Vine: The New Youtube?

Vine is a video app that was released in January 14, 2013, and it has since then rose to one of the most popular app of the year. Vine created many viral trending topics and many people have rose to fame and became 'vine famous'.

Vine isn't just an ordinary video app, vine videos only last 6 seconds. 6 seconds may not seem long but vine is all about creativity. Many Viners uses these 6 seconds and make short comedy sketches that will give you a full on laugh rage. Vine videos has many different variety of comedy style, such as stereotypical joke, dancing to famous music videos or pranks. Some viral trend that has been created are: Smack Cam, started by MAX JR, public beat drop by Pique, cleaning and wop by Trey Kennedy, black mom vs white mom by DRose, selfies with strangers by Britney Furlan, etc. These trends bring the original creators a lot of attention and they soon are easily recognized by a lot of people. Sometimes these viners will get together and make videos together and have meet up with their fans at the popular demand location. At meet ups, the viners would make a videos called 'super vine' where they include a large number of fans in their vine.

Personally, I am a huge fan of vine. I spent at least half an hour a day going through all of my vine subscription. It works exactly like Instagram so it's nothing strange to a social media user like me. Due to the fact that Vine videos only last for 6 seconds, it doesn't feel like I am wasting my time as I go through the videos. Unlike youtube, usually I'd have to watch a video to the very end to get the entire concept but Vine saves you all that time.

If you seen some funny vine videos here and there on youtube or facebook, and you enjoy watching these little funny sketches. I would definitely recommend you to get a vine account and subscribe to some creative viners. Even if you don't make vine videos yourself you can still get an account and just enjoy the funny clips. Here are a list of viners I would suggest you to check out: KingBach, DeStorm, Eric Dunn, Alphacat, Alex James, Batdad, Brandon Calvillo, Britney Furlan, Jerome Jarre, Pique, Trey Kennedy, MAX JR, Curtis Lepore, Marcus Johns and everyone who they've collaborated with.

Who is Lorde?

Turn on your radio, what's playing? That's right, Royals by Lorde. If you haven't heard of this song... I'm sure you have. Because it is one of the most frequently played song in October 2013. But the question is, Who is Lorde? where did she come from? How is it that in one short month her hit single 'Royal' could reach the number 1 spot on the Billboard 100?

Well, Lorde is a 16 years old girl (I know, she sounds like she's 32) from New Zealand. Lorde is a very special and unique artist of our time for many different reasons. First of all Lorde isn't a sell out. She refuse to let movie company or brands use her song to sell their products because she feels like it isn't right. Secondly, Lorde's style of music is very different from the songs that we usually hear now a days. We always hear songs on radio about party life, expensive cars, clubbing, explicit imagery of sexy women, doing drugs, being wild and such. All these songs only feeds the unhealthy and unrealistic life style to teenagers and even kids, and Lorde is not afraid to show everyone the truth. Her song 'Royal' is a reality check for the world: teenagers are not celebrities, they don't have money, they don't have the fame, they are bored everyday and live in boring small suburbs. Lorde's music speaks the truth and she is not afraid to go against the mainstream, and that's why I think she really deserves more credit than she gets. 

If you don't know who Lorde is, check her hit single 'Royal', it's very unique style of music, not exactly hipster but definitely not mainstream. If you enjoyed Royal and liked her style, definitely check out her new album 'Pure Heroine'. It's an incredible album. Fun fact: Lorde actually put up her EP a year ago online for free because she knows that teenagers don't have credit cards or the money to purchase music. How thoughtful of her! Lorde is kind of a strange type of artist, it's either you like her or you don't. I would definitely recommend you to check her out, see for yourself if she could be the new faces of pop music of our time.

Lorde's debut album cover 'Pure Heroine' 

Biggest Rubber Duck in the World

What's the first thought that comes to your mind when you see this picture? ''Wow, that's some EPIC photoshop.'' well, you're wrong. this picture is not at all photoshoped, what you see here is the world's largest rubber duck resting at the Sydney Harbor in Australia.

This world's largest rubber duck is made by a dutch artist; Florentijn Hofman in 2007, measuring at 16.5 × 20 × 32 metres and weighing over 600 kg. Since 2007, this adorable rubber duck has been to many different countries such as Hong Kong, Netherland, Taiwan, Australia, Belgum etc. The duck is not actually made of rubber, it is made with 200 large pieces of PVC piping, and can be inflated and deflated when travelling around the world. 

The creator of this rubber duck had been travelling around the world with his art work since 2007, he named this project ''Spreading joy around the world''. After it's tour in Asian, Hofman and the duck will go on display in United States. 

This rubber duck is no doubt the most fascinating this I have ever seen. First of all, it is bigger the boats and it is taller than most buildings. How amazing is that? Also, rubber duck is something we can all related to our childhood. Seeing it sitting in a harbor and 500% times bigger then the ones we had when we where children, has to be the most astonishing thing ever to witness in your life.

If by any chance, this rubber duck happens to come by a bay, a port or a harbor near where you live, it is something definitely worth checking out. It is literally once in a life time opportunity to witness such amazing art work and I guarantee doesn't matter how big you imagine it to be, it will be 10 times bigger when you see it in person.

NBA Opening Night: The Classic Rivalry between Bulls and Heat

On October 29th, the NBA 2013 - 2014 has officially begun. On the opening night, 3 games took place in Indianapolis, Miami and Los Angelos to start off the season. The first game of the season was Indiana Pacers versus Orlando Magic. The second game was Miami Heat taking on their biggest rivalry team Chicago Bulls. Prior to game, the Heat held their banner raising ceremony and the champion rings ceremony. Their third game of the night was a show down in Los Angelos where the Lakers hosted the Clippers.

However, out of all these fantastic season openers, the classic Bulls vs Heat rivalry was no doubt everyone's center of attention. Bull's star point guard Derrick Rose made his season debut from his year off in 2013. This was the first Bulls vs Heat game since last years playoff where the Bulls fell to the Heat 4 -1 in a 7 games series. During the playoffs, Bulls center Joakim Noah made a statement to the media addressing the unfriendly tension between the two teams by stating: ' I love Miami, but I definitely don't like the Heat. I love the city, I went to school there but I don't like the Heat'. Lebron James, Heat's small forward,  made a response to Noah's statement the day before the season's opener: 'They don't like us, we don't like them. It's no big secret. They don't like us so we don't like them'.

The Bulls vs Game kicked off at 8:00 pm after the Heat's ring ceremony. The Bulls started off strong in the first quarter but the Heat made a comeback in the end and the first quarter the Bulls trails the Heat 15 -17. Second quarter, Bulls started to lose their defense and the Heat powers over the Bulls scoring 37 points and the Bulls 18 points. Rose scored 7 points in the first half. The third quarter came out sloppy for the Bulls but made a strong comeback half way through 3rd scoring 25 points and Heat scored 24 points. 4th quarter the Bulls picked up their pace. Jimmy Butler and Carlos Boozer were outstanding in the last quarter but wasn't enough to stop Lebron and Wade. the Bulls scored 37 points and the Heat scored 29. The Game ended with Bulls fell to the Heat 95 to 107.

Potter-Heads Rise Again: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

If you haven't heard of this news by now, I am sure you will hear about it sooner or later. Here it is: Harry Potter is coming back!... well sort of. Recently, if you have felt small internet earthquakes here and there, don't worry. It's just the Potter-Heads waking up from their sleep and rising up to celebrate the new coming movie, a spin-off of the Potter Franchise: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The producer of the Harry Potter films David Haymen has confirmed that Rowling and him are working on a brand new Potter spin-off franchise based on Rowling's book 'Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them'. Rowling is hoping this new series will turn out to be as successful as her Harry Potter series. The time of this film is set 70 years before Harry Potter's time, and it will features many more magical creatures mentioned in the books. Warner Bros. will be producing this film and J.K. Rowling herself is currently working on the screen play and script.

As a Potter fan myself, I am highly anticipating for this film to be released. Even though the Harry Potter cast will likely not to return but I would like to see the franchise live on. I am excited to know more about the magical world that Harry lives in as well as seeing more magical creatures that only appeared in Rowling's book.

If you are a Potter head, this film is definitely for you. However, if you don't have much knowledge of the Harry Potter series or has never read the books, maybe this film wouldn't interest you as much. There is no doubt that Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them will be a highly anticipated film in the future. Even if you strongly disliked the Harry Potter movies, I would still recommend you to give this movie a try because, well, Harry Potter is NOT part of the story.

Top 15 Movies Sequels To Look Forward To In 2014

2014 in getting closer and closer. If you are a huge movie fanatic like me who literally watch two movies per week, well you are in luck because I am here to present to you: a list of movies sequels that we can look forward to in the upcoming year!

#15
Think Like A Man Too 

#14
300: Rise Of An Empire 

#13
Horrible Bosses 2 

#12
Night At The Museum 3 

#11
Fast And Furious 7 

#10
X-Men: The Days of Future Past 

#9
The Expandable 3

#8
Dawn Of The Planet Of Apes 

#7
The Hobbit: There and Back Again 

#6
The Amazing Spider-Man 2

#5
Captain America the Winter Soldier 

#4
22 Jump Street 

#3
Transformers: The Age of Extinction 

#2
How to Train Your Dragons 2

#1
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 



Now, in my opinion, as much as 2014 looks like it's going to be a great year of sequels, there are a few sequels that don't look quite promising.. For example: Night at the Museum 3. No doubt that Ben Stiller will be returning for his role as the heroic night guard but looking at the rating and reception of the last sequel Night at the Museum 2: Battle of Smithsonian; as fantastic as it was when it was first released... It just didn't live up to the public's expectations. Will the third sequel redeem the franchise? We will just have to wait and see.

No doubt the movie 300 was a great success and received, but it just happen to be one of those movie where it was great to see in the theater and it will leave you in astonishment for several hours after you leave the theater, but it's just not enough for it to be seen more than 3 times. As we all know, the first movie was glorious and memorable, but wasn't great enough to really earn many trophies. It's the type of movie that you would watch simply for the enjoyment of the awesome visual effect and intense action scenes. I am just not  sure if the sequel will live up to the first movie's incredible legacy.

Let's not forget Transformers: The Age of Extiction. I only have 2 things to say about this sequel: Shia Labouf is gone and Mark Walberg is here to replace. You decide if this change will be a positive or negative impact on the movie/franchise. Personally I think I will have to see it first before I make my judgement.

I would definitely recommend you guys to watch these movies just because more than half of these movies are highly expected and frankly should have been done sooner.  But it depends, if you are the type that completely have no faith in sequels and prequels then I would suggest you to stay clear until someone whose has seen the movies give you their recommendation.

iPad Air

Apple's iPhone is by far the world's most popular and widely demanded device. The newest model right now is the iPhone 5s and 5c. Following iPhone, another popular product by Apple Inc. in the computer table iPad. On October 22, 2013, shortly after Apple had launched iPhone: the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, Apple has announced another new project: the iPad Air

As we all know, Apple never rests. Only 3 months after the newest iPhone model has been lachuned, Apple has made an announcement 2 days ago to the public regarding the new project of iPad Air.  As expected, there were no big dramatic changes in terms of the system but only the reduction in weight... as what Apple does with ALL of their products. According to Apple's official website, iPad Air is thinner, lighter and quicker than the previous iPad model: iPad Mini. It is going to have a 9 inch display, approximately the same size as the previous iPad but the screen size will be much bigger. It also features a new processor chip which mill the system function a lot quicker than iPad Mini.


This new iPad will range from $400 to $700 depends on how much internal memory you are willing to purchase. It will go on sale on November 1st. It cannot be pre-ordered online so get in the line!

Apple's keynote on the new iPad Air.