5 months ago
Holiday photo idea: Recreate an old photograph. Get inspiration at Young Me/Now Me & Back to the Future.
Going home for the holidays might mean you’ll be near the places and people you grew up with, so take the opportunity to recreate an old photo!
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7 months ago
11 months ago
Country’s 1st Plant Billboard Launched
Ever heard of a billboard that helps protect the environment?
The plant billboard, the first in the country, was made possible through the partnership of beverage giant Coca-Cola Philippines and environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
The 60x60-foot billboard located along EDSA-Forbes area, will use thriving species of Fukien tea plant , which is known to absorb air pollutants.
The plants are spread across the billboard with a space in the center in the shape of a Coca-Cola bottle.
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IEPE and the anonymous crew dumped 500 liters of water based environmentally-friendly paint on asphalt that was then spread by 2000 cars. Watch it here.
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1 year ago
1 year ago
Street Art of the Day: A nifty homage to The Wizard of Oz, spotted on the streets of Verona, Italy.
[wooster.]
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1 year ago
1 year ago
This wedding invite with built in record player is absolutely nuts. Watch the video of it here.
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1 year ago
LIKE A BOSS: E-trikes roll out in Mandaluyong
The first time you see them, you’re probably gonna do a double take, but say hello to the future of commute in the country. Introducing the electric-powered tricycles, or simply, e-trikes.
In support of efforts to make a greener future, the government recently turned over to the city of Mandaluyong, 20 e-trikes. These energy efficient e-trikes use rechargeable lithium ion batteries, much like your laptop and cellphones, and can be docked to four available recharging stations in Mandaluyong.
Do you want one in your city? Don’t worry, plans are being made to significantly scale up the roll out of e-trikes by next year.
Also: E-jeepneys in Makati and Quezon City.
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1 year ago
1 year ago
Incredible floating stage on Lake Constance in Bregenz, Austria. The Bregenzer Festspiele (Bregenz Festival) has become renowned for its unconventional staging of shows. Verdi’s opera, “A Masked Ball” in 1999, featured a giant book being read by a skeleton.
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1 year ago
This was taken in Australia. Three separate things happening at once: On the left, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. In the middle, it’s Comet McNaught. Then on the right, there’s lightning from a thunderstorm far away.
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1 year ago
A few weeks ago, my friend Marb told me about this interesting little project called One Hello World, where a guy takes voice mails from strangers and sets them to music that he makes himself. […]
I’ve been listening to a bunch of these the whole morning, and it’s taken me through a whole series of emotions. It’s a fantastic concept, in itself, but what really caught my attention is the openness of these strangers.
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1 year ago
Interesting Fact About 千と千尋の神隠し
I’ve noticed that several of my followers are Miyazaki fans, so I thought I share this little tidbit of information with you about Spirited Away.
I always wondered why the symbol “ゆ” (said “yu”) was on the door to the bath house. I asked my Japanese teacher, and he wasn’t too sure so I did a little research.
The symbol is used on the entrance to 温泉 (onsen) and 銭湯 (sento), or Japanese bath houses. The word “yu” is translated to “hot water”. So, makes sense to be on a bath house, yes?
Then I did more reading. During the Edo period, these public baths became popular for men because of women who started working at these communal baths, washing men and selling sex. These bath houses were called “yuna baro”. The woman were known as 湯女, or “yuna”. This directly translates to “hot water woman”. So basically, they were brothels. Guess what the woman who ran this bath house would be called?
ゆばば。
Yubaba.
(translates directly to “hot water old woman”)
Yubaba is the name of the woman who runs the bath house in Spirited Away. If you watch Spirited Away in Japanese, the female workers are referred to as yuna.
Chihiro was forced to change her name to Sen. Kinda like how strippers get names like “Candy”.
カオナシ/No-Face keeps offering Chihiro money. He “wants her”.
THEN I read interviews with Miyazaki. This was all put in intentionally. As we all know. Miyazaki’s stories are weaved with different themes and metaphors. He said he was tackling the issue of the sex industry rapidly growing in Japan, and that children being exposed to it at such early ages is a problem.
To me, this makes me respect Miyazaki even more as a film maker.
And also, frustrates me because so much gets lost in translation, and people see it as this cute childrens movie and this “master piece of animation” (which it definately is) instead of the real statement that it is.
Thought I’d share :)
I told this to my Japanese teacher today. He was speechless for a bit and then said “I NEED TO WATCH THAT MOVIE AGAIN OBVIOUSLY.” Haha.
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1 year ago
Six consecutive frames from a high speed camera recording at 6200 frames per second. The bullet is from a 308 sniper rifle and was travelling roughly 2800 feet per second at the point of impact, by Ryan Matthew Smith
shtbrx
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