Posts under ‘entertainment’

Now that the American Banks (and companies) have all announced further losses, more huge job cuts, closures and scandals, one can only assume that the asian markets will be hurt just as bad. Japan has already announced the same due to their heavy dependance on foreign sales and exports. It’ll be back to the 90’s [...]

This blog entry is just about four years too late. So while you are reading this, please pretend that you are back in 2005. I didn’t realize this until the other day but thanks to YouTube, one of my all time favourite bands consisting of Bono, Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton was inducted [...]

Many people have made fun of George Bush over what has come to be known as Bushism. That is his botchery of the english language. Here are some of his famous quotes throughout the years.
-”The fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it [...]

I think the days of high valuations for company stocks are probably over. Especially for high tech and the internet. Share prices based on company valuations are all but thrown out the window when fear takes over. Run for the hills! Save yourself! Every man, woman and children left to fend for themselves.
Chinese internet search [...]

This is the most films I have watched at the vancouver international film festival in years. In total it wasn’t really that many especially when in other years I sometimes didn’t even see any films. Yet this year I was able to see three plus a whole a bunch of fill-in films. That is, short [...]

Last monday I had the opportunity to attend the student presentations for their game design final. Students formed groups and were responsible for developing a more or less functional game with sound and graphics. Having been my first time I wasn’t exactly sure what level of design to expect as I had assumed that the [...]

The sun had already started to rise as we attempted to play a song for the last time. Three of the four band members struggling to get through the drum part of a song on the Rock Band game by Harmonix on a Sony Playstation II system. We did it. At 7 am we finally [...]

Last night President Bush went on national television to make a presidential address. Warnings of an iminent failure in the american financial system came across ever so clearly and quite well done. As I watched it, I started thinking how good George Bush was as a speaker in front of the camera. Coming across with [...]

Is it any good? I’ve only heard of a very few people who have had success actually getting married. One friend claims that his friend has met great people through Lava life. An old friend of mine went thru eighteen different people before finding what she believes is her ‘match’. Another friend of mine thinks [...]

Last monday I went down to Canada Place to take part in the Sonoma Wine Affair. Originally I wasn’t all that interested in going given that one, the entry fee was rather high and two, I can barely hold my own when it comes to drinking alcohol. However, the event was to raise funds for [...]