13 Feb, 2010 in
Israel by Fili An

In my last visit to Israel I went with a friend and his family to do some BBQing in a beach a bit up-north Habonim Beach. It was a lovely little beach, with lots of beautiful nature and sea-life.
Most people outside of Israel usually don’t know that Israel has some really terrific beaches. Although most [...]
19 Nov, 2009 in
General by Fili An

Social network maps do a great job of giving you information you usually don’t come across which summarizes big stories into easily interpretable graphs. Having being part of Facebook for quite some time now, I think it’s been long enough for me to find and connect to the majority of those who I know or [...]
22 Sep, 2009 in
Israel by Fili An

One of my good friends in Israel has been working in Google Israel for quite some time now. When I came to visit him in my recent visit to Israel he took me up to see Google’s Tel Aviv office and the stunning views of southern Tel Aviv. The working environment in Google, as should [...]
21 Sep, 2009 in
Israel by Fili An

While shortly visiting my hometown a month back I went on a terrific tour of Jerusalem’s old city called “Jerusalem’s Old City Root Top Tour” showing Jerusalem through walking up to the old city’s well known roof tops that give a slightly different perspective to the city.
And so… welcome to Jerusalem’s old city!
… where Muslims, [...]

I’m sure most of those who have a TV have heard about the Amazing Race, one of the most popular "reality" TV shows ever, but not many non-Israelis know that Israel with its TV audience of less than 5 million spread over more than 50 channels has managed to pull off a local Israeli version [...]

So far, I’ve been to two major Cosplay events. The first was in NCKU-Tainan-Taiwan (1, 2, 3, 4), and the second in Comic World in Hong Kong SAR (1, 2, 3). I’ve always wondered what an Israeli Cosplay event would look like, and a few weeks ago I finally found out. Scary scary stuff. I [...]

Thanks to Ran, the best Israeli blog in China, I heard of this odd news piece. Israeli YNet recently reported that one of my all-time least liked songs "Heat of Tel-Aviv" received a Chinese version.
Compare the Israeli version…
To the Chinese one…
Which one do you like more? Did you like the Shabbat/Hannuka candle effect in the [...]
28 Jan, 2009 in
Israel by Fili An

Elections are coming up in Israel next month, and it’s not looking very good. Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu are running again, two ex-prime ministers who were kicked out by the Israeli parliament well ahead of intended election time, competing strongly for the title of worst prime-ministers in Israeli history. Polls show Bibi is [...]