks
Year: 2002

Check out more of Rilla’s work here.

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The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast

Begin it now

Ninja October 2nd, 2009

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Whatever you can do or dream, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
– Goethe

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Tiësto teams up with Priscilla Ahn

Ninja October 1st, 2009

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I love it when two of my favorite artists got together and make a musical baby. Here’s a preview of  Tiësto’s track, I Am Strong featuring Priscilla Ahn, from his forthcoming album Kaleidoscope!

Here’s the live version:

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