Current Affairs

Beijing’s Water Cube turned into Water Wow!

by Sarah August 18, 2010 Cool

I want to go here…. This is what China did to the Olympic Water Cube… pretty good job. Only shame is that the entrance in $30 and the average monthly income in Beijing is only 138$…

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“Warm Up the Nation’s Welcome”

by Sarah August 16, 2010 Current Affairs

I find this a bit strange but Visit Britain have issued a set of ‘helpful tips’ to welcome foreigners into Britain for the Olympics 2012… although the intent is to steer away from stereotypes, I think that the effect is the opposite! Here are a sample – are they accurate? A smiling Japanese person is [...]

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Tweet to God

by Sarah July 26, 2009 Current Affairs

Love when politics and social media come together. After being inspired by the power of Twitter, Aron Nil thought of ways twitter could help the people of Israel. What he came up with was @TheKotel where fellow Jews tweet a prayer which Nil then prints off and takes to the Western Wall where it is [...]

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Caption Competition of the Weekend

by Sarah July 11, 2009 Caption Competition

This photo has inspired me to add a new feature to the site on a weekend (when I am too busy enjoying the sunshine to post!). Add your captions in the comments! (and yes this is now courtesy of my new MacBook Pro – it’s so pretty!)

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North Korea Beer Propaganda

by Sarah July 3, 2009 Current Affairs

I love watching new ads on Youtube from around the world but this is my favourite one this week. As reported by Reuters: North Korea’s latest launch is sure to cause much frothing…it is a locally brewed beer that promises drinkers it will help ease stress. The impoverished state this week launched an advert on [...]

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