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saw this yesterday. rented this based on it's trailer - it looked like a romatic comedy, and it started out as such but then mid way changed.

this movie reminded me of bitter moon - where the story explores love, both it's happy side as well as it's dark side.

this movie starts out with two kids, one with an ailing mother and another a porlak from a poor family which everyone teases. they become friends and to make each other happy they play a game of dare. initially it's cute, then funny and as they grow older you see that they have something very very special.

then the turning point when the girl can not distinguish if the boy truely loves her of if it's all just a game... then the story turns very very dark.

it's a great story and well told, just not for the faint of heart and not for those looking for a happy ending. it is NOT like 'when harry met sally' as much as it seems so in the beginning.

watch it, but be forewarned it isn't your typical love story.

I free service companion to RosettaStone that allows language learners to chat via voice or text with native speakers of the language they are learning.

Loquendo TTS can read mixed language texts, thanks to its Foreign Language Pronunciation capability and to its Language Guesser Any Loquendo voice can speak any foreign language with correct pronunciation, while keeping its native accent Loquendo TTS ...

Hey, if it's got an accent on the name then it automatically exudes a foreign mystique.

A Slate piece analyzing how Bush and Rice have contributed to the Pakistan debacle.

Quoted: Now we've really got problems. The state of emergency in Pakistan signals yet another low point in President George W. Bush's foreign policy—a stark demonstration of his paltry influence and his bankrupt principles.

Interesting idea. I'm not sure I completely agree with it.

Quoted: The presidential candidates should look to reform our system of foreign aid by modeling it on the successful programs the U.S. has used to reduce domestic poverty.

what a disappointing movie. :(

i had high hopes as this movie is based on one of my favorite comic series - lone wolf and cub. i rented it - and started watching it when to my joy the intro of the movie was familiar to me. i had heard it in Kill Bill part 2 when Uma's character and her daughter watches a movie... it's this movie.

so with gleeful content i watched, only to be utterly disappointed. first the main character choice... it was just hard for me to believe a fat-ish guy with a double chin to be a bad ass samuria, plus the movie seemed more like a compilation of fight scenes from another movie / show. the story arc was poor - if you can even find it and they butchered the characters.

they made the final villian the shogun who happened to be a wizard??!?!?! WTF?

avoid it... avoid it at all cost. read the comic series instead.

Quoted: iKi is een bier dat je een moment van pure ontspanning geeft in een druk leven. Een bier dat drinkt als een oase in het hectische leven van vandaag. Een bier dat wordt gebrouwen op basis van groene thee en Japans citrusfruit. Een bier kortom, met een uniek karakter. Een bier waarmee je het leven viert.