Moroccan lanterns can be great accents to any room - they are especially interesting for pet lovers because they are off the ground and are not a danger to your cats or dogs. When you have traditional floor lamps, the power cords can be harmful to your pet as well as the lamp itself. [...]
If you're caught in such a not-so-pretty impossible quest, we suggest you check the ultra modern and somewhat fanciful ideas from Molo Design, like their "float" line of entertaining-ware.
Christmas is definitely my favorite holiday above all. I enjoy seeing those Christmas house decors especially those exceptional and amazing decors at malls, hotels and business establishments like in Makati area. At home, hubby and I usually fill the front house with some decors and for this year we added one big lantern at the center of the second floor. When it comes to lanterns, Pampanga is
Geoff Johns continues to show why he's overrated:
This week we got our first real look at the newest group of ring wielders in the "Rage of the Red Lanterns."
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With the Red Lanterns, Johns has created a terrifying new enemy.
Vomiting blood and rampaging through space killing anything in their way, the Red Lanterns look more like the infected zombies from the movie "28 Days L
This picture came off the FlickR feed. If I’m not mistaken, it’s an Aldabran tortoise at an unknown zoo. They are the largest living tortoise species. Adult males are often over 500 pounds. The oldest Aldabran on record was 255 years old when he died. I saw an Aldabran when I visited the Charles Paddock [...]
How cool is this? These jars glow just like glow sticks. If we have a little extra time on our hands today I'm definitely going to try & "throw this together". All that is required is a lidded jar, a box of matches, some hydrogen peroxide & a little household bleach. I'm almost positive i have that all sitting around someplace. Already I'm imagining a walkway lined with lots of little glow
The Revolution enjoyed the Sinestro War and is looking forward to the upcoming Blackest Night event. So, naturally, I am interested in Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1. I have a feeling that this issue will be a Final Crisis tie-in issue in name only and actually have nothing at all to do with DC’s current big event. I would expect that Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1 is desig
Whether for transforming your bath into a spa retreat or for sprucing up the sanctuary in your abode where go to for peace and quiet, these lovely Ibiza lanterns should...
Evil Edna and I went into this Greek Restaurant on Cleveland Street around 9pm on Wednesday gone. A small cosy restaurant, we were shown to our table by the friendly owner. We opted for the set Metze meal (£15.95pp) along with a bottle of Aphrodite wine (£13.95). To say we left satisfied is an understatement. The [...]
How cute are these?These are simple and adorable. Another big plus is that you will probably not have to buy a thing to make them. All you need are clean milk jugs, permanent markers, a craft knife, and a string of white holiday lights.Simply have your kids draw scary ghost faces on a few clean milk jugs. It may help to draw the outline in washable markers first. Then when they are sure that they
Supplies Needed:
Brown Lunch Bag
Pencil
Scissors
Sand or small rocks
Votive Candle or battery operated candle
Step 1: Take brown lunch bag and draw your favorite Halloween image on the bag. Make it simple because you will be cutting it out. Try a witch hat, cat, pumpkin, or spooky face.
Step 2: Cut out your Halloween image
Step: 3: Place about an inch of sand or rocks in the bottom of t
One of the most popular decorations during Halloween is the Jack-O-Lantern, they're the basic carved pumpkins showing crazy or scary designs. Other vegetables could be used for carving but pumpkins are by far the most popular. Here is a collection of Jack-O-Lantern papercrafts that come in various shapes and sizes...
If you’re seeking a romantic, quaintly Asian experience, then you won’t find a town more appealing or authentic than Hoi An city in Vietnam. As the country’s oldest trading port, Hoi An has an illustrious history that is juxtaposed by an everyday rural charm. Listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, this charming ancient city has preserved much of its ornate Chinese architecture and a uniq
Here are some more pictures of the lanterns down by Clarke Quay. You can view them until 14th September.For more Singapore Kids Places, go to home page by clicking here
Lovely band from Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Makes you dream of new places in your soul. Definetly worth checking out if you are openminded! (TMI)
"Luscious, swoonsome loveliness that tugs the heart strings"(NME)
1. My Shield
2. If I Have Been Unkind -----> LISTEN/DOWNLOAD
3. In Starlight
4. I Love You, Sleepyhead
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We were lucky enough to catch the Japanese Kanto Lantern performance last night outside Central at Clarke Quay. We were amazed at the skill of the performers as they balanced the Kanto (45 lanterns hung on a huge bamboo frame) without gripping the poles, placing them on the palms of their hands, raising them higher above their heads and then balancing these heavy bamboo poles on their foreheads, s
Some of last year's lanternsThis year to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the lanterns at the Chinese Garden are featuring Hello Kitty and friends participating in various sporting races. The myriad of races include car racing, sailboat racing, tricycle racing and much, much more! I am presuming this is to tie in with the Olympics as well as the Singapore Grand Prix being held on the 26th Septem
Is your work taking a toll on you? Well, you no longer need to fear for your sanity. There is a sure way for you to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city life - camping! There is nothing more relaxing than communing with nature once in a while. But before you [...]
Use wall candle lanterns in your outdoor decorating and you will be pleasantly surprised at the ambiance such a simple addition can create. There’s something magical about candlelight in the garden, especially on a summer night.
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This is a turn up for the books, a band from Newcastle to really treasure. Can’t recall a single band of note coming from there, which is rather surprising given its population’s emotive nature (insight gained purely from watching their football fans). Lanterns on the Lake are a relatively new proposition (they were previously known as Greenspace) but they have already amassed an impressive batch of lush melodic tunes. Led by Hazel Wilde’s free spirited vocals there is something otherworldly about what they offer. There are glimpses of the Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil but ultimately Lanterns on the Lake present a convincing dream pop sound that is uniquely their own. ‘Caught On The Way’ is sumptuous throughout with Wilde’s vocal fragility matched only by the lightly spray
Kung Hei Fat Choi! This is my chinese new year entry as we welcome the Year of the Earth Rat tomorrow. I remember the good ol' days when I used to stay at my mom's office in Chinatown, Manila. Every chinese new year they hang two red chinese envelopes with money (ang pao) and a piece of cabbage on their office ceiling and they would wait for the longest dragon dance group that would pass by and invite them in to dance for luck and take the ang pao. I remember the loud tune and sound of drums as the dragon would dance and act as if they are ready to prance on anyone. When I was 3 years old, I remember being frightened at those dragons because they seem very intimidating, but now I kind of miss seeing a dragon dance performance. It's been almost 5 or 6 years since I've seen one originating f
VIENNA - The official lighting of lanterns from Pampanga province in the Philippines took place on November 19, 2007 in front of Vienna's City Hall. The San Fernando City government, through the initiative of Mayor Oscar Rodriguez, donated 60 San Fernando lanterns to the Philippine Embassy in Vienna. The lanterns decorate one of 11 trees in the Rathausplatz in the Christkindlmarkt grounds, one of the biggest and most popular Christmas markets in Europe. Hundreds of stalls on the vicinity of the city hall were being installed. The stalls offer European and exotic foods, drinks and a lot of Christmas souvenirs. Indeed, it was a "tiangge"-like atmosphere. The Vienna Christkindlmarkt runs for six weeks from the third weekend of November to Christmas Day. It attracts an estimated three million tourists from Austria and neighboring countries. The simultaneous lighting of the Philippine lanterns was officiated by Ambassador Linglingay Lacanlale and Dr. Elisabeth Vitouch from the Vienna city
When I first started reading this story, I assumed that the reason Iowa was instituting a jack-o’-lantern tax was something to this effect: Jack-o’-lanterns decay, and when they decay they let off noxious fumes, these fumes rise into the air causing our atmosphere to raise in temperature, this causes the ice caps to melt, which in turn kills the polar bears and floods North America.
But that is not the case. Iowa has a six percent sales tax, but food is exempt from sales tax. So Iowa has decided that since most people don’t eat pumkins, they carve them, pumkins should be subject to sales tax.
What happens if you want to make a pumpkin pie, do you still have to pay sales tax? No, you may fill out an Iowa Sales Tax Exemption Certificate and be tax free. How much money do you think it costs the state of Iowa to print the certificates and enforce the law? Could you ever envision a time in this country when before you buy a food you have to certify that you are going
It’s officially Halloween, so today’s subject matter contains all of the elements of a classic horror tale. Things are not always as they appear…There are unnatural creatures walking the Earth that were born 100% human, but are now…SOMETHING ELSE! Creatures altered by cutting edge science…Creatures that at first appear normal, then “AAAAAHHHH!” They turn around and hit you with that otherworldy suprise. These creatures are called…Ass-O-Lanterns!
In other words, women with butt implants.
A nice ass is a thing of beauty, and to quote the poet John Keats, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever; it’s lovliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” Women who have been blessed in that area should cherish it as a gift from God, and try not to laugh too hard at the less-fortunate women of the world with sub-par booties.
Nowadays, more and more women are getting implants to give them the appearance of a big a
lately i have been doing a lot of experimenting with photos by moving the camera, lens or aperature in different ways during the exposure. while this hasn't yielded the most exciting photos, some of the results are kinda interesting.
this photo was made simply by zooming out during the exposure.
Mid Autumn festival is coming on 25 Sep. Families in Hong Kong will get prepared to celebrate this traditional Chinese festival. We will buy mooncakes, some seasonal fruits like apples, pears (梨), peaches (桃), grapes, pomegranates (石榴) , melons, oranges and pomelos (柚子). My mother will prepare a great dinner for the family on that day. Yummy Yummy...I remember that in my childhood, my mom took me, my sister and brother to buy lanterns every mid-autumn festival. It is quite funny that eveytime, my sister chose rabbit lantern, I chose an aeroplane lantern and my brother chose tank lantern. haha... I really miss the lanterns I played in the past.The craftsmanship of the traditional lanterns are much better than nowaday's plastic ones. I took some pictures yesterday at Sham Shui Po where there are around 4 or 5 stores selling lanterns. The stores hang their lanterns on front of their stores to get attention from customers. The lanterns comes from different sizes, shapes, color
The Mid Autumn Festival is coming soon. Looking back, it was an occasion of great anticipation as I pestered mom to buy me my favourite lantern. I would pick the brightest cellophane lanterns in shapes of butterfly, flowers, birds or fish. The festival would never be complete without my favourite mooncake. I would eat only the yummy egg yolk and leave the lotus paste behind :)I attended Clayton school's lantern festival celebration last Friday which was packed with lots of his schoolmates and teachers. There was a homemade lantern competition and I was impressed by the submissions. From recycled styrofoam lunch boxes to toilet rolls, many of the homemade lanterns were artistic and innovative. If only Clayton wasn't cranky, we would have stayed throughout the celebration and joined in the trail walk...
Hi.15th of September is international lymphoma commemoration day. Here are some pics and a video from the Vilnius oldtown for you to get the idea of how we spent the time on the threshold.
Let it never be said that my DH doesn’t like to shop. Unlike most women, you will never hear me complain about my husband’s unwillingness to go shopping for shoes or for clothing… he is a Singaporean through and through in this respect.
[Note: It is said that Singaporeans have two pasttimes - shopping and eating!]
Fortunately, these shopping expeditions in foreign countries have us traipsing across many city blocks, and winding through many city alleys, and sometimes when you wander, you see the simplest, and yet the most amazing sights.
While I do not have the experiences of Stacy, nor the penchant for snapping impromptu photos like David, however I did find this stall of hanging lanterns, which were made of plastic. I note this because most lanterns in Asia are generally made of paper. The plastic, while a little tacky, gave off a really bright, pleasant light when grouped together, so I took this shot.
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Odd that I first saw these sky lanterns in the backpacker movie, The Beach, and I just happened to stumble across them again here. Apparently they’re pretty big in Asia.
Would it be tacky to travel with the Zuca and light an American flag sky lantern off as I touch down in each new airport?
These beautiful notecards will inspire you to put your thoughts on paper and let all your best friends know how much they mean to you. Buy them at The Paper Princess.
