Domino Day is an annual event organised each year by Dutch TV production company Endemol with one goal in mind… to break the world record for the highest number of toppling domino stones.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Domino Day 2008 was held successfully on November 14 with a new world record of 4,345,027 dominoes being toppled…
English subbed music video of “Rainisim”, second MV from Korean pop star Rain’s latest (same title) album. Although another MV “Love Story” was released earlier, it seems like Rainisim is the major promotional track instead…
New Zealander Robert Thompson set out from Leysin, Switzerland on June 24, 2007 and embarked on a 12,159km journey of solo and unsupported trek by skateboard through Europe, USA, and across China.
His journey was completed in Shanghai on September 28, 2008 [via Shanghaiist]
Rob has unofficially broken the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest journey by skateboard’ currently hold by by Dave Cornthwaite with a distance of 5,823km. Rob’s attempt has been submitted to Guinness and is currently under evaluation.
Video below is a summary of his final 1,200km journey from Xixia to Shanghai; which kinda reminds me of Chinese movie “Getting Home”…
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex, has started its first test on September 10, 2008.
The LHC was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with more than 8000 physicists from over 85 countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories.
Malaysia International Fireworks Competition (MIFC) 2008 is held in the month of August in conjunction with the country’s independence day celebration.
I was planning to go for a show on Wednesday, but the weather was not permitting; will try my luck again on Sunday. Meanwhile, catch a video below, produced by an official media partner of MIFC with the Malaysian team performing on August 12.
Besides the Malaysian team, other teams that are competing in the event this year are from China, Spain, Canada and Australia.
Update - check out a few photos taken by yours truly during one of the shows.
A video of BASE jumping from KL Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the KL International Tower Jump (KLITJ) in August 2006…
BASE is the acronym for Building, Antenna, Span and Earth… the categories of fixed objects that are usual jumping platforms for this extreme sport. [more on Wiki]
KLITJ is becoming a popular event for BASE jumpers around the world; the annual event is moving into its seventh edition in 2008. Besides the 421m KL Tower, the jumping sessions are now extended to a few other locations across the country.
A commercial film from BBC Sport for the Beijing Olympic Games…
The animation and music are based upon epic Chinese folklore “Journey to the West”, and produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn, creators of Gorillaz.
The lyrics are about overcoming obstacles and challenges to achieve the dreams, which blended pretty well with the Olympic spirit and the moral of the original story.
Going on holiday in Hanoi and Halong Bay, Vietnam… leaving on July 18 and coming back a week later. Will bring along my laptop, but don’t think I’ll have the time to update this blog during that period.
Have been doing some researches on Hanoi and Halong Bay for the past few days… plenty of things to see, do, eat and experience. The only thing that I probably won’t want to try is riding a bike in Hanoi lol…
Update - Back from Vietnam; check out my Vietnam travelogue for stories and pics.
