Lemon for Dessert

To everyone outside of China: Happy International Human Rights Day!! To everyone inside China: It's now just a matter of time for the evil communist regime to collapse. The suppression of all those innocent people and the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners will soon end. Inspired by the strength of the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China, I've penned a poem: I Will Not Sign Pleading with police, are your family and friends. Eight months have passed, since your arrest. Righteous are your beliefs, of Truth – Compassion – Forbearance, so for what purpose is a statement of repentance? Enduring the pain that has no end, your child awaits for his mother’s hand. Unforgivable are the allegations, the crimes, the Torture, but ever determined, you shout: I will not sign! Falun Dafa Hao! Organ harvesting and death await, but fear no longer befriends you.

Ricky Gervais is a gentlemanly fellow. He'll never insult you behind your back. He'll wait for you to turn around. G-banger might be Hollywood's latest drug. Gervais had the glamorous dazed and confused  for so long it's true! He made sure no stone was left unturned during last year's Golden Globes. From the little pups (Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen) to the big dogs (Hollywood Foreign Press, Scientology), Gervais was dishing out faster than Tinseltown could swallow. But apparently somebody on the inside not only liked it, but wanted more (unlikely to be that Downey fellow). Either that or ratings were so low this year that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was forced to go back on their word and approach Gervais. Gervais is facing tough decisions ahead. If he's to uphold his reputation, he will go harder and further than last year, and maybe he'll have a crack or three at Obama, the economy, the Middle East, or God forbid, Leonardo Dicaprio. But if h

Ever looked at a film and thought, “That’s odd, that doesn’t look like Chicago!”, or “Those road signs aren’t in English”, or even, “That looks like Bulgaria…”? Yeah? Well, it probably isn’t, they probably aren’t, and that’s because IT IS. Since 1989, following the democratic changes, Bulgaria has welcomed countless film productions. Many internationally-known films over the last five years have either been partially filmed in Bulgaria, or completely. That little, lion-of-a-country has opened its doors to many famous actors, directors and producers. And writers, I guess (but no one cares about them). Can’t recall any? ‘ The Black Dahlia ’ (2006), ‘ Hitman ’ (2007), ‘ War, Inc. ’ (2008), ‘ The Grudge 3 ’ (2009), ‘ Conan the Barbarian ’ (2011), and ‘ The Expendables 2 ’ is currently in production. There are rumours that Rambo 5 will be filmed in Bulgaria too , but I’m not sure how many more stuntmen canwithstand the dangers of this seemingly harmless country. There’s a whole lo

Not many will admit to declining an invite to a night out just so they can stay home with a nice movie. And some very intense Facebook stalking. But we’ve all done this at least once. Based on statistics from Ebizmba , Facebook’s unique monthly users for October alone are estimated to be 700,000,000. That’s 700 MILLION. That’s almost the entire population of Europe. Or 10 Bulgarias. Facebookers are said to check their account at least once a day. If Mark Zuckabacka… Zuckebuck… whatever, were to get 1 cent from every user log in for one month, he’d probably be a billionaire. Next time you feel like smacking around the smart little Jewish kid in school, just remember that guy from that movie about that social networking site. He has enough money to provide every starving child in Africa with access to a device that can frequently update their Facebook status. We live in such developed times. So much so, that we don’t even have to leave our desks to catch up with friends, gossip, fi

Months turn to weeks, weeks turn to days, and days will soon turn to hours. Before we know it, witches, wizards, zombies, vampires, and ghosts will be walking among us mere mortals. This is probably Marilyn Manson’s favourite time of year: Halloween. A holiday I wish did not stretch far beyond the borders of its birthplace . Technically it’s only one day. But preparations for this one day seem to last months. Party planning, costume planning, candy planning... I can see my friends’ goosebumps as they organize their year around it. Halloween is fast developing into the trendiest holiday. It has become acceptable for both children and adults alike to dress up (or down) to wreck havoc and pester home-stayers for candy or tricks. I still remember how people looked down upon those celebrating this somewhat in-between holiday, when I was young. And this wasn’t long ago, I’ve only recently entered my 20’s. Dressing up for Halloween used to be considered embarrassing. But now parents compe