April 30th, 2010 by asia

I’ve been following Linda’s designs for a while now… from her days designing the women’s line for LRG to the development of the Lovemade line alongside partner Tammy Le. Peep this new bag that Linda designed for Matahari! And cop immediately!

For immediate release:

Hong Kong based hand bag brand MATAHARI has collaborated with Linda Nguyen (also known and Linda Lovemade) to present a handbag, named the “Linda” as part of their STYLIST SERIES for their FALL 2010 collection.
Known for its amazing collection of individualistic pieces, Mata-Hari creates luxury bags with a fun and modern twist, which undoubtedly exemplifies Linda’s personal style and creative design—both stunning and innovative.

“I would describe the Lovemade design aesthetic as being focused on unique silhouettes, mixed with versatile and technical features. For this collaboration with Matahari, I wanted to create an original hand bag design that was unique in shape, function and detaiI while maintaining a luxury feel” says Linda.

The “Linda” handbag design is in the form of a geometric heart, which was inspired by the Lovemade heart logo and available in 2 different color options:

1)“COLOR ME BAD” (multi-color) features a black suede base with magenta, and pastel shades of blue, yellow and purple leather appliquéd on the surface of the bag in a mosaic inspired pattern.

2) “PEEK-A-BOO” (black perforated leather) is a more subtle and classic option, made of a custom perforated leather with underlying gold foil that shines while peek-a-booing through the holes.

Other features include:
· Shiny gold hardware
· Detachable shoulder strap to transform bag into clutch.
· Zipper detail at the bottom of bag with optional chain hanging detail.
· Zip pocket on interior and exterior on both sides of the bag

Available July 2010

Retail price: $90

Will be available on: www.love-made.com online shop and www.80spurple.com.

PRE-ORDERING is highly recommended as this color way is limited edition!

Not only will you be the first to know when the handbag releases, you can be the first to own the “Linda” weeks before it hits retailers and on top of that we’ll even give you an additional 15% off the purchase!!

Pre-order deadline: 5/17
Delivery: 7/17-8/17
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*For Pre-Order/Sales/Wholesale inquiries, please email us at Heart@Love-Made.com

April 24th, 2010 by asia

Thank you Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for presenting this special 70th!! Bday Tribute to Bruce Lee! Special Screenings, celebrity guests, and family members will commermorate Bruce’s life and legacy. 4/30-5/2 (See schedule below)
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Bruce Lee mania came about in the early 70′s when there was a strong anti-Chinese sentiment in the US due in part to the Vietnam War, and the Chinese aid support and fighting alongside Vietnamese.

He took the Hong Kong Style of martial arts movies that were popular to a new level, and was responsible for the major surge of interest in marital arts in the West in the 1970s.

A true student of philosophy, Bruce’s allegiance to the original form of Wing Chun, changed as he adopted a mixed medium approach by adding strengths from a variety of martial arts to form his un-orthodox method he called, Jeet Kune Do, or “The Way of the Intercepting Fist”.

A true visionary and be yonder, he refused to be constrained by rigid Chinese beliefs, such as the rule of not teaching non-Chinese martial arts. Bruce himself, taught by the legendary Wing Chun master Yip-Man, was eventually alienated from further teaching due to his part non-Chinese ancestry (his mother was 1/2 German). Bruce’s Chinese name was Lee Jun Fan, in Cantonese translated to “return again”; as his mother believed he would return to the US from China. Very auspicious indeed!

Bruce spent his early years in the US training and entering martial arts competitions, and his interest in acting was overshadowed by his passion for martial arts. His lightening speed, and martial arts feats couldn’t help but attract TV producers’ interests and he landed supporting roles as Kato in “The Green Hornet”, and also in several episodes of “Batman”. When Bruce’s acting career didn’t take off in the US, due to fears in Hollywood about having an Asian playing a staring role, and how or if that would translate into box office sales, he went back to China and hit it big with director Raymond Chow, staring in “The Big Boss, “Fist of Fury”, and “Way of the Dragon”. These films were box office hits in Hong Kong with Chinese Nationalism themes always present. Due to the undeniable success of these movies, Warner Bro’s finally came knocking with an offer to star in “Enter the Dragon”, which became a box office hit. Tradgically Bruce passed away, under mysterious circumstances only a few days before the film was to be released, and also before the completion of “The Game of Death”, that Bruce wrote, and began shooting and directing, before his untimely passage.

A true trailblazer on the health frontier Bruce believed in the benefits of juicing, vitamins and supplements, and protein drinks, that he concocted himself. He also believed in rigorous training consisting of intense cardio session, weights and reps, flexibility and serious abs workouts, emphasizing the importance of core strength.
Bruce was no stranger to variety, and he spent a great deal of time cultivating his knowledge and perfecting his form and mind, advocating that technique is not what is important, but the combination of spirituality and physique, which are the backbone of Jeet Kune Do. His fights as well as physical features are legendary, and still unsurpassed, giving him the title of “superhuman” such as:

Lee’s striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second. [82]
Lee’s combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film for clear slow motion replay using the traditional 24 frames per second of that era, so many scenes were shot in 32 frames per second for better clarity. [84][85][86]
In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person’s open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind. [87]
Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer. [79]
Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks. [88]
Lee could thrust his fingers through unopened cans of Coca-Cola. (This was when soft drinks cans were made of steel much thicker than today’s aluminum cans). [86]
Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger. [80][88][89]
Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups. [90]
Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick. [91]
Lee could cause a 200-lb (90.72 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a sidekick. [80]
In a move that has been dubbed “Dragon Flag”, Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso horizontal midair. [93]
(Sources: Little, John (1998). The Art of Expressing the Human Body. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 12,22. ISBN 978-0804831291.)

We will forever love you Bruce Lee, as the one and only who made the world recognize Chinese martial arts, and you as the truth!

BRUCE LEE, CULTURAL ICON: 70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
The Film Festival is pleased to collaborate with Bruce Lee Enterprises to observe the 70th birthday of martial arts legend and Asian American cultural icon Bruce Lee.

BRUCE LEE: THE FAMILY MAN — A special panel with the Lee Family and friends including wife Linda Lee Cadwell, daughter Shannon Lee, God-daughter/actress Diana Lee Inosanto and others to be announced. The guests will discuss Bruce Lee as the man, the father, the husband, and the friend.
Sunday, May 2, 4:00 p.m., DGA Atrium (FREE Admission)

tickets: www.vconline.org

April 22nd, 2010 by asia

Earth Day takes off 40 years ago today!

The history of Earth day is a great lesson in how at a grassroots level, a seed can take root, and blossom into a forest of consciousness, because of the power of people using their collective voices to take action!

The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson, he used the student infused power of the anti-war movement in 1969 and coupled it with environmental concerns of the public to shed light, and force the issue onto the political agenda, which until then was not taking head.

It was announced that in spring of 1970 there would be a massive demonstration around the nation on behalf of the environment, inviting all to participate. This opened the floodgates to public outcry with a flood of questions and comments about environment being voiced directly to the Senate office in D.C.

Senator Gaylord says, “Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. We had neither the time nor resources to organize 20 million demonstrators and the thousands of schools and local communities that participated. That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself.”
Props to President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy for the 5 day 11 city “Conservation Tour” and for seeing the relevance of this tremendously important issue back then. This is the seed that eventually flowered into Earth Day on every April 22.
http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html
Lets bless our Mother Earth, and give back to the hand that feeds us!
Here is some things you can do:
1. Don’t drive at all today, use public transpo or carpool more often
2. Turn off your facet (when brushing teeth, washing face, etc)
3. Recycle (only 25% of Americans recycle)
4. Don’t throw away old batteries, buy rechargeable ones if possible, and take old batteries to recycling center
5. Turn down your water heater and your furnace
6. Air dry your clothes
7. Don’t let your car idle, turn the engine off.
8. Don’t buy Styrofoam.
9. Buy recyclable items
10. Plant a tree, or a bunch of them, then breath!

LA Earthday Fest!

South Bronx Earth Day Fest!

April 20th, 2010 by asia

Creative Memory

If we didn’t have memories, then how could we use them as a platform to come up with new solutions to problem solving and new creations? But how do we remember things? And why are some memories much clearer and others fuzzy? The answer lies in our conscious state, especially at the time of the experience. In order to retain, we must fully “live in the moment”, to be present, to retain. When we choose to recall a memory or an experience, we are simply allowing ourselves to return to the original experience, and it comes back completely “refreshed”.

So it isn’t really about retaining, it’s about retrieving. All of these experiences are lying dormant in our subconscious, waiting to be reactivated. When it comes to our brains, there is still a lot of mystery. Many scientists are coming to understand that its not just about localized areas of the brain that store memories, and that consciousness is not a function of the brain, but more of something that is processed through the brain, that exists beyond the material world. Again giving more to the argument that we are beyonders, spiritual beings that transcend our earthly residence. Our brains, function more like computers, hardware, that process consciousness that manifests as mind. Going further into esoteric reaches, our mind can exist in non-local areas of the body, and memory can be electrochemical as well as etheric, surrounding the human body and brain! Dr.’s Karl Pribram, Karl Lashley, Paul Pietsch, and Rupert Sheldrake all contributed to these findings.

This gives us the special ability called ‘collective consciousness’ that Carl Jung introduced us to, that all humans can contribute to as well as access, giving us superpowers in global, even universal problem-solving and healing.

We do not need to suffer from brainpower depleting diseases such as Alzheimers and dementia. Our food and exercise choices and stress all directly contribute to this, as does our level of brain exercise. Wake up folks, our brain is a muscle! If you don’t use it, you will loose it. But do not fear, we can restore it, via natural means of course like Kundalini Yoga, and the ‘breath of fire’ to electronically stimulate the brain for lasting effects. Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, renowned brain guru, respected by both the medical and naturopathic fields has worked with Alzheimer’s patients. Peep out this great site, as well as tips, and exercises for your brain, and share it will everyone you love!
http://enchantedmind.com/html/science/brain_food.html

April 19th, 2010 by asia

Fasting for Life

Yes its that time of year, spring has sprung, and things are beginning to sprout anew.
As in nature, we must also sprout anew. Humans do spring cleaning on their homes,
switch their closets up; maybe even get a fetching new cut to refresh the winter doldrums.
But what about our internal cleanse? Beyond the surface..

Our small intestine is 20 feet long and carries what’s left of the food we eat, once the nutrients are absorbed out of it. Meat, and other food substances that are hard to digest, often linger longer in the small intestine, petrifying. Think of your small intestine like an old closet you throw things in that you don’t want to deal with, that eventually starts to have a funny odor.
Our bodies have extra storage compartments that harbor old stuff that is not eliminated or used efficiently, and these are called lymph nodes. Kind of nasty stuff I think we can agree to do with out! So, what is the proper way in which to thoroughly clean our internal house out?

Our ancient relatives used a fairly simple method in which to keep clean, and to rid the body of waste and/or prevent disease with. It was called, “Natures operating table”, and it is called fasting. Some fear word, or think it unhealthy to do. Well think again, but not with your stomach this time! We do fear the unknown, or anything that threatens our regular way of life or thought, or even a challenge. We think we will die without food, or at least end up a heap on the office floor. I can assure you neither will happen. What I can also assure you will happen, if you fast for 10 days, is that you will:
-Have more energy (since you are not expending energy digesting food)
-Need less sleep (since you are not expending energy digesting food, your mind is clearer and more awake than usual)
-You will breath freer and easier (since mucus is ridding your body)
-You will think clear and more esoterically than ever before (why do you think gurus fast?)
-You will loose on average 10-12 pounds if overweight and only a few pounds if at your ideal weight
-Feel more loving and tolerant of others and challenging circumstances (i.e. stress)
-Save a lot of money on food

It does take a little advanced preparation daily, as to get the full effect of the cleanse it is recommended to take a natural laxative tea in the evening, and also a saltwater tonic (sea salt and warm water) drink in the am. Both of these methods combined will make you eliminate (crap) a lot in the morning, so give yourself an hour and 45 minutes before you have to go anywhere. Use that time to make your daily 6-10 glasses of lemonade drink (fresh lemon, grade B maple syrup, spring water with a pinch of cayenne) and fill up your bottles to take with you for your day ahead. I don’t recommend taking off work or forgoing your regular activities. The first 3 days are a little intense, as the cravings play with your mind, making your think your hungry. But after that the “hungry” feeling dissipates, and you feel rather tranquil. Not having to eat gives you a lot more time! You can exercise and do what you like socially. Even though you don’t have the same kind of “amped up” energy we get from energy drinks, if you do exercise you will be amazed that you don’t get tired, but have a good steady stream of sustainable energy. I usually feel more like yoga, hikes, walks, mellow actives, but I have had to perform and train at times during fasts and get through it just fine. So don’t over plan. You dictate your life, not food.
You will have a glow about you, and a little smile on your face, so why not share it with the world? After 10 day of fasting, on your 11 day, when you come off of it, treat your body as a temple, and ease back into it, by drinking fresh squeezed OJ. It will taste like liquid sun.
On your 12-day, eat soup and salad, and then on your 13-day do the same or add a few things (not dairy yet or meat). You will look and feel like a million bucks. And the lessons you will have learned along the way will be life changing. Such as how we view food. Do we eat to live, or live to eat? Food pressure by friends/family. Why people who proactively take care of their bodies are a minority. And sooooo much more.

Pick up the guide by the master himself, Stanley Burroughs, called “The Master Cleanse” that has the lemonade recipe and all the info you will need. It’s only needed once a year, you can do it!

www.http://amzn.com/0963926209

April 16th, 2010 by asia

The answer to the the age old question..”What is a Bgirl”.. Revealed!
Nice piece, short n sweet to the point. Funny how our opinions and feelings about what we do are so vastly different when we are all doing the same dance, essentially.. I say get in where u fit in, there is room for all of us.. Enjoy!

www.exposureroom.com/what-is-a-bgirl/

April 2nd, 2010 by asia

Dave Gonzalez is the man. A cool cat who admits:
1. That he isn’t a so called Hip-Hop head or a dancer
2. That he is a business man who helped put the infamous brand/lifestyle template called Hot Import Nights on the map. For those who know these events, they fuse car culture, hot women, music and party goers all together.
He plays his position, from marketing know how, and services a scene, in this case Dancers living that loco dance life. He brings in folks to make sure his event is aesthetically plausible and delivers. He listens to the community he serves and strives to meet their needs and desires. I respect that!
I have attended a couple of the WOD events in Pomona and have to say that its unique in the way that it caters to street dance from a team standpoint where you got like 40 mofos and mofoettes on the stage at once sweating it out trying to out do Hammer (won’t happen) to an outdoor marketplace vibe with cool music to bug out to concrete style, to a Funk Styles area to a Bboy/Bgirl area. Cuz you cant front on the hotness!
And im not just saying it cuz he reached out to me for support and input!
Respect the architects of this event producing dance game!
Since I am of G status in this, I got my own special promo code, that you can benefit from! See how I pass along the savings? Go head n register now for only $15 bucks using my promo code. Also if you got crew and want to register for the battle ante on up before the price goes up! See you there, cuz if you aint around then no one is checking for you!

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Registration online is only $15 per person
promo code for discounted tix: asia1
promocode for Bboy/Bgirl registration: bboy2010

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: [url]https://wod.webconnex.com/exhibit/bboy[/url]

2 on 2 BBoy Pro Division Battling for
$1000, Trophies, Plaques, Giveaways

Featuring some of todays best crews as invites

Knuckleheads Cali (Bert & Shorty)
Undergroun Flo (Villn & Impact)
Footwork Fanatic Killers (Moy & Steelo)
Battle Born (Atn & Geom)
Unique Styles (Squid & Amok)
Squishydocious (Saewl & Green)
Bangurang (Ryan & Amon)
“Special Surprise TeaM”

New School Division Battle (3-5 Member)
$250, Trophies, Plaques, Giveaways

FIRST EVER WOD BGIRL INVITE ONLY BATTLE FEAT.

BGIRLS
PEPPA, BONITA, DELIGHT, VALPAL, GENESIS, CRISSY, FAE BOOGIE, CRYKZ

Judges: Flo master, Asia1, Rj (Super Crew)

HosT: UTMOS

DJ’S: FRANKY FLAVE, KID DRAGON, MEGATONE

WINNER WILL GET WOD TROPHIE, PLAQUE, GIVEAWAYS AND WATCH PROVIDED BY
MEISTER WATCHES

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