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Chy
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07-19-2003

Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 9:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
This one is for you, Costa:

http://www.yongxiu.gov.cn/palyadmin.aspx?id=2&name=“VŹă‰]‹Ź

Slow DL, but nice scene and sound even if it's in Chinese! :-)

Chy
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07-19-2003

Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
http://www.jjxw.cn/1081/2007/06/15/301@267065.htm
These are links of a New Conference which happened June 15. We were told earlier about it being in ShangHai, but it turned out to be in ZLH. They are in Chinese but the report has nothing new to you(about such a great show Survivor is, so popular in US, the mother of all Reality show blah blah...) but look at all those pictures! The new Logo is in there along with some well known people associated with the productions.

http://bbs.jjxw.cn/dispbbs.asp?boardid=5&replyid=118311&id=28074&page=1&skin=0&Star=1

Is it too early to be bothered with Survivor:China?? Hope some one will like it.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/2007/04/19/survivor-china-the-best-worst-idea-ever/#comments

don't miss his own reply in the comment area:
I think people in the West crave the “uncivilized” side of China because it’s different from their own society. However, and perhaps this is biased due to the sheer amount of exposure I have to media about China, but there seems to be no lack of coverage on China’s growing modernity. However it seems to be the will of the Chinese to keep the dirtier bits from being seen.

As for “Known for its great nature…” - huh? I’ve never heard China being famous for great nature. I mean, most mountains have stairways, most parks have had their trees removed to make room for fake trees and weird status, and most lakes and rivers are so polluted, that you can’t fish or swim in them
(Posted on 19. May 2007 at 09:47 Ryan)

Chy
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07-19-2003

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Costa and all, if you have not seen the vids yet, they have been taken down. At least it seems so.

That's good news to me, it means they will be using some of the not-so-lesser-known sceneries. :-) Let's hope VG in SurvivorPhoenix did get some caps!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 4:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Chy... I just found this. I rarely look under General Discussions so I didn't know you had all these posts here. Thank you for all of your posts about China. I love Survivor and can't wait for the new season to start!!!



Akwarlord47
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06-26-2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Akwarlord47 a private message Print Post    
They are having survior casting call in Phoenix on June 28th. Anybody trying out?

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
How cool Chy!! I love reading all this ahead of the show!

Chy
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07-19-2003

Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Well, I'm so glad more posters found the place. It was beginning to feel like, either not enough people wants to talk to me, or not enough people care about Survivor:China.

I know this is a strange place to do S:China. But where else should it be? It's off season as far as every one's concern. It's pitch dark in here most of the time, though I do have a group working on digging out all things S:China. Like I said, I'll bring whatever the group deemed fit to share. We don't want to get people in trouble, right?

Chy
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07-19-2003

Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Just noticed the fact that this is out of the Discussion area. I found it alright. :-)

I almost did a Spoiler thread, but erased it.
So far the only things I could tell everyone, is the location, shooting time frame and weather report, which is all out in the open, and not to be considered Spoilers?

If any Mod or Admins care to, please post that map from the official tourists dept.. It's in my 6-15 post. I imagine we ought to grab it now before it disappears like all the promo videos for ZheLin and PoYang.

I'm not that handy w/PC stuffs. I'm just good at reading Chinese and lucky to have friends who pointed me to the right spots!

Chy
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07-19-2003

Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Juju, I've missed your post some how!
I am so envious of you! Could I carry your luggage or be your personal interpreter next time you go to China?

I was born and raised in Taiwan. My parents are from there and we are loyal to KMD, which means we still consider ourselves Chinese instead of Taiwanese. (If you don't know what it means, it's okay.)

ZheLin is not far from NanChang, which is not that far from ShangHai.(My Mama is from around SH, Baba's from NanJing) Looks like you are going to enjoy this season as much as I will!!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Chy -- let me add my thanks for all the information you've been posting! I don't read of lick of Chinese, but the info here and the pix have been fantastic! THANK YOU!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 11:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Hey, Chy, I would love to have had you along in China. On our first trip in 1998, we had some Chinese-Americans in our group, and they were invaluable. The trip in 2006, we had only two people of Chinese heritage, and they did not speak or read the language, but people kept speaking to them in Chinese, lol. But tourism is coming to China big-time, and between the two trips, we noticed that a LOT more people spoke English. And a lot fewer people stared at us, although they still did.

There are now a lot of Chinese tourists as well. There were hardly any in 1998. The Chinese tourists want to get their pictures taken with the "big-noses," the Americans. We were with a tour group, and there were a pair of brothers in their 60's from Ohio. They looked like they would have been more at home on a pig farm than in China, but they were wildly popular in China because they looked alike and both had really big noses. LOL!!!

We have only been to the Taiwan airport, just like we have only been to the Narita (Tokyo) airport, so can't really say we have been to Taiwan.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, July 09, 2007 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
JUju, thank you for sharing. I appreciate hearing the difference between '98 and last year! They are going to get more involved with the rest of the world. Hopefully the recent bad publicity would teach them how to "play by the rule" again. Remember all those piracy in prints, cds and dvds? It got the new laws going, and it's a bit better now.

We have decided it's time to post some more pix. They already started on Sucks. So as planed, I'll keep our boards in the know, even though it's a ghost town here right now.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, July 09, 2007 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
I can't get them uploaded, says they are too big?

Well. you can go and see them on Sucks. Survivor 15 goes to china, in the Survivor 15+ area.

http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm19.showMessageRange?topicID=2832.topic&start=281&stop=300

Stormie
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03-01-2007

Monday, July 09, 2007 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stormie a private message Print Post    
Oh this is great, I'm glad there are already posts about Survivor China. I'll have to stop by more often. Thank you Chy for all the information about China, it's fantastic. Does anyone know when the show will start? Is it in the fall? This seems like it will be a really great show this season.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, July 09, 2007 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Some Chinese(whom I read in Chinese) thought they were told that this would be shown in August. But according to old hands at SS, new Survivors are usually shown something close to the Thursday before the season for everything else to start.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, July 30, 2007 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
For those who likes the music and wonders about it's coming together, this is a good read. Long but really good read. Lots of pretty pictures also if you're too tied up with BB8. :-)

http://landaus-travels.blogspot.com

He's back already!
I was itching the whole time to tell him stuff,(and my friend did try) but it doesn't look like he read any of the comments anyways....

I have more things to tell, but this place is practically ghost town these days...

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, July 30, 2007 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
The ghost towns pop up all over during BB season, Chy. Thanks for the blog -- it was extremely interesting, and I've got it bookmarked to read more slowly tomorrow. :-)

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
http://blog.sina.com.cn/springladies

Here's one more for you, Teach. Landau actually recorded these ladies(Wings of Spring not Arts like he calls them...) singing the ancient words translated from Russian...
We put it on Sucks weeks ago but I didn't translate it for them.
If you do care for it, I could do that later.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
The Chinese songs you'll hear on the site are not Survivor related, just like those Mozart and Mendelssohn melodise, certainly not I will follow him. :-)

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I'd love the translations, Chy! THANKS! :-) (I teach Spanish as well as English, and am the musical director for our musicals. This is right up my alley!)

Chy
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07-19-2003

Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Teach, here's the first part. I have not learn to put pictures here yet. (From the blog of Wings of Spring, link given in my last post.)

Wings of Spring, onward to Hollywood!

Haha this title must catch you by surprise. Of course we're not gonna drop everything and move on to be actors in Hollywood. Just so happened we had great opportunity of a "Close Encounter" with some Hollywood director.

Yesterday before rehearsal (I) received notice from Tong Jie, said a few Americans would be around to record both sound and image. On my way there, I was full of wonder and puzzles. At the rehearsal (I) found out that we have been referred to some Hollywood director by Ms. JiangJu from the YangHungNian (Performance) Group. BTW, I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude. Everyone knows that our group is composed by volunteers from the community. We have insisted on weekly rehearsals in our spare time; We have organized ourselves to put on performances and activities. We've done all these out of the passion and love to sing as a choir. But we truely appreciate all the support in the pass ten years. Every one of you who gave us chance to perform, that's what sustained the Spring Wings till today.

This instance is just the same. Who knew these people introduced to us by Ms Jiang was such famous director and cameraman for the most popular "Survivor" from such well known Hollywood tv productions. Way back when I've watched the series on local tv. (I was) deeply touched by the way all the different emotions, desire to conquer and human natures displayed within the surviving game. These three American tv producers came farther than ten thousand miles with the purpose of producing a <Survivor> that belongs to Chinese. Not only are they welling to learn about the geography, customs, production circumstances and such, they are even going to record a sample of Chinese music for a Chinese-Themed sound for Survivor: China.

First picture goes here.

(to be continued)

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Thank you! All I see on the site are question marks (obviously I haven't updated all my "foreign language" updates), but I can see the pictures and hear the music. Your translation makes the whole thing totally understandable! THANK YOU!!

Chy
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07-19-2003

Friday, August 03, 2007 - 12:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Here, Teach, from Wings of Springs blog, continued... (I'm glad you like it!)

But it really wasn't easy to translate the foreign lyrics into Chinese. Ms Jiang with her special creaky-crackly voice(she wasn't born with that, it's crackly now after all the on-going translations she has to do for the Hollywood director) helped explained , interpreted the meaning of the song for us, the director was comfortable enough singing and playing happily on his own there.

<<Insert pic of Landau strumming on the guitar>>
(I'm fine if any Mods could do that.)

These very professional cameraman and sound engineer, heheh a bit like we're making films here.

<<Photo of Cameraman & Sound man>>

Something "Funny" happened as we were just about done. The handsome cameraman has tried to catch our image and expression, all night long, with criss-crossing to get us from all different angles. But he clearly had ignored our sweaty albeit extremely showy director/accompanist. At the completion of one take, the director asked the cameraman with resentment and childishness: Why didn't you film me in there just now? Why couldn't you have turned the lance this direction a little more? Haha the Hollywood director's humor and style expressed right in front of us.

<<Photo of Landau probably showing them lyrics from a laptop.>>

Of course we must also express our gratitude to Wu Cheng Yuan's unit for providing us such a lovely music class room. Hopefully these Hollywood TV production people would come back again. Looking forward for the completion and the showing of Survivor: China, because there lies our dreams and voice.

The end of that blog entry which is about Survivor: China.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Tuesday, August 07, 2007 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Here's a link to a huge spoiler type of things about the location.
http://survivorfever.net/index15.html

Our little friend from QuanDong, Vern, took a 17 hr train trip to ZheLin. He and two friends of his spent July 27th & 28th(Day 33rd & 34th!!) exploring around and took pictures ...

He's keep something to be shown maybe at a later date. But enjoy these for now, we don't want any one to lose their jobs!