Category Archives: Culture

‘El Che’, The Legendary Hero

By ShamsJune 16, 20081 commentCultureArgentina, Che Guevara, El Che, Rosario, Time 100

A 4-meter bronze statue of ‘Che Guevara’ now stands in his own town Rosario, Argentina. The sculptor Andres Zerneri crafted the bronze statue from donations he received from thousands of people in Argentina and from around the world. The donations included anything household that is of bronze from doorknobs to door keys.

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Brain Drain

By ShamsJune 13, 2008Culturebrain drain, Brin, Google, Space

Google’s Brin is planning to go to Space (Mars, Jupiter, Venus, etcetera etcetera etc.) If this happens………………………. It will be the ‘ever biggest’ brain drain for planet Earth. 🙂

The macaque rampant

By ShamsJune 12, 2008CultureBuddhist temple of Borobudur, Java, monkeys

Monkeys rampaged – destroyed hundreds of acres farmland and stole crops. The incident occurred in Java, and the complex of centuries old Buddhist Temple of ‘Borobudur’ was not either left from their aggressive move. The Temple is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.

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Garbage collection in Taipei

By ShamsJune 9, 2008Culturegarbage trucks, Taipei

As Mr. Chow wrote (we are following the experience of the dot com Mogul in Taipei), there are ‘garbage stops’ in Taiwan’s capital. People take their wastes to these stops and wait for the trucks.

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Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s door

By ShamsJune 4, 2008CultureIndonesian author, Tung Desem Waringin

Reuters, CNN described his as ‘businessman’ (first), – then it was an ‘author’. An Indonesian Author. We would like to call him ‘an adventurer’ (merely a ‘stuntman’). 🙂

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