|
....December 11, 9:55 AM |
| Musical Model
Meimei has been modeling for about two years, getting involved in some shoots for clothing lines and in runway shows, but her heart has always been in her music.
A classical pianist and trained pipe organist, Meimei came to New York to get her Masters in music performance. “I also served as an adjunct piano faculty [member] there during my program, taught music theory and gave private piano instructions for undergraduate students,” she said. “So I did not have much experience [modeling]. Then I was recruited by this NYU student who was recruiting models for the charity fashion show organized by both professionals and NYU students. They met in the elevator at the NYU student center and he asked her to model for a show of his. “I am a kind of person who is always up to new challenges, so I accepted it, and my experience at the show turned out to be really a great one,” she said. “It was fun.” Meimei works full-time as a musician and teacher, “but I definitely enjoy modeling, too, it is really a different kind of ‘performing,’ and I learned a lot from it. Modeling is another great venue for me to start letting people know more about me, and also my activities as a musician. This dynamic lady is looking to open her own music school with some friends and possibly an agency to help starting musicians. Her daily routing has her teaching in Brooklyn, accompanying at a dance studio in Queens and working with other musicians in her spare time in Manhattan. “When I hang out in Queens, I like to keep it low-key and I’m usually with friends so I can catch up with them at the same time, too,” she said. “I hang out mostly at their houses in Astoria, Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Corona, and Flushing, and we also eat out at various restaurants in those areas. I love the ethnic food options in Queens. Because I come from a mixed family background (half Japanese and Taiwanese), I feel very natural being in Queens.” “Everyone is different, and we have a variety of ethnic and cultures here,” she added. “If you live in Japan or Taiwan, you will never get this kind of experience at all.” Meimei Jackson Heights Age: 26 Height: 5’ 10" Weight: 130 lbs Stats: 34-26-36 |
|
Vandal Busted By Straphanger Cell Phone Queens Small Biz Hurt By Credit Crunch State Senate Race: The Final Lap? A Visit From The Mets Nine Charged In $1.4M Mortgage Scheme Inside The Board Of Elections: State Senate Votes Prompt Race Debate MTA Changes Expected Councilman Stable After Car Accident Queens Weathers Economic Storm Hospital Welcomes ‘Miracle Babies’ Home Queens Law College Ranks In Diversity Queens Arm Wrestlers Take Home Top Prizes Second Attempt For Greener Taxis Triborough Bridge Now The RFK Opponents Flip On Willets Point Plan Recount Get Underway In Tight Senate Race Return To Jail Likely For Con Freed In Hoax City Officials File Suit Over Term Limits Audit Finds Water’s Edge In Too Deep Celebs Cut Ribbon On New Garden Liu Fixing Broken Meter Rule New Test For 8th Graders Unveiled Parkway Hospital Closes | |||||||
|
|||||||||
| Star Wars: The Return
City Councilman John Liu’s favorite banished radio personality is set to return to the airwaves.
Troi Torain, aka Star, recently announced that the wildly popular “Star and Buc Wild Show” will ride once again, this time on Pulse 87 (87.7 WNYZ-FM) to be heard in the New York area. Star was fired from Power 105.1 FM and arrested on child endangerment charges last year for making threatening sexual references about a rival DJ’s wife and daughter on-air. Star also used racial slurs when speaking about the rival DJ’s wife, who is part-Asian. Liu didn’t appreciate this and promptly dubbed the controversial broadcaster a “loser pedophile radio stooge.” Well, Star didn’t like that and filed a $55 million defamation suit against Liu. A judge eventually tossed the civil case. “After spending a couple of nights in jail, serving community service, and spending the last 18 months out of work, Torain has hopefully learned a lesson,” Liu said of Star’s comeback. “We hope he will use the power of broadcast responsibly and not exhibit recidivist behavior by explicitly fantasizing on-air about little girls.” Now, now. You guys play nice. |
|||||||||
| Azaria Takes Lead
Aaron Sorkin’s show for NBC “Studio 60” couldn’t compete with Tina Fey’s Emmy-Award winning “30 Rock,” which tapes here in Queens. It was canceled earlier this year, leaving Sorkin to turn his attention from writing for television to writing about television. His play “The Farnsworth Invention,” chronicles the race between media mogul David Sarnoff and boy genius Philo T. Farnsworth to invent the first television. Forest Hills-born Hank Azaria stars as Sarnoff, head of the Radio Corporation of America. Azaria received a Tony Award nomination for his work in “Spamalot.” The play opened on Broadway in mid-November and now that the stagehand strike is over has an open-ended run. |
|||||||||
| The Kitchen Sinks
This past Saturday, Jahn’s Ice Cream parlor in Richmond Hill shut its doors forever. The shop had been around since the 1930s. Jahn’s was a favorite spot for dinner and ice cream in Richmond Hill. It was decorated with 19th century period pieces and featured a fun menu including an ice cream dish called the “kitchen sink,” large enough to serve six. Jahn’s still has one remaining branch in Jackson Heights, but the Richmond Hill location was clearly the anchor of what was at one time a tri-state chain which offered free birthday sundaes. We’ll miss ya, Jahn’s. |
|||||||||
| |
|||||||||
| | |||||||||
| |||||||||
You
can reach us by e-mail at conf@queenstribune.com Fax to Conf (718) 357-0972 Or you can reach us by mail: "Confidential" 174-15 Horace Harding Expressway Fresh Meadows, NY 11365 |
|||||||||
