Angry Soccer Birds!!!

An out of the box Duel between two goalkeepers!!! Very reminiscent of the Nike set of ads a few years back!!


Check them out deciding who is better at playing Angry Brids with a twist!


Kudos for the skills!!





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Hitchhiker Snaps

Here's a guy with creativity pumping through his blood, he went on to complete on of his dreams and share ever so fun with the rest.


The Hitchhiker set to got hitchhiking across the USA, taking snapshots of the people he met, to finally put them all in a super fun/creative Time Lapse Video!\


ENJOY!! 


and check out his website on http://www.adventuresauce.com/





Now what's your dream?!


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New Heights!

Being an adrenaline junkie, I immediately dropped my jaw at the fascinatingly crazy dude in the below pictures!! Russian photography student Marat DUPRI, got his camera 18 months ago, and went on to take insaaaaannne views!!  the pics speak for themselves!

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A picture, a 1,000 words, a 1,000 secrets

This is one of my favorite paintings, came across it while in school through a history book, and late on in college through a history of art class.

The colors just marry each other so perfectly, the setting is so mystical, and the attention to details in it is insane on so many levels, i will leave the mystery of the painting to be unraveled as per art historian Carola Hicks

The couple Among the foreign merchants living in prosperous 15th-century Bruges were members of the Arnolfini clan from Lucca in Italy. They combined trade with finance and were the first merchant bankers. Argument has flourished over which Arnolfini this is and we will never know for sure. The best guess is that it is Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini, who married Costanza Trenta in 1426.
The pregnancy? Giovanni and Costanza had no recorded children and Costanza had died by 1433, the year before the portrait was painted. Is this a memorial to Costanza, who might have died in childbirth? Artists liked to pose women in a pregnant stance, whether they were or not, as fertility was an essential quality in a wife. There are other symbols of fertility, from the red bed to the rug – a rare commodity in 15th-century Northern Europe, and associated with a birthing chamber. Also, the figure carved on the chair behind the woman is St Margaret, patron saint of childbirth.
The bed This is what guests would have expected to see in a reception room. It may not have been used for sleeping in, but implied that the master of the house was of sufficiently high status to exhibit such a possession as an adornment.

Thee oranges In Bruges, oranges were a rare delicacy imported from the far south. They were prized for their culinary properties, adding zest to sauces that livened up dull Flemish winter fare. The fruit and its blossom were symbols of love and marriage, and doctors recommended that oranges be carried in order to stave off the plague. 

The sandals These (lying on the floor) are the one really fashionable element of the woman’s ensemble. Dyed leather was another luxury, with dark tones the hardest to achieve. With the embellishment of the shiny brass studs, these sandals must have been expensive, a status symbol
as prized as Louboutins today.

Their clothes Both wear the products that made Bruges the centre of a trading empire – fur, silk, wool, linen, leather and gold. The wife’s gown has astonishing dimensions – a replica made in 1997 by students from the Wimbledon School of Art required 35 metres of material. It is lined with squirrel fur, perhaps as many as 2,000 skins. The most prestigious fur was sable, reserved for royalty and aristocracy. The husband’s tabard is lined with pine marten – the next best thing – and its plum tones are another statement of wealth, for dark dyes were more expensive to produce.

The mirror The mirror supplies a new subject – two more people entering the room. The Latin inscription above it – Johannes van Eyck fuit hic (Jan van Eyck was here) – confirms the presence of the artist himself in this invented room. The circular, slightly convex surface was the only shape available for mirrors made of glass– which were a rare domestic item. Only the privileged few were able to see their own faces.

The beads and the brush The string of amber beads to the left of the mirror is a paternoster – a form of rosary, produced in Bruges. Van Eyck was perhaps advertising a local industry exported by Arnolfini. Beads symbolised female piety and were a standard gift from a man to his bride. The brush, hanging to the right of the mirror, represents the industry and humility of Christ’s mother – suggesting the Flemish tradition of showing biblical characters in modern settings.

The dog This is a brussels griffon, the descendant of a long line of flanders terriers bred to catch rats. The breed reached England in the 19th century and its features are still carefully prescribed by the Kennel Club today.

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Gold Dust

Google made a tremendous Google Doodle the other day to celebrate one of the greatest, if not the greatest i believe, performer in the music industry.





Freddie was a bomb on stage, he was a great person, he was a champion!


May he rest in peace for the greatest music he brought and the influence he left in so many artists.


And finally, my favorite song of all times - Bohemian Rhapsody





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Digital Ambiguity

Well im not a fan of magic, nor much impressed by it, but this just was magical on a another level, more of intriguing!

Marco's work and the story behind it, offers a new perspective to magic. The integration of one of the most influential inventions turns the magic show into eye candy!!


What do you think!?







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Free men, Free-meen?!

UPDATE: Zeid Hamdan was just released, you can follow all the news on Twitter #FreeZeid


A very disappointing and sad event was witnessed today in Beirut, LEBANON


One of the most talented Lebanese artists Zeid Hamdan (former SoapKills frontman) was arrested today over his release of a short song 1 year ago!!


the song below, showcases what most youth and the Lebanese society is feeling





Distraught over the current Lebanese political and social situation with the never ending status of corruption and militia control and brainwash.


The song's final words addressing the current president General Suleiman state : General Suleiman, GO Home!!


the song itself is a work of talent with vibrant beats and straight to the point lyrics, and a visually attractive video clip.


It is interesting to know why the authorities have waited one long year to get their act up and decide the unimaginable arrest of the artist.

In a country considered as the forerunner of free speech and free expression advocate, seeing this makes you think twice about the song itself and its valid arguments.


Yet another event that makes me ashamed of holding the Lebanese nationality, but still i am fortunate and proud to see the hope rise in me again of this country to one day rise back from its ashes, restore its "Switzerland of the Middle East" status and prove what a wonderful country it can fly out to be,, this hope which artists like Zeid and his work keep thriving to never let this flame die in us.


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Bradycardic

it is when my body wakes up, rocked by your warm voice


it is when i hover the deepest of valleys, carried by your hugs


it is when your gaze turns the blinding sun away from my eyes


it is when my tears evaporate with your magmatic touch


it is when you catch stars and put them in my hands with your laughs


it is when your hand cradles my heart on my sick bed


it is when your bright smile freezes my senses


it is when your love devours me 


it is when suddenly the two of us is all there is


it is when you pin me down with the lion paw of your caring remarks


it is when i try to catch every breath to stay alive 


it is when i run around savannas trying to catch you


it is when your tear drop quenches a desert's thirst


it is when you are that i am


it is when i am in love with you


it is when i am... bradycardic




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Building Blocks

Hey all!! 


SuddenlyTwo is back in action after a hiatus! 


This weekend i was reunited with a childhood love of mine, one of the best things to ever be present in a child's toy collection:

I un-boxed some new Lego toys with little young friend... the memory rush just hit me!


remember the excitment when you find those little colorful pieces, the crumbling of the plastic bags holding them while you open them so passionately, the sparkle in your eyes, the huge smile on your face... 


You then quickly unfold the building manual to start the Lego creation


And the fun started, i began showing the kid the ropes on how to follow the instructions, the colors, counting the number of holes, memorizing the underside of each block for better spotting during the build.. 


Halfway trough the build i got excited myself, i started giving him one part of the construction and secretly buidling another part behind his prying eyes, just to satisfy this hunger for Lego!!! 


The toy is such a marvel, gets your brain cranking, figuring out what goes where, how similar the toy will look to the drawings and the image on the box, and my best part of it all, if you can figure out the rest of the build when you are halfway through, without looking at the manual!


What i recall doing is building all the toys, displaying them for a while before dismantling them and throwing the blocks in a huge box where all the ex-toys lay... just to start pulling out the box and build from my own imagination!! 


I believe this is a toy ever child should be exposed to, whould be encouraged to build more and more to work out that creative side of the brain!! 


Here are pics of some interesting Lego "sculptures", and links below as well for more galleries!

http://www.henrylim.org/LEGOSculptures.html


http://legoisfun.blogspot.com/


If you have any Lego sculptures, tpys or pics of them in your archives, do share!! 


Happy building!! 


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The Narcicyst Beats

Today im sharing one of the great discoveries i stumbled upon this year.


It was during the TedxDubai event that i first got introduced to The Narcicsyt, he had a great presentation as you can read in my previous post here.


He's on Twitter and you better follow his musical genius! twitter.com/@TheNarcicyst
and his website www.Iraqisthebomb.com


And here is the video of him at TedxDubai, one hell of a show/presentation, an eye opener!







Here is his latest artwork!


The video is insaaaaane!!
The start is superb with "The maker can see you, puts you on the edge of your seat with the dude dreaming, feelin guilt, makin you wonder what he did?! is he waiting for punishment?
AND THEN, voilaaaa the beats start making your ears go drunk! the lyrics are siiiiiick!!!
The effects in the video are kick ass!!  loved the coins vomit with the final spit at the end,, the flock of crows with the train,,


(the views i express are solely mine and do not reflect the artists behind the video)


WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!





And here is another great track by this way talented artist!!





A final nice skit he did on Busta's Arab Money!





I'll leave you all with his freakin great words about Hip-Hop:


"Highly Intellectual People Hovering Over Politicians, that hyphen between the Hip and the Hop is the land that we walk on"


@Alexi13


That's my musical buttermint of the day.

TEDxDubai - Ideas Worth Spreadin'

TEDxDubai was held on Saturday 4th December in Dubai, with a collection of speakers sharing their ideas,,

Just a bit of history on TED, it stands for Technology Entertainment and Design, in short it is a conference where speakers are given an 18 min window to share their ideas under an umbrella of "ideas worth spreading", to leverage on the power of ideas to change the world.

TEDx is a program that enables schools, universities, businesses or individuals to have a TED-like experience by themselves hosting, organizing and designing the event.

This year's TEDxDubai in its 2nd edition built on further on last year's success, i'll be sharing my experience at the events and highlighting the points that i saw positive and the areas where work is needed...

The event registration was done by filling a form online and being selected for the event, then receiving a digital barcode as a confirmation! A green approach to a paperless registration and entrance, very well done indeed, i do hope to see this being picked up by others soon, makes it so easy, and avoids losing your ticket ;)

The goodie bag was differently thought of as well, it was a specially designed scarf for TEDxDubai, tied to form a loose handbag, with a note pad inside, indeed a nice touch, and was worn differently by the attendees, some held it as a bag, others as scarfs, others as a headband, i tied it to my backpack :p ... 

The wristband also was designed differently, with a clip on mechanism, and made of cloth instead of those annoying rubber or plastic ones which you must rip off after an event,, this was a nice keepsake, as well as your key to get into the after party at ARMANI/privee later in the evening.

This year's event was titled REBOOT, and as per the TEDxDubai blog (http://tedxdubai.com/blog/tedxdubai-2010-reboot/), it revolved around

The list of speakers consisted of the following: (Read More)