My Wife, Chun Mei

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Zhou Chun Mei

Chun Mei and I have spent the last three days scanning her photographs from the last 20 years of her life. Our goal is to make a web site for her to use when we get back to the US. Needless to say, there were many stories to be told, and I still cannot believe all the places she has been, shows she has done, people she has met, and places she has lived. Oh, and the competitions she’s won…

PHOTO (clockwise from top left)

1. Chun Mei (balanced on top) performing with André Heller in Europe
2. Chun Mei on the front page of Montreal’s Le Devoir
3. Gold medal trapeze performance at Cirque du Demain in Paris
4. Chun Mei and Steven Spielberg, backstage, while performing with Cirque du Soleil in Los Angeles

Update: Chun Mei (Chunmei) Trapeze Web site here

CBC Radio Interview – Water Buffalo Movie

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UPDATE: Here is the interview, MP3 format.

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I have an interview on CBC Radio’s “Freestyle” program next Tuesday, February 6 (air time TBA) — and the subject is water buffalo movie we made last month. Check out their web site for the actual broadcast.

Thanks again to everyone who watched the movie, if you’re interested on learning more about the story, tune in to the interview (or visit their site for more information.)

The Response to the Water Buffalo Movie

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Wow, what a response. We’re touched by all the emails, feedback, comments, and different web sites that have already picked this story up in such a short amount of time.

News:

- I have added a ‘low-bandwidth’ version of the movie here for all the viewers with slower connections.

- in just about 48 hours, we’ve had people contact us wanting to fly to China to give a gift of some sort themselves, we’ve had book offers, thousands of people have already viewed the movie, people want to donate more water buffalos, I’ve received a lot of nice words about my cover of The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” in the soundtrack (… alright!), and most importantly, people are thinking about this issue, talking about it, debating it, it’s great!

Thank you all for your kind words and thoughtful emails, and if you enjoyed the short, please pass it along to a friend.

"4 Generations" Water Buffalo Movie Here

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“4 Generations” is a film short documenting my journey in southwestern China (near Tibet) to first find, then deliver a water buffalo to a poor family. The water buffalo led us to a family with an phenomenal story. Inspired by author, educator, and founder of photo.net, Philip Greenspun’s post, and donated by Philip and his friend Craig.

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Triple Twist – Best Makeup and Hair in San Francisco

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If you are looking for the best makeup artist and hair stylist in San Francisco, check out Mei, a former star artist with Cirque du Soleil, and now she is focusing on bridal hair and makeup in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Taiwan Earthquake Internet Calamity

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As an American living in China, I’ve been greatly affected by this internet shortage due to the earthquake in Taiwan last week. I’ve conducted some China-to-US speed tests:

Average download speed: between 100-500 bytes/second
Average upload speed: between 20-100 bytes/second

That means that uploading a 35k index file to the US can take up to 29 minutes. I believe this is slower than a 300 baud modem, correct me if I’m wrong.

But anyway, Chinese sites are really fast and I try to get news and stuff from the local English web sites.

I ran across a page where they discuss flaws of Chinese movie stars (and I thought Perez Hilton was hardcore!)

Water Buffalo Update 2

In two days we will embark on a southbound journey to buy and deliver a water buffalo to a family that needs it. I’ll be taking pictures and video.