Chinese Mask Changing Magic

Passing by Ang Mo Kio Hub, from the promotion poster just realized that Alex Tan (http://www.AlexTheMagician.com )was doing Chinese Mask Changing Magic 变脸 in Ang Mo Kio Hub shopping Mall at 10th, 11th, 17th, 23th January at 5.00pm. Alex Tan is a very experience artist and magician in our trait for many years.变脸 (Chinese Mask Changing Magic), which is an unique opera art in China, traditionally that is a secret that not allow to teach any foreigner or any female as their rules, if you red the new about the famous Hong Kong actor/singer Andy Lau’s incident which had been reject to be a student of a Chinese Mask Changing Magic Master few years ago, that you will know how strict the rules they are.

Anyway, maybe due to the changing of the rule of China and related organization, Alex Tan was one of the Singaporean Artist who learnt this China’s unique skill; another Singaporean who learnt this skill as well is magician Terrence Sylvester (Chinese), other then that, that will be Choi brothers which is the longers Chinese Mask Changing Magic performers in Singapore.

There are another female Chinese Mask Changing Magic artist in Singapore which from China within my knowledge.

Chinese Paper Cutting

Did an event for Chinese Paper cutting demonstration in a shopping mall. Chinese Paper cutting is one of the common booking items during Chinese New period. Usually we need some time to prepare the material and prepare some pre-made samples due to most of the cutting design need quiet some times produce.
That was great that after the show, we treated by the guests.Talking about Chinese New Year event item, I remember one of my friend William Lee ‘s new item which is call “Pebble Calligraphy”, which written the calligraphy on the stone!

Orchard Road

Passing by Orchard Road, the renovation at Orchard still going on, many new building was done more than 70% as I see. Hopefully the ION Orchard will be completing soon; for the time being they completed the entrance portion of the MRT few months ago if I am not wrong.Ah! The China Rainbow Calligrapher still around just next to the entrance of Orchard Mrt.Hmmm….I would say his is skillful!Not sure whether National Art Council had released the new rules that “busking artist was not allow to busk at Orchard until all the construction had been completed build”; many busking artist was doing their art down here, whether having license or not.Basically, Singapore is a country that really appreciates art, a great country for artistes.

Caricature at Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Engaged by Event Company doing caricature for dinner and dance at Mandarin Oriental Hotel.The hotel was very nice and found many nice display and art pieces there.

Fortune Telling for Event at Kallang Leisure Park Shopping Centre

Did fortune telling at Huang Jia Restaurant which in Kallang Leisure Park Shopping Centre for a company’s dinner and dance. The was great to meet one of the best caricaturist in Singapore Reggie Wan from http://sg-caricatue.blogspot.com .Reggie Wan is formally known as an architectural illustration artist and run his portraiture studio at Far East Plaza.I was in my ‘Power suit’ at my ‘Power sit’! Heehee!Reggie at work.Vinodini was doing nail art for the guests.
(http://vinodhini-nailart-designs.blogspot.com)Huang Jia RestaurantThis is my very first time to Kallang Leisure Park Shopping Centre which next to Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Chinatown Scene

Passing by Chinatown today and found one of my friend doing caricature and portrait drawing there, his pastel always the best, I always like his drawing strokes because it was very nice and skillful! I always wanted to draw beautiful girl buy today his is the king! So he is in-charge drawing beautiful girls today. Haahaa! He was having good business, see the queue was told everything.Was planed open a shop with him after Chinese New Year, that was just nice and the location had been more or less confirmed.According my friend who doing business at Chinatown, the crowd was slow thought because the economy was not so goodFound Ivan and Lee Lee ‘ Airbrush tattoo and wire craft in Chinatown! (see: http://www.sg-airbrushtattoo.blogspot.com)Found Angela Yip and her husband Dorby Yip the best Rainbow Calligraphy artistes of Singapore in Chinatown! Their rainbow calligraphy was the best so far I came across, many artist from China was trying their best to copy their style!

Simple Food

Thought I ate too much high cholesterol food recently, so today just cook some simple food.
And some herbal tea.

Stir Fried Pork Belly and Hong Kong Kai Lan in Oyster Sauce

Just bought this Pork belly from NTUC market, I decided to stir fry it.
1. I put it in a bowl, pour the boil water on it for 2 second and quickly pour away the boil water, one is to wash it, two is to make the pork meat just soft after cook.
Do not put in the boil or hot water too long otherwise the meat will became very hard.

2. I put some Kikkoman Soya sauce, some Teriyaki sauce, some ShaoXing ‘Hua Diao’ wine (type of Chinese wine that good for cooking; you can use other wine as you like), few drops of sesame oil; then left it about 25-30 minutes.

3. Put some oil in the wok and put the big cut portions pork belly in and fry it, you must control the heat of the wok, because in a wrong heat and timing, will caused the meat became very hard hence spoilt the taste. I was hard to tell how long you should cook it but I cook it in my electronic flat wok with 220 degree about few minutes and make it cook about 95% done.

Just serve in a small piece will by tasty! :p

If you not go with some red wine, try this! Heehee!
How aboutsome ‘Hong Kong Kai Lan’?

Lunch at Choi Snack House

Had my lunch at one of my favorite places which is at Blk 532 Ang Mo Kio St52. I had the sweet and sour pork rice today which is one of my favorite dishes. Other dishes I usually order including pork rib rice, sliced fish with onion and gingers etc. Their curry fish head also very good but you have to eat with friends because the size was big in clay pot.I like the food here because the price is reasonable, especially the food was not salty as many coffee shop, the time taken to delivery the food to you is faster then the coffee shop as well.

Chinese New Year is Near

Passing by Raffles City Shopping Centre and found that the decoration had been changed to Chinese New Year Theme.There are some stalls selling Chinese New Year stuffs by artist from China, one of the stall having a portrait artist, looks his business quiet good, thought because his drawing skill is good as well that’s why many people go to him.I have not passing by Vivo City yet, I guest down there should be having some Chinese New Years stalls running be China artist as well, last year was few portrait artists and caricaturists as well, thought this year could be the same.

I passing by Ang Mo Kio Central almost everyday, did not realized there are a road sign likr this! Haahaa!Ah! Saw Mr Lee Kim Kuan doing his large size calligraphy down here as per usual during Chinese New Year nearby period.

Chinese New Year Events Preparation

Chinese New Year is coming in a extra early this year, the eve of Chinese New Year fall on 25th Jan and 26th Jan Monday is the first day of Chinese New Year, there left 23 days from the time I post this blogging.

Just like Chinese theme artists, I need to prepare lots of pre made stuffs, because the Chinese Paper Cutting involved some designs other than the traditional basic patterns. Usually the most popular cutting will be the zodiac based on the New Year; like the coming New Year was year of Ox (己丑年); other than that, the rest of the cutting was mostly about wealth and lucks.My face reading and palm reading display stuffs.My Power Suit! I will become “Power Ranger” while I wear it!! Hia hia hia!Time flies as arrow, so I have to work harder in 2009, haahaa!