Guiness World Records holder for being the most awarded female act of all time, Whitney Houston, died today (February 11, 2012) at the age of 48. Her accolades include 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American…
Winter Unhappy
In the ten years I’ve been in this city, never have I experienced the cold that the region is sweeping now. Ok, my neighbors would say they have up to -30° when they were younger and if it was me,…
Teach Kids About Money
As early as now, saving up will be beneficial not just for you but for your kids too. Here are some tips on how to Teach Kids About Money: 1. Use money as a means to learn subtraction and addition….
Venus de Milo
Another sculpture/piece of ancient Greek civilization displayed at the Louvre is Venus de Milo, a sculpture believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the Greek goddess of love and beauty.. Like the Nike sculpture, this one has missing parts too particularly the arms….
Sphinx
For centuries, structures of the sphinx, a mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head or a cat head and eagle wings, along with the pyramids have baffled us. Although the Greeks introduced this creature as a female malevolent, treacherous and merciless, the Egyptians view it…
Vanity Bathroom
Among the many things I’d like to redo at home is our bathroom lighting and mirror. Not that vanity lighting sounds better, well, such fixtures looks way better and elegant too. At the moment, our bathroom looks as though an old…
Artist Focus : Winged Victory of Samothrace Sculptor
The Winged Victory of Samothrace also known as Nike of Samothrace is a sculpture honoring the Greek goddess of Victory, Nike. (The goddess of strength, speed, and victory. ) Being fond of Greek history and mythology I am grateful that through…
Steve Tyler’s Rendition of the National Anthem at NFL Playoffs
We all know that the Aerosmith frontman is a great rock singer but his singing the National Anthem yesterday may not be counted as one of his best performances…but then he is a rock star and in this genre, that’s…
Lukáš Kmit- Nokia Ringtone
We are told and as etiquette, it is but a must to turn off a cellphone during performances whether in a piano, violin concert, plays, or any other shows where am artist’s concentration is easily broken by the slightest noise….
Never Let Me Go 2010 Movie
After reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s book I decided to watch the movie adaptation, Never Let Me Go 2010. I’ve learned better now, movies are indeed adaptations so I don’t expect that it would be word for word taken from the book…
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro, 2005)
I was at the bookstore with the kids one cold Friday afternoon to meet a friend. They were as always browsing and looking for Gregs Tagebuch — Diary of a Wimpy Kid…as they are collecting them both in English and…
Never Let Me Go (Jane Monheit for Judy Bridgewater)
— In the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s book, Never Let Me Go, the character has a favorite song that she often listened to and from which the title of both were derived. In the book, Kathy, the narrator found…
