Thursday, May 27, 2010

Thai Film wins Cannes top award

A Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or. Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul this film was described to whimsical and dreamy. US director Tim Burton led the jury that picked the victor from 19 entries.




Monday, April 5, 2010

Cambodian New Years Parade

Cambodian New Years parade in Long Beach Sunday April 4, 2010.










Scraper Bikes Oakland




Scraper bikes are tricked-out bicycles with colorful rims fully customized using tape, plastic chip bags, other creative two-tone colors. Oakland is a town where hip-hop is king and cars known as scrapers are huge. These bikes came out of the the scraper car with large rims and colorful rims on and applied it to bikes. Teens in Oakland have found not only a movement but a creative outlet in their community.