Archive for the 'Yuan' Category

Painting Philosophy of Peruvian Artist

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Life

I paint with an emphasis on expressing LIFE (the spirit and the soul) which is the expression of my love for the natural world and its creatures. From the heart of my Incan cultural comes my love and respect for nature. I honor my love of nature and man by painting with a balance of […]

80/20 Guide to Chinese Pronunciation - Part 2

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

To continue with Chinese pronunciation…

1. Consonants

There are 24 consonants in pinyin which are pronounced a lot like in English.

b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, ng, h, j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s, y, w

Chinese pronunciation of Consonants

b as in boy

p as in pine

m as […]

Old Russian Symbolics on a White and Blue Porcelain

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Russian porcelain is widely known and is often used as a traditional gift.The art of decorative painting on porcelain is handed down by craftsmen from generation to generation. Few of us, however, have asked ourselves what exactly is depicted on a Gzhel teapot or a Lomonosov porcelain cup.The blue color, glazed cobalt, has a long […]

Plot Points — Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Plot points are linear links that make up the chain of traditional Aristotelian 3-act dramatic structure. This classic structure worked well in Hollywood for almost a century now. Although young movie makers are forcing the limits of this structure, plot points still rule the day as the ?tent poles? that hold up of the circus […]

Chinese Music - an Enthralling Experience

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Chinese music is a treasure that most of the world has yet to discover. In part, it's because of the remoteness of the language and perhaps, in part, because of people's inability to discover the music since most of it is in a language that one finds hard to understand. Sometimes, references to Chinese music […]

Peace and Painting Da Vinci's Monalisa

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

She makes me want to be a painter. She makes me acutely aware of my inability to paint. Every time I see her I wish I had a brush, a canvas, palette and colours with which I could record her for posterity.

Something about her is ethereal and something about her is tragic. She looks so […]

An Evening With a Goddess

Monday, December 28th, 2009

'Goddess Ying', that's what she calls herself. Ying is her name and Huang, her family name. I saw her, met her, held her one Spring Festival night at a swanky night club.

I was at my computer, late one evening when Mama (she gave me my Chinese name and in gratitude I call her Mama) called […]

Learn Chinese Pronunciation: the 80/20 Guide, Part 2

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

“I want to learn Chinese but just give me the basics!”

That?s what this Chinese pronunciation guide is all about. It?s all that you need to know about the pinyin system of Chinese pronunciation to get by.

The 80% that?s important. (Spend 20% of time to learn the 80% that's important.)

Continued from Part 1, learn Chinese pronunciation, […]

Thinking of Using Hong Kong as an Offshore Jurisdiction

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

This is a jurisdiction that may have a few small features regarding taxation but when it comes to privacy it is most deficient.

One disadvantage of Hong Kong companies is that annual financial statements must be prepared, audited and presented to the Government to prove that the company did no business in Hong Kong and therefore […]

Fun Facts About Taiwan

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

DID YOU KNOW THAT?Taiwan won the 1996 Little League World Series in the U.S city of Williamsport. Baseball is the national sport in Taiwan.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?Like France, Italy and the United States, Taiwan is very famous for its films in the world. The prizes attained include the Golden Lion awarded by the […]