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Vintage pictures

Those were the days

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An old photo from late 80s, featuring a few of the very top Chinese pop stars then. Regrettably three of them were gone at considerably young age…

Danny Chan, Dave Wong, Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung

Danny Chan’s mysterious death in 1993, aged 35, still puzzles many. Leslie Cheung took his life a decade later on April Fools’ Day in 2003 when he was 46. While Anita Mui lost her battle against cancer later in the same year at age 40.

Dave Wong, the youngest of all, is now 47. He has recently announced that he’s retiring from the showbiz in late 2010 after completing his current tour.

It’s the end of an era. How time has passed.

Vintage geisha postcards

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Flickr user Vintage Lulu is sharing her collection of Geisha postcards from late 19th and early 20th century; some of the postcards are reproduction and purchased in Japan while others original period pieces acquired in the UK… [via Neatorama]

I am not sure if geisha is the right word to describe the postcards though… most of those ladies look like ordinary people (including some westerners) wearing traditional Japanese kimonos instead of real geishas. The pics are pretty neat nonetheless.

Vintage postcard of Japanese geisha in traditional kimono