Cataya's Lair

Cataya's Lair http://springsun.multiply.com/ Behold, my World... May this ecclectic existence quenches your thirst for colors and forms. May this sensual illustration satisfies your hunger for bodily passion and ethereal spirit. May this perpetual quest for wisdom stimulates reciprocity. Finally, another Rushdie's quotation from the same book, "Let the walls be splashed with our inaccurate expectorating! They will be honest stains, at least." Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:45:12 -0000 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:00:32 -0000 Cataya's Lair http://images.springsun.multiply.com/logo http://springsun.multiply.com 100 100 My B-day 2007 It was another beautiful B-day that I had not expected. The first surprise came in a form of three gorgeous huge bouquet of flowers, from Protus (I love you, Cinta)... whose love, though oceans apart at the moment, have brought so much warmth to my heart and soul... Thanx to Jun (Philippines) who helped Protus to buy and create such beautiful bouquet... The second surprise happened after Jun took me out for dinner in Shangri-La with Afu. Joshua, Chris, Yamada, Yoshitaka, Wakako, Yumi, Takeaki, Hayato, Peter and the gang arranged for a party in Nova, this new hip club. The third surprise happened in my room... to my surprise... it still amazes me how they get into my room.... My wonderful "kids" - Tiara, Ellena, Mona, Hani, Sisca, Isa, Yohan, Stefani, .... and others... Eric, Yudi, Nita, Indah, Jessica, etc etc.. I love you guyz... http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/60/My_B-day_2007 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:00:32 -0000 A Glimpse of Beijing Opera This is a part of the show during the 100 Year Anniversary of the Fujian Teachers University. I just thot it's kinda http://springsun.multiply.com/video/item/9/A_Glimpse_of_Beijing_Opera Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:56:26 -0000 MC X'tine This is during the 10th anniversary of the International Centre for Chinese Studies, Fujian Teachers University, November 2007. I had to MC in Chinese... hehehehehhehe... Eniwe... it's kinda..... well, you see yourself http://springsun.multiply.com/video/item/8/MC_Xtine Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:54:56 -0000 ICCS' 10th Anniv http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/59/ICCS_10th_Anniv_ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:51:52 -0000 Summer Costume Party 2007 http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/58/Summer_Costume_Party_2007 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:32:41 -0000 Halloween 2007 http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/57/Halloween_2007 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:19:13 -0000 Chinese Folk-Modern Fusion There is a saying that 99 percent of all Chinese are farmers, and it's true that most Chinese music – excluding the classical, operatic and art music traditions – originates with rural, peasant traditions, and has deep regional roots. For centuries, farmers in the north have practiced wind-and-percussion ensembles. Ding County of Hebei is famous for artistry in the double reeds: the guanzi (double-reed pipe), the haidi (small oboe) and the suona (Northern oboe). In Xian, the Western Capital of China, musicians for centuries practiced the sheng (a free-reed mouth organ) and di (reeded transverse flute) for joining ensembles called Xian drum music. Eastern China is "fiddle" country, and bowed instruments such as the erhu, zhonghu, and the gaohu are popular as both solo and ensemble instruments. The Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong provinces have produced a lot of fiddlers, including Wang Dianyu, Zhao Yuchai and the influential A Bing (1893–1950), a street musician famous for his many c... http://springsun.multiply.com/music/item/133/Chinese_Folk-Modern_Fusion Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:41:38 -0000 Fuzhou's Mafia & Their Triangle Love Story Starring: Raizon Bonaventura as Raizon (Philippines) Ugaana Badrakh as Ugi (Mongolia) Somchai Nuy as Nuy (Thailand) Featuring: Christine Susanna Tjhin as Christine (Indonesia) PLOT: Raizon is Fuzhou most handsome yet feared, notorious and cruel mafia boss. He is loathed by men and desired by women throughout the biggest city in Fujian Province. One day, Raizon's 10 million US$ went missing. He's pissed and after a long list of lawless murder to find the thief, he began to suspect it's an insider's plot. He started questioning everybody, including his woman, Christine and best friends, Ugi and Nuy. While doing so, he began to show his abusive habits towards Christine, and when Christine retaliated, a long-kept passionate secret was unveiled... OHMIGOD... Nuy is actually Raizon's lover... We simply CANNOT act... AKAKAKAK... with the exception of Raizon, of course. He's VERY EXPRESSIVE.... We're just making it silly... Me, as always, Drama Queen... and Drama Kings... hehehe... http://springsun.multiply.com/video/item/7/Fuzhous_Mafia_Their_Triangle_Love_Story Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:10:21 -0000 Dinner, My 703 Place... This is, all in all, about Friendship. About sincerety, kindness, humility and respect. This is when I hosted Jeremiah's birthday at my place at 703, Luzhenwanlou Fuzhou. It's a couple of weeks late... sorry Miah, sorry Raizon... I am bad with dates... I can't even remember my Mom's or mine... so there.. hehehehe... I also intend to show of my colorful room. Kinda proud of my decoration, which basic concept/design I got from a guy whose name I refuse to mention here and who, in my effort to be fair and less proud, can be excluded from the definition of "difficult" at very few times. Still, I have to acknowledge the source of room decoration idea. Well, he did kindly say, afterwards, that my room was "agak norak", compare to his black-blue-big-squares version. Nevertheless, red-orange-yellow-white are the colors I pick in accordance to my fengshui balance, not his and my taste, not his, however "agak norak" it could be. But thanx for the inspiration anyway, Pangeran. (BTW, I di... http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/56/Dinner_My_703_Place... Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:13:34 -0000 Wugen Mega Lisa n Liuying 2006 Some of the sweet memories with friends in Fuzhou. Wugen when he made Korean food at my place at Bangonglou 201. Mega's birthday at his place 202. Lisa and Liuying's experimental home-made wine. http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/55/Wugen_Mega_Lisa_n_Liuying_2006 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 09:06:35 -0000 Jazzy Pizza 2007 This may well be my last opportunity to dine with most of the wonderful people I have met in Fuzhou. I miss them all already. God bless all my friends: From Korea: So Hyun, Gemma, Kimchi, Se-On. From the Philippines: Jeremiah, Lads. From Thailand: Nuy From Indonesia: Siska, Hani, Sari, Indah, Susan, Ribka, Joshua, Eric, Chris. From Japan: Akira, Essu, Yamada, Yuta. Others who have left or couldn't join that night: Raizon (Phi), Mira (US), Simon (OZ), Him and Jim (Thai) From Mongolia: Ugana, Mega, Haagi, Connor, Tuso, and all the girls. From Japan: Haruka, Emi, Shogo, Songxia. From Indonesia: Monika, Jessica, Maya, Merry, Lina, Marcel, http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/54/Jazzy_Pizza_2007 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:27:05 -0000 Ugana's Farewell Ugana is my wonderful Mongolian brother. He is such a sweet guy and I miss him so, now that he's back to the Mongolian plateau. We had dinner at the Little India restaurant in Fuzhou and then continue with the "usual" card-drinking-game session. The usual regulation, If you get a: JACK = the person on your left has to drink, QUEEN = the person on your right has to drink, KING = YOU have to drink, ACE = You can choose whoever to drink, JOKER = each person dares you to do something, then YOU get to choose one thing and you will have to do it!!! http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/53/Uganas_Farewell Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:13:30 -0000 Kota - Glodok 2007 After over a year pursuing further study in China, it felt simply fantabulous to be home again, with my families and friends. Amongst the most enjoyable traits is the (re)-visit to (China Town) Glodok, Kota with two of my best friends, Lily and Engel... I grew up as a young adult in Kota... but I haven't been in Kota for around 5-6 years (???) I can't remember. The last recollection of Kota is the singed buildings some years after May 1998. Stolling through memory lanes, eating food I grew to be fond of during my high school years... But what is best is that I'm strolling with two of my best http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/51/Kota_-_Glodok_2007 Wed, 8 Aug 2007 08:58:58 -0000 X'mas Dance 2006 Cindai - http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/49/Xmas_Dance_2006 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:46:40 -0000 Future Daughters of China I came across this article and wonder what the value is of being a "daughter" is in China or in a Chinese family. ================================================== Foreign brides will change China forever Gwynne Dyer, London (The Jakarta Post, 06 December 2006) We all know about the problem of China's missing girls: the tens of millions of female babies who were selectively aborted after their sex was determined by ultrasound, or were born and then just allowed to die, as families seeking sons took drastic measures to cope with the one-child-per-family rule. By 2020, China will have about forty million more men of marriageable age than it has women for them to marry. But I have just realized where the solution will come from. Other Asian countries have a deficit of daughters, too, especially where the families of brides are still expected to provide a dowry on marriage. But nowhere else has decreed that there can be only one child per family, as China did in 1980, so the dearth... http://springsun.multiply.com/journal/item/32/Future_Daughters_of_China Wed, 6 Dec 2006 05:16:00 -0000 My Personality Disorder Test Results <A href="http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RWyw@goKCkcAAESa8Qc1"><IMG class=alignleft style="WIDTH: 106px; HEIGHT: 139px" height=129 src="http://images.springsun.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RWyw@goKCkcAAESa8Qc1/Birthday%20068.jpg?et=atV5SNrPRdg0wh8ElfDyng" width=84 border=0></A>I came across this site from my friend's multiply... Then I remember the SMS from this 'person' who put a dead rabbit in front of my apartment, "You have take things so far that it makes me and A LOT OF PEOPLE think that YOU ARE PATHETIC...I thought you were stronger than this, like what other people have been saying about you. But you get mad over a SMALL MISTAKE like this." So I figured, let's see what sort of personality disorder I (Me, Myself and I) have... *hint hint hint*... I better TAKE THE TEST(!!!)... *hint hint hint*... This is the second test and somewhat different than the first. (I lost the first because of faulty internet connection). Here I score high first on NARCISSISTIC (62%), then ANTISOCIAL (58%) second, and HISTRIONIC (46%). And I got 34% each for OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE, PARANOID, SCHIZOID and SCHIZOTYPAL. <A href="http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RWy7YQoKCkcAAHYlRoo1"><IMG class=alignright style="WIDTH: 141px; HEIGHT: 117px" height=212 src="http://images.springsun.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RWy7YQoKCkcAAHYlRoo1/M-Goth.JPG?et=ODVmen%2CR7Q6X7WECiMDsTA" width=260 border=0></A><A href="http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RWyw@goKCkcAAESa8Qc1"></A>Well, as for my own assessment over the test results, I have to slightly agree with the Narcissistic score (Hahahahaha, shoul... http://springsun.multiply.com/journal/item/31/My_Personality_Disorder_Test_Results Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:53:00 -0000 My Birthday (Episode 3 & 4) EPISODE 3: COSTUME PARTY AT CALIFORNIA I dressed up as an ancient China's Princess... Heheheh... I love my costume... Haruka and Emmy decided to be army chicks, together with Megha. I joined them after showing off my traditional Chinese costume (Hey I need to dance). Monika was a pretty pirate, Siska was a bearded detective. Hani was the beautiful Gypsy. Haoying and Wugen was the Two Stooges. Essu was the schoolgirl... hahaha.. along with Akira, Judy and Kimchi, also Isaac. Lads was the Gothic Hip Hop. Songxia had the traditional Chinese outfit too. Marcel was the Barbie Doll. Shyogo was the Burglar along with his ski-mask, dark glasses and baseball bat (He's soooooo funny). Ugana and Nai were the Miami Vice cops... hehehe... Sari was Queen Devil. Mira and Lisa dressed up like guyz (but they're too hot to be guyz...hehe)... It was apparently Akira's birthday too... So we had our Birthday song played at California, and we danced like crazy!!! It was the best night ever in California. EVE... http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/45/My_Birthday_Episode_3_amp_4 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:31:45 -0000 My Birthday (Episode 1 & 2) This is perhaps the biggest and longest birthday celebration I have ever had all my live... There are like 4 episodes, starting from the Midnight attack when they brought the surprise cakes and champagnes, then the Mid-day Lunch when we all share meals at one of our favorite restaurant close by, then the organized Costume Party at California and last but not least the After-Party Dinner hosted by Haruka and Emmy (my two lovely Japanese friends). I really have to thank the people who have made the extra efforts to organize all these events as well as those who were willing to spare their time by showing up. Haruka, Monika, Akira, Emmy, Essu, Shyogo, Siska, Hani, Meifang, Ayush, Ari, Soyun, Gemma, Judy, Wugen, Haoying, Kimchi, Seon, Siwei, Mason, Ugana, Harg, Megha, Sari, Indah, Jessica, Simon, Rick, Jason, Mira, Lisa, Lala, 4 Mongolians whose name I can't pronounce, Connor, Marcel, Lina, Makoto, Nai, Raizon, Him,Susan, Ira, Ribka, Liuying, Ensi, Songxia, Saori and her husband, Joshua, etc... http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/44/My_Birthday_Episode_1_amp_2 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:18:14 -0000 Simon's Birthday Simon's one of my best buddies in Fuzhou. We party like crazy on his birthday, and this was (perhaps) the only opportunity in my life to see him DANCING... Dang, he's such a good dancer too... Dance some more please in the future.. hawhawhaw... His brothers (Rick and Jason) came from Australia to join in the party and they are both so kind and so much fun - as kind and as funny as their sweet lil brother Simon BRUCE Lane. As for the wonderfully provoking picture I had with Rick... ehem..ehem.. let me tell you that I was not the only lucky girl that night... HAHAHAHAHA... Rick, you rock man!!! And thanx to Jason who took that picture... I really like the visual, don't you? SERIOUSLY, from an artistic point of view, (set aside that perverted inclination for a second or two..haha), I just love the angle, my (fake) tattoo, the partial glimpse of both faces, the soft threads of my long hair, Rick's dark hair, my chin, Rick's nose, my shoulder bone, Rick's finger peeking on my shoulder, and s... http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/42/Simons_Birthday Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:45:35 -0000 FTU's Sports Week This is the Opening Ceremony of the Fujian Teacher's University's Sports Week. It was held in FTU's new complex - about half an hour away by bus. This is the first engagement with other FTU's students in a large scale for most of us. It was kinda fun... I guess... Eniwe.. Hail to the foreign http://springsun.multiply.com/video/item/6/FTUs_Sports_Week Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:58:43 -0000 FTU's Sports Week This is Fujian Teacher's University Sports Week, it's kinda like their version of the Olympic, I suppose. It was kinda fun... Heehheheh... We have a lot of photo options... It's funny how they made us participate in the parade, flaunting our national flags.. but then again... they cudda let us know earlier, so we cudda prepared our traditional or national outfit (instead of wasting money and forcing us to wear that mediocre long sleeve shirt... and to think they wud make us pay 20 kuai for that and expected us to appreciate having a mediocre shirt with our university's name on the our right chest) and/or displays... But then again organization and management are not their forte... Despite the lowsy preparations and annoying lack of services (no, they didn't provide us with descent and enough transportation; no, they didn't provide food or snacks for the athletes; no, they have messy athlete's "benefit" system; no, they didn't care if under-age students would need better care and protecti... http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/40/FTUs_Sports_Week Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:24:22 -0000 Gothic Night This is when we were preparing for Gothic Night. Fun, indeed. Unforgettable, http://springsun.multiply.com/video/item/5/Gothic_Night Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:32:17 -0000 PhD.Com = Piled Higher & Deeper PhD.Com or "Piled Higher and Deeper" is the ongoing chronicle of life (or the lack thereof) in grad school. For a few laughs, you may check out the general fan favorites that poke fun at grad students, research and procrastination. I find it quite dauntingly refreshing, considering I (as per 12 November 2006) am preparing myself for a PhD degree on Chinese politics n stuff, while right about the same time desperately memorizing and crunching Mandarin vocabs and grammar in Fuzhou, China. I still have some "life", I suppose, in Fuzhou - if you determine "having a life" as having the time to slack off, to go clubbing, to get drunk, to have BBQ, etc etc, excluding: academic discussions, newspapers/journals reading n writing, civil society activism, bya bya bya... So I guess I might as well enjoy the "superficiality" of life here in Fuzhou.... I see you on the next episode of my life... hopefully, when I actually am doing my PhD... http://springsun.multiply.com/links/item/12/PhD.Com_Piled_Higher_Deeper Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:01:38 -0000 Gelak Tawa & Multikulturalisme (Laughters & Multiculturalism) "Be proud of who you are, but don't loose the ability to laugh at yourself." (Banggalah terhadap dirimu sendiri, tetapi jangan kehilangan kemampuan untuk mentertawakan dirimu sendiri) These are a few examples of how multiculturalism can be approached with a splash of comedy. WARKOP and PROJECT POP are two of Indonesia's funniest groups from different generation (1980s to 1990s for the first, the latter 1990s to 2000s). Yet they both sometimes touch upon issues of pluralism and stereotypes in their own special ways. I wonder how far these efforts could help or exacerbate situations back home. I guess, you'll never know. I am more convinced that "Laughter is the best medicine." So enjoy. (Ini adalah beberapa contoh tentang bagaimana multikulturalisme bisa diramu dengan sedikit komedi. WARKOP dan Project Pop adalah dua dari sekian banyak kelompok pelawak di Indonesia yang datang dari generasi yang berbeda (tahun 1980-an sampai 1990-an untuk yang pertama, yang kedua 1990-an sampai... http://springsun.multiply.com/music/item/122/Gelak_Tawa_Multikulturalisme_Laughters_Multiculturalism Sun, 5 Nov 2006 07:55:27 -0000 IBAS Indonesian Business Association of Shanghai (IBAS) is an organization of choice, providing assistancy and resources for developing and promoting business opportunities, cultural exchanges and relationships between organizations with mutually beneficial interests towards Indonesia and China. http://springsun.multiply.com/links/item/11/IBAS Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:57:39 -0000 Gothic Night ......Somewhere in the darker stage of twilight...... Fuzhou 福州, 2006年 10月 20日...... No One can See How these Shadows Fly Yet Despite Such Speed, Their Ears are Stabbed by this Sonorous Cry "......Hark, Eerie Creatures, This Spell the Chosen Mother Croons Fervernt and Fraught are You Not to Fulfill Your Creator's Boons? Get Inspired by the Night So Black After We're Sure the Sun No Longer Look Back Be Goth, Not Sloth Darkness Bring Forth Our Sins Covered with Cloth Unleash the Demons in You through Mass Hysteria Let All Dancers of Hell Break Loose in California......" Thus Soar the Grotesque Spirits, Obedient and Morbid As They, Wraithlike Children, Follow Their Mother's Bid [ By Lady Cataya 陈姝伶 ] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is yet another one of ICCS Students fantabulou... http://springsun.multiply.com/photos/album/38/Gothic_Night Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:11:48 -0000