Posted on November 14, 2009 by sleepingcow
“I want to watch a moooovie…” That’s become the near-daily mantra my son repeats as soon as he wakes up and right before going to bed. Power Rangers, Little Einsteins, Caillou… in truth it could probably be anything and he’d likely turn to stone in front of the glowing screen. Which is great for me [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2009 by sleepingcow
Via Yonhap a nice article on how a fledgling theatre company is aiming to help give a voice to the struggles immigrant women in South Korea face. ”When someone tells me ‘you scared me,’ I reply, ‘You scared me, too,’” Berera says with a laugh. Berera is a main member of the [Salad theatre] company [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2009 by sleepingcow
more about “Daytime Drinking (Not sool) Trailer -…“, posted with vodpod
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Posted on March 24, 2009 by sleepingcow
According to Yonhap, the financial downturn has boosted sales of books on finance, employment and religion, the last of which saw a 185 percent spike in sales last year. Cooking too was a big seller as more families are staying in to eat rather than dining out. “Books are hardly luxury items. They are one [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2009 by sleepingcow
The JoongAng has a story on an agency that cloned the phone of a top actress in order to keep tabs on her whereabouts and other private affairs. From what I gather in talking to friends here, a lot of these agencies are run by gangster types who see their clients as investments instead of [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2009 by sleepingcow
Years ago I stepped off a bus in Mumbai — it was still Bombay then — and into a sea of waist-deep water as the annual monsoon transformed the city into a giant, filthy swimming pool. I turned around to look at the driver, thinking maybe I’d catch a ride back the way we came. [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by sleepingcow
Was surprised to come acorss this story on a decision by an appeals court here to uphold the conviction of a man charged with uploading movies onto the internet for proift. The decision comes as the movie industry here has been in a tailspin, in large part due to the high volume of downloading. All [...]
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