Archive for October 2011

VJ Mie

VJ Mie is a popular and powerful woman VJ (Visual of Video Jockey) who plays in clubs in and around Tokyo. She has shown her visuals at many events at famous clubs always to enthusiastic crowds. Her style uses beautiful images and bright, vibrant colors clearly with a womans touch. This sensibility comes from her interest in oil painting and her background of a graphic design professional, a field she still works in today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mimi Miyagi builds a school in the Phillipines

Mimi Miyagi (Melody Damayo) was born in Davao City in the Phillipines in 1973. She is known for her work in the adult film industry from which she retired in 1996. Recently, she accepted the Hall of Fame “Legends of Erotic” award many years after her retirement.

Mimi was the second of four siblings growing up in a very poor family. “I grew up in a bunk bed in our kitchen, since our house was so small,” admits Mimi in an online interview, “Growing up poor did have its advantages. It gave me ambition!”

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Interview with Amy Hill

Amy Hill  is perhaps best known for her roles as Mrs. DePaulo in That’s So Raven, Mrs. Kwan in The Cat in the Hat, the Kylie Minogue-inspired singer, Penny Candy from The Puzzle Place, and the voice of Jasmine Lee (a.k.a. “Ah-Mah”) on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.

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Interview with Xanny Disjad

 

Xanny grew up in the South of Thailand. Her parents worked very hard to provide for Xanny and her sister. They were not well off but they  were a very close-knit and happy family.

Everything was going really good for Xanny until her accident. She was driving her motorcycle and a dog was running across her on the right but she tried to not hit a dog, so she crashed. Three weeks later she woke from a coma after having two brain operations. She narrowly escaped death.
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Interview with Tifa

Ever wish your husband or boyfriend would get off the couch and make YOU dinner once in awhile? Perhaps he is a klutz around the kitchen putting salt in the sugar bowls. Well, there may be hope yet. says Tifa!! Her name is Tifa and she is an internet sensation. She has men rushing home and whipping up delicious meals for their significant others in no time. How did she do it? Well, read on and find out. Read more

Interview with Shirley To

Shirley To had been working in the production side of the music business in Hong Kong when she had her eureka moment. While standing behind the scenes watching other musicians perform she realized she wanted and needed to make her own music.

Shirley attended the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and was trained as a classical pianist until she was 18 by one of Hong Kong’s top music instructors. She began exploring other instruments and picked up her first bass at age 15 and made her mark on the music scene playing bass with the Hong Kong Rock Band “Vagabond”.

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Interview with Eiko Nijo

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Eiko was born in Kyoto and raised in Sapporo, Japan. Raised in a traditional Japanese family, she dreamed of one day living in America. Eiko showed signs of being a gifted artist at a young age. She attended Sapporo Otani College and majored in fine art where she learned the craft of oil painting. Her love of music led her to create an all girl band where she sang in various live houses in Japan.

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Interview with Akiko Moriyako

 

 

Akiko Moriyako is a musician of rare elegance, whose sound poems – whilst wholly contemporary – convey a depth and tranquility that could only be inspired by ancient Japanese tradition.

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Interview with La Carmina

 

 

 

It is hard to fit La Carmina (http://www.lacarmina.com) in a box. To restrict what she does to roles she has played, limits her and she is, in my opinion, limitless. Beneath her striking exterior lies an intelligent, strong and well-spoken woman with the drive and passion to accomplish anything she should put her mind to. La Carmina is a successful Japan & alternative fashion/subcultures blogger, TV host (Travel Channel, Food Network, CNN among others), author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), fashion designer and journalist for AOL Travel/Huffington Post.

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Interview with En Tze

Malaysian-born artist En Tze started drawing at the tender age of 3 and has loved art ever since. Now 17 years old, this talented and creative individual draws pencil portraits and original artwork in traditional mixed media, usually in the theme of macabre/dark/Gothic art and traditional Asian art.

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