Award for Ridiculing A Country

The job ridiculing a country can pay handsomely. More than that, you can even get a trophy of an international commendation. So far, a Golden Globe award, that is. We will still wait and see about Oscar. This may not work for everyone though. But, at least, it works for Borat Sagdiyev, or, to be precise,...

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How Foreign Are You, Really?

How will travel change you?That is the question in a frequently-printed advertisement of the L.A. Times leading to a gala event of travel and adventure show in February.Sure, the picture pasted in that ad shows a man wearing a suit paired with a pinned nose bone the Maori way; or a woman wearing a sea...

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The Piano of Christine Utomo

Do you like classical music; those of Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Schriabin or even Barber the American composer?If you don't---preferring the electric hip hop pop or other instead---imagine to get a Doctorate of Musical Arts in classical piano performance? That is Christine Utomo, a shy...

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