July 28th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in ARTS, FEATURE | Comments Off on Celebration of Light – USA (2014)
Photo Credit: hondacelebrationoflight.com | If you ask tourists and locals what the best time of the year is in Vancouver, a large percentage of them (if not all) will say the Honda Celebration of Light. Annually, in late July/early August, hundreds of thousands gather around downtown’s English Bay pumping millions into the local economy for […]
July 25th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on I’m in the Mood for Love (2011)
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival this year runs August 14-24 and as a lead-up to that, I thought I would remember a film I enjoyed there a while back. I first met Jason Karman at the 2010 festival through film-makers Cal Garingan and Quentin Lee. In 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing his drama […]
July 23rd, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on MAMM – The Anti-versary
In August 2011, Aaron Au of Titlecard Pictures and Kevin Li of Little Ram Media teamed up to take on the Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon (MAMM). They won. Although they could have used 10 days, Au and Li only needed 4 to create their script (which was built around their assigned topic “anniversaries”), recruit actors, […]
July 21st, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on Review – Fly Me to Minami (2013)
Osaka-based, Chinese-Malaysian writer and director Kah-Wai Lim’s 2013 Fly Me to Minami (Koi suru minami or 恋するミナミ) is a well-executed, fun film with an organized story that leaves behind no loose ends. It looks at the intersecting lives of a fashion magazine editor from Hong Kong, a flight attendant from Seoul, and two men from […]
July 16th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FEATURE, SOCIAL SCIENCES | Comments Off on Role Models-Janelle Monáe
“Don’t dim your light–for anybody.” – Erykah Badu to Janelle Monáe | Janelle Monáe is an interview delight. Calm, cool, and congenial, she always seems to have the best response to any question. Her style is chic. She is electric on stage. She is an inventive multi-talented artist who thinks outside the box. Not only […]
July 15th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on MAMM – Papergirl
The Might Asian Movie Making Marathon (MAMM) is the Vancouver Asian Film Festival’s (VAFF) short film contest held every August. The contest has a BC and diversity angle: participating team members must be BC residents, at least two key creative team members must be visible minorities, and at least one lead actor or subject in […]
July 14th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in ARTS, FEATURE | Comments Off on Keita Sagaki – Doodle Dude
“The concept of my creation is the borderless relationship between ‘whole and part’”. – Keita Sagaki | One hallmark of Takanori Aiba’s work is having big detail in a tiny space. The day I came across Aiba, I happened upon two websites (1) all-that-is-interesting.com and (2) thisiscolossal.com. Here, I was introduced to the work of one […]
July 11th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in ARCHITECTURE, HOME & GARDEN, FEATURE | Comments Off on Javin Lau-Time Lapse-Toronto/Hong Kong
Javin Lau is a master of the time lapse. He captures the vibrancy of Toronto and Hong Kong with breathtaking shots. He has chosen his soundtracks perfectly and takes the beauty and splendor of these two metropolises to a whole new level. The titles “TORONTO IS HOME” and “HONG KONG IS HOME” are relevant to […]
July 9th, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in ARTS, FEATURE | Comments Off on Hikaru Seino – Ganon Florist
Good ol’ Lynn Valley, 2011, a balmy summer evening: where and when I first met Hikaru Seino. After returning to his hometown of Sapporo, Hikaru-san started up Ganon Florist specializing in beautiful, evocative floral designs that are anywhere from tastefully conservative to sublime. “Ganon” is derived from Japanese “ガンガン恩返し” which is roughly an expression about […]
July 2nd, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in ARCHITECTURE, HOME & GARDEN, FEATURE | Comments Off on Cityscapes-Singapore
Breathtaking photography of the majestic city state boasting one of the highest standards living in the world and highest per capita millionaires ratio. Poised to overtake Tokyo as Asia’s wealthy hub in 2023 with 4,878 people with $30 million or more in assets excluding principal residence. Excluding! Currently 10% of the entire population of […]