Act of Kindness at Sochi 2014

Olympics is the world's most competitive sporting event. Athletes train for years for years to represent their country. Though there are only gold, silver and bronze for every category, everyone gets credit for competing in the sport. Sometimes, unfortunate situations do occur, some fall on ice, some lose balance in the air and some misses a goal. But that is the thing about Olympics, it was never about beating another country, it was about celebrating these athlete's hard work and being kind to one another. That's exactly what Canadian coach Justin Wadsworth did for a Russian skier.

At the men's cross country sprint final, Russian skier Anton Gafarvo's left ski had broken and fell off during the race. Canadian head coach Justin Wadsworth who was watching the race, ran to Gafarvo's aide, giving him Alex Harvey (a Canadian skier that wasn't quality for the final)'s spare skii. The grand gesture of Wadsworth caught a lot attention, especially because no Russian staff had came to help Garfarvo. When interviewed for Wadsworth's act of kindness, he simply said ''It seemed like the Olympics thing to do... It was about giving him some dignity so he didn't have to walk to the finish line.'' 

This was not the first time act of kindness had been done in Olympics. In 2006, during women's cross country team sprint final, Beckie Scott and Sara Renner from Canada were racing when Renner broke her pole. Watching the race, Norweigan coach Bjornar Hakensmoen, gave Renner a new pole allowing her to finish her race. In the end, Renner and Scott finished the race in second place winning a silver medal and Norway finished in fourth place. 

As a thank you, Canada donated 8000 cans of maple syrup to Norwegian embassy. Phone calls and letters of appreciation was sent to the embassy as well. Now a days, it's rare to see such honorable sportsmanship. I am glad in 2014, we can still witness such acts of kindness. 

Missing Plane

One of the most trending topic is probably the Malaysia Airline's missing plane, flight 370. Where did the plane go? What happened to it? Has it been found yet?

Flight 370 departed from Kuala Lumpur Airport, has gone missing after less than one hour after take off. The last message coming from the aircraft was 'Alright, good night' which was not a code for any potential hijacking. Soon after, the transponder on the plane was turned off, and the Malaysia Airport Control was not able to contact the flight since. On the military radar, it was shown that the plane was way off it's course, 200 miles south of Penang. 2 hours after it's scheduled arrival the Beijin Airport, it was reported missing.

Though there's been several sighting of the debris in the Indian Ocean, none has been able confirm if the pieces were in fact part of Flight 370. The missing plane carried 239 passengers and crew members, all the relatives of the passengers from the flight has been gathered at the Kuala Lumpur airport awaiting for the plane to be found.

There are several theories on what could have happen to the plane. Some say it was hijacked as it was reported that there are 4 passengers on the plane with stolen passports. Some say it must have crashed in the Indian Ocean as it would have ran out of fuels by now. Personally, I feel lucky to able to witness such stranger event in my lifetime (though still sad that the plane has not been found)  All of the other missing boats.or aircraft myths all occurred before I was born. Some of my theories is that the plane must have landed somewhere; hijacked or not, because how can anyone possibly lose an airplane? My other theory is more supernatural, my guess is that the plane went through some kind of portal and went into an alternate universe, and that it should turn up years later.

Nonetheless, Flight 370 is perhaps the most mysterious case of our time. Crashed or not, I hope the missing flight will turn up soon.

Oscar 2014 Highlights

''Welcome to the Academy Award! Here is your host! Ellen Degeneres!'' Oh my Ellen, Ellen, Ellen. Oscar 2014 has been on e of the most highly anticipated even of the year. 2014's nominees are high quality films, featuring big name actors such as Bradly Cooper, Christian Bale, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Matthew Mcconaughay and Leonardo Dicaprio. There are also some new faces such as Lupita N'yongo, Chiewtel Ejofor, Jared Leto, Barkhad Abdi and Joaquim Pheonix. Here are some highlights from the award show. 

First of all, Ellen Degenres did a fantastic job hosting the show. It was recorded as the most watched TV live event since 2000. There were multiple musical performances during the show for Best Original Song category. Pharrell Williams kicked off the show with his hit song Happy that brought many celebrity on their feet and danced Pharrell himself.

However though, Pharrell's Happy had no chance standing up against Idina Menzel's Let It Go from Frozen. Prior to Idena's performance, she was introduced by John Travolta where he complete mispronounced Idina's name!

John: Please welcome the wickedly talented, the one and only, ADELE DAZIM

Oh no John! 

After about two afters into the show, Ellen decided to ask if anyone wanted Pizza, half an hour later, Ellen arrived on the stage with a pizza guy and started distributing dinner for the biggest celebs in Hollywood! 

After dinner, Ellen pulled out her Smartphone and asked Meryl Streep for selfie wanting to break Twitter's record for the most retweeted picture. Here is the result of the selfie: 

And yes, Ellen did break Twitter's record and became the most retweeted selfie with 3 millions + retweets! 

Overall, Oscars 2014 was hell of an event and it did not disappoint me one bit. It was everything I expected and more from a show hosted by Ellen. It was a very entertaining and satisfying and amusing. Whoever hosts the show has a lot of legacy to live up to! 

Game of Thrones Season 4

April 7, journey back to Westero, where dragons and White Walkers roams the realm. Prepare yourself as the seven noble houses continues their battle for the Iron Throne. Game of Thrones Season 4 is returning in less than 2 weeks.

HBO's original TV series Game of Thrones is coming back for it's fourth season. After nearly 10 months of waiting, the fans are dying to see their favorite TV show making it's way back on screen. Last season, Game of Thrones left off with the aftermath from the devastating Red Wedding. Arya has escaped The Twins with The Hound after witnessing his brother's corpse being paraded around, Bran and his companion encountered  Sam and Gilly in the north, Jon Snow made his way back to The Wall after being pierced with several arrows by Ygritte, Yara was determined to rescue Theon Greyjoy from Ramsey Snow, and Daenerys Targaryan freed all the slaves of Yunkai.

HBO has released several thrilling trailers hinting some big changes that is about to happen in the series. New Characters are introduced such as Oberyn Martell, the first of House Martell to appear in the series. Tyrion Lannister seems to face great dangers in Kings Landing, Arya seems to be lost in Westero with The Hound, while Jon Snow is off to fight the evil spirits beyond The Wall. HBO promises many more heart stopping jaw dropping turns of events for the new season.

Personally, being a huge fan of the Game of Thrones book and TV franchise, I cannot wait to see the series return. Geroge R.R Martin made it clear that season fourth truly stays authentic to the book and he himself could not be more excited to watch the show. HBO has really done a terrific job with Game of Thrones in the past and I have very high hope for season 4!

R.I.P Paul Walker

On November 30, 2013. The star of the franchise Fast and Furious, Paul Walker passed away. Walker died in a tragic car accident along with his friend Roger Rodas. It was reported that Walker and Rodas was leaving a charity even that Walker hosted, the two got in a car and left. From the crime scene it looked like the car was speeding through the streets and went out of control and ran into a light post. Roads appeared to be the one driving the vehicle however, both died on the spot.

Paul Walker was in the middle of shooting the 7th movie of Fast and Furious causing the entire movie to be put on hold. It was later announced that the movie will have to restart thus pushing the initial released back a year. Walker's death was devastating for the fans the franchise and the cast and crews of Fast and Furious. Condolences came from every where on the internet. The most emotional post by far is by Walker's long time friend and partner in the movie: Vin Diesel. Diesel's facebook post on Walker's death:

''When I heard, I immediately flew back to California, and went directly from the plane to his mother's house...
I thought they needed my strength, but realized when I got there and broke down before his family, that it was I who needed theirs. His mother hugged me and said I am so sorry... I said sorry? You're the mother who lost a son?... She said yes, but you lost your other half...''

Paul Walker will forever live on in the Fast and Furious movie. The world shall never forget this man who  dedicated his life making others happy. Rest in peace, Paul Walker.

Top 10 Action Movies of 2014

If you're a fan of action then you won't be disappointed with 2014 because this year is action packed with some of the most exciting actions movies ever! So here is a list of the biggest actions movies coming out this year:

10. Divergent

9. Dawn of the Planet of Apes

8. Pompeii

7. Transformer: Age of Extinction

6. Need For Speed

5. Non Stop

4. Transcendance

3. Robocop

2. Mocking Jay

1. Godzilla

Some of my personal most anticipated movies are Transcendence, Godzilla and Need For Speed. After the horrible box office result of the latest Johny Depp movie The Lone Ranger, I can not help but wonder if Depp is going to 'take a break' from the acting career. When Transcendence was announced I was beyond thrilled to the see Depp's name in the trailer. Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul has had a successful year and is at the peak of his acting career. Paul who is someone have never starred in a leading role in a movie before finally get the chance to break out the Jesse Pinkman TV character phase and begin a new career in the film industry. This movie no doubt is going to be one of the most anticipated action movie in 2014. Everyone is just dying to see more of Aaron Paul's performance. Godzilla is my top choice of action movie in 2014. Growing up everyone has heard of Godzillia, however this giant radioactive lizard hasn't appeared in film for more than 15 years. This movie is going to be extraordinary and better than the 1998 version with all the newest animation technology. With casts such as Bryant Cranston, Aaron Taylor Jonson and Emily Olsen, this remake for sure going to be one of the biggest hit of 2014.

Overall, 2014 looks like a promising year jam packed with action goodies! For an action junkie like me, I am for sure going to be visiting the theater multiple times!

Bound 2, Bound 3

Kanye West's newest music video for his hit single 'Bound 2' was released on youtube 2 months ago featuring his newly engaged fiance, Kim Kardashian. This video was popular to earn 1 million hits after one week. Today the video stands at 24 million views thanks to another video released shortly after 'Bound 2', this video was 'Bound 3'. 

Bound 3 is not a sequel of Bound 2. Bound 3 was a parody video of Kanye's Bound 2. Bound 3 was produced by James Franco starring the man himself and his buddy Seth Rogen. While the 2 movies stars were having a little bit of downtime, after seeing Kanye's ridiculous music video (which features multiple pointless scenery shots, Kanye and Kim on a motorcycle, with Kim completely topless and a terrible song) the duo decided to create a spoof of the song; shot by shot. 

In bound 3, James plays Kanye and Seth plays Kim. James wore a similar out to the one Kanye had on in the original and Seth Rogen was no afraid to show off his hairy chest! As much as the video was hilarious enough, there was peak in the video that made it THAT much better than bound 2. In bound 2, Kanye and Kim shared a passionate kiss halfway through the song. And as everyone expected, Franco and Seth had a even hotter make out session than Kimye! 

Bound 3 is what made bound 2 famous. The hilarious duo quickly attracted attention from all over the social media, Kim and Kanye included. Thank god that Kanye actually had a sense of humor and didn't file for a lawsuit or storm out and declare a war on James Franco. Phew! 

Bound 2 has 24 million hits with 271 thousands dislike and 100 thousands likes. Bound 3 THE ORIGINAL VIDEO received 3 millions hits and 500 dislikes and 23 thousand dislikes. However Bound 3 was reposted several times therefore the total view and like/dislike ratio can't be properly determined.