Lillian Too
Saturday, 2 March 2013 | 22:10 | 0 comments
Lillian Too was born 1946 in Penang.She is a best selling author, television personality and Feng Shui practitioner from Malaysia.She has written over 80 books on the subject of Feng Shui, which have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Her books have sold well in excess of 6 million copies, making bestseller lists around the globe.A graduate with an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1976, Too embarked on a career in the corporate world and became the first woman in Malaysia to head a public listed company.In 1982, she became the first woman in Asia to be appointed CEO of a bank (Hong Kong’s Dao Heng bank).After her stint in banking, she worked with prominent Hong Kong tycoon, Dickson Poon (former husband of Michelle Yeoh), as executive deputy chairman of his group of companies.She is married, with one daughter Jennifer.What Her Objectives
Following the success of Lillian Too’s Feng Shui Extravaganza, Too began recording a 13-episode series called The Lillian Too Show in 2004. The 30-minute show was broadcast in English with Chinese subtitles. Running for 13 weeks, the series covered everyday concerns from personal wealth accumulation to general improvement in the quality of life, to more specific topics. The series premiered on the satellite channel, Astro AEC, on September 15, 2004, with repeats on Astro@15. The first series was also released for distribution on DVD format. In 2006, the new series were aired on Astro Prima and the new season also features Too's daughter, Jennifer Too.
| Publication Year | Title | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Lillian Too's Little Book of Feng Shui | ISBN 1-86204-514-3 |
| 1999 | Creating Abundance with Feng Shui | ISBN 0-7126-7036-X |
| 1999 | Lillian Too's Easy-to-use Feng Shui: 168 ways to success | ISBN 1-85585-690-5 |
| 2000 | Lillian Too's Feng Shui Success Secrets | ISBN 1-85585-844-4 |
| 2001 | Lillian Too's Smart Feng Shui for the Home | ISBN 0-00-711750-7 |
| 2001 | Lillian Too's Irresistible Feng Shui Magic | ISBN 0-00-711701-9 |
| 2002 | Lillian Too's 168 Feng Shui Ways to Declutter Your Home | ISBN 1-903116-61-9 |
| 2002 | Lillian Too's Love in a Box | ISBN 0-00-712956-4 |
| 2002 | Lillian Too's Flying Star Feng Shui for the Master Practitioner | ISBN 0-00-712957-2 |
| 2003 | Lillian Too's Flying Star Feng Shui for Period 8 | ISBN 983-9778-76-5 |
| 2003 | Feng Shui Life Planner | ISBN 0-600-60902-2 |
| 2005 | Lillian Too's 168 Feng Shui Ways to a Calm & Happy Life | ISBN 1-904991-26-2 |
| 2005 | Total Feng Shui | ISBN 0-8118-4530-3 |
| 2007 | Lillian Too's 168 Feng Shui Ways to Energize Your Life | ISBN 978-1-904991-94-6 |
| 2007 | Unlocking the Secrets of Chinese Fortune Telling | ISBN 978-1-905695-30-0 |
| 2009 | Lillian Too's Feng Shui Workbook: Transform Your Home for Health and Happiness | ISBN 1-906525-51-X |
| 2009 | Living with Good Feng Shui by Lillian Too | ISBN 978-967-3-29015-4 |
| 2010 | Lillian Too's 168 Ways to Harness Your Lucky Numbers for Happiness, Wealth and Success | ISBN 1-907030-09-3 |
After she retiring from career in the banking and corporate world, Lilian Too founded World of Feng Shui, a feng shui merchandising and franchising company, where she is the chairman.
Labels: author, businesswomen, CEO, chinese, female divers, Feng Shui, Feng Shui masters, international, master
Jimmy Choo
Thursday, 28 February 2013 | 21:13 | 0 comments
Biography
Jimmy Choo, OBE, born Choo Yeang Keat, is a Malaysian Chinese fashion designer based in London, United Kingdom. He is best known for founding Jimmy Choo Ltd that became known for its handmade women's shoes. Choo was born in Penang, Malaysia, into a family of shoemakers, who are of Chinese Hakka descent. His family name is Chow but was misspelt on his birth certificate as Choo. He made his first shoe when he was 11 years old. He is perhaps the most notable of students of Cordwainers Technical College in Hackney, England, from which he graduated in 1983.
Career
Choo has divulged that he worked part-time at restaurants and as a cleaner at a shoe factory to help fund his college education. Jimmy Choo traced his beginnings back to his workshop in Hackney, North London, which he opened in 1986 by renting an old hospital building.His craftsmanship and designs were soon noticed and he came to the verge of international notability when his creations were featured in a record eight pages in a 1988 issue of Vogue.In 1996, he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon.In April 2001, Choo sold his 50% stake in the company for £10 million.He has since concentrated his work on the exclusive Jimmy Choo Couture line produced under license from Jimmy Choo Ltd.Choo lives in London and is currently involved in a project to set up a shoemaking institute in Malaysia.
Award
2002: Conferred an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in recognition of his services to the shoe and fashion industry in the UK.2004: Awarded the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of his home state of Penang, which also carries the title Dato'.2009: Awarded an Honorary Fellowship by University of the Arts London .2011: Winner of “The World’s Outstanding Chinese Designer 2011” Design for Asia Award.2012: Received You Bring Charm to the World – World’s Most Influential Chinese AwardAwarded an honorary doctorate in art in July 2004 by De Montfort University, Leicester, U.K., for his contribution to their unique Single Honours Footwear Design degree.
In 1988, Jimmy Choo was discovered by Vogue, the high profile magazine publishing an eight-page spread of his work. Choo found further success with the help of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. She ordered six pairs of shoes after meeting the designer for the first time.
Labels: businessman, CEO, chinese, disgners, international, male, shoes designers
Dato’ Seri Michelle Yeoh
Tuesday, 12 February 2013 | 22:16 | 0 comments
Biography,
Datuk Seri Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (born 6 August 1963), DPMP, SPMP, is a Hong Kong based Malaysian actress, best known for performing her own stunts in the Hong Kong action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s. Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she is based in Hong Kong and was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997.
She is best known in the Western world for her roles in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing Wai Lin, and the multiple Academy Award-winning Chinese-language martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she was nominated the BAFTA in 2000, for Best Actress. In 2008, the film critic website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time. In 2009, she was listed by People magazine – as the only Asian actress – as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties".
She is credited as Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films. This alias was chosen by the D&B studio who thought it might be more marketable to international and western audiences. Yeoh later preferred using her real name.
Yeoh was born to a Chinese family in Ipoh, Malaysia. Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian Geik, a lawyer and MCA politician. She was keen on dance from an early age, beginning ballet at the age of four. At the age of 15, she moved with her parents to England, where she was enrolled in a boarding school. Yeoh later studied at the Royal Academy of Dance in London, majoring in ballet. However, a spinal injury prevented her from becoming a professional ballet dancer, and she transferred her attention to choreography and other arts. She later received a B.A. degree in Creative Arts with a minor in Drama.
In 1983, at the age of 21, Yeoh won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant. She represented Malaysia at the Queen of the Pacific 1983 beauty pageant which was held in Australia and won the crown. She was also Malaysia's representative at the 1983 Miss World pageant in London. From there, she appeared in a television commercial with Jackie Chan which caught the attention of a fledgling Hong Kong film production company, D&B Films. Yeoh started her film career acting in action and martial arts films such as Yes, Madam in 1985, after which she did most of her own stunts.
The D&B Group in Hong Kong was run by Dickson Poon. Yeoh married Poon in 1987 and retired from acting. After the couple divorced in 1992, Yeoh returned to acting.
- Yeoh's performance in Police Story 3: Super Cop sealed her comeback. She acted in The Heroic Trio in 1993, and the Yuen Woo-ping films Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1994.
- Yeoh learned English and Malay before Cantonese. She learned the lines for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon phonetically.
- She starred in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies as Wai Lin (1997). Natasha Henstridge was rumoured to be cast in the lead Bond girl role but eventually Yeoh was confirmed. Brosnan was impressed, describing her as a "wonderful actress" who was "serious and committed about her work". He referred to her as a "female James Bond" in reference to her combat abilities. She wanted again to perform her own stunts but was prevented because director Roger Spottiswoode considered it too dangerous. Still she performed all of her fighting scenes. Thereafter, she was offered the role of Seraph in the two sequels to The Matrix, but she could not accept due to a scheduling conflict (the Matrix writers then changed Seraph into a male character and cast Collin Chou in the role). In 2002, she produced her first English film, The Touch through her own production company, Mythical Films.
- In 2005, Yeoh starred as the graceful Mameha in the film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha, and she continued her English-language work in 2007 with Sunshine. In 2008, Michelle Yeoh also starred in fantasy action film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li.
- In 2010, she starred in Reign of Assassins.
- In October 2011, she has been chosen by Guerlain to be its new skincare ambassador. Yeoh will play a role in strengthening the French cosmetics company's relationship with Asia.
- Apart from action films, she is famous for playing nationalists in two biopics. In 1997, she played Soong Ai-ling in the award winning The Soong Sisters. In 2011, she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson's The Lady.
Award, Honours and Style,
In 1999, she was a member of the jury at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.
On 19 April 2001, Yeoh was awarded the Darjah Datuk Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP), which carries the title Dato' by Sultan Azlan Shah, the Sultan of Perak, her home state, in recognition of the fame she brought to the state.
On 25 November 2002, she was honoured as The Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) (Cultural Achievement) by JCI (Junior Chamber International).
On 23 April 2007, the then French President Jacques Chirac awarded her Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. The decoration was presented to her in a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on 3 October 2007.
In 2011, she received a special award for her contribution to Malaysian cinema at Malaysian Film Festival (FFM 24).
On 14 March 2012, the then French President Nicolas Sarkozy awarded her the Officier de la Légion d'honneur. The decoration was presented to her at a ceremony held at the president's official residence, the Elysee Palace on that day.
On 22 May 2012, she was awarded the Darjah Seri Paduka Mahkota Perak (SPMP) which carries the title Datuk Seri' during the investiture ceremony in conjunction with the Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah's birthday.
Filmography,
The Owl vs Bombo
1985 Yes, Madam
Yes, Madam
1985 Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1986 In the Line of Duty
In the Line of Duty
1987Magnificent Warriors
Magnificent Warriors
1987 Easy Money
Easy Money
1992Police Story 3: Super Cop
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1993 The Heroic Trio
The Heroic Trio
1993 Butterfly and Sword
Butterfly and Sword
1993 Executioners
Executioners
1993 Holy Weapon
Holy Weapon
1993 Once a Cop
Once a Cop
1993 Tai Chi Master
Tai Chi Master
1994 Shaolin Popey 2 – Messy Temple
Shaolin Popey 2 – Messy Temple
1994 Wonder Seven
Wonder Seven
1994 Wing Chun
Wing Chun
1996 The Stunt Woman
The Stunt Woman
1997 The Soong Sisters
The Soong Sisters
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
1999 Moonlight Express
Moonlight Express
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2002 The Touch
The Touch
2004 Silver Hawk
Silver Hawk
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
2006 Fearless
Fearless
2007 Sunshine
Sunshine
2007 Far North
Far North
2008 The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi
2008 Babylon A.D.
Babylon A.D.
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2009 Turning Point
Turning Point
2009 Among The Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh
Among The Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh
2010 True Legend
True Legend
2010 Reign of Assassins
Reign of Assassins
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 The Lady
The Lady
2013 Final Recipe (formerly Cooktales)
Final Recipe (formerly Cooktales) She's a "wonderful actress" who was "serious and committed about her work". She also referred as a "female James Bond" in reference to her combat abilities. ~Brosnan
Labels: actresses, chinese, dancers, Michelle, Michelle Yeoh, model, Yeoh
