Sex and the City 2's Red Carpet Premiere

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall

Patricia Field and Kim Cattrall

 

Jennifer Love Hewitt

 - In a Herve Leger bandage dress and Christian Louboutin heels -

I love her style and she always look good in any dress ^^

Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker

Michelle Trachtenberg

- In a Notte by Marchesa mini-dress -

 

Jessica Szhor

- In a black Willow tuxedo jumpsuit with a twisted front -

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Once in a life time

Buddhist Temple transform to Manga to woo visitors especially for Otaku

HACHIOJI, Japan (AFP) – Girls clad in maids' outfits are not traditionally associated with Buddhism, but that has not stopped monks at a centuries-old temple using Japanese pop culture to woo visitors.


The Ryohoji temple, built in the late 16th century in a Tokyo suburb, erected a colourful manga-inspired sign at its entrance in June and has since seen visitor numbers perk up -- especially young men.

But it went a step further at the weekend, setting up tents and opening up a temporary cafe staffed by bonnet-wearing girls sporting classic frills, one of the recent popular themes among fans of anime and costume role-playing.


The "maids" look authentic and old-fashioned in every way -- save for the short length of the skirts and the fake cats' ears on their heads.

And it seemed to work, the temple drawing hundreds of visitors on Saturday as the event coincided with a local autumn festival in Hachioji, on the western outskirts of Tokyo.

"I came over because this temple has been the talk of the Net," said Mitsutaka Adachi, a 26-year-old telecom software programmer, one of many first-time visitors to the ancient temple.

"I was a bit surprised to see this but it's fun," he told AFP. "This can motivate people to come here."

One of the maids, who only identified herself as Yurin, said it was "good that young people come to the temple."

"This is my first experience as a maid but I'm enjoying myself," she added.

Ryohoji's chief monk, Shoko Nakazato, 45, said he did not think it was inappropriate.

"I'm a manga generation who grew up watching them on television. I have little resistance to manga.... I wanted to tell the people that temples are a fun place to visit," he said.

Ryohoji previously had almost no visitors during the week, but recently up to 30 people, mostly young men, had come every day, Nakazato said.

Adding to the spectacle, Toromi, a singer who drew the manga characters on the temple's sign, was in a red-and-white costume inspired by a goddess worshipped at the temple.

"I'm so happy as unexpectedly many people came," said Toromi, who goes by one name and is a common sight in Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics district that is frequented by computer buffs and fanatics, known in Japanese as "otaku."

Ryohoji is also selling a 500-yen (five-dollar) card with cartoon characters which allows buyers to download three-minute motion pictures on to their mobile phones of chief monk Nakazato chanting prayers

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World largest LED building

Here we like to present "World Largest LED building" designed by Asymptote Architecture which all lightning arrangement done by Arup Lighting.

This one is located in Abu Dhabi and is called "The Yas Hotel". Currently, it is the world's largest LED building and it was opened on Nov 3, 2009.
The hotel is controlled through remote device management (RDM) protocol and it has no less than 5000 RGBW LED items. It also features functions such as color-changing sequences and other impressive lighting effects. Still, one has to think how much energy this type of building consumers, in spite of its absorbing and almost intimatating design.

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Brave little "crystal girl"

A 5-year-old English girl is battling a very rare illness that threatens to turn her body into a rock.

Lillie Sutcliffe was just 23 months old when she was diagnosed with cystinosis, the Daily Mail said. The genetic condition causes the amino acid cystine to accumulate in cells, forming crystals that build up and damage cells. The crystals damage many systems in the body, particularly the kidneys and eyes.

 

To combat the condition, Lillie must take a cocktail of drugs every day.

"I had never heard of the condition so [I] was a bit shocked to hear what it did," her mother, Laura Milner, told the paper.

"It means Lillie's body essentially turns to crystal. They just load up inside her. If she wasn't treated she would turn to stone eventually because it attacks all the cells."

The condition also stunts growth. Her mom says Lillie is the size of a 2-year-old. She goes to school, where she has has no problems keeping up with the other kids academically. But she cannot walk far or play sports.

The Daily Mail said there are only 2,000 known sufferers of cystinosis in the world.

"I am so proud of how she is fighting it," Milner said. "Lillie is a real star and she just gets on with it -- she is very brave." 

 

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