Twentysomething

CBS News is making a big brouhaha over this story: a sorority in Indiana apparently cut 23 out of 35 rushees because they were ugly. Thirty-five sisters were interviewed in November, and 23 were deemed insufficiently committed to the sorority and recruitment. Just before final exams in December, they

Two new sites for all you Web 2.0 devotees: Upscoop lets you see all the social networking sites that your friends belong to.  It's one of the ways to address the problem I ranted about in my Unsocial Networks post last month. YourMinis is an attempt to

Bụi đời – n. dust of the earth aka Vietnamese - American, Ameriasian. The Beautfiul Country – A haunting, subtle and evocative telling of one person's arduous journey to discover his background and ultimately, himself. I liked it because: Vietnam's sceneries reminds me of the vitality and struggles of

A question has tugged at me recently.  Probably cause I've been inside my head too much -- jobless in NY is not as fun as it sounds. Sure, there are lots of things to do during the day - movies, galleries, bookshops, random sidewalk art, but who wants to be

I've been thinking recently about taking the blog down.  I've blogged in some form or fashion since 1997 – this blog has stuff from 2003 onwards.  But maybe it's because I have nothing else to say, or because the other side of me, the 3D

I saw the movie Born into Brothels a long time ago, but this site that I came across today jogged my memories – it's really well done documentary that follows the pitch: what happens when you put cameras into the hands of kids who have been born into the