January 2010
45 posts
Culture of France
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French links →
Figuring Out The French - A Guide To Exploring...
Figuring Out The French A Guide To Exploring French Culture And Customs by Bob Martin The French have a reputation for being difficult to understand. But one key to comprehending them is to be aware of how they view themselves. The French believe they are an elite people, apart from the rest of the world. They...
France - Culture, customs, etiquette and business...
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Doing Business in the Philippines →
Filipino Business Norms, Etiquette and Style
Given the Philippines’ American and Spanish heritage, it’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming that you can do business here in standard Western mode. Manuel Quezon, the first President of the Philippine Commonwealth during the years before World War II, once said: “The Filipinos are the most occidental people of the Orient.” However, as discussed in my case study...
"Moving to the Philippines ~ Living, Retire,...
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Etiquette in Asia →
Filipino Food and Culture
A partially submerged mountain range in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean forms a grouping of 7,100 islands and islets called the Philippines. Tropically hot and humid and frequently struck by torrential rains and earthquake tremors, more than 90 percent of these islands are an uninhabited tropical wilderness. In fact, more than 50 percent of them remain unnamed. Luzon and Mindanao...
Philippines: Language, Culture, Etiquette and...
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Who is the Filipino?
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“Dragging forward the heavy chariot of humanity”. Such is the task of...”
– Kandinsky and Alain Orlandini of Roger Taillibert.
Market Manila - A food blog that talks about food,...
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Herbal Therapy (Introduction) - Alternative...
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Jobs announces iPad →
HOTEL DUO PARIS MARAIS
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Designed by Jean-Philippe Nuel. I had the pleasure of interviewing him in this hotel.
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“What’s the value of gaining all this knowledge and various experiences...”
Inspirational Pagination: Magazine Layouts | Denis...
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Paris - Hotel Particulier Montmartre
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Le mur végétal - the Vertical Garden →
“The vertical garden is something closer to a living painting than a garden.”
- Patrick Blanc
I love the work of this French botanist and his “organic wallpapers”.
Multimedia, Museum Studies - A Bridge →
“The reality is that not a lot of companies have developed museum software for collections management because it is not highly profitable.”
National Geographic - Engineering Connection
Preview of the construction and engineering of Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport. Two islands were combined and a massive airport structured to exist in the middle of the sea and within the “typhoon belt”.
Looks interesting! :)
Consumerism: When "Cool" becomes Negative
“The feedback loop created by consumerism’s search for cool has an implicit, but clearly understood message: image and style are valued over substance. Adolescents themselves are obsessed enough with facade and veneer. Now the forces of consumerism are reinforcing that myth with power and precision. A teenager might wonder, “What about me matters most?” The answer is not strong character or...
Generation Y + Z = Generation ME →
How true that “… today’s marketing, reality TV, and the internet are responsible for generation X and Y’s narcissism epidemic.”
Popularity a Day keeps the Doctor Away →
Interesting extract: ” … risk of serious health issues as adults. This was found to be true for both male and female participants. Children who were the least popular and powerful at school were more than four times as likely to require hospital treatment for hormonal, nutritional, and metabolic diseases than their most popular and powerful classmates. They were also more than twice as...
Global Youth Culture →
… spanning the world.
European Values and Identity →
Interesting read on “Positions”.
List of Music Genres →
Researching on how genres of music influence tribal youths.
Youth Sub-Culture →
So what is/was your music taste and leaning and your YOUTH TRIBE? :)
Youth and Pop Music →
How it all began - A Cultural Revolution.
(see also “Youth Culture in Modern Britain” ref.: http://britcult0.tripod.com/arts/youth_c.htm)
Music and Identity among European Youth. Music as... →
“The available evidence is that audio — and in particular, popular music — is important to many children, and that its role is substantially different from that of television … it is clear that if we are to gain a deep understanding of children’s mediated symbolic environment and experience, audio deserves considerably more attention than it has been historically allocated by the...
Asian-American gangs →
And what about the Asian-European youths?
Youth Culture and New Technologies →
The Youth of today faces … a “global society of communicative interactions and exchanges that stimulates profound cultural transformations and realignments; a society epitomised by the advent of globalisation paralleled by the arrival of new technologies.”
Knowledge increases.
Education for Rural People and Youth →
Scarcity of food these trying times especially with the increasing onslaught of natural and man-made calamities - everyone should be taught the value of sustainable agriculture and rural development.
Problem with the Youth →
Insightful article. It’s really important to teach the young “self-control”. That’s what responsible parents should learn. But … who’ll “teach the parents”? ;)
EDL Foundation →
Good blog intro on Europeana and the EDL Foundation - archives, libraries, museums and audio-visual resource - the dissemination of knowledge and culture.
Europeana - think Culture →
This is what I like about the EU. They work on centralising contributions on ideas and inspiration.
"Design for Life" →
Watched this TV show a couple of days ago. Philippe Starck was really good and I don’t care what anyone says! This is the first show that allows you to get inside the head of a French designer. He’s right about how the French can be tough on others and themselves so they push hard to be better if not great designers!
I personally love this highly educational show! I hope they have...
Musée de l'Armée, Tombeau de Napoléon
A really quick visit to the Tomb of Napoleon in Invalides just to take the shots of where this famous French leader was laid to rest.I find both the biographies of Louix XIV and Napoleon fascinating. See the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from ❁ vina ❁ | Comment »
Article on Apple's iTablet →
Link courtesy of Sydney Matter. Thanks, Adrien!