Several times I’ve sent a friend invitation to Japanese students to join in FaceBook (FB). But my invitation is very rarely taken by my friend. There are one or two people who become members, but inactive. Just simply open an account only. A fairly active usually only Japanese students who had many friends of foreign students.
In 2008 Mark Zuckerberg made the Japanese language applications to attract more enthusiasts of FB in Japan. It turned out that hope was not fulfilled. Indeed the majority of Japanese people are not familiar with English-language applications. But when YouTube makes the Japanese-language applications, people flock to Japan to upload videos to there. YouTube relativism is more unpopular than the FB. It turned out that the language is not the main control for the proliferation of FB in Japan. Read the rest of this entry »
February 6th, 2010 | Posted in Hot News | No Comments
Award for Ubud, Gianyar regency, Bali, as the best city of the Asia based on the choice of 25 thousand readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine, giving severe consequences organize clutter that occurs at the art village.
“We are grateful and excited, Ubud selected as the best city of Asia with a score of 82.5 beat Bangkok, Hong Kong, Chiang Mai, and Kyoto. But it also carries heavy consequences to organize the existing conditions, such as the chaos that occurred in which everywhere, “said the regent of Gianyar Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana at Puri Ubud Sukawati, Saturday (30 / 1) night.
Cok Ace – close call Tjokorda Oka Sukawati Ardhana Artha – revealed that after receiving the award plaque, either as regent of Gianyar, the family of Puri Ubud, Bali PHRI as Chairman, or on behalf of Ubud Hotels Association. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2010 | Posted in Hot News | No Comments
Valentine’s day is a day in which the lovers and those who are in love declares his love.
History I
According to the chronicle of ancient Athenian calendar, the period between mid-January to mid February is the month Gamelion, which is dedicated to the god the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera
In ancient Rome, February 15 is the feast of Lupercalia, a celebration of Lupercus, god of fertility, which represented half-naked and dressed in goat skins. As a ritual of purification, the priests’ victims Lupercus give goats to the gods and then after drinking wine, they would run around the streets of Rome holding pieces of sheep skin and touch whoever they meet the street. Some historians say this as one of the forerunners for Valentine’s Day. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2010 | Posted in Hot News | 1 Comment
Who does not know Thomas Alva Edison? Yes, this inventor is one of the best inventors in the world because it has been patenting inventions in 1094 about the history, one of which is phonograph.
But besides that was a Frenchman named Edouard Leon Scott de Martinville has created a tool called Phonautogram 17 years before Edison! This tool was created in 1860 and used to investigate the sound, that is, by saving on a paper, but Scott never knew that this tool can also save the sound. But in 2008 some people from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States managed to change the “scratches” on paper into sounds. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2010 | Posted in Hot News | No Comments
American Idiot is a one-act, through-sung, stage musical adaption of rock band Green Day’s album of the same name. The book is by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer. The lyrics are by Armstrong and the music is written by Armstrong and band mates Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool Tom Kitt is the music supervisor and orchestrator.
The lead producers for the show are Ira Pittelman and Tom Hulce. Green Day does not appear in the production, but the show has an onstage band. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2010 | Posted in Music Zone | 1 Comment
Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. March 2, 1962) is an American musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of band Bon Jovi. He was also the owner of the Philadelphia Soul of the now suspended Arena Football League. Throughout his career, he has released two solo albums and eleven studio albums with his band which have sold over 120 million albums worldwide.
As a solo artist, he has numerous awards for his work, including a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for his solo hit: Blaze of Glory. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Monmouth University in 2001. Read the rest of this entry »
February 1st, 2010 | Posted in Celebrities | No Comments