The smallest tiger sculpture

The small picture in the previous post shows the smallest tiger sculpture that has ever been made. It was created by Taiwanese artist, Chen Forng-shean, who is a specialist of miniature sculptures. The tiger is made from resin and it is only 1 millimeter in length. The artist carved the miniature in anticipation of the Year of the Tiger. (read more here)

Watch this video about this piece of art and about the process of its creation.

Who could tell me what this is?

Guess what you can see in this picture:-)
A clue: It has something to do with 14 February, 2010.

Five years

"I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour,
Drinking milk shakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine, don't think
You knew you were in my song"

I keep listening to this song over and over again. It was released in 1972 and it was the opening track on David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album. The basic idea of the song is simple: a radio announcement breaks the news that Earth has only five years left and the following chaos is described. This video on youtube shows a great live performance with good quality sound. The only thing I slightly dislike about it is the interruption of the closing drum fade-away, which sounds like a passing train or the sound of your heartbeat that you can sometimes hear when you abruptly awake from a vivid dream.





Pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing
News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in
News guy wept and told us, earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying
I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
I saw boys, toys electric irons and T.V.'s
My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things to store everything in there
And all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short people
And all the nobody people, and all the somebody people
I never thought I'd need so many people

A girl my age went off her head, hit some tiny children
If the black hadn't pulled her off, I think she would have killed them
A soldier with a broken arm, fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and a queer threw up at the sight of that

I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour, drinking milk shakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine, don't think
you knew you were in my song
And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor
And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
Your face, your race, the way that you talk
I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, what a surprise
Five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
Five years
Five years
Five years
Five years

Let's put this phone to the test!

The capabilities of the "unbreakable" phone are demonstrated in this video. The reporter seems to be a very thorough and conscientious person.

The Tiger is coming

Zodiac Tiger

Welcome to 2010. There is a debate whether it should be pronounced in English as 'two thousand (and) ten' or 'twenty ten'. I prefer the first version, mainly because of the sci-fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. In Chinese astrology 2010 will be the Year of the Tiger. According to gotohoroscope.com, "it looks like we've got a mood swinging, vigorous and hard-working year ahead." The Year of the Tiger starts on 14 February so we will see what it holds for us pretty soon. If you are interested in your yearly horoscope click here. If you are more into literature why not read or re-read some quotes from Agatha Christie? She was born in the Year of the Tiger. On the same page you can also read two of his novels online.