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Richard Roman's Blog – December 2012 Archive (4)

These snow sculptures are brrrilliant! Ice cool art set to draw record crowds

Does anyone know anything about this?all about snow sculptures in Jingyuetan. Heard of Harbin but not this!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2252865/Winter-wonderland-Stunning-snow-sculptures-Chinas-annual-ice-festival.html

Added by Richard Roman on December 25, 2012 at 16:26 — 1 Comment

How Gangnam Style and Fifty Shades gave culture a spanking

As the year hurtles towards its climax, now is the moment for decision. In the cultural hit parade, it’s time to reveal what is Number One this Christmas. I know that some aesthetes will object to this simplistic hierarchy. You will say that it is like being forced to choose between Beethoven’s Fifth and the Sistine Chapel. Others will be partisans for one masterpiece or the other.

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Added by Richard Roman on December 24, 2012 at 16:23 — 1 Comment

Ink-redible! Chinese woman who can write with BOTH hands at the SAME TIME in different languages

In this age of computers and smartphones, some of us are finding it harder and harder to write properly with one hand, let alone two.

But that is no such problem for Chinese translator Chen Siyuan.

She has been amazing onlookers with her ability not only to write with both hands at the same time, but do it in different languages - Chinese with one and English with the other.