urante estos a?os ha habido caídas en bicicleta, vómitos, un desmayo (bloqueo digestivo causado por comer tallarines en plena carrera ciclística de 24 horas), pero sólo dos abandonos, algo de lo que Ajram está particularmente orgulloso. "El dolor es mental. Hay que enfocarse en lo que llevas recorrido y no en lo que falta por recorrer, siempre fijándote objetivos peque?os", explica el atleta, quien ha hecho de su pensamiento toda una filosofía de vida.
En la parte superior del pecho, Ajram tiene tatuada la frase "I don't
know where the limit is, but I know where it's not" ("No sé dónde está el
límite, pero sé donde no está"). La cita ya es famosa y resume sus conceptos,
que, según cuenta, son aplicables a cualquier ámbito. "Para ser feliz hay que
tener objetivos constantes y trabajar por ellos.
La vida pasa rápido y es provechosa si nos movemos en busca de alguna meta", explica el hispano, quien ya ha publicado dos libros: "?Dónde está el límite?" y "Ganar en Bolsa es posible", texto en el cual explica su otra pasión y su trabajo formal: la bolsa de valores. "Es un mundo muy parecido al deporte. Se gana y se pierde. Ambos son muy dinámicos y requieren saber hasta dónde llegar", comenta.
Garcia said he hoped to reach a wider, and especially younger, audience
through new technology. "People watch films in every format they can think of,
and we can use new technology to meet the audience, such as by streaming films,"
he said. Garcia homecoming he wanted to
develop the film literacy of younger viewers. "We are being bombarded by
Hollywood blockbusters, but it's important to keep the auteur and art films ...
keep the idea among the audience that cinema is a diversified culture."
While glitz and glamour have become an essential part of film festivals,
the Hong Kong event should also be about promoting local culture and talent,
Garcia said.
"The Hong Kong International Film Festival is an important part
of the Hong Kong cultural landscape," he said, agreeing it was important for the
West Kowloon Cultural District to devote areas to cinema such as the theatres
recently proposed in one of the conceptual plans for the hub.
Garcia said the plan reminded him of Southbank in London.
homecoming going to the theatre at Southbank
when he studied in England. "That was when I learnt about cinema as a student,"
he said. As the festival's executive director, Garcia said he planned to make
the case for a theatre in the Kowloon arts hub that was dedicated to a range of
film genres.
"There are layers of meaning in everything Chinese," she says. "Being
Japanese I can read the Chinese characters. When I went to the Forbidden City,
for example, I could see why the gates faced the way they did, and the stories
behind homecoming statue and every figure on every roof."When
both ancient and modern architecture speak so forcefully, Hosoda says, "it's
just a very exciting time to be here."
China Daily Instead, she found a vibrant city that was instantly
energizing. "It was like being in Japan in the '70s or in the US in the '60s,"
she says. "We are right in the middle ofChina's rise as an economic power," and
in the wake of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, "you could feel the city coming into
its own."
She also likes the contrast of the modern vitality and a rich
culture that is monumental in scale.
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They are the Chinese members of the all-girl Japanese idol band Morning
Musume who will be performing their first-ever Chinese mainland concert tomorrow
night.
For Li and Qian, the event will have even greater meaning, and not
just because they are Chinese or they will get to sing a Chinese song, the theme
tune for World Expo Shanghai 2010.
It shapes as a triumphant homecoming for two Chinese
kids who set their sights on making it big in the entertainment world - outside
of their home country.
It has been a long and difficult journey.
Increasingly more and more Chinese students are going abroad to further their
studies. Invariably they share similar experiences such as language barriers,
homesickness and settling into a new culture.
But for people such as Li and Qian and Han Geng - the only Chinese member
in South Korea's hot boy band Super Junior - the feelings are even stronger.
They not only have to become accustomed to a foreign society, but also try
to get recognized by those from different backgrounds and cultures as they
pursue stardom.
Following similar paths, the three were selected from
thousands of contestants by Japanese and South Korean entertainment companies
.
She takes conventional dresses and makes them stand out," said Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue. But a dedication to perfection has played a significant part in the advancement of her fashion career.Yet Beckham, by her own account, is a wobbly work in progress."I'm aware that I'm working my way up the ladder," she said. "I have a long, long way to go."
With her business partner, Simon Fuller, the creator of American Idol,
she presides over a luxury brand encompassing dresses, denim,
sunglasses and now a line of handbagsthat debuted on the runway last week. Her
dresses are magnets for well-heeled clients. Their growing
allegiance has contributed to sales in excess of $7 million last year, said Zach
Duane, the company's senior vice-president for business development, a figure
that will likely hold steady through this year as well.
Not so impressive, perhaps, by the standards of high profile fashion
companies that tally their sales in the billions of dollars. But Beckham
envisions a measured growth for her brand."We are moving in baby steps," she
said of the line, mostly financed at the outset with the proceeds - less than $1
million - from the sales of the Beckhams' successful fragrance line.
"If you want to help someone, it comes naturally," she says. She meets the women in public places because she is afraid of being followed home, and usually helps the women financially for three to six months. Some women have been helped for a year. She also makes sure they get counseling. Currently, she said, she has only US$50 in the bank, so in October she is expanding her So-Me Designs that help fund No More Tears. So far, she has designed T-shirts (for US$24.99 each).
baby shirts (US$26) and hoodies (US$45). The new collection includes dresses (starting at US$150) and formal tops (starting at U$60). Each T-shirt has a design Ali created with the help of her graphic artist, who is also a woman she has helped. The most popular design is a clipboard with boxes to tick off either White, Black, Hispanic or Human.Ali says as a child she would cross out the "other" in such questionnaires and write the word "human" instead.
Edith McEacheron, 35, originally from Venezuela, was put into contact with Ali in March after she says her husband left her and their toddler son with no money and no way of getting any. She is now in the final stages of trying to get a work permit and is looking for a job. No More Tears pays for her room and her attorney.