Dined at the New Restaurant Ipoh Chicken Rice in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur last weekend. It’s a branch of a famous restaurant (in Gasing, PJ) which has been operating since 1977; this one was opened a couple of years ago.
Roasted pigs in costumes were paraded on the feast of St. John the Baptist, a hundred-year-old practise in the Philippines. Festival goers also got to sample the roasted suckling pigs (lechón), a famous Filipino delicacy, for free…
Steven Purugganan is an 11-year-old Filipino-American who holds the world record for all five categories (three individuals, two teams) of sport stacking.
Below is a video of Purugganan breaking the then Cycle record during the 2008 World Championships in Denver, USA… [his latest world record is 5.93s]
[credits to raydavid1965@youtube for the upload]
Entertainment snippets from other sources…
China – Zhou Xun splits with boyfriend [Stareast]
Japan – Arashi celebrates 10th anniversary [TG]
Japan – Aya Ueto on Tiara magazine (pic) [RCA]
Korea – Top 10 K-movies of all time, pt1 [Popseoul]
Taiwan – Korean pop group Super Junior at Golden Melody Awards in Taipei [K-popped]
Thailand – K-pop TVXQ’s Bangkok gig [K-popped]
USA – K-pop Wonder Girls perform at Jonas Brothers’ concert [Youtube]
USA – Cameron Diaz gets star on Hollywood walk of fame [Youtube]
Sony is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Walkman. The first model of the personal stereo-audio cassette player, TPS-L2 (pic), was introduced in Japan on July 1, 1979.
The Walkman brand was synonymous with portable personal audio devices until the emergence of iPod in 2001.
People who grew up in the 80s (like me) would have fond memories with the Walkman… most of you here are probably not from that era though.
Offbeat snippets from other sources…
Archaeology – Oldest musical instrument [BBC]
Greece – Rocket ‘war’ between two villages [Youtube, via Wickedreport]
Japan – Beer machine [Youtube, via Japundit]
Japan – Men only train cars sought in groping fears [Reuters]
Korea – June 14 is Kiss Day [K-popped]
Malmö – Swedish women win rights to bath topless in swimming pool [Thelocal]
Paleontology – Oldest known elephant ancestor, size of a rabbit [NatGeo]
Stupid teens tried to rob a police station [Youtube]
Japanese singer Ai Kawashima has an ambitious goal to build 100 schools for the poor across the world.
The 23-year-old star, who was orphaned twice in her early life, has built a school each in Burkina Faso and Cambodia. Her third school is currently under construction in Liberia, and she’s planning to build her fourth in East Timor…
I’m impressed, and inspired. Kudos for the young lady and her helping fans.
Music videos from some of the winners at the 20th Golden Melody Awards…
Jay Chou – Fragrance of Rice [song of the year & best male singer]