Who would have thought that being bored out of your mind would be the best thing that ever happened to you? While looking for something to do one day, singer-songwriter Zee Avi picked up a guitar and taught herself how to play. At the time, Avi was a college dropout living at home with her parents in Malaysia. Today, she is a rising musical star living her dreams in Brooklyn, New York.

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Tania Gunadi is one lucky lady. So far, the rising Hollywood starlet’s life has been defined by several fortunate events that have led her to where she is now.

Technology has become a necessity in our everyday life and is continuing to expand its role. Following this trend, Nintendo invented a way to virtually work out by watching a television screen and performing various movements on a board. Wii Fit, which came out last year, is designed to be a nonconventional way of exercising.

Is the holiday season stressing you out? Try adding a few of these surprisingly beneficial foods to your diet.

Traci Van Horn on Disney’s “Hannah Montana” is spoiled and obnoxious. To top it off, she has a sinus problem that makes her nasally voice painful to listen to. Beneath all this, however, is a happy and bubbly half-Japanese, half-Jewish, self-proclaimed “Jap JAP,” all sans the whiny voice.