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Wikipedia: Kwan Phayao (Thai: กว๊านพะเยา), is a lake in Phayao Province, northern Thailand. Kwan, a word from the northern Thai language, means 'lake' or 'large swamp'. The shape of the lake is a nearly-half-circle-moon shape. Phayao Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the northern region and the fourth largest in the country, with a depth of 1.5 meters, and covers an area of about 1,980 hectares. There are about 50 species of fish in Phayao Lake.
Wikipedia: Kwan Phayao (Thai: กว๊านพะเยา), is a lake in Phayao Province, northern Thailand. Kwan, a word from the northern Thai language, means 'lake' or 'large swamp'. The shape of the lake is a nearly-half-circle-moon shape. Phayao Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the northern region and the fourth largest in the country, with a depth of 1.5 meters, and covers an area of about 1,980 hectares. There are about 50 species of fish in Phayao Lake.
Wikipedia: Kwan Phayao (Thai: กว๊านพะเยา), is a lake in Phayao Province, northern Thailand. Kwan, a word from the northern Thai language, means 'lake' or 'large swamp'. The shape of the lake is a nearly-half-circle-moon shape. Phayao Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the northern region and the fourth largest in the country, with a depth of 1.5 meters, and covers an area of about 1,980 hectares. There are about 50 species of fish in Phayao Lake.
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Tai O Kwan Tai Old Temple on Kat Hing Back Street of Tai O was originally built in the Hongzhi reign (1488 - 1505) of the Ming Dynasty. It was rebuilt in situ in the 6th year of the Qianlong (1741) reign of the Qing Dynasty. The main ridge of the Temple is with Shiwan ceramics including characters of Yeung’s Military Family.
The Temple is dedicated to the worship of Kwan Tai. Kwan Tai refers to Guan Yu (courtesy name Yunchang) who was a famous military general of the State of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period (220 – 280). He was reputed as "the enemy of ten thousand people", and is the paradigm of mightiness, loyalty and righteousness. Kwan Tai is widely glorified and worshipped for his wisdom, trustworthiness, benevolence, righteousness and courage.
The Temple is also popular for its strong association with Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade during Tuen Ng Festival when the deity statue of Kwan Tai is invited to participate in the water parade and related ceremonies.
Tai O Kwan Tai Old Temple was rated Grade 2 historic building in 2010.
Kwan Kee Store is a famous traditional pastry and dessert shop in Sham Shui Po. Neighbors and tourists like to taste it.
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I gave this Michelle Kwan biography to Yu-Na in December 2007 after theTorino GPF gala rehearsal.
The book is "Michelle Kwan (Sports Heroes and Legends)" by Anne E. Hill and is a part of the "Sports Heroes and Legends" series (Lerner Publications) aimed at early Middle School age and older. I knew Yu-Na was studying English and I hoped giving her a relativly easy read about Michelle, who was already an important hero to Yu-Na, would be both inspirational and good English reading fun. Her mother, Mrs. Park, who is also studying English told me she would read it too.
I think it is a nice book for all ages but especially positive and inspirational for young readers and, like I mentioned earlier, an easy read for ESL students.
The series includes Mia Hamm, Sasha Cohen, Jesse Owens, Micky Mantle, Ichiro Suzuki, etc.
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Kwan Yin is the Goddess of mercy and compassion. This tiny statue is one of the many of Kwan Yin statue that grace my home. HMM, everyone ! !
Seen in Chinatown in Yokohama. The temple enshrines the deity Kwan Tai who was a General in the Chinese Imperial Army around 200AD. He is worshipped for his military ability and is a Taoist symbol of integrity and loyalty. He is worshipped especially by merchants. A famous Feng Shui practitioner says that Kwan Tai Temple is a cosmic place, where spiritual power gathers and energizes people.
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The intricate and colorful interior of this Taoist temple. The temple enshrines the deity Kwan Tai who was a General in the Chinese Imperial Army around 200AD. He is worshipped for his military ability and is a Taoist symbol of integrity and loyalty.
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Lance Cpl. Kwan Walker, a networking administrator assigned to Marine Wing Communication Squadron 28, braces in the cold during a conditioning hike during exercise Ullr Shield at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Jan. 13, 2018.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cody Rowe)
Guanyin of the Southern Sea (Nanhai Guanyin), the bodhisattva of compassion, 11th-12th century Chinese, at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City
Believe it or not, we had the first Dolly Days back in 2014!!! Wow, almost a decade. Offers changed through out the years, for example the first Dolly Days had a Grab Bag offer where you would get a gift and a random doll from ITBE collection. Dolly Days last five days and each day we get an email from IT with an announcement or a doll related offer. This year the timing changed, from Christmas time to ... well, post-Christmas time :) but, fortunately offers were top-notch.
Arctic Moon Coralynn "Cora" Kwan - is the first doll from East 59th collection designed by Chris Stoeckel (a couturier of dolly world, as I like to call him), and the only lottery doll, three remaining dolls are offered through official dealers. My first impression was WOW she is breathtaking. I have a soft spot for pastels and of-course I just love elaborate fashions Chris offers to us. Underneath tones of "fur" there is a delicate see-through top adorned with crystals and a floor length mermaid skirt. Amazing details all over her, but what I am not sure about is her face. Namely, this is a new character and IT claims this is a new sculpt too. However, she reminds me on Kyori 1.0 and allegedly her sculpt (and the one from Maeve character) belongs to old play line IT used to produce. I can not lie, I am not impressed by that, old sculpts used to have less details, especially around nose area and that is a buzz killer for me. Why not use more elaborate sculpts that are unused, like: Ayumi 2.0, Monogram 1.0, Monogram 2.0...?!? Still, I do like her hair a lot, and her screening is interesting, yes, a bit cartoonish, but interesting. I am happy to see Asian character added to this line, hope her next incarnations will be inspired by traditional fashions. I have decided to pass the lottery and wait and see how she looks.
Pressed Perfection Evelyn Weaverton - this is my favorite character from the line and I am happy to see her again. I have four Evelyns so far and this one will not join my collection. The reason is her screening, I have All Aboard on the 5th, with the same screening, and I had to do a lot of alterations on her eyes to keep her in my collection. Her right eye is completely wonky and I am surprised that collectors do not seem to be bother by that, and Chris either, although I am sure it is impossible to change screening stencils when they are produced. This is such a shame as I love her outfit and her makeup color palette. Yes, I am a bit baffled with her muff and fur hat, as I do not see winter elements on her dress, jacket and open-toe shoes. If I did decide to get her and Cora, I am sure Cora would get fur accessories to complete her look. Have to add that I LOVE her earrings and bracelet. It seems she is less popular than other girls, as she is available at most dealers. I guess if she had an additional garment, she would sell out. Cora comes with a fur coat, Maeve with pants and skirt and Della has three-part outfit, so Ev just needs something extra.
Pink Mist Maeve Rocha - another new character! And she is a Brazilian model. She does look quite beautiful. Since her screening is kind of soft and she has old sculpt renewed, I decided to pass, but now I have to admit I regret that decision. Combination of Sunkissed skintone, sky blue eyes, black hair, and red lips is one of my favorite combinations. Her outfit is perfection, just love that white jacket
and that collar adorned with small rubies. I just hate capri pants, but I do like this ones, probably because of the embroidery. Hair accessories and that detail on the jacket at the waist show how Chris is devoted to details. Love it! I wish her hairstyle is different though, as I do not like when a doll doesn't have parted hair, it just limits redressing and playability.
Frosted Passion Della Roux - passed out! What a stunner!!! She was a no-brainer for me and I am glad I reacted on time as she is sold out everywhere. I hope her outfit will fit FR2, as she will be rebodied right away. Notice that her top can be worn as a dress, than you get a skirt and on top of that you get that delicious fur cover. Muff and fur hat are there just to make you swoon. As I love nice jewelry, I am happy to see color-variant of cream pearl necklace we got with the last Monogram doll. Each doll comes with a makeup accessories and Della comes with a red lipstick. What a beautiful doll, I am very excited to get her.
My Hair Fair Zuri Okoty - that is all for East 59th, now Meteor! As we didn't get any dolls from this line at the convention, I am happy to see one here (as we got two dolls on the last day of the Dolly Days, I can not but wonder if this one was meant for convention, but was postponed). I love her D&G inspired dress and those amazing shoes. I also like her face, but eyebrows screening is just not my thing. Since she has flocked hair, she needs fierce eyebrows - think of Muse Adele. But, I like her lips and turquoise eyeshadow. This Zuri comes with additional two-toned blonde wig and you can upgrade this doll with two sets of three wigs per set at $75 per each set of wigs. Since I already have 20' inspired Zuri on preorder, I will have to pass this one.
Glamour Coated Elyse Jolie - is a lottery doll with 1,500 pieces edition size and $180 price point. Expensive, right, I would say too expensive. Yes, I know, epidemic, everything is getting more expensive, but I just do not see the value here for $180. Anyway, I do like her eccentric outfit, and no, I do not see any connection with Maison FR collection which she belongs to. Her face looks boring in a way that we already had several similar Elyses, why not blonde with cream skintone, pale mint eyeshadow and dark violet lips... Still, I do like her hairstyle and shoes. I have entered the lottery, but I will not be hurt if I do not win.
Desert Dazzler Poppy Parker - is a third doll in Palm Springs collection. Although I do not collect Poppy, I have included this doll in review out of respect to David Buttry, the designer, because he simply can not make a mistake. Lovely Poppy, she looks fresh with this screening used so many times, but with Sunkissed skintone. She looks young, on trend and as I said fresh. her outfit is also nice, if wonder if pants would fit NuFace body... Her earrings and bag are beautiful. What I would change here is the color of the fur coat, but I am not sure to which color :)
Wow, lovely offers! I can honestly say I enjoyed it more than convention, I hope IT continues this lovely tradition. Chris did an amazing job with this East 59th collection, he has been my favorite designer for quite some time and I am glad his efforts are being finally recognized by dolly community. I am starting to notice Meteor offers, I am not sure if that means they are more to my taste or if the offer is better. David is doing great with Poppy, but I wish Jessy does something different with FR. Although I like this Elyse, I have a feeling she could have been even better.
Disclaimer: As I do not collect hommes I left out an offer from Monarch collection .
German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., no. 1827. Photo: Paramount. Collection: Marlene Pilaete.
Chinese-American actress Nancy Kwan (1939) played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian ancestry in major Hollywood film roles. She is best known for her debut as a free-spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist William Holden in The World of Suzie Wong (Richard Quine, 1960). She followed it the next year with the hit musical, Flower Drum Song (1961). Kwan spent the 1960s commuting between film roles in America and Europe.
Nancy Kwan Ka Shen (Chinese: 關家蒨) was born in Hong Kong in 1939 and grew up in Kowloon Tong. She is the daughter of Kwan Wing Hong, a Cantonese architect and Marquita Scott, a European model of English and Scottish ancestry. Kwan has an older brother, Ka Keung. In fear of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong during World War II, Wing Hong, in the guise of a coolie, escaped from Hong Kong to North China in Christmas 1941 with his two children, whom he hid in wicker baskets. Kwan and her brother were transported by servants, evading Japanese sentries. They remained in exile in western China for five years until the war ended, after which they returned to Hong Kong and lived in a spacious, contemporary home her father designed. Scott escaped to England and never rejoined the family. Kwan's parents divorced when she was two years old. Her mother later moved to New York and married an American. Remaining in Hong Kong with the children, her father married a Chinese woman, whom Kwan called "Mother". Her father and her stepmother raised her, in addition to her brother and five half-brothers and half-sisters Five of Kwan's siblings became lawyers. Kwan attended the Catholic Maryknoll Convent School until she was 13 years old, after which she travelled to Kingsmoor School in Glossop, England a boarding school that her brother, Ka Keung, was then attending. Her brother studied to become an architect and she studied to become a dancer, soon also at the Royal Ballet School in London. Afterward, she travelled back to Hong Kong, where she started a ballet school. Stage producer Ray Stark posted an advertisement in the Hong Kong Tiger Standard (later renamed The Standard) regarding auditions for the character Suzie Wong for a play. Kwan was discovered by Stark in a film studio constructed by her architect father. After auditioning for Stark, she was asked to screen test to play a character in the film The World of Suzie Wong. Kwan did three screen tests, and a deadlock existed between whether to choose Kwan or France Nuyen, who played Suzie Wong on stage. Owing to Kwan's lack of acting experience, at Stark's request, she travelled to the United States, where she attended acting school in Hollywood and resided in the Hollywood Studio Club, a chaperoned dormitory, with other junior actresses. She later moved to New York. Kwan signed a seven-year contract with Stark's Seven Arts Productions at a beginning salary of $300 a week though she was not given a distinct role. When The World of Suzie Wong began to tour, Kwan was assigned the part of a bargirl. In addition to her small supporting character role, Kwan became an understudy for France Nuyen. Though Stark and the male lead William Holden preferred Kwan, despite her somewhat apprehensive demeanor during the screen test, she did not get the role. Paramount favored the eminent France Nuyen, who had been widely praised for her performance in the film South Pacific (1958) Stark acquiesced to Paramount's wishes. Nuyen received the role and Kwan later took the place of Nuyen on Broadway. In a September 1960 interview with Associated Press journalist Bob Thomas, she said, "I was bitterly disappointed, and I almost quit and went home when I didn't get the picture." In 1959, one month after Nuyen was selected for the film role and while Kwan was touring in Toronto, Stark told her to screen test again for the film. Nuyen, who was in an unstable relationship with Marlon Brando, had a nervous breakdown and was fired from the role because of her erratic actions. The film's director, Jean Negulesco, was fired and replaced by Richard Quine. Kwan began filming in London with co-star William Holden.
The World of Suzie Wong (Richard Quine, 1960) was a "box-office sensation". Critics lavished praise on Kwan for her performance. She was given the nickname "Chinese Bardot" for her unforgettable dance performance. Kwan and two other actresses, Ina Balin and Hayley Mills, were awarded the Golden Globe for the "Most Promising Newcomer–Female" in 1960. Scholar Jennifer Leah Chan of New York University wrote that Suzie provided an Asian actress—Kwan—with the most significant Hollywood role since actress Anna May Wong's success in the 1920s. Kwan was on the October 1960 cover of Life, cementing her status as an eminent sex symbol in the 1960s. In 1961, Nancy Kwan starred in Flower Drum Song (Henry Koster, 1961) in a related role. The film, based on the Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was distinguished for being the first major Hollywood feature film with an all-Asian cast. It would be also the last film to do so for more than 30 years. Her prior ballet education provided a strong foundation for her role in Flower Drum Song, where she had much space to dance. After starring in The World of Suzie Wong and Flower Drum Song, Kwan's fame peaked in 1962. As a Hollywood icon, Kwan lived in a house atop Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. She commuted in a white British sports car and danced to Latin verses. The 22-years-old Kwan was dating Swiss actor Maximilian Schell. Kwan's success in her early career was not mirrored in later years, due to the cultural nature of 1960s America. Kwan had to journey to Europe and Hong Kong to escape the ethnic typecasting in Hollywood that confined her largely to Asian roles in spite of her Eurasian appearance. Her third film was the British drama The Main Attraction (Daniel Petrie, 1962) with Pat Boone. She played an Italian circus performer who was the love interest of Boone's character. While she was filming in the Austrian Alps, she met Peter Pock, a hotelier and ski teacher, with whom she immediately fell in love. After several weeks, the two married and resided in Innsbruck, Austria. Kwan later gave birth to Bernhard "Bernie" Pock. Her contract with Seven Arts led her to travel around the world to make films. In 1963, Kwan starred as the title character of the comedy Tamahine (Philip Leacock, 1963), opposite Dennis Price. She played an English-Tahitian ward of the headmaster at an old English public school. In the aviation disaster film Fate Is the Hunter (Ralph Nelson, 1964), her seventh film, Kwan played an ichthyologist opposite Glenn Ford. It was her first role as a Eurasian character. Kwan's roles were predominantly comic characters. She divorced Peter Pock in 1968. Kwan met Bruce Lee when he choreographed the martial arts moves in the spy comedy The Wrecking Crew (Phil Karlson, 1969), starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm. In Kwan's role in the film, she fought the character played by Sharon Tate by throwing a flying kick. Her martial arts move was based not on karate training, but on her dance foundation. In 2019, the film was referenced and briefly seen in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, in which Tate is shown enjoying the film at the Fox Bruin Theater. She became close friends with Lee and met his wife and two children. In the 1970s, both Kwan and Lee returned to Hong Kong, where they carried on their companionship.
Nancy Kwan married Hollywood scriptwriter David Giler in July 1970 in a civil ceremony in Carson City, Nevada. That year, Kwan returned to Hong Kong with her son because her father was sick. She initially intended to remain for one year to assist him, but ultimately remained for about seven years. In 1972 she divorced Giler. She did not stop her work, starring as Dr. Sue in the action film Wonder Women (Robert Vincent O'Neil, 1973), Supercock (Gus Trikonis, 1975), and Fear/Night Creature (Lee Madden, 1978) with Donald Pleasance and Ross Hagen. The latter introduced her to filmmaker Norbert Meisel, who became her third husband. . While in Hong Kong, Kwan founded a production company, Nancy Kwan Films, which made dozens of commercials for the Southeast Asia market. In 1979, she returned to the United States, because Kwan wanted her son Bernie to finish his schooling there. There she played characters in the television series Fantasy Island (1978), Knots Landing (1984), and The A-Team (1986). In 1987, Nancy Kwan co-owned the dim sum restaurant, Joss. Kwan, producer Ray Stark, and restaurateur and Hong Kong film director Cecile Tang financed the restaurant, located on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. In 1993, Kwan played Gussie Yang, a tough-talking, soft-hearted Hong Kong restaurateur, in the fictional Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Rob Cohen, 1993). starring Jason Scott Lee. She played a pivotal role in the film, a character based on Seattle restaurateur and political leader Ruby Chow who hires Bruce Lee as a dishwasher and gives him the funds to open a martial arts school. She also wrote, directed, and starred in a film about Eurasians, Loose Woman With No Face (Nancy Kwan, 1993). She was asked about whether she was confronted with racism as a leading Asian Hollywood actress in the 1960s. Kwan replied, "That was 30 years ago and (prejudice) wasn't such a heavy issue then. I was just in great Broadway productions that were turned into films. I personally never felt any racial problems in Hollywood." In the 1990s, she faced a severe shortage of strong roles. She attributed this to both her age and the movie enterprise's aversion to selecting Asians for non-Asian roles. In earlier years, she was able to play an Italian and a Tahitian. She passed on a role in The Joy Luck Club (1993) because the filmmakers refused to excise a line calling The World of Suzie Wong a "...horrible racist film". In 1993, Kwan co-starred in the two-character play Arthur and Leila about two siblings who struggle with their Chinese identities, and in 1994 she assumed the role of 52-year-old Martha in Singapore Repertory Theatre's showing of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' by Edward Albee. She and her husband produced the feature film Biker Poet. of which Bernie was the director and an actor. In 1996, when he was 33, Kwan's son, Bernie, died after contracting AIDS. Four years after his death, poet and actress Amber Tamblyn compiled her debut poetry book 'Of the Dawn' and dedicated it to Pock. She acted in the film Biker Poet with him when she was nine. Into the 1990s, Kwan appeared on television commercials and appeared in infomercials as the spokesperson for the cosmetic Oriental Pearl Cream. Kwan has been involved in philanthropy for AIDS awareness. In 1997, she published 'A Celebration of Life – Memories of My Son'. In 2006, Kwan reunited with Flower Drum Song co-star James Shigeta to perform A. R. Gurney's two-person play Love Letters. Kwan appeared in the documentary Hollywood Chinese (Arthur Dong, 2007). Kwan and her husband Norbert Meisel wrote, directed, and produced Ray of Sunshine (Norbert Meisel, 2007), a Bildungsroman film starring Cheyenne Rushing and with Kwan in a supporting role. Kwan wrote an introduction for the 2008 book 'For Goodness Sake: A Novel of the Afterlife of Suzie Wong' by James Clapp. During her career, Kwan has appeared in two television series and over 50 films. Kwan currently resides in Los Angeles and has family members in Hong Kong. She recently appeared in the feature Paint It Black (Amber Tamblyn, 2016), and the documentary Be Water (Bao Nguyen, 2020) about Bruce Lee.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.