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Glutter Green Tea and Saki Face Mask Recipe

Just a grrl Lately I have been eating a lot of egg whites and I didn’t want to waste all the yolks any longer.. So.. I decided on making home made Face masks with stuff I have at home. This is my first recipe and it’s really fab. It sucks away the oil, makes yourContinue reading “Glutter Green Tea and Saki Face Mask Recipe”

News: 17th Tiananmen anniversary passes in China

17th Tiananmen anniversary passes in China By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer 44 minutes ago Chinese police tore up a protester’s poster and detained at least two people on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Sunday as the country marked 17 years since local troops crushed a pro-democracy demonstration in the public space. An elderly woman triedContinue reading “News: 17th Tiananmen anniversary passes in China”

Chocolate Craving..

New studies show that milk chocolate improves brain function… I feel justified in my occassional chocolate cravings coz it’s not about sugar but thought. There are definately days where I feel like I must get some chocolate before I can think….

Just that Summer (It’s Raining Today)

IMGP2248 Originally uploaded by glutter. Today is Dragon Boat and dispite the rain of the past two weeks, I was convinced that the weather would pull through. I am obviously deluded. Two years ago my friends and I headed off to Stanley for the race and it was sunny and warm. There was a bunchContinue reading “Just that Summer (It’s Raining Today)”

McGrimace

Doodles Did you like me ever wonder what that purple McDonald’s Blobby thing represented? Did you ever try to remember his name? Turns out his name is Grimace and he’s the representative of the MilkShake and not related to Barney the purple dinosaur at all. The wonders of wikipedia… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimace

RSF: annual Internet Report

Annual report : everyone’s interested in the Internet – especially dictators The Internet has revolutionised the world’s media. Personal websites, blogs and discussion groups have given a voice to men and women who were once only passive consumers of information. It has made many newspaper readers and TV viewers into fairly successful amateur journalists. DictatorsContinue reading “RSF: annual Internet Report”

Press Freedom Day: Internet Censorship Story on French TV

On May 3rd 2006, Channel Arte in France is doing a show on Internet Censorship and the Yahoo! collaboration with jailing of dissidents for press freedom day. Legislator Albert Ho and I was interviewed. It will be on 7:45pm news. Channel Arte. France.

News: Still no reaction from Yahoo! 4th Journalist Jailed.

Zhong Guo It’s disturbing that yahoo! remains silent on this issue because it means they will make no changes on their policy. That they have decided that the company will continue to help Chinese government put people in jail for writing "subversive" information on the net. Most importantly, due to the lack of free pressContinue reading “News: Still no reaction from Yahoo! 4th Journalist Jailed.”

China and Art

China strikes back as modern artists push boundaries By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BEIJING – Chinese modern art has been pushing the borders of the acceptable. But just as limits seemed to fall, the local culture police struck back, albeit politely. Three galleries at the chic Dashanzi art areaContinue reading “China and Art”

Street Art: Italy.

Street Art One of the cool things about Europe is the traditions of mural painting. For the most part Milan is completely destroyed by the number of random and very ugly tags that cover every building, but every so often when you look it’s punctuated with something really funny and beautiful. Balogna: This is myContinue reading “Street Art: Italy.”