The Singapore Kindness Movement hopes the flower initiative will be more effective than a big scale campaign. Singapore marked World Kindness Day for the first time on Friday. This day is also celebrated in countries such as Canada, Japan, Australia, Nigeria and United Arab Emirates. Yellow daisies are said to be the fifth most popular flower in the world. And as part of World Kindness Day, Sin...
If you're a single man, then you might be in trouble. There's 30 million extra men in China these days, so unless you're Liu Xiang, the number one diamond bachelor in China, the competition for a girlfriend is fierce. Or you could follow Zhang Haiyan's outlook "single is simple; double is trouble." Happy singles day everybody ! We hope you have fun celebrating in whatever manner y...
Tuesday ■ CampusVeterans, a Florida Gulf Coast University group dedicated to recognizing members of the campus community who have served in the military, will hold its annual Veterans Recognition Day event today. The ceremony, which will last from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Union, will be a recognition of students, faculty and staff who have served and continue to serve in the military. Rou...
Women dressed up as new dolls in their display boxes stroll in the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March in Key West, Florida, October 30, 2009. Fantasy Fest is Key West's annual 10-day masking and costuming festival that concludes Sunday, November 1, but is to be highlighted by a Halloween night grand parade down Duval Street, the island's main thoroughfare. Picture taken on October 30, 2009. ...
Loy Krathong Festival 2009 at Sukhothai Historical Park (31 October - 2 November 2009) First Day (October 31,2009) 05.30 a.m -Dawn of Happiness Ceremony, Wat Traphang Ngoen 08.00 a.m -Brahman Ceremony worship to King of Sukhothai Dynasty 09.45 a.m -Grand Opening Ceremony “Sukhothai Loi Krathong Festival 2009” -The Variety Hanging Lantern Contest and Krathong Making Contest at King Ram Khumhaeng ...
These hairy devils arrive in our homes to steal our jobs and our women. (Costume comes with wig and chest hair. Pint of lager not included.) It’s five p.m. and you can hear his heavy breathing, his footsteps thumping down the corridor… your heart feels an immense sense of dread - for you know it’s your boss coming to shoot you with a last minute arrow! Quick! Hide before it’s too late! Nothin...
"We are all college students, so we look for anything to save us money,". If you're like most college students who are already overburdened with obligations, you probably waited until the last minute to figure out what to be for Halloween. Luckily, there are several great ideas that can be done at the last minute -- and without spending too much money. Halloween on a college campus can be on...
Today, we present five costumes you can make at home. Granted, they might require a quick trip to the store; but you're still likely to save money. In dreaming up the suggestions, we sought to go beyond the obvious pop-culture candidates (but we couldn't pass up Gosselin, of the all-too-real Jon & Kate Plus 8). We used children as our models because, well, they're adorable. But we kn...
