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Asian duo's satire wins fans on YouTube

WATCH out Chris Lilley - two Melbourne "Asian dudes" are turning heads globally with their politically incorrect satire.

Preston Market shopkeeper Simon Ly and his filmmaking friend Carl Zhang have become a YouTube sensation after creating the 2asiandudes comedy channel on May 12.

As they amass fans, the irreverent 25-year-olds are also attracting attention from the comedy world with their brand of "rad FOB humour" (radical, fresh-off-the-boat).

They send up racial stereotypes and cultural clashes, such as the "ignorant white guy" who thinks he can buy bootleg DVDs at Ly's dad's shop, in a similar vein to Lilley's Angry Boys.

Within a week and a half of uploading their first videos they were invited by YouTube to join its partnership program and profit from ads.

The videos are inspired by stories on Ly's Facebook page of his frustrating and zany dealings with multicultural customers.

The channel has already hit 11,000 views.

"The videos are basically word for word from my experiences," Ly said.

"It can be a very touchy subject but I think because we are both Asian we can get away with it."



He said they had been approached by artist manager Michael Lynch, of Smartartists, whose clients include Eddie Perfect, Tim Minchin and Tripod.

"We had a meeting and he said to keep what we are doing and keep it true and raw, and try and get something in the Melbourne Film Festival," he said.

Producer/director Zhang, a Chinese-born filmmaker who runs two film production businesses in Asia, said they were astounded by the response so far.

"It usually takes about three months to get offered a partnership on YouTube," he said. "We are not poking fun at Asian people or Indian people directly, more the cultural clashes that occur with people trying to understand one another in multicultural Australia."

The former Northcote High students film mainly at Centreway Electrical.

Zhang said 13-18-year-olds were the biggest fans.

Source Herald Sun

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Sarin Witchayakul a top rookie aerobatic pilot

Not AA, but just had to post.

FORMER air hostess Sarin Witchayakul always wanted to ditch the cabin for the cockpit.

Strapped into the tiny cockpit of a stunt plane, she feathers the controls and pulls the agile aircraft out of its face-first dive - thundering towards earth at 350km/h and obviously confident behind the controls.

The Pitts Special sweeps skywards to perform a perfect loop - one of many hair-raising manoeuvres the 31-year-old has mastered on her way to becoming one of Australia's top rookie aerobatic pilots.

"I felt like I couldn't control my life as an air hostess," she said. "If the plane was going to crash I wanted to be in control, not sitting in the back of the plane." Three years on and Ms Witchayakul has been recognised as the nation's best female graduate aerobatic pilot, taking out first place in her category at the recent national aerobatics championships at Parkes.

Her trainer Phil Unicomb likened pure aerobatic flying to dressage or figure skating because of the precision required to execute the loops, rolls, spins and stall-turns.

Ms Witchayakul said the fancy flying is a long way from her former life serving drinks to Bangkok Airways passengers on flights across Asia.

"Seeing the world upside down, seeing it differently from other people - I just love it."

Ms Witchayakul plans to return to her home country Thailand later this year to pursue a career in commercial aviation.

Source The Daily Telegraph

Study Hard Anthem (Asian Australian parody of Party Rock Anthem)

by GZEEProductions

"STUDYING HARD?!?!
Hopefully this video will inspire everyone during STUVAC/SWOTVAC to soldier on and keep on cramming! Had lots of fun and lost a lot of sleep making this video, my best one yet! Hope you guys enjoy it =]

Shoutout to Ray for filming and Pat for teaching us the shuffle routine =D He's a mad teacher!
Also, thanks to Will for doing the rap! (Ray and Pat dubbed over for him)

All credits are due to LMFAO for Party Rock Anthem! We just made a parody of this awesome song!

Here's the free mp3 to help you get through your exams!
http://www.mediafire.com/?88n82is2ehe169v
"

(Thanks A C)

Asian Australian Battle of the Bands 2011 - Perth

Just putting this up for a friend. Got a band or like to perform solo?

"$700 OF COLD HARD CASH TO BE WON!!!!

Applications for the Battle of the Bands 2011 (“BOB”) are now OPEN! We are looking for talented solo artists, duos and bands to perform at the Charles Hotel on Sunday 7th August 2011! BOB is designed to promote and encourage musicians and bands within the Chinese community but entry is open to all.

On the night we will be giving away a Judges’ Prize ($400) and a Peoples’ Prize ($300)!!!"

Click here to register your interest.

Listen to this dumb c*nt

A LOCAL news anchor who made international headlines with a racist description of a Chinese man has apologised "unreservedly" for his remarks.

On Paul Murray's Sky News show last night, news anchor John Mangos reported on a Chinese lottery winner who wore a mask to remain anonymous while collecting his prize.

After the story, he said: "I don't know why he bothered. I mean, I can tell you now — he's Chinese.

"He's got straight black hair and he's got squinty eyes and yellow skin."

Murray was left speechless for a brief moment before replying: "That would be a very rough description."

Mangos today apologised "unreservedly" for the comment.

"On the Paul Murray program last night I made some off-the-cuff remarks about a Chinese lottery winner," he told news.com.au.

"The remarks were meant to be light-hearted and under the pressure of live TV my words were poorly chosen. In hindsight I can see they could offend and I apologise unreservedly for what I said.

"I am an Australian of overseas background myself and I am sorry for causing offence to anyone."

Footage of the "racist banter" was earlier today picked up by influential US media gossip blog Gawker.

Watch the footage at Gawker

"I for one would love to hear what Penny Wong, the no-nonsense Asian-Australian Labor senator who was meowed at in parliament, has to say about it," Gawker said.

"Her nuclear death stare could certainly be put to good use on this drongo."

Source News.com.au

Australian Story - Dr Charlie Teo

This has already been broadcast and can be viewed on iView for the next month or so.

Introduced by Steve Waugh

This week's program is about Sydney neurosurgeon Charlie Teo.

Teo is an enigma in his own profession, loved by patients but unpopular with some in the medical establishment.

He is credited with prolonging the lives of many people with tumours that were considered inoperable.

Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh says Charlie Teo saved his wife's life...

This program revisits the Teo phenomenon and brings his story up to date.

Click here to go to Australian Story's site.
Mind of His Own  - Transcript

Gossip Nation by Mike Kang

"Gossip Nation, a feature length film about African immigration in Blacktown and its communal challenges launches its public premiere on June 11th at Bankstown HOYTS cinema

Made by Korean-Australian director Mike Kang and producer Daniel Okoduwa, Gossip Nation is a 110 minute comedy / drama featuring local talents from the Blacktown community in Sydney, Australia.

The film explores current problems and attitudes towards immigration from both the majority and minority communities existing in Blacktown delivered with humor, emotion and fairness.

The story originated when producer Daniel Okoduwa, a local business owner and immigrant from Nigeria met with Mike Kang, a young Sydney filmmaker to reveal the problems and challenges within the African community.



“I believe Gossip Nation really represents what is possible in Australia today – that people of all cultures can come together and share their unique stories and points of view of our growing nation. And in the process we can work together to create something that can be shared, enjoyed and thought about. For me, this is what multiculturalism must be about.” Mike Kang added.

The film features a unique stylistic blend of both Nollywood (Nigeria) and conventional filmmaking, even featuring two Nollywood mega stars Mona Lisa Chinde and Ejike Asiegbu in guest appearance.

“We were so grateful to have Mona Lisa and Ejike fly into Sydney to act in the movie to show their support and friendship to Australia. Gossip Nation is really the first of its kind to blend both worlds of Australia and Nigeria”. Producer Daniel Okoduwa spoke.

Gossip Nation will premiere at Bankstown HOYTS, Cinema 6 on Saturday June 11th, 8:30pm. After party to be held. To book as an invited guest to the event, please contact either Scrim Entertainment on 9676 3407 or director Mike Kang on 0405 108 419"

for more information email: mailmikekang@gmail.com

You tell 'im, Penny

Penny reacts when a member of the opposition 'meows' at her.

Boombox Australia Tour

KevJumba, Jayesslee, D-Pryde, Andrew G, Nigahiga, Maribelle Anes and ???

Still undecided over the hottest Jayesslee twin, Sonia or Janice... One of life's hardest questions to answer.

Dumplings - Short Film

Dumplings from Chris Chan on Vimeo.

Starring Christopher Chan, Clara Pagone and Daniel Wu.
Written by Peter Lam with Christopher Chan.
Directed and Edited by Wye Keen Wong.

From MPK Studios and A.B.C. (Amateurs Being Cool)

Kiwi teen golfer Lydia Ko is hot property

Teenage golfer Lydia Ko could be about to join Tiger Woods, Michelle Wie and New Zealand's own Danny Lee.

Management giant IMG, who also represent Roger Federer and Justin Timberlake, has confirmed to Sunday News they are tracking the supremely talented Aucklander – the world No 1 women's amateur.

David Rollo, vice-president of IMG's golf division, says while formal talks cannot begin until Ko relinquishes her amateur status, the 14-year-old is "definitely on the radar".

"I've had emails on her from our guys who look after our female athletes and LPGA players in the United States," Rollo said.

"She's very young right now but obviously someone who has got a very, very bright future in front of her.

"I've not met Lydia, or her family, yet. But her results speak for themselves.

"The rules are clear in terms of amateur golfers and professional representation, we need to be respectful of that just as we are with any recruitment.

"But the process would be similar to other instances – you build a relationship with an athlete and when the time comes to turn professional, hopefully you're well placed to secure their services."

Earlier this year, aged 13, Ko became the first female to hold both the New Zealand and Australian amateur champion titles.

Professional 2011 events have further reinforced her talent, finishing fourth in February's New Zealand Open and runner-up, by a single stroke, in the previous month's New South Wales Open – where victory would have seen her become the youngest winner of a women's professional tournament.

She is the youngest player to make the cut in a Ladies European Tour event – a feat achieved when she was 12.

This week Ko flies to the UK to compete in the British Amateur Championship before a crucial American trip in July, where she will attempt to qualify for the US Amateur Championship.

Ko's amateur status has stopped her from banking more than $50,000 in earnings this year but New Zealand Golf are looking after her. Chief executive Dean Murphy says she is vital to the development of the sport and is one of 47 amateur's benefitting from NZG trusts.

"Lydia has really shown Kiwis can get out there and be the best in the world," Murphy said.

"The top trust accounts we have wouldn't be over $20,000 but they're there to help with travel and accommodation expenses for overseas tournaments. Tournaments they otherwise might not be able to attend."

Source Stuff

Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable - Trailer (ABC1)

Lawrence Leung's trailer for his new show on ABC1.

(Thanks Emily)

Early footage of Chris Pang's dad teaching Wing Chun

Just found some newly uploaded vids of Chris Pang's dad, Barry, teaching Wing Chun at Monash Uni.  This was filmed in 1982 and the first thing I thought of was Barry's M-U-L-L-E-T.  Lol, very impressive.  Barry has been teaching Kung Fu for over thirty years now.

To see Chris reenacting a scene from a Jackie Chan movie click here.

Jayesslee Touring with David Choi

Jayesslee will be joining David Choi on the Australian-leg of his tour. They are doing shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney during July. More info at Monsoon Productions.

Law degree to transform lives

Educating influence ... the inspirational Ngoc Tram Nguyen.

A university is offering a scholarship to help students from poor backgrounds, writes Yuko Narushima.

A Cabramatta street kid who believed in the transformative power of education is the inspiration for a new law scholarship at the University of NSW.

Australians who have never met Ngoc Tram Nguyen may already be familiar with her words. Her forthright assessment of how young Vietnamese people in the suburb were judged opened a highly acclaimed 2003 film.

''They think we are low-lifes capable of nothing. They think we are finished people,'' Nguyen said.

The Finished People, directed by Koah Do, attributed the quote to a 19-year-old street kid. But Nguyen became much more. At the time of her sudden death at the age of 24, she was a mother, a UNSW research assistant and a friend to the academics now starting a scholarship in her name. The scholarship will pay for a socially disadvantaged person from south-western Sydney to study law.

A professor at the university's Kirby Institute, Lisa Maher, first met Nguyen in 1995 as part of her field research in south-western Sydney.

''She was exceptionally bright, very street savvy but, at the same time, vulnerable,'' Maher says. ''She was 'street frequenting', I guess is the best way to describe it, when people move in and out of home and spend a lot of time on the streets.''

The heroin epidemic of the late 1990s touched young people across the suburb. Teenagers were often caught between the old world of their parents' Vietnam and the new social attitudes of Australia, Maher says. They were socially dislocated while refugee parents worked long hours to establish their families in Australia.

It was Nguyen who steered the academic's health study on heroin use in a new direction, explaining why young people were hesitant to open up about their experiences.

''There were much more pressing priorities than catching blood-borne infections like hepatitis C or HIV,'' Maher says. ''People were just trying to stay alive, trying to keep the police off their backs and trying to avoid being arrested.''

She recruited Nguyen and began studying the relationship between young people with Asian backgrounds and police in Cabramatta.

Wendy Swift, from UNSW's national drug and alcohol research centre, and UNSW law dean David Dixon co-authored the paper.

The purpose of the Ngoc Tram Nguyen Scholarship is to tap in to the potential of people such as Nguyen, and will be awarded for the first time next year.

''She didn't have a lot of formal schooling but she was one of those people who have intellectual ability just blooming out of her,'' Dixon says.

''You could tell that if she was just given the opportunity to develop that, she could do anything that she wanted to do.''

Nguyen was set on becoming a lawyer. She was enrolled in a foundation course at the university and was blunt about her ambition.

''I'd like to get a degree so that what I have to say will be heard and listened to by important people who can't say that I haven't been there and done that or that I'm not educated,'' she said.

''My main aim is to help my friends and my community, maybe not straightaway but some day. At least now I can see that day.''

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Kiwi Asian Wins Masterchef NZ

MasterChef winner Nadia Lim says she cannot wait to get stuck into her new life as a celebrity chef after keeping quiet about her win for six months.

Eight hundred and fifty thousand people tuned in to see Lim topple rival Jax Hamilton on TV ONE last night.

Now she is a household name and planning for a busy future.

"I'm going part time at my dietician job at the Diabetes Foundation," the 25-year old told ONE News.

"I'm doing some work with the Heart Foundation, the Nutrition Foundation and I really want to get stuck into doing the cookbook so I'm looking forward to lots of time in the kitchen."

Lim has been busy already with a string of photshoots and interviews. Last year's MasterChef winner, Brett MacGregor said she should get used to it.

"I think she should be prepared not to spend too much time at home," he said.

Poker face

Lim says she developed a "really good poker face" when the show ended so as not to reveal she was the winner.

"I just went back to normal life," Nadia told TV ONE's Breakfast.

She said despite being pushed by people, she would never have revealed she was the one.

"I would get quite a lot of questions in the beginning but once people realised they couldn't get anything out of me, they stopped asking."

That pressure was nothing compared to the palpable tension in the final, when Nadia said that despite having a six point lead over 45-year-old mum Jax Hamilton going into the " macaroon challenge" she still didn't think she had definitely won.

"I thought I could easily lose this... Jax is a really good cook and it was a dessert tower. I'm not good at towers as we saw in one of the other other episodes."

For a few seconds at the finish Nadia still wasn't 100% sure because they both had "really good towers" - but Jax's hopes were dashed in the "dessert disaster" as her tower began to disintegrate.

"It was disappointing to see that... I can't put myself in Jax's shoes," said Nadia.

It was the first occasion in which Jax became tearful, something Nadia was renowned for throughout the competition.

But Nadia told Corin Dann on Breakfast that wasn't the real her.

"The tears were really annoying," the 25-year-old said. "I just couldn't help it. My friends have said they have seen me cry more times on the show than they have since they've known me. And it's like watching a different person."

She said the tears may have come from the intense pressure over the weeks. When the cameras stopped rolling each day, the contestants couldn't just go home and take a break.

"It was three months away from friends and family and not being able to see them," Nadia said. "The big thing was we weren't allowed out of the house, not a foot outside the door. We couldn't even go for a short walk."

Jax agreed. She told Good Morning today that she wasn't "normally a crier".

"It all came to a head at the end. How could there not be tears? It's partly about it being the end of the show as well. The tears just came," she said.

Jax said she had a hard time keeping the secret of her final loss from her friends and felt quite emotional about it.

"My friends were really gutted, they thought I had it in the bag and it was hard to look them in the face and know that I hadn't," she admitted.

Low expectations

The Aucklander admits she didn't even expect to get through the first round of interviews and took the contest "challenge by challenge".

She said she was really happy to get into the top 12 and once she got to the top six she started thinking, "I really could do this and I'm going to go for it".

Lim said she liked all the invention tests but wasn't a fan of the pressure tests where they had to follow a recipe and had a strict timeframe.

"At home I'm more of a cook where you put in a little bit of this, taste a little bit of that...

"I like freestyle cooking. I follow recipes sometimes but I prefer to have lots of ingredients on the table and look at the colours and the types of food there and make something from that."

Nadia, a nutritionist, believes that cooking by colour makes a difference nutritionally. "If there's more colours there's going to be more vitamins and minerals in it too."

The new MasterChef is still revelling in the judges' praise of her pork belly, with Simon Gault saying it was the best thing he had ever eaten in MasterChef history.

"I couldn't believe it," she said.

And Nadia is full of praise for the judges, Gault, Josh Emett and Ray McVinnie, whom she describes as good guys.

"Simon said at one point 'I feel like I am everyone's dad. The three of them are so genuine. They really cared and were very supportive and encouraging."

She says her plans now are firmly focused on the food industry.

"I've kind of known that since I was young that my career could only involve food, my biggest passion."

Nadia will be writing a series of recipes for the Heart Foundation on their website.

"I realise how much of an impact what and how we eat has on our health, including our heart health," Nadia said. "Problems such as diabetes and cardio vascular disease are growing when so much of it could be prevented, which is sad."

She said her work with the Heart Foundation allows her to break stereotypes and show how 'fine food' can also have a healthy twist.

Nadia's first recipe for the Heart Foundation, Miso Glazed Salmon with Rainbow Noodles, is on their site while all the MasterChef show's recipes are here.

Nadia won a cookbook deal, cash and a new car - a black Skoda that she got the keys to on Breakfast this morning.

If you missed the epic two hour Grand Final, watch it here.

Source: TVNZ

Sixty Minutes - Top of the Class

http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8248785

"May 15, 2011: It's no secret. At our most prestigious schools and universities, the names at the top of the honour rolls are now all Asian. And the reason is just as obvious; they study far more than their western classmates. But what has now been revealed, in a best-selling book by a Chinese mum, is how that achievement is often driven by the extreme expectations of demanding mothers."

View segment and transcript here: Sixty Minutes

Siow in UK Men's Health Magazine

Here are some shots that Siow did for UK Men's Health magazine.  The mag will be out in June, only in the UK though.

View the rest of the pics at Siow's fanpage.

Frontiers of pop: Being a rock star in Sydney ain't easy

LOL @ the crowd at 6:50

HE won the inaugural Sydneyvision Song Contest with his layered, well-structured, clean sound and now Dyan Tai is using social media to reach new audiences.

Tai moved to Sydney in 2007 after being crowned King of Cool in a Malaysian talent contest and has since opened a show for Jessica Mauboy and performed live on Sydney commercial radio.

He released his first EP with a three-piece band in April.

“For other people to be aware of my music, especially my homies in Malaysia, I am releasing the EP on YouTube,” Tai said.

Tai trained in classical piano and violin from an early age and later gained a science honours degree in cell biology.

“I got so sick of classical music. Then I started singing. My music is Prince-esque, MJ (Michael Jackson), gospel R and B, occasional belting.

“Its harder being an Asian Australian in the industry, but people remember me for who I am. It makes me work harder. There’s only one guy with 7-inch hair and a sparkly keytar.”

The keytar, which features to great effect in his award-winning song Why Sydney, is a dangerous thing.

The mirrors cut Tai’s fingers when he plays.

But of course, rejection hurts more.

“People used to say no one will book you and that really hurts. It just made me work harder.”

Source

Dyan Tai on Facebook.
Dyan Tai's Webby