Chinese FT journalists who produces Chinese language site are to be made redundant, as it is
they already have terms and conditions inferior to other journalists at the Financial Times.
Any journalists out there who have something to say about this? You can chat about it in the IBC forum.
(Source: http://www.nuj.org.uk)
Received this this morning...
Thought I'd let you know that at 13:15 today I am interviewing Dr Shane McCausland the curator of the Telling Images of China exhibition at the Chester Beatty Library - log on to
http://www.radiokerry.ie/training/radio.html
Check it out here. (Would love it if they allow code to embed their nice piccies.)
Part of our CNY dinner mom cooked.... there's a goose as well, but it's not in the picture.
In the papers today...
Plenty of positive feedback in the Irish Times, and quick overview of the festival by Irish Independent ending the article to let people know that An Post just released the Year of the Tiger stamps.
Check it out on Flickr - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Valentine".
Plus some pics from CNY in HK.
If anyone on Flickr has pics from Chinese New Year this year, espec in Ireland, add it to group - http://www.flickr.com/groups/irishbornchinese/, thanks! :)
Back at home now, helping mom prepare CNY dinner... goose, king prawns, Chinese veg (san choi), and more! Hopefully will get photo of end result before we eat it all up! :)
Got a mail from Yellow Academy about FREE Actor Training for British East Asians aged 16-30. I presume that IBCs are also welcome. ;)
Could you be the British East Asian acting star of the future? Discover if you have what it takes to make it on our screens and stages!
Yellow Earth (UK's leading East Asian theatre company) and ALRA (The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts) are working in partnership to offer Yellow Academy 2010, an exciting new scheme to introduce British East Asians aged 16-30 to professional acting and performing. FREE actor training activities are held in Belfast, Birmingham, London, and Manchester from February - August 2010.
Activities in Belfast
Taster Talk: Wed 3 March 2010, at 6pm
Audition Workshop: Sat 1 May 2010, 2-6pm
See attached flyer for more details
For details of a full programme: http://www.yellowearth.org/initiatives/yellow-academy/
This project is funded by The Skills and Learning Council.
Yellow Academy 2010 in Beflast is supported by Chinese Welfare Association (Northern Ireland)
Some exhibits from Shanghai Museum on show at The Chest Betty Library. Didn't realise the Terracota soliders that were on loan back in 1987 were damaged by some scaffolding.. whoops.
(Via Billy Water's tweet)
So it's not just Dub that gets to witness this phenomenon... it's a common occurance in Shangai as well, so much so, that there's a clampdown on them. Seriously! As Billy said in his tweet, come on, DCC, clamp down on those jammie-wearing locals in the city.
bq [...] it's still winter time but the countdown to Summer 2010 has begun and The Fresh Air Fund is again in need of host families.
Yikes, I don't feel so bad getting the train down to Limerick, people in China travel much longer on less than comfy seats, and millions are on the move as well. Read more...
(Source: http://www.irishtimes.com
It's on the same day as Valentine's day, and for those who are curious on what's on, check out Dublin events listings.
Hopefully I can find more information and post it up. Post to IBC forum if you know something is on.
Dublin airport is changing its boarding gate numbers.
Pier D will convert to a 100 number range
Pier A will be renamed in a 200 number range
Pier B will be in a 300 number range
The new Pier E, which is part of T2 and is due to open in November, will have boarding gates in the 400 range.
And the other thing to be aware, mainly if you are travelling through UK, body scans at Heathrow yesterday. If you are picked for scans and you refuse, then you are not entitled to fly. It was voluntary. Manchester has the scanner as well.
Other EU airports are bringing it in as well, i.e. France and Italy. The article mentions that Schiphol airport has 15 scanners.
Oh whoop-dee-doo, joys of travelling. Holidaying to relax, not if you fly.
We've released these Chinese lanterns while we were in Hong Kong, but never heard about these problems, which are quite serious. Okay, fair enough, there's no livestock in HK, but I was told that they were biodegradable. In UK, either cows are dying from ingesting the Chinese lanterns, getting into the feeds and coastguards mistakenly thinking the red light was a red distress signals. I've seen these lanterns being sold at an online Irish site, so not sure how many of these were let loose into the wild.
According to The Irish Times
[...] number of children who were reported missing from State care between the latter months of 2008 and summer 2009, all of whom were of Chinese origin.
