General 'whatever'.

Me and my friends were watching the show Skins from the UK, and we were getting confused about whether the kids were in high school or college. I also keep seeing in animes about how there are school entrance exams to seemingly get into high school.So, I wonder how school systems are set up around the world.

The purpose of this thread is to give an insight into Japan's neighbour South Korea. Also known as Republic of Korea or ROK, and in Japan known as 韓国ã€ã‹ã‚“ã“ãã€KANKOKU。 Please ask any questions about anything you are curious about and I'll endeavour to answer. I will also try and post my videos in here. I'm not quite in Korea yet, I am waiting for my first flight to Dubai. Second flight will take me to Incheon airport in Seoul.

Weeeeell I was just surfing the web as always and was curious on the status of the Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie and came upon with some cool and unexpected news so I decided to open a new thread to discuss this movie since as you guys know I'm a fan of spidey and will jump at the chance to discuss anything related to him so here it goes: Things known about this sequel: -All previous actors from the first movie will return to reprise their roles minus the guys who play the Lizard and Captain Stacy. -Peter Parker will find new clues about his past so it looks like they have not dropped the parents side story yet. -Harry Osborn will be featured in this movie…

I'm surprised nobody has made this thread yet, the game is coming soon in April but there are lots of things that can be discussed such as the prequel of the main story so far which can be read through the comics that had been published recently as well as the roster, do you want to see a particular character in the game? here is the roster so far: Superman Batman Wonderwoman Flash (Barry Allen) Aquaman Green Arrow Cyborg Hawkgirl Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Nightwing Bane Catwoman Solomon Grundy Lex Luthor Joker Harley Quinn Shazam (Captain Marvel) Sinestro Deathstroke I for one am looking forward to this game, not just for the gameplay but the s…

Has anyone else heard of this band? They make awesome gaming songs.

I was looking around after using the search function, and I'm surprised that there isn't really a sports discussion topic here. Even Twilight Lexicon (which is dominated by women/girls) has a sports topic that's been fairly active. But I was a bit surprised that there wasn't one here. Of course, I'm not a big one for stick and ball sports--I was never good at that stuff for one thing--but I've been a motorsports fan most of my life. Of course, it can be argued that motorsports isn't a sport per se because of no use of a ball and no use of the human body aside from operating that throttle and brakes, and the steering wheel. But when you consider that drivers of Le …

heard a rumour the other day, a new xmen movie in the works. will the story be some what similar to the anime which carried the same title? if so, would like to see how they plan on resurrecting half the group since deciding to kill them off in number3. only caught a small glimpse of this, so keeping my eyes and ears wide open for any leaks. comiccon in town this weekend, wasn't really thinking of going, but after hearing this, might have to just in case something is said or revealed.

Someone -actually- used a helicopter to break out of prison? For real?! Cool. Stupid, but cool. This just made the news interesting: http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/quebec-manhunt-on-for-fugitives-who-fled-prison-in-helicopter

all names come from somewhere. through various modes of research we can discover the true meaning of our names. I've long known the meaning of my first name, xxx. it means xxx. I decided to check my other names today though. my second name xxx, is from xxx. my family name is Kendrick and comes from old welsh ap cynwrig. ap means 'child of' and cynwrig is a given name derived from celtic words meaning 'the likeness of a heroic chief' so it's all rather nice and I do so love my names. essentially my full names means 'xxx of the heroic chief' and it is all derived from my culture.. sort of. well gaelic is a branch off of celtic so they are very closely r…

Out of curiosity, was Peter Jackson's version of Lord of the Rings an insult to the UK? Or was it just an enjoyable movie? What are your thoughts on this?

Ok so yeah. I'm upset. Disney announced that they are going to close lucasarts. And instead if developing games they will license it out. That in itself isn't so bad, but they are also canceling current protects like 1313 and battle front assault.

ok guys, i'm back. I think its best to let you guys know that i was actually in prison from feb 2011 till april 2013. i did some bad things, for which i took my punishment, and hopefully i can now make a better life for myself. luckily ryuki stood by me the whole way. i don't have my own net access just yet, but will attempt to get online whenever possible.

Well, the trailers have been out for a while, and now they've released a full clip. Warning, this is a spoiler (well duuuuuh)

The Hammer shall descend once again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGWhXL-ADGY Loki returns, but the threat this time...is Malekith the Accursed!

Ok, i stayed in indianapolis for a week. Let me first say that i am in no way a health buff. I don't eat a healthy diet and I'm not a wellness nut. I'm just a regular person who eats what i want when i want to. Now, based on the foods that i have consumed in a weeks time with different kinds of food, as well as the foods i ate the last time i was here, i found the food to be very unsettling. I mean majority of the food are oily. They have large servings of food, and down to the drinks, not really helpful with my digestion. God, it was really unhealthy even for my standards. And they serve you cold drinks all day long. Although the steaks are very nice and tasty, after…

saw this acouple of days ago, wasn't too bad, i liked it even from being an original fan from the 80's. although had doubts about the robot scene in it, reminded me too much of the chromed robot in thor. i'm sure they could of come up with something better. anyone else's thoughts on this and the movie? oh,yea, being a marvel movie, everyone knows to stay till the end of the credits? i found it very interesting and got me excited and thinking about the next movie.

I just love this guys reviews: He's so right, and yet so drunk

Ok, this will be my first time starting a topic about a trip I'm going to, since usually I don't say a word where I'm going. Tomorrow, I'm going back to Indianapolis, US, for a business conference. I would like to ask about prepaid sim cards. Since our local network charge exorbitant amount for data roaming, I was thinking if I should just buy a prepaid sim while I'm in the US to save on data charges. I need my email and we'll be staying at a different hotal this time which I'm not sure if they have wifi access. I snooped around online and found the prepaid sim of T-mobile to be a viable option. But how much will this initially cost me? I saw that they charge $…

Allow me to introduce the Advocacy to the amazing Japanese Folk Metal band Onmyo-Za! These guys have been around for a little while now and have produced some very unique music. Their image and primary lyrical content draws upon Japanese mythology. They are relatively unknown. Even inside their own native Japan. Onmyo-Za has been known to produce a few theme songs every now and then for games and the Basilisk anime series. Onmyo-Za is particularly fond of the the novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls by Futaro Yamada. Here is a video to give you guys a taste of what this amazing band can do! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyF7tCzuSwo

Anyone here a Daft Punk fan? Their new album is available to stream on iTunes starting from today! http://www.itunes.com/daftpunk I'm a huge Daft Punk fan so I may be a little (read: very) biased but I'm finding it incredible. I'm on my second listen right now. Some of the tracks are so out there and un-Daft Punk (or at least unexpected from what we've come to know). The Giorgio Moroder and Paul Williams collaborative tracks are just amazing - I love lengthy tracks! The Paul Williams track, "Touch", is appropriately enough, very touching. And the album version of Get Lucky is so much more interesting than the single version, including a longer guitar solo from Nile …

How many of you know that there are people, families, children, trapped in a 7km wide piece of land, unable to go anywhere and being bombarded by weapons designed to maim and kill people indiscriminately? I went to a talk today. I like to think I know about things going on in the world... but there is much I do not know. I want to try and change the world a little today with information. These are not weapons designed to take out military targets. these are not weapons designed to take out infrastructure. these are weapons, designed specifically to kill people and maim those not in the direct vicinity. Men, women and children. There are children who go to…

Hi everyone. For those of you who might know me, I have admitted to being a World War II history fanatic to a degree. Hence, when an interesting one's on, I often will watch it. I have two favorites that I've always taken time to watch, and one's called High Hitler, and the other is Hitler's Bodyguard. In High Hitler, the story of how Adolf Hitler was probably turned into a meth addict by his personal doctor Theo Morell is told, as well as some rather unconventional medical treatments that Hitler put himself through to cure various ailments, such as his frequent stomach upsets and, as Dr. Morell put it, "constipation and colossal flatulence", which is what start…

I was just thinking about this and I would like to talk about it. Piracy is a very common thing these days. that is copyright piracy. of course the history of copyright piracy is rooted in organisations trying to monopolise free information. in the past, the power was with the church and the monks who copied the writings from one book to another. with the advent of the printing press, the power could be taken away and disseminated. so copyright law was created. not to protect the little guy, but to protect large organisations. Things are changing of course. Now with the internet, it is becoming easy and cost free to copy information. If I create a copy of any piec…

Has anybody seen this? Is anybody reading this? I have the ebooks sitting in my playbook for a long time and it was just recently that I started reading it. What prompted me to read it? Watching the series of course. All I can say is, WOW!! This has got to be one of the finest high fantasy series that I've seen or read. The series is quite faithful to the novel with a few differences which is quite understandable. I'm sure you guys have an idea of what I am talking about. A Game of Thrones is the first novel from the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin. I can't believe that I'm actually rooting for the Imp. I must say, Peter Dinklage does p…

Review So I went to see Man of Steel last night, and found it enjoyable. For those looking for something emotional, take in the beginning of the movie as much as you possibly can, because after Kal El comes to Earth, the emotional tone is pretty flat. My tears welled up in the beginning, but nothing other than an interest in the events after that. The beginning was kind of like Abrahms first Star trek in its emotional. For those that hat shaky cam, get used to it in this movie, unless it was something wrong with our theaters projector. The entire film seemed to be shot with an over the shoulder cam, which means the match mover guys in the vfx department must have…