Monika’s Pensieve

I accidentally stumbled across this - it’s hilarious and completely insane *grin*

I haven’t seen Candeloro for ages (he retired about when I started to watch skating - that was 1998). Technically he’s no match for the skaters of today, but for the theatrical content… skaters today just don’t get that theatrical - even at exhibition [...]

I felt this was quite a strange, but fascinating story. Google has included some historical Japanese maps in their Google Earth service and there are calls for these maps to be taken down:
The maps date back to the country’s feudal era, when shoguns ruled and a strict caste system was in place. At the bottom [...]

Taekwondo has really kicked off in Afghanistan (they got their first Olympic medal in Beijing in 2008). But there’s another sport that is developing rapidly in Afghanistan and it’s cricket. Here’s the story of a British-Afghan match held in Kabul, it’s really sweet :)

I really liked this article. Sixteen practical tips on mobile phone use.

This is a really good news report about Hana and her new life in South Korea.

The first time I heard about women striking by withholding sex from their men was a couple of months ago. In Kenya things seem to have gone further.
The women in Kenya are worried that the political situation in the country has become so tense that it may have violent consequences - like it did two [...]

You may remember I wrote about how I love you Philip Morris (the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor romance) was having problems securing a distribution deal in the US because of a sex scene that was described as graphic (which probably meant oral rather than graphic ;)). It seems to have finally secured a distribution deal in [...]

I just wasted loads of time here ;) It’s a site that compiles a few popular film rankings and film awards together. The idea is that you tick off which films on these lists you’ve seen and that should leave you with some interesting options to explore. It’s kind of fun doing it and comparing [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Afghan Star (UK, 2009)
Seen: Friday, 8th May 2009 (cinema, Planete Doc Review)
Runtime: 87′
Director: Havana Marking
Production House: Aria Productions, Roast Beef Productions, Redstart Media
Plot: A look at today’s Afghanistan through the Afghan version of “Pop Idol”.
Trailer

Impressions In Short
Probably the best film I’ve seen in terms of showing what life in today’s Afghanistan is like. It’s [...]

Meet Snowball, a parrot that enjoys dancing to the Backstreet Boys ;)