Archive for the 'Asia' Category

24.03.07 Cops can be gay as long as they don’t sway
Filed: Human Interest, Gender Issues, Asia, Crime and Punishment
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Cops told: Be gay, just don’t sway. This is the title of a news article from a major Philippine newspaper The Philippine Star, written by Cecile Suerte Felipe.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a warning to gay officers not to sway their hips or display suggestive behavior while on duty or they risk losing […]

4.03.07 Sexy girl commercial
Filed: Funny, Cool, Food and Beverage, Asia, Entertainment
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I really had a blast watching this commercial. It’s a commercial for a low fat tuna in Thailand. The girl transformed from hottie to ugly. This commercial was probably a hit in Thailand.
The girl here looked really hot, with long legs and small waistline but as soon as the elevator door closed, she transformed. Funny!
She […]

12.02.07 6,124 couples kiss in the Philippines
Filed: Human Interest, Society and Culture, Seasonal Stories, Cool, Asia
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The Philippines has broken the world record of the most number couples kissing simultaneously.
The event called Lovapalooza has been organized for the kissing event. More than 6,000 couples kissed simultaneously, for at least 10 secounds, on a parking lot of a mall in Pasay City. Couples danced and listened to music till midnight. After a […]

31.01.07 Are criminals happier than police?
Filed: Society and Culture, Asia, Crime and Punishment
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In South Korea, criminals get more satisfaction from their line of work than the police, according to a survey published in local dailies.
The survey was conducted among 109 jailed mobsters by the Korean Institute of Criminal Justice. It showed that 79.3 percent of gangsters said they were somewhat or very satisfied […]

30.01.07 Die Hard firefighter undergoes surgery to look like Bruce Willis
Filed: Asia, Entertainment, Technology
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Die Hard firefighter undergoes surgery to look like Bruce Willis. John Joseph Conway, 43, from Chicago, flew all the way to India’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi with a photograph of his idol, so he could look like him.
Now recuperating, Conway told Hindustan Times, “I am a firefighter… I need […]

23.01.07 Student killed by lightning while using cellphone
Filed: Human Interest, Society and Culture, Strange, Asia
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A Malaysian student, Chai Ming Hui, 23, was killed by lightning as she answered her cellphone, the New Straits Times newspaper reported.
The incident occurred at about 3pm yesterday during a thunderstorm, when the final-year Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) student was walking back to her hostel at Kota Semarahan with two others. She and […]

16.01.07 Thailand Vegetarian Festival
Filed: Health and Hygiene, Society and Culture, Strange, Asia
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In the southern part of Thailand, people especially of Chinese ancestry or Taoist philosophy observe this vegetarian festival around late September till early October every year. This is done mainly in Phuket that’s why the festival is also called Phuket Vegetarian Festival. This started around 1825 when a company of drama artists from China got […]