The Odd The Weird The Wacky

Doing Time Gangnam Style

Korean rapper Psy – real name Park Jae Sung – has taken the world by storm, with his undeniably catchy hit Gangnam Style becoming the biggest hit of the year and a truly awe-inspiring phenomenon. There are now countless parodies of the hit worldwide and the YouTube video of Psy’s Gangnam Style, in which he performs his now signature horse ...

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Need A Dose Of Fresh Air? Try Chen Guangbiao Good Man

It’s the real thing. No, I am not talking about Coca-Cola. Welcome to the fresh side of life : Chen Guangbiao Good Man. China has a huge air pollution problem, but while authorities seem to be lackadaisical about tackling it, billionaire Chen Guanbiao, aka “Brother Biao”, is trying to heighten public awareness in a very original way. Billionaire Chen Guangbiso, ...

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ROFL, I<3 U & Keeping Up With The Internet Lingo

We live in an age where the internet has become such an integral part of our lives that it has given rise to a new culture – the internet culture.  Teens take the lead in embracing the new internet culture. Their generation straddles the century change, hence they are often called the Millennial Kids. They are bombarded by stimuli such ...

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Brazilian Longans Or Whatever

I have heard about longans the size of ping pong balls but it was only yesterday that I finally came across them in a shop near Tasty Point in Miri. The longans were touted to be Brazilian longans and were selling for RM12 a kilogram. I could not resist buying a kilo to try them out. Because of their big ...

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Park Jae-Sang’s Gangnam Style

Park Jae-Sang, 34, an eccentric South Korean hip hop artist better known by his stage name “Psy”, has become a global online hit after a video of his latest song “Gangnam Style” went viral, garnering more than 15 million views since it was uploaded on YouTube on July 15. The YouTube video features the Berklee College of Music graduate performing ...

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Flight Security Announcements The AirAsia Way

It is a fact that most passengers do not pay any heed to flight security announcements and I personally am guilty of that. But that may soon change if flight attendants follow the example of AirAsia’s Quinton Dinesh Thomas. Tired of passengers not heeding the security announcements, Quinton decided to inject some humour into his routine security announcements. And he ...

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The Kiss Between Vivian Lai And Kate Pang

When actress-host Vivian Lai, 36, kissed actress Kate Pang, 29, on the lips for one second when she was announced as one of the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes during Sunday’s live telecast of the Star Awards Show 2, she never expected that it would spark such a furore among Singaporeans. Apparently, many viewers find the kiss offensive. Many ...

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Joe Hill’s Amazing 3D Artwork

We often jump to conclusions based on our observations. What we see may not be the truth so it is really wrong to jump to conclusions based on just what we see. As bystanders look on in horror, an artist appears to leap off a building. He was actually just leaping on to one of his amazing 3D artwork. The ...

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Rack City Grandma YouTube Hit

A video featuring a teen nicknamed Frank Twitchy and her grandma in a webcam tribute to explicit rap Rack City has gone viral, garnering almost 5 million views on YouTube since it was uploaded on YouTube on the 3rd of January 2012. In the clip, the teen gestures with gang signs and wiggles along to rapper Tyga’s profanity-laden lyrics, seemingly ...

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Auld Lang Syne (aka O Lan Sai)

In less than half an hour, 2011 will end and Auld Land Syne will fill the air all over the world. “Auld Lang Syne” is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song. It is traditionally used to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of ...

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