LumDimSummary of NightLab’s ‘French Kiss @ BLING’

An event by Nightlabs, DJ Keza spun BLING into a frenzy this past Saturday, April 17.

A BIG THANK YOU to Comptoirs de France and Catherine de France for partnering this event and rewarding guests with goodies.

LumDimSum Photo Gallery of ‘French Kiss @ BLING’:

Aussie Aussie Aussie: AustCham Masquerade Ball 2010

The 2010 AustCham Beijing Black & White Masquerade Ball was hosted this past Saturday, April 17 at China World Hotel.

A beautifully decked out black & white ball with even more glamorous guests adorned in some very impressive, done-up masks, the vivacious event featured live music, great acrobatic performances, live auctions, and a big man in an even bigger purple dress singing and running around pretending to be a woman (must be an Aussie thing).

With tickets selling at RMB 1200 a pop, this charity fundraiser event will donate their proceeds to twelve different not-for-profit organizations over the next twelve months, across Micro Finance, Environment, Local Community and Children.

LumDimSum Photo Gallery of the AustCham Masquerade Ball courtesy of EventPod Photography:

For a full gallery of photos from the AustCham Masquerade Ball, click EventPod’s website here.

LumDimSummary of Keza’s ‘BLING’ Birthday Bash

With guest DJ’s from Paris – DJ KAYZ and MC KRYMO and Beijing’s own DJ NoName, Djack, Maxwell and the Twins, Keza’s ‘BLING’ Birthday Bash tore up the dance floor!

A big birthday celebration for a superstar DJ!

LumDimSum Photo Gallery of DJ Keza’s ‘BLING’ Birthday Bash:

A Celebration of Champagne, Cupcakes, candy&caviar!

Congratulations to candy&caviar on a beautiful fashion show!

Showcasing candy&caviar’s entire Fall 2010 Collection with a proper debut on the runway, this event featured candy&caviar’s signature hooded blazers, stunning silk dresses and trend-setting new dress shirts paired with bow ties, the perfect touch of candy&caviar.

For looks that combine class, confidence and sophistication, the candy&caviar show was hosted at the beautiful d.lounge, marking the official launch of candy&caviar in Asia.

LumDimSum Photo Gallery of the candy&caviar FW 2010 fashion show @ d.lounge:

www.candyandcaviar.com

A special THANK YOU to candy&caviar’s generous sponsors:

• d.lounge

• C. de France

• BonBon Bins

• Lollipop Bakery

candy&caviar Showroom Address:

China Central Place, Building 16, Room 921

LumDimSum and candy&caviar's very own, Candy Lin

Karaiya Wine Tasting LumDimSummary

Hosted by wine connoisseur Alan Wong, Karaiya Spice House hosted its very first Wine Tasting Dinner Party on Thursday, March 4.

Including Karaiya’s top signature dishes together with a tasting flight of four different wines, Alan explained how to assess and evaluate the wide range of flavors, aromas, and general characteristics of each wine.

Keep posted on LumDimSum for details about upcoming wine tasting events hosted by Alan Wong.

LumDimSummary:

4 different white wines

+ 8 signature Karaiya dishes

=  3 hours of BLISS

LumDimSum Photo Gallery of the Wine Tasting Dinner Party @ Karaiya Spice House:

A Glimpse of Chu Teh-Chun’s Retrospective Exhibition @ NAMOC

The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) and the association Studio of Chu Teh-Chun (ACTC) are very glad to announce the first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the work of Chu Teh-Chun. This exhibition, held on the occasion of the 90^th birthday of the artist will present to the Chinese public about one hundred artworks: works on paper, oil paintings and ceramics describing the artistic journey of Chu Teh-Chun between 1953 and 2008. This show, deemed by Mr. Fan Di’an, director of the NAMOC, and co-curator of the show as “the most wonderful and scientifically documented project on a modern Chinese painter ever held at NAMOC” will allow the public to explore the various periods of the artists and penetrate his world.

Chu Teh-Chun Retrospective

National Art Museum of China – Beijing

Exhibition Available: March 4-30, 2010

A glimpse of the extraordinary beauty created by Mr. Chu Teh-Chun with LumDimSum Photo Gallery:

LumDimSummary of the HAITI RISE Campaign

In only three hours, the HAITI RISE Campaign Finale Party raised a total of RMB 72,200!

A BIG Thank You to everyone who came out and for actively doing your part to bring change in the world.

Every little bit counts, and in this case, we did pretty, pretty good. 

LumDimSummary of the HAITI RISE Total Breaking Down:

Jan. 22, Campaign Launch @ The Bookworm: RMB 103,768

Jan 24-Feb. 3, Eat for Haiti Campaign: RMB 175,600

Jan. 30, Model Citizen Auction Party @ BLING: RMB 59,601

Feb. 4th, Campaign Finale @ Hatsune Sanlitun: RMB 72,200

GRAND TOTAL FROM THE HAITI RISE CAMPAIGN: RMB 430,935

(includes Personal Donations & Haiti Rise Apparel Sales)

For a glimpse of the night’s shenanigans, check out the LumDimSum Photo Gallery courtesy of EventPod Photography:

For a full gallery of photos from HAITI RISE Finale Campaign: http://eventpod.smugmug.com/Charity/HAITI-RISE-Campaign-Finale/11168584_ytPp7#782898775_8nTA9

‘Model Citizens’ Raise RMB 53,500

…And the numbers are in!

With about 13 models & including Bling’s very own DJ KEZA, David, Hill & myself included, the ‘HAITI RISE’ auction raised a total of RMB 53,500 for Haiti!

Thank you to all models for being good sports, to all the big ballers who placed their bids (thank you Gireesh for bidding on me!), to Wes for being the best MC of all time, to Bling for hosting the auction, and a BIG shout out to Tami Zhao for the brilliant idea, for making this happen and for closing the event with the biggest sell of RMB 14,000!!  DAMMMNNNN GIRL!! 

Check out the Model Citizen ‘HAITI RISE’ Party @ BLING with LumDimSum Photo Gallery:

WE GOT IT

I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun for 10 days in a row!

This year’s NanShan Open was not only incredibly successful as Asia’s largest snowboarding stop on the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour, but more than that, I am left with priceless memories.

Here’s a recap of the past week (after the first qualifying round of the NanShan Open when the top 13 snowboarders were announced from the original 30 pro-snowboarders):

In the final competition day on Sunday, January 10th, the 13 finalists were narrowed down to the top four: Juuso Laivisto (FIN), David Bertschinger Karg (SUI), Sergey Lapushkin (RUS), and Nick Hyne (NZ) who secured their place in the afternoon’s Super Finals.

Rider: Sergey Lapushkin

Rider: Juuso Laivisto

Out of the four superstars, Juuso Laivisto took first place in the super finals followed by Sergey Lapushkin, David Bertschinger and Nick Hyne.

“I’m really happy! It’s my first time in China and the resort reminds me of my home mountain, so it was kinda special to win here! This trip is so well organized and we’re all having such a good time… now where’s the beer!?” – Juuso Laivisto on grabbing first place

After the competition, everyone got loose with a karaoke dinner and a wicked house party worthy of going down in history. To sum up the night, just imagine: beer spraying, nudity (just the men), stomping/breaking tables, smashing lamps, and basically utter destruction of the entire cabin.  In the end, 2 people went to the hospital and I believe the damages to that one room totaled over 30,000 RMB. Rough.

Classic shots of the beginning of the night of total annihilation:

The next few days were booked for trekking on the Great Wall, ice biking in HouHai, shopping at Silk or Yashow, dinner party at Alan Wong‘s sick apartment and finishing off with a record Official Competition After-Party at Vics (where else is open with people on a Tuesday night?)

LumDimSum Photo Gallery:

**Shout out to Steve, Olli & the Mellowparks crew for giving me the opportunity to be a part of such an incredible experience.

**Thank you to Marc & Tobi for helping me realize I am in fact NOT Goofy, but Regular and now ‘I GOT IT!’ I can snowboard and it feels GOOD!!

**To all the riders/filmers/photographers who came to Beijing for the NanShan Open: It was such a pleasure to get to know each and every one of you. Thank you for the best 10 days ever and I hope our paths will cross again in the near future. Until then, keep rocking it and going big. You’re all superstars!!

As Ludde says, “WE GOT IT”

Crazy ’bout DJ Craze

DJ Craze with DJ Wordy

DJ Craze returned to Punk tonight for Round 2 after an amazing performance on the 4th of July this year.

Considered by many to be the best turntablist ever, DJ Craze has won the DMC championship 3 times in a row and on top of that, he also won the DMC team competition twice with A-trak.

After Qbert spun BLING into a frenzy last Wednesday, I was curious to witness Craze throw down at Punk.

Kickin’ it with Punk’s resident DJ Saul D, Craze was such a cool guy and as soon as he started his set, people hit the dance floor…and didn’t stop.

Here are some snap shots from tonight’s show @ Punk, brought to you by LumDimSum Photo Gallery:

The Side of Qbert I Bet You Didn’t Know

Last week, 3-time DMC World Champion Qbert took the stage in Beijing at two shows:

First @ BLING on Wednesday, Dec. 9th and the following day @ Yugong Yishan on Thursday, Dec. 10th.

Word on the street is that both shows were similar with Qbert battling DJ Wordy and masses of people coming out to see the famous scratch artist making magic live on stage.

With many of die-hard fans and some good Guanxi, I got the inside scoop about Qbert and found out some fun facts I bet you didn’t know about this turntablist god:

• His real name is Richard Quitevis
• Known as the Jimi Hendrix of turntables
• He is Filipino-American, raised in the Bay Area, California
• Qbert is my height, and he’s absolutely adorable
• Qbert is 40 years old – Born Oct. 7, 1969, take that to whoever says time induces old age appearances
• He’s a step up from vegan – he eats only RAW FOODS -perhaps part of his magical elixir for looking so young
• He believes in the power of words on water so he writes words on water to bless it before he consumes it.

Here are some pictures from Qbert’s show at BLING this past week.  This is the side of Qbert that you’re used to seeing:

More of Qbert’s show – Bling-Style, courtesy of LumDimSum Photo Gallery:

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

This past Saturday, Bling hosted its Cheetah Party/Relaunch of Bling’s VIP Cheetah Lounge.

LumDimSum Photo Gallery Highlights here:

“Changing the World, One Life at a Time”

LumDimSum’s Gallery of Club Decollete’s Opening Party

Congratulations to Wilfred Kwok, successful owner of Glen Boutique Bar, Oden and newly opened Club Glen & Club Decollete in 1949-The Hidden City.

Club Decollete opened last night, Wednesday, December 2nd with an endless supply of champagne, cocktails, live saxophone, and tapas courtesy of 1/5 Taverna. EventPod also featured a live slideshow of all photos throughout the night!

You can check out the entire database of photos from Club Decollete’s Opening Party here.

But here’s a taste of Club Decollete’s Opening with LumDimSum’s photo gallery highlights:

Love Boat @ BLING

This past Saturday (Nov. 28), P1.cn teamed together with BLING for a ‘night of maritime pleasure’.

Featuring a sailor theme with give-away P1 sailor hats, and super hot dancers, Bling was bumpin’ all night.

Presenting to you, LumDimSum’s ‘Love Boat @ BLING‘ Photo Gallery Highlights: