Feb 23 2008
Posted by Jen as Announcements, Entertainment, Entertainment Features
I remember watching "Speed Racer" way back when I was still ten or eleven years old. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a little background information. Speed Racer was one of the first anime series that ever made it big outside of Japan. The manga (comic book) was created by Tatsuo Yoshida and was later turned into an actual animated series. Basically, the story revolves around Speed Racer and his love for automobile racing.
The characters include his father and creator of the Mach 5, his younger brother Spritle and his pet ...
Jan 15 2008
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People have long been baffled by the mystery of Mona Lisa's smile and the identity of the model herself. Throughout the years art historians, conspiracy theorists, aspiring conspiracy theorists and writers have all speculated on who this mysterious woman was. Who did the famous Leonardo da Vinci paint?
One of my favorite speculations of all time has to be the one which suggested that the Mona Lisa was actually a self-portrait of the famous painter himself! In my opinion, it is the oddest and most interesting what-if of all. Da Vinci was known to be quite an ...
Dec 19 2007
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Another Spears is making the headlines. Only this time, the target is not Britney Spears but her younger sister Jamie Lynn. For those of you who don't know, Jamie Lynn stars in a Nickelodeon show called Zoey 101. I still remember the first time she was introduced to the world of acting. My initial thought was that she looked every inch like her sister! They could have been twins except for the obvious height difference.
However, their personalities seemed to be different as well. While Britney was always attracting negative attention to herself, Jamie Lynn was the ...
Dec 07 2007
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Dec 04 2007
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These days, it seems like more and more people are getting bitten by the vocabulary bug and it's all for a good cause! In a Web site built by the United Nations, there is a vocabulary challenge waiting for you. In this game, there is no game over and you can keep playing until your fingers tire. And for each word you get right, 20 grains of rice is donated to help end world hunger.
Sounds too easy?
It actually is! You don't have to sign up for anything. You ...
Nov 29 2007
Posted by Jen as Announcements, Entertainment, Entertainment Features
Recently, I find myself frequenting cinemas. ...
Wonderful news from CNN…
South African Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee, just won the right to be eligable to compete at this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing after sport’s highest court backed his appeal against a ban imposed by athletics authorities.
Judging by the photo above, you’d see nothing but determination… running through his life. He’s been […]
This post is a continuation of my Cliff’s Notes for Who Moved My Cheese, the book by Spencer Johnson, M.D. (also the Author of The One Minute Manager). Hope you enjoy my annotations of the rest of the principles!
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This is wise living.
I keep picturing this scene from Music and Lyrics where Hugh Grant (playing an 80’s singer Alex Fletcher) hires Drew Barimore (as Sophie Fisher, who plays as plant caretaker) to water his apartment plants. Obviously, Alex doesn’t care less what time his plants are fed and just keeps it for the “girls” so […]
If you’re wondering why sexual perversions are happening left and right, front and back and every which way in the world today, why we have such a hideous sexual predator as Austria’s Josef Fritzl, one of the clues is staring at you right now.
Well, it’s not Miley Cyrus’ fault. Definitely not. This 15-year Disney megastar […]
Hoi An is like setting foot inside one of those old Chinese movies. The elements are all there. From the low-tiled roofs to the narrow streets, Hoi An is a picture perfect replica of what ancient Vietnam used to be. The small city is located in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. In the 16th […]
Want to go on a shopping splurge without paying even a single cent?
You can try this: Print a copy of the Yahoo news page linked in this blog. Now, go to the mall, shop till you drop, and then go to the cashier. Tell the cashier, “You take my breath away with your beauty.” As […]
Has been quite some time since my last movie out. I’ve always wanted to see The Bucket List too. Is the film really good? There are some Jack Nicholson movies that I skipped because reviews weren’t really great. I’d make The Bucket List an exception BUT hey, if some of you would say it’s not […]


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